OOTS #258 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

OK, back from my Sick Leave. New comic is up.

[Erathia]

Glad you're feeling better Rich.

The REAL question from this is why Thog would be carrying around a copy of Celine Dion live in concert if Nale didn't ask him to. Could he just love that beautiful Quebequois praying mantis woman?

[vegetablevoice]

Given what we know about Thog and pretty girls, it's quite possible.

Great comic, Giant! Good to have you back!

And particularly: Nale's rant eyes in the second-to-last panel...mwa-ha-ha. Love it!

-VV

[Sc00by]

Well - final and conclusive proof that Thog is eeeeeeeeeeeeEvil! ;)

That's just horrible...

Great stip once more Mr Giant, Sir! Good to see you back too!

[Rusty]

Heeheehee...

I dig Thog's smirk.

[Gorbash Kazdar]

Well worth the wait - at least half of the panels have absolute gems in them (the exchange in the 6th panel earns an immediate place on my all-time favorites list). This one was par for the course with OotS - which means it was great ;)

[triffid]

You know, I only just realised that it's the teeth that make Thog look like he's grinning madly even when he's going >:(.

Dur.

[watermammal]

Glad to see the injured reserve list hasn't slowed you down, Giant! Fantastic comic. From the slam on anime to wonderful use of torturistic Dion, truly, one of your most brilliant creations. Bravo. As for why Thog carries around Dion album, we have established he is truly evil. I was just surprised he is that evil.

On a personal note, I find it hilarious that I was using sending in a gaming session only this evening. Heh. You rock, Giant.

[OffTheWall]

Whoa! I actually made the first page!

Now, for what Nale has in mind for Elan...

[OmegaDonut]

I love the implications of Julia telling Nale he'd look better without his goatee. I'm sure Nale is thrilled to hear that someone thinks his good twin is better-looking than he is.

[Lothorus]

GLad to have you back, Mr. Giant.


And I must say, I like Thog a whole lot more now that I know he's into vinyl. Not that I did't like him before, of course. Heh.

[killingwithasmile]

great comic , thog is really evil for even suggesting that i mean celine is bad enough but live oh god.

what confuses me is that there is hentai stores in a cartoon so what is it real pictures?

[Nerd-o-rama]

Yes. Hentai in OotS is actual photographs.

Hello, Celine Dion.

An excellent comic worth the wait. Slightly more real-world-referential than normal (the hentai and Celien Dion gags, particularly,) and with some slightly forced conversation for the trvia-pursuing fans. Though maybe their ages will have some significance later. Also, I calculated Julia's age 100% correctly last thread. Go me.

[Winged One]

I shouldn't read this at midnight. I don't want to wake anybody up by laughing out loud. Half-elf aging joke is great. Still, my favorite one so far is the one about Nale's Beard.

[thespyder]

still, even for a half elf he's pretty old. they reach adulthood at age 20.

lol, i LOVE julia greenhilt's jab at nale's goatee. i about fell out of my chair.

[Kulatu]

Two thumbs up. :D

[humanpylon]

so if Nale is 21, obviously so is Elan. So Haley goes for younger guys. Good for her!

[Marller]

Glad you are back Giant and great comic so many gags in it.

"No, no Thog. I'm still civilized."
Glad to hear that Nale is not down to: no matter what it takes. hehe. :)

[idksocrates]

Evil criticism of Celine giant! but then, I've never heard celine live, so I guess its that bad.

I guess that's nale's lawful alignment speaking up. :P

[Shatteredtower]

"Oh, Celine Dion,
You soft rock my world..."

Thanks, Giant. It's going to be hours before I get that Arrogant Warms tune out of my head.

I like Nale's expression in response to Julia's last comment, but I can't help realize how much it would annoy her older brother as well if he knew what she'd just said. ;D

[Magus]

"No, no Thog. I'm still civilized."

BWAH!

Based on the goatee comment, I can't wait until Julia meets Elan. At least she didn't say she likes short guys... ;D

[mec]

Yay more age tidbits for us to obsess on! :D

[jttm80]

OMG! Thats evil. I was once tortured with a Celine Dion album, and it is something no man or stick should have to endure.
:D

[Drraagh]

*starts humming the Weird Al 'Achy Breaky song* I can see that being adapted to Celine pretty easily. But yeah, this was another great comic.

[Slibs]

Oh Dear God, Celine Dion has crosssed the Dimensional Fabric! Obvious proof she is a demon.

[Vitas]

Heh heh the hentai store... and Nale's beard... heh that's just killing me:) If Julia really likes how Nale looks without a beard i suppose she will fall victim to some nasty sort of a sneak attack once she meets the OOTS:))

[Antina]

Hi there!
Good job! Really good jokes :) (especially about the beard... *giggle* - Nale really earned that one).

But one - hopefully not so nitpicking - question:
Has Pompey a "cape of blinking"?
The golden decoration just vanishes at the 3d and 8th panel.

[Paragon_Kobold]

(lots of predictions)



You just can't help it, can you?

[Kizor]

Post removed. I blame the underpants gnomes for hiding the new spoiler policy that came into force after I last came here.

[Meagen]

"... I'm going to gag you now."

"I'll start at the hentai bookstore."

"No, no, Thog, I'm still civilised."

Triple LOL score FTW!

[Eldhrin]

Woo! Bravo! Best OOTS since... the last one.

Sorry, it's going to take more than that to beat Thog on rocket skates. Thog with the Celine Dion Live record nearly did it though.

[themunck]

a clear fovorite of OotS...then again, you had pleanty of time to make it

[Drraagh]

The golden decoration just vanishes at the 3d and 8th panel.


I would say it could be because of a shadow affecting the lightsource which is reflecting off materials in the pattern to cause that effect, but we don't have shadows as the encounter at the Inn showed us.

Perhaps its some sort of magic that strobes sort of like a LED or the lights on a christmas tree. On, blink off.. on, blink off...blink on.... and so forth.

[Devoured_Dude]

I, for one, protest the bondage stereotyping of anime bookshops and hentai literature in your latest comic. My girlfriend happens to work in such a bookstore, and when I asked her about this comic, she told me "Mmmfh, mmmmth mmh mmmfff!"

So, um, we could all stand to brush up on our cultural sensitivities.

[mastroyo]

Celine Dion, Kenny G, Michael Bolton or David Hasselhof?

Cruel and unusual punsihment.

[Terrafire]

w00t! ;)

[Deuce]

Celine live? The horror, the horror . . . I knew Thog could be barbaric, but really . . .

(Counter-sing, counter-sing, counter-sing the screechy lady . . . )

[Sanctu]

I'm very glad that you took time off and are feeling better, Rich.

Hentai bookstore... in D&D... you know, it's a setting where you could actually find tenticle creature... or people polymorphed into them...

[The Demented One]

Hentai bookstore...Celine Dion...If Rich needs to be sick a few days before he can write one this good, he's getting a vial of plague in the mail for Xmas from me.

[Alfryd]

I am pleased and appeased.
"You'd be kinda cute if you shaved off that stupid beard."
"I'll start with the Hentai bookstore and work my way out."
CD LP? "No, no, Thog, I'm still civilised."
I am curious, of course, as to whether the other LG members will be intro'd before Roy and Co. make their entrance... what will happen in the intervening 2-3 weeks? Previous cutscenes haven't lasted more than 7 strips or so... I think.

[Istielthia]

My girlfriend happens to work in such a bookstore, and when I asked her about this comic, she told me "Mmmfh, mmmmth mmh mmmfff!

Bwahahahah....I think the hentia store is my fave joke of this strip. Great one, Giant!

[King_Troll]

At least Thog didn't produce a William Shatner album (live or studio recorded). Xykon might be that evil, but not Thog.

[Sylvius]

That hentai joke was inspired.

Really, where else would a bound and gagged schoolgirl blend in?

[zibeck]

As talented as the amighty Giant is, he will be hard pressed to top Thog on rocket skates

[Sylian]

Now that we have friday's strip, shouldn't we get monday's strip?

[Hermes]

Now that we have friday's strip, shouldn't we get monday's strip?

Geez, give the guy a break. Does anyone ask you to draw comics when you're sick in bed? I think that the quality of today's strip more than makes up for the fact that there wasn't a friday update.

Does anyone else find it amusing that both Roy and his sister (Julia) find their captors (Miko and Nale, respectively) attractive? That amused me.

BTW, great work Giant! Glad you're feeling better!

[abc.d]

Splendid and late, as always ;x

[Sundog]

Read the news, you silly Sylian... ;)

[Xenon]

Celeine Dion- final proof that Thog is, indeed, Evil! (and that there are some things even nale wont stoop to).

[Lilly]

Julia gets the little sister award! For the ability to make her older brother mad across great distances in time and space. She wins!

*wanders off to analyze elsewhere*

[humanpylon]

So Lilly, do you have experience in infuriating older brothers? Sounds like you identify with her.

Also I have to once again reveal myself as an ignorant uneducated buffoon. What on earth is hentai???

[mossfoot]

Oh dear... first we have to apologize for Brian Adams, now Celine Dion... sure, go ahead, Blame Canada, why don't you!

Course she must be selling really really well to reach fictional dimensions like that ;)

By the way, humanpylon, Hentai is Japanese animated porn... often involving bondage, tentacles, violence, and all kinds of nasty things...

...er... not that I've ever checked out the backs of those stores in my three years in Japan... nope, not once! ::)

[Eriol]

Also I have to once again reveal myself as an ignorant uneducated buffoon. What on earth is hentai???
Whatever you do, do NOT google it at work or school, or near anywhere that might be offended by sexual content.

Basically Hentai is anime porn. Probably a better definition for it, but that gets the gist of it.

[humanpylon]

Anime Porn. Wow I'll bet the parents who spent all that money to send kids to animation school, computer school, graphic design school or whatever must be so proud.

[Mr._Blinky]

Wait, if Pompey's 43...
And Julia's 16...
And he asked her out...
Ooookayyy...

[Alfryd]

Does anyone else find it amusing that both Roy and his sister (Julia) find their captors (Miko and Nale, respectively) attractive?
Ah. Stockholm Syndrome?

[Sebastian]

Ah. Stockholm Syndrome?
Or closeted subs? ;)

I can't believe nobody spotted the gem in this comic, POK, Celine Dion joke is fun ,but...

"I was going to monologue my entire villanious plot to you, but now I guess the readers will have to wait to hears the details" ;D ;D ;D

[Tetralemma]

Hentai bookstore - classic!!

I guess now we know how Vaarsuvius got his her the spell "Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion".

[Kasur]

But, but... I'd like Celine Dion :-[
Am I a freak? of course, but because of these? :'(

[Invariel]

I can't believe nobody spotted the gem in this comic, POK, Celine Dion joke is fun ,but...

"I was going to monologue my entire villanious plot to you, but now I guess the readers will have to wait to hears the details" ;D ;D ;D

I already found that funny. What's better is that the Giant's initial filler strip included the words, "Let's break the fourth wall again.", which was done here. ;) Plans within plans.

[DOOM2099]

My new favorite strip! I love how much text got crammed in on this page, it's like 3 pages of gags in one! But will we see the rocket skates again!!???!!!1111one

[wagomorph]

That hentai joke was inspired.

Really, where else would a bound and gagged schoolgirl blend in?


On an episode of "The Family Guy". Enters Quagmire.

[Mas_Sinoda]

Giggity-Giggity-Giggity

Oh, and good to have you back Giant...

Loved the comic, I just wish there were more rocket skates... *Sniffle* What happened to them anyway?

[The_Kobold_Hero]

They probably ran out of gas.

[Kulatu]

At least Thog didn't produce a William Shatner album (live or studio recorded). Xykon might be that evil, but not Thog.




I like William Shatner. :o

[Mr._Blinky]

I like William Shatner. :o

Never listen to him sing "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". It will destroy your very soul.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

That hentai joke was inspired.
I absolutely did not understand that... but now that its been explained I realized that ignorance can indeed be bliss.


*walks away to hurl a bit*

[Erathia]

I like William Shatner. :o

Give me Leonard Nimoy and the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins any day.

[Lasombra]

I absolutely did not understand that... but now that its been explained I realized that ignorance can indeed be bliss.


*walks away to hurl a bit*

hey, thats what Hentai is all about, Tentacles and schoolgirls... i know a man who knows a man... if you want to find out more... :P

*mwah*

[themunck]

I already found that funny. What's better is that the Giant's initial filler strip included the words, "Let's break the fourth wall again.", which was done here. ;) Plans within plans.
yeah...every single little thing as a plot hook....

[Sneak]

I know we'll see the rocket skates again. We have to! I

Oh, and Thog is becoming better and better in these past few strips. me love thog.

[Ilaun_Undil]

I'll be surprised if Pompey puts up with the party for long. maybe he is just trying to get revenge. Anyway I was mighty disappointed in not hearing the overarcing evil plan, which might or might not include an opposite for Miko?

[Antina]

I would say it could be because of a shadow affecting the lightsource which is reflecting off materials in the pattern to cause that effect, but we don't have shadows as the encounter at the Inn showed us.

Perhaps its some sort of magic that strobes sort of like a LED or the lights on a christmas tree. On, blink off.. on, blink off...blink on.... and so forth.

No shadows - right :) - or is it the prepared reappearance of the shadow-jumper? ;)
I like the X-mas idea of yours very much - really good one!!! :)
Thanx a lot for the bonus - laughter :)

[King_Troll]

I like William Shatner. :o


I do too, as James T. Kirk or Denny Crane. But definitely not as a singer. (and let's just try to forget about that whole TJ Hooker thing...)

[Sylian]

Geez, give the guy a break. Does anyone ask you to draw comics when you're sick in bed? I think that the quality of today's strip more than makes up for the fact that there wasn't a friday update.

Sure, but I was wondering if there will be one.
Now I have readed the news. ::)

So, he'll take a chrismas vacation.
He deserves that.

[Gamethyme]

I'm looking forward to where this is going.

Whoops! Predictions = Spoilers. Missed that.

[zibeck]

Gasp! No new OotS for a whole week? And you thought the Celine Dion album was tortorus.

I just gots to have me OotS!

(Seriously, Happy Holidays Rich. Here's looking forward to a the further hijinks of the Order to the Sick).

[TheFallenOne]

Wait, if Pompey's 43...
And Julia's 16...
And he asked her out...
Ooookayyy...


For three semesters! So she was 15, tops

I really like her reaction to Nales introduction
"So, uh, we captured you to lure your brother into a trap, child"
"Hey, I'm no child!"

A real teenager

[Sylvius]

Shatner's new album - "Has Been" - is actually really good.

[humanpylon]

I wonder who would be more pissed at julia thinking elan is cute: Roy or Nale?

[ElfLad]

Sheesh, doesn't ANYbody know how expensive it is to replace the fourth wall when it gets broken? Plus, if you've got union guys working on it, it won't get fixed for months.

And it could be worse than Celine Dion. Like, Shania Twain.

[Ilaun_Undil]

I wonder who would be more pissed at julia thinking elan is cute: Roy or Nale?
I'm pretty sure that Roy and Nale's anger will pale in comparison to Haley. Now this is going to be interresting..

[wagomorph]

Sheesh, doesn't ANYbody know how expensive it is to replace the fourth wall when it gets broken? Plus, if you've got union guys working on it, it won't get fixed for months.

And it could be worse than Celine Dion. Like, Shania Twain.


Have you ever SEEN SHania Twain. I'd love her if she sang like Shatner!!!!

[Gorbash Kazdar]

Have you ever SEEN SHania Twain. I'd love her if she sang like Shatner!!!!
You stole my line :P

[humanpylon]

Shania Twain is great on TV with the volume turned down. Whereas Celine Dion ...well I think Xykon has more meat on his bones than she does.

[cheseboy]

I'm pretty sure that Roy and Nale's anger will pale in comparison to Haley. Now this is going to be interresting..
I think Julia is getting a "Vuprz rmmrtz eiim mi mqp srtp!"
(That's "Sneak attack boot to the face!" to those of you who don't feel like hunting down the translation)

[ElfLad]

Have you ever SEEN SHania Twain. I'd love her if she sang like Shatner!!!!


It's not as if you can see what she looks like while the record is playing.

[Adolfo]

Kind of cute if he shaves the beard? What will happen if she meets Elan?

Of course the cool factor is negative 10 ;D

I like the uncivilized torture...MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[evileeyore]

Give me Leonard Nimoy and the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins any day.
Now there was some real talent. I have that tune in the rotation on my playlist... I think I'll fire it now.

In the middle of the earth, in the land of shire,
There's a brave little hobbit whom we all admire...

[AtomicKitKat]

Does anyone else find it amusing that both Roy and his sister (Julia) find their captors (Miko and Nale, respectively) attractive? That amused me.

An entire family of subs! :o

Strictly speaking, hentai translates directly as "perverse", out of the ordinary. Can apply to both manga(comics) and anime(cartoons), as well as text(more commonly referred to as "lemons", or "limes" if more romance than sex)

[Chaos]

BTW, what is this "fourth wall" I´ve seen mentioned here. I´m afraid I didn´t get that one... ???

[AtomicKitKat]

BTW, what is this "fourth wall" I´ve seen mentioned here. I´m afraid I didn´t get that one... ???

The "Fourth Wall" is a theatre term, referring to the audience(the other 3 being the background, left and right walls.) Breaking it means that you address the audience directly, rather than maintaining kayfabe and speaking as a character with no knowledge of the world beyond what is on stage.

[Chaos]

The "Fourth Wall" is a theatre term, referring to the audience(the other 3 being the background, left and right walls.) Breaking it means that you address the audience directly, rather than maintaining kayfabe and speaking as a character with no knowledge of the world beyond what is on stage.

Thanks.

Dang it. I´ve been playing in a amateur drama group for years, but I never heard of that one... and I did break the fourth wall on occasion. ("Why the hell didn´t you warn me about that?")