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Parable - 94 - HD

I bet nobody's ever done a different take on THAT bit of dialogue before!

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The Simpsons? 22 Short Films About Springfield? Never heard of those hams.

Now, obvious references that are obvious if one is familiar with the inspiration aside...

Retcon'd!

I wasn't planning this when I made Susan max level in everything. At the time, it was hyperbole for the sake of comedy that nonetheless commented on how e...

Parable - 093 - HD

Susan: Grumpy video game detective.

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Susan's investigation into this hypothesis may not be complete, but I'd think "baby's first XP bottle" is pretty telling evidence.

I'm not sure Susan should have to make an effort to hold anything up given the presumably elastic waistband, but I've been losing weight recently, and I have some older pants of my own that are perfectly fine until I try walking in them, so... Maybe? I'm not sure. I liked the idea of...

Party Prison

It's unclear whether Sarah's current form indicates how she transformed someone else without warning, or if she's just that size to fit in the bird cage, but it's safe to say she broke party rules!

That's supposed to be Nanase's foot in the back, but hey, I'm not the boss of you. Imagine that's whoever's foot you want.

I actually made a 3D model of that gosh darn bird cage to help me with this. It used to have more bars, but after accepting the horrible, horrible truth that seeing...

Parable - 92 - HD

I'm not sure why, but I enjoy my characters liking tails.

I mean, really, imagine trying to sit in most chairs with a tail. It'd probably be disastrous, but nope. My characters just like having tails.

There will be a sketchbook later today. Well, Tuesday. Depending on timezone, you might be seeing this on Monday. POINT IS, that's a thing that's happening.

A thing that's happening on Tuesday.

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I may have given the wrong impression with m...

Parable - 91 - HD

I'm just going to run from all the torches and pitchforks now.

Sidenote - The next sketchbook is presently planned for Tuesday. I felt I’d be rushing it for Sunday, and based on what’s coming up next, I think Tuesday will be low stress to get done.

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I planned this without deciding on the explanation for how it was pulled off, and pretty much last minute settled on "cheats off" because it winds up with the simplest explanations. I can think of some other ways ...

Parable - 90 - HD

Oh ye gods there's some sort of actual plot to this nonsense, isn't there.

Well, retroactively.

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I feel this took me longer than it should have. Granted, most of the time was deciding exactly what I wanted to happen next, and then I got sidetracked by something really annoying and technical, and then I had a headache that I still have (fitting given this comic, but still), and...

Okay, looking at it from a certain behind the scenes perspectiv...

Parable - 89 - HD

Aw, they just want fun facts! Here's one: Grace thinks all purple things taste like grapes. 

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I really was just planning to parody a video game series. I really was.

Then I wanted to see Rhoda go on a date, and then I got other ideas, and there was this duck... No, not that duck. Some actual duck. It was outside, and I was all like "cool. A duck."

Okay, I confess that the duck has nothing to do with this. I just wanted to talk about it, ...

Dan's Choice - A Second Cup of Tea

I confess to having the idea of pants essentially turning into stockings instead of simply getting skimpier in more traditional ways with magic tea, and finally giving in to the impulse to draw it.

I mean, that's the context I intended, anyway. By my own beliefs, I don't get to demand how this be interpreted. Maybe in your mind, that's just the latest fashion trend.

Anyway, let's add this to the list of things that made me ask "is this too much?" before remembering everything I'd ...

Parable - 88 - HD

Whenever Grace isn't on panel, people should be asking "where's Grace?"

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Okay, I think I know what game this is from, now.

Objections, accusations, reasons to say "hold it"...

This is SO obviously an Ace Attorney parody!

...Right?

Parable - 87 - HD

Boo-yah. Or something. I'm tired.

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Y'all ready for what was supposed to be a parody of a video game I like to get WEIRD?

"It already got weird."

... Weird... ER?

"GASP"

And yes, this is totally a Thursday comic it's just a little posted on a Friday depending on time zone it's still good it's still good!

March Poll #2

Susan, on the sofa she and Elliot use for reviews, has transformed her figure, and appears in the process of doing it more. How is she going about it?

Can vote for more than one

March Poll #1

Rhoda grows! As in, proportionately the same, but, y'know. Bigger.

She's normally five feet (1.52 m) tall. How tall is she now?

Can vote for more than one.

Parable - 86 - HD

Angry cardio Susan.

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I've put all my skill points into hammers, and everything is a nail.

What do you mean there's an anti-hammer enemy? EVERYTHING IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NAIL!

Huh. I'm suddenly reminded of boss fights in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Later versions of the game had non-combat skill options for dealing with the bosses, but the original version had no such thing. You could be a master of being sneaky and chatty with no enhan...

Parable - 85 - HD

A predictable outcome.

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I didn't feel like drawing a proper background in panel one, so we wound up with... Whatever THAT is.

Sure are a lot of choices happening as a result of "but I don't WANNA draw that...!"

As for what this bit is commenting on, it's, um... Wait, I know I was parodying SOMETHING, but... Eh, it'll come back to me eventually.

Parable - 84 - HD

Whu-ohs

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Because of my aversion to drawing close ups of hand holding, we got Rhoda and Catalina kissing, and then a second comic devoted to them actually holding hands, because I had THIS comic in mind before the comic they kissed in, and I wanted hand holding while walking witnessed from a distance.

A lot can happen because I don't want to draw close ups of hands being held.

Parable - 83 - HD

CAKE

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I WILL BOTH HAVE, AND EAT, ALL OF THE CAKES

ALL OF THEM

AND NOT DRAW CLOSE UPS OF HAND HOLDING

MWUH-HAHAHAHAHA

Parable - 82 - HD

There we go!

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I originally planned... Well, not the exact opposite of this. I'm not sure I even want to contemplate what exactly that would be. What I had originally planned, however, was intense looks culminating in simple adorable hand holding.

Then I realized the success of such an approach would hinge on my ability to draw hand holding of adequate quality, possibly while zooming in on it.

My fantabulous comic making vehicle of wonderment ...

Parable - 81 - HD

 Wait for it...

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D'AWWWWWW

Anyway, pardon me while I go and implement a rule in which I avoid conversing with people online or checking news prior to reaching at least a point in comic production in which I can effectively be on autopilot so as to not be derailed so thoroughly mentally that comics are forced to be completely late in the evening.

Autopilots can apply to trains, correct? They're not, like "auto-conductors" or something? Li...

Parable - 80 - HD

The answer is clearly yes. The only time it's not a date is when outside of time itself.

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I had a bit of writer's block going into this.

Then I realized Rhoda's lack of experience could be weaponized with dangerous efficiency.

Diane Pushes a Button - Who Imagines It??

An upcoming milestone image is described as such:

Diane has gotten a whole lot curvier! But why? She pushed a button labeled "do not push"!

If the context was someone imagining Diane doing this, who would you expect and/or want to have thinking about it? Who's imagining it could affect Diane's reaction, outfit, etc.

Can vote for more than one, characters in the poll are just the ones I've considered, may or may not influence the end result.

Parable - 79 - HD

I'll leave what those three were doing up to all y'all.

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This was posted quite late on a Friday, and I will no doubt need to take extra care to make sure its existence is known on Monday.

After the week I'd had, however, I really, really wanted to have a Friday EGSNP. This was complicated by an emergency repair situation in my home that couldn't be put off (it involved gas).

Technically, the work being done didn't demand my full attention, or...

Dan's Choice - Elliot Says Hi

A wild party girl Elliot in a short skirt appears! She says "hi!" What do you do?

A - Say "hi" back.

B - Stutter while blushing

C - Hug hello!

D - Run

Parable - 78 - HD

Not a Phantom Menace reference.

EDIT - Fixed a minor shadow error

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Sorry about the delay between comics. Between the clocks changing and technical difficulties, my brain effectively didn't function for comic creation for a bit. It felt like a brick wall in my brain.

Speaking of brick walls in the brain, I'm sure Catalina can relate right now.

I like to think this is less Rhoda being a bit overly forward, and more her not being entirely clear on how to...

Parable - 77 - HD

In Fable 2, it's considered morally good to eat tofu. Imagine how it would be if angel icons appeared over people's heads every time they ate tofu in real life.

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Just imagining life with with this added quirk makes my head spin. The impact it would have on everything would be ENORMOUS.

But this is a silly game parody, so it's just a thing that happens sometime. Yay!

Tiny Writer's Block

I had a bit of writer's block leading up...

Parable - 76 - HD

I don't know why it was important to--Wait, I know exactly why I wanted them on a bridge. I needed Rhoda to lean on something while looking upward. NEVERMIND I though I had something interesting to say but NOOOOOOO

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I needed something decidedly not-heroic for Susan to be doing in the last panel, and I'd recently been experimenting with changing buttons around in Fallout New Vegas.

Write what you know! And what I know is accidentally hitting friendly non-...

Witchy Ashley

I'm not sure if she's actually flying on a broom? She might just be in front of a green screen or something. Granted, she is holding a wand, but that's clearly not Kevin the wand, so who knows how magical it actually is.

And yes, those are dance shoes, which is my favorite part of this for some reason.

Parable - 75 - HD

DUN DUN DUN

And I mean DUN

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Cut scenes aren't REALLY your characters forgetting how to play the game they're in! They're just testing the other NPCs! And boy, do those NPCs often fall short, I tell you what. You give them the chance to shine, but no, they just DROP THE BALL right after you give it to them!

I've got nothing for when cut scenes increase your competence, however. That's just characters showing off to spite you.

February Poll #2

Sarah, the shrunken, curvy-morphed transformation criminal, is in jail! But what IS the jail?

Can vote for more than one.

February Poll #1

Diane has gotten a whole lot curvier! But why?

Can vote for more than one.

Parable - 74 - HD

A BARD?! Taking LIBERTIES?! Perish the thought!

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Given the pop cultural timing of this, one may fairly assume that this take on bards is inspired by The Witcher, and the bard Dandelion / Jaskier (depending on what version of the stories you're familiar with). I say this is fair because the liberties the bard takes with his stories of the main protagonists adventures are a recurring thing, as are the points of why such liberties are taken.

(I've thus...