Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXIII: DeeganBallZ

[ichini_sanshigo]

A note on today's page:

I find it pretty counter-intuitive that Mookie somehow manages to be bad at showing that a person can't draw.

It ... it really isn't that much worse than his regular art.

As it turns out, there is an art to sucking at drawing when you don't actually suck.

[Neoriceisgood]

As it turns out, there is an art to sucking at drawing when you don't actually suck.

Hahaha, for some reason I expected a link to the cobra movement.

[Frogwarrior]

As it turns out, there is an art to sucking at drawing when you don't actually suck.

As SOON as I read what you typed, the first thing that jumped into my head was "lol SBAHJ proves Andrew Hussie is a master at that!!! whatever lame person he's linking to can't be as good as Andrew Hussie!!!!!"

yeah

[Trazoi]

There's an art in making SBaHJ look as bad as it does. I've tried making DD x SBaHJ slays and it's a challenge to make it look as stylistically bad as well as it manages to.

He's trying to make you leave, Trazoi! Don't let him win!

Eh, I'll probably still keep tabs on the comic, just not daily. I might catch up on weekends. It's not worth following a daily comic if it averages less than one development per week.

[Timberwolf]

If Mookie ends one more newspost with "rock on" I am going to sneak into his home, hide all of his music within it, and leave nothing but jazz and Justin Bieber in its place.

I loath that, but it's the 85% of posts that have "Geek out" added to that that really make my skin crawl.

I just typed that.

I need to clean my teeth.

Yes, the feeling of dirt and grime has managed to make it to my teeth.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

It's... painful I know. It's ok though. We can help you through this.

[Timberwolf]

My maiden rant in the snark thread was about that. I've come to terms with it...

Oh no, I'm relapsing !

[darthbobcat]

Am I the only one who thinks that, thanks to snoutface, it's hard to tell that the cat is a cat?

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

No, Darth. No you're not.

And that one time we saw a dog, it looked a lot like Spark, too.

[Khosan]

We saw a dog?

Are you sure it wasn't that squirrel from the beginning of the comic?

[darthbobcat]

... is it possible that there are no life forms in this world aside from Dominion Apes? Some are merely very very mutated?

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Wait, found it! Back in Two Thief! Here, Imperius Rex, Canine of Action.

A big, scruffy Spark.

[mwchase]

I thought of two things that would make today's strip make more sense.

One is if Dominic were actually BRIAN BLESSED.

The other is if, instead of a sketch, he made a macaroni sculpture.

On the other hand, my mind is in so much pain right now that I'm not sure if that's right.

[darthbobcat]

I'll admit I haven't read most of this comic, so the one with the dog was new by me.

... that line "Hmph. He seems to have a little bladder" falls REALLY flat for me.

Shouldn't that be something like... no, I can't think of a good line about talking about the size of one's bladder to show that he peed. So instead, I propose

"I guess he just had a big gulp."

oh wait. fantasy world. Let's see, time to use the utmost of my mookie-esque creativity to devise an alternative!

"I guess he just had ye big gulpe."

[Zorzark]

Indeed, there was once a dog. It even had a name and a crazy old man owner.

Bite harder, Imperius Rex!

Terrible drawing of a dog, but one of the comics that's come closest to getting a real laugh from me. Something about old guys kicking the hell out of people.

Edit: Swordsage'd

[Johnny Blade]

Wait, found it! Back in Two Thief! Here, Imperius Rex, Canine of Action.

A big, scruffy Spark.

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[Mr. McGician]

Why are all of these new people suddenly joining the thread? You guys realize next week is the wedding arc, right?

[darthbobcat]

I joined the forum for the ponies, which I discovered thanks to the pony-ness in this thread last week. I figured I'd give my two cents.

[Trazoi]

Sneaky Gate
Future Link

...And I'm out.

[guttering flame]

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Future Link

...And I'm out.

Run away! It's the GRIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[darthbobcat]

Bye Trazoi. I've been lurking for weeks and you did some of my fave posts. Go, go on to better things.

[Trazoi]

...I'd recommend running too if there's a Facebath arc looming its smug head over the horizon.

Seriously... I'd prefer the wedding catering planning arc.

(Waiting to see the newspost confirms my fears...)

[Johnny Blade]

Five panels. Dominic's talking about THE BEAST and the Plane of Boom for five panels and Mookie manages not to write any new information into this.
It's the kind of badness that takes true talent and dedication to achieve.


Also, Gregory's probably right, but I wouldn't be so excited about it. Maybe he likes teddy bears.
...somebody needs to write the lyrics for this song.

[guttering flame]

...somebody needs to write the lyrics for this song.

Just think about the scream of the Beast the DESTROYER, only louder and lamer.


I've been think about Greg's face and had an epiphany. We know he went to alterist but didn't use her skill for his new haircut (which would be beneath an alterist's caliber anyway). Now look at the Face. Greg was moping about his meh looks when he preformed with his first band. Obviously he went to the alterist to get a face-lift. The ultimate face-lift. The unchanging Grin and wide eyes are the result.

[Rappy]

Oh no...not SmugGreg...

I'm gonna stick to the end, in memory of Trazoi and those that fell before him in the Horseman Arcs and the Great Desolation of Maltak, but...please, go away, SmugGreg.

[Zaq]

You will be missed, Trazoi. I can tell we can't convince you to stay, but you will be missed.

This has gotten pretty painful, hasn't it? Filler. Facebath. Nonsense.

Forget Snuggly. I'm more scared of Smuggly in p.8 there.

Also, "a dark armor"? Seriously? That's a thing?

[Castel]

Ugh.

[darthbobcat]

Well, I'm fresh and new! I haven't wasted years reading this thing (in fact, I've read and enjoyed Dominic Durgan, but haven't read more than two arcs of Deegan). So for me, this boredom is prime snarking material! Go, you have earned your rest! You have prooved the justice of our culture! Let the next generation of embittered webcomic readers take your place!

[Zaq]

OK, serious question here.

When Mookie sits down to write, what do you think he honestly aims for? What do you think really gives him the satisfaction of a job well done? What do you think he looks at with a sense of pride and the ability to say "today, I have succeeded"?

I'm serious. We're not Mookie (right? Right?), so we may never know for certain, but there's a certain amount of conjecture which might be valid.

[Khosan]

God.

Dammit.

Seriously, we just spent three days rehashing everything we already know that just happened.

And Smugreg's back into the story, smugging his smug mug around.

EDIT: Screw it, I'm watching more MLP.