September 21st, 2016
21 Sept 2016 · page 637 of 1306
This one took forever, please assume I spent all of the extra time designing Lux's new suit, okay
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Harriet Barber, Heinrich Wolfe, Jack O'Malley, Mr Luxuria, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham
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It IS quite a suit, at that.
< insert dramatic music >
DUN dun DUUUUNNNNN!
(DAA dun... DAA dun.. DAAdun DAAdun... du_dundudun_du_dundudun_du_dundudun) dun DADUNNNNNNN < breathing noises >_ Dun dun dun, da daDUM, da daDUM. Dun dun dun, daa daDUM daa daDUMM. DA dada DAAA da da DARADA da DA--
yeek!yeek!yeek!yeek!yeek!yeek!yeek!
OOOOOO FOR-TU-NA
NEEEED MORE-TU-NA
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Good heavens!
NEEDS MOAR PARADIDDLES
I still have trouble believing that "paradiddles" is a word. And my mother is a music teacher.
I recognized the Jaws theme, the Psycho shower music, and the Imperial March, but what's the last one supposed to be?
Also, you forgot: DUN daDUN dum... DUN daDUN dum DAH!
O Fortuna. Classical instrumental used for scary things about to happen.
Or exciting things. The first and probably most famous cinematic use was in Excalibur, where it accompanied Arthur and his knights riding to battle.
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. There's a link in the last ellipsis. (And typing organ music in vanilla text seemed like an insult.)
I'm hearing Ride of the Valkyries there, but I can't be right, right?
If you're asking about DUN daDUN dum... DUN daDUN dum DAH!, it's not Ride of the Valkyries, it's the Dragnet theme.
Ride of the Valkyries would be darada DAH dah, darada DAH dah, daraha DAH dah, darada DUM.
Now we know why they couldn't find Lux on Curiosity's map; he's playing human again.
That or his proximity to the anchor, I think.
BOTH.
I was expecting him to be doing Villainous things over at the farm.
The story is young; he may yet do so!
Though I'm not as sure he's Florrie's SO as I was before. He seems taken with this form and it's the one Henry and Izzie would recognize.
I was thinking he wouldn't try the whole Liar's Heart trick again because last time he spent centuries stuck in human form. But then, centuries are nothing to a spirit, and if a human form lets him hide from anyone who might desummon him, why not use that?
On top of which, that may not even be Luxuria. We know that the same trick that lets him take human form also lets others use his power. We may be looking at Acedia.
Good thought, but I don't think he's wearing the liar's heart (or anything resembling it).
The last time we saw the Liar's Heart was when Sid returned it to Henry, and it doesn't have its magic any more because Luxuria took it back. On the other hand, Luxuria made the Liar's Heart from its own power,so it could either do that trick without a prop or it could make a new prop if it needed it. And there's no reason why the new prop would have to look like the previous one.
How much time do you spend finding references for nice Victorian-era clothing?
I have prepared myself [http://katedrawscomics.tumb...](http://katedrawscomics.tumblr.com/post/96614024772/i-have-a-lot-of-reference-books-now-you-guys "http://katedrawscomics.tumblr.com/post/96614024772/i-have-a-lot-of-reference-books-now-you-guys")
Edit: Actually I wrote up a whole costuming post one time- [http://katedrawscomics.tumb...](http://katedrawscomics.tumblr.com/post/97658866447/do-you-use-any-sorts-of-references-for-the "http://katedrawscomics.tumblr.com/post/97658866447/do-you-use-any-sorts-of-references-for-the")
I will assume that you spent all that time actually designing and creating a real suit to use as a drawing aid for Lux. And then, of course, there was all the time you had to spend modeling the suit so you could get the perfect smug look.
Oh hey there.
First of all, Lux looks stunning in that new suit.
Second, I just realized Verity's the only member of the party we haven't yet seen through The Sight, and now I'm wondering whether it just wasn't relevant or it's a SUPER IMPORTANT SURPRISE being saved for later. (Also, I may or may not be rereading all of her pages in another tab, because she's so cool.)
Probably because Verity never met Team Buggerup until just now.
I bet hers looks like a peacock.
She hadn't met (2/3 of) BuggerOff Inc, and O'Malley in particular, until now, but she did meet them now. There was an opportunity, but it didn't happen, and I wonder why.
And Imma disagree about that peacock. If her spirit should even resemble an animal, I think it would be closer to a raccoon or a badger.
still obsessing the following morning
What if she's secretly a wizard and doesn't pursue it due to reasons? We know she doesn't like wizards/magic. Could she be rejecting it by choice?
If that's really the case, does anyone else know? Vic? Benji?
...Damn it, I'm making way too much out of a tiny random detail, aren't I?
Look at that evil super villain just sitting there, sipping his cup of tea. How despicable
"SVDT" doesn't quite have the same ring as "BEC" though...
Public service announcement (just because it took me three rereadings to understand the above comment):
BEC stands for "b!tch eating crackers" and refers to the quote:
Once you hate someone, everything they do is offensive. “Look at this b!tch, eating those crackers like she owns the place.”
SVDT obviously refers to "supervillain drinking tea".
It is one of Lust's "anti-virtues" as it were
It is a fine suit, but I dare say it could use more buttons. One can never have enough buttons.
Yo dawg! I heard you like buttons, so I put some buttons on your buttons so you can button while you button.
Sid seems to have successfully minimized his inevitable panic attack, only the one panel.
Sid and Wolfe, being all brave and chipper for their loved ones, until the portal closes and they both start meeping!!
Ominous music swells in the background...
OH
Also: don't worry about being late, Kate. It meant that this page got to be my #1 most suspenseful and worrying eighteenth-birthday present! (Actually #2, after the presidential election I as an American am also getting. But that's not the good kind of suspenseful and worrying, so it doesn't count.)
Nothing ominous here...not like Lux has an "everything's going according to plan" look on his face.
And as for Lux's suit...I'll go with Warren Zevon on this...
"Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor"
And that's why everything, every last little thing,
every single tiny microscopic little thing must gooooo......
According to plan!
Sorry. I couldn't resist. It's that time of year. Shut up, stop looking at me in that tone of voice.
Which is why the simplest plans usually work best.
Of course...Lux doesn't exactly strike me as a simple plan kinda guy.
As if we weren't worried enough. :P
.....But WHY is he sitting in a CHAIR in the STREET? (Next to, technically, but just all out-of-context)
He's sitting at a table outside a café - see the previous panel.
I don't have good enough screen resolution to tell - does Luxuria still have the scar on its neck from when its head was chopped off? Or did going to its true form and then back to this disguise allow it to get rid of that scar?
Yes, it is still wearing the scar.
It's a bit of a badge of honor, I suspect.
The biddy had his head cut off...and he's STILL HERE.
It is a very fine suit.
And Sid's brave face finally falls off.
are those buttons all the way up Lust's pants?
...are those tearaway pants?