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Post by Snes on Dec 23, 2009 8:00:16 GMT
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Post by citlalicue on Dec 23, 2009 8:04:26 GMT
Kat looks like shes ready to collapse : (...
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Post by edzepp on Dec 23, 2009 8:06:06 GMT
And Annie looks duly shocked.
That said, I'm not sure if this page is sad, funny or both at once.
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Post by kastia on Dec 23, 2009 8:09:09 GMT
Oh god, I would totally have either poor Kat or Annie's expression after seeing that little home movie.
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Dec 23, 2009 8:10:25 GMT
I love their expressions so much.
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Post by shadrach on Dec 23, 2009 8:14:30 GMT
In particular, Kat's expression in the fourth panel is heartbreaking.
Well done, Tom. One of the most powerful strips ever.
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Post by yazzydream on Dec 23, 2009 8:21:55 GMT
That's so sad!
Are the robots referring to Kat's face or Kingbot's face in that last panel?
Also, look it's Skywatcher and Robot in the background!
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Post by jon77 on Dec 23, 2009 8:32:43 GMT
It's interesting that the robots have seen through Diego's little bit of self-deception on his deathbed, and rightly see him as responsible for her death.
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Post by CGAdam on Dec 23, 2009 8:38:04 GMT
I didn't notice/remember Kat's bismuth symbol before now.
Also, I guess Kat's shoulders were colder than Annie's neck.
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Post by mike on Dec 23, 2009 8:56:51 GMT
Wow-- how do you explain to someone that their creator, who they so obviously revere, was actually a psychopath? I certainly don't envy Kat's position right now...
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Post by hal9000 on Dec 23, 2009 9:10:09 GMT
I laughed a bit at the combination of the last few panels and Tom's commentary.
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Post by Yin on Dec 23, 2009 9:26:01 GMT
D8
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Post by fjodor on Dec 23, 2009 9:27:31 GMT
Are the robots referring to Kat's face or Kingbot's face in that last panel? I think they are referring to Kat's face. Kingbot seems to be the one saying 'oh no!' The girls are probably weeping. |
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Post by mudmaniac on Dec 23, 2009 9:40:46 GMT
They way she is crying in the last panel is so masterfully depicted. In my mind she is crying so hard it is breaking my heart.
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elycium
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Post by elycium on Dec 23, 2009 11:18:42 GMT
The girls expressions are wonderfully depicted. Its nice to see that there are still some things that shock Annie out there, even if it is something so terrible. I also love that the robots weren't really fooled by Diego, even if they do think of him as their "father". A wonderful page.
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Post by TBeholder on Dec 23, 2009 14:26:04 GMT
In particular, Kat's expression in the fourth panel is heartbreaking. Wow-- how do you explain to someone that their creator, who they so obviously revere, was actually a psychopath? I'm not sure she could explain this one in any articulate way even to herself. She seems to be pressed beyond usual "Without swearing? Then nothing." and "Holy... Cow!" states, and into speechless shock. It's interesting that the robots have seen through Diego's little bit of self-deception on his deathbed, and rightly see him as responsible for her death. It's not like they don't have a rather compelling evidence now... |
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Post by wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 14:35:39 GMT
For crying out loud, bots... She's a kid! You expect her to have answers for that? Diego was insane, and his "love" was about possessing Jeane, rather than being real love.
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Post by eldras on Dec 23, 2009 15:09:49 GMT
This must be the saddest page I've read in this comic T_T
Poor Kat, she even cries when reading Batman! this surely will have she droping tears for a few days at least.
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Post by idonotlikepeas on Dec 23, 2009 15:47:55 GMT
There is no possible way Tom could have drawn her face to be sad enough. This is better.
Poor Kat.
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Post by scottdog on Dec 23, 2009 16:52:23 GMT
"Huh. Well, love can make you act in strange ways, I guess."
"I thought love was supposed to be a good thing."
"Oh, it totally is. But... uh, I dunno. Better to have loved and lost than to be... dead or something."
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Post by emrie on Dec 23, 2009 17:13:36 GMT
So, is this enough info to fit Jones' requirement for the full story? I think it might be, in Annie's eyes, though she's more likely to rush off trying to save Jeanne than talk to Jones about it.
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Post by Ulysses on Dec 23, 2009 17:52:34 GMT
I don't know how to feel after this page! People are sad, and yet the reactions to the sadness are hilarious. I'm in turmoil!
Several things came to mind:
First) The robots' sincere yet entertaining reaction to a serious situation here remind me of the Discworld Feegles taking it badly when Tiffany tells them off in Wintersmith.
Second) The song One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 by The Flaming Lips. It's about a robot who tries to simulate love but doesn't really understand it!
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Post by Mishmash on Dec 23, 2009 18:18:05 GMT
Kat's face when she is about to burst into tears is definitely the most tragic moment in this story so far for me.
And she was so carefree when she was talking about love at the start of this chapter... I think this could easily rob the girls of their childhood! Also, no wonder the robots are so sad and confused.
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Post by thor on Dec 23, 2009 19:36:21 GMT
You sunk my battleship!  |
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Post by wynne on Dec 23, 2009 19:53:54 GMT
Man, those robot guys are repetitive.
Poor Kat's really got her job cut out for her. It's finally hit exactly what being angelic to robots entails. Though, honestly, it's pretty hilarious the way Annie eyes Kat in the fourth panel. Plus, lookit the back of the bottom panels: Robot and Skywatcher! I love Tom's little details.
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Post by cherubiel on Dec 23, 2009 20:21:09 GMT
They both look like they could use a hug.
I think the robots in the last panel were talking about Kat. If they were, it's so much better then to just draw her crying.
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Post by warrl on Dec 23, 2009 20:49:48 GMT
Everyone DID notice, in the last panel, that King Whiteboardbot is redrawing his tears?
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Dec 23, 2009 22:17:39 GMT
Yes, but Kingbot started the rounds of "Oh no! A sad face! The saddest face!" that happens when they see a significantly sad face, which leads us to believe that the robots were addressing Kat instead of Kingbot.
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Post by ronokki on Dec 23, 2009 22:22:45 GMT
I think this page was masterfully done, we needed kingbot re-drawing his tears as a small joke to release the tension of the last chunk of pages. You can also tell it is time to come out of the dark cause Tom has a blurb beneath the comic again.
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Post by strainofthought on Dec 24, 2009 0:50:08 GMT
Oh thank god other people think this page is funny I thought I was just a monster or something.
My personal thought balloon for Annie is the f-word with an infinite number of u's.
I think Kat is having some sort of horrific, endlessly regressive variation on her reaction to her father's tattoo: a tunnel of sad Kats imagining sad Kats, vanishing into the distance.
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