123, The Battle for Gobwin Knob, Page 111

**Moonshadow** · 2008-09-21, 05:12 AM (ISO 8601)

Go Tool! Go Tool!

I hope Sizemore comes out ok, but Parson is sending him the Spidewry.

Nice touch with the Archons peeking in on Parson's Thinkagrams though

**Gez** · 2008-09-21, 05:17 AM (ISO 8601)

Anybody else noticed the vampire Super Mario?

**Amplify** · 2008-09-21, 05:20 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Yuuki_Jaggar

Nice touch with the Archons peeking in on Parson's Thinkagrams though

I missed that the first time through, even though I was looking for that sort of thing <.<

Looks like we are gonna see a climax very soon....

Originally Posted by Gez

Anybody else noticed the vampire Super Mario?

That just looks like a stereotypical old fasioned dock worker to me. I somehow doubt that warlords design was *specifically* akin to Mario, but rather they both draw thier designs from the same source.

**Akeaka** · 2008-09-21, 05:20 AM (ISO 8601)

Wonder what songs they're both playing!?

**The Rose Dragon** · 2008-09-21, 05:22 AM (ISO 8601)

Man, a West Side Story reference! That's one of my favorite movies!

I love you guys!

**Moonshadow** · 2008-09-21, 05:23 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Gez

Anybody else noticed the vampire Super Mario?

Yeah, he showed up before when Jillian met up with Vinny and crew from Transylvito.

Do the Mario?

**Behold_the_Void** · 2008-09-21, 05:36 AM (ISO 8601)

I like the West Side Story reference. Good stuff.

**Judge** · 2008-09-21, 05:37 AM (ISO 8601)

Let the Rock-off begin!

**Najian** · 2008-09-21, 05:52 AM (ISO 8601)

Oh man, fingersnapping bats!

Keeps getting better.

**Drascin** · 2008-09-21, 06:19 AM (ISO 8601)

The Tool is a little annoying bastard, but I have to give him what he's due - when he gets to the frontline, he knows how to be awesome. After that, I have to root for him, at least for this battle.

Also, notice Sizemore's steely expression and how he's talking, without so much as an inflexion or a word too many. That's what a good man supressing all his morals and focusing on doing what needs to be done sounds like. It brings to memory the Pratchett stance that if you find yourself at the mercy of a man, pray he's an evil man, because the good one will simply kill you to end things quickly.

Webinar is So. Very. ****ed.

**HOLEkevin** · 2008-09-21, 06:28 AM (ISO 8601)

More and more, I am looking forward to the end of this chapter, so that I can go back and reread everything all at one go. This is a great comic, but my brain suffers from being not quite big enough to keep up with all the "pieces" for the length of time required between updates. I just can't remember who everyone is.

You know what would be neat? A sidebar with the faces of the characters, their names, and which side they're (currently) on. Hm. I like that idea. I might do that with my own comic!

**Miklus** · 2008-09-21, 06:49 AM (ISO 8601)

The Tool is cool!

I just love the "Knights In Stanley's Service". Spit some blood, Tool!

What is that song Transsylvito sings?

**The Rose Dragon** · 2008-09-21, 06:52 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Miklus

The Tool is cool!

I just love Knights In Stanley's Service". Spit some blood, Tool!

Knights... in... Stanley's...

Man, I just got that one. I must be really slow.

**Trixie** · 2008-09-21, 06:54 AM (ISO 8601)

What reference? Not everybody lives in the US, you know.

**Pronounceable** · 2008-09-21, 06:56 AM (ISO 8601)

Damn, I don't know who to root for? All involved are awesome...

And I love Mario.

**The Rose Dragon** · 2008-09-21, 06:56 AM (ISO 8601)

Neither do I, really.

But everyone must watch West Side Story. It's an awesome musical and an awesome movie.

**SteveD** · 2008-09-21, 06:57 AM (ISO 8601)

"Bats? Bats, we got".

You can say that again. Must be millions of the blighter's. :P

Either bats are worth bugger all in a fight, or they could just swarm the dwagons and win.

Oh, and don't forget the KISS reference.

**Estelindis** · 2008-09-21, 07:00 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Trixie

What reference? Not everybody lives in the US, you know.

These references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(band)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_It_Loud

Also, though not related to KISS (rather, to the other side of the battle):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story
Clearly, Bats = Jets

**Lamech** · 2008-09-21, 07:03 AM (ISO 8601)

Oh dear, I think Webinar is going to die soon, Vinny and friends too. Well I was wrong about the fight already being finished between the dragons and vamps. Ah well... its a climax!

**Miklus** · 2008-09-21, 07:03 AM (ISO 8601)

Just search YouTube for "Kiss - I Love It Loud", there are plenty of clips.

Search "West Side Story-Jet Song" for the other song.

**Xenon** · 2008-09-21, 07:06 AM (ISO 8601)

this comics going to end up needing a surgeons generals warning for awesome.

is that a Lordi reference? all we need is lightning with power and might.

**Dacia Brabant** · 2008-09-21, 07:21 AM (ISO 8601)

Boop, how can I keep hating on Stanley after a shout-out like that? I guess even he gets a crowning moment of awesome. Can't wait to see how this plays out.

Oh and so much for the Foolamancer tricking Stanley into fleeing the ambush; I think Jack pretty much wants to get the Tool croaked at this point.

**The Old Hack** · 2008-09-21, 07:27 AM (ISO 8601)

Hey, what gives? I thought Stanley had the Arkenhammer, not the Arkenaxe.

Utterly fantastic page. And the tension builds.

**Dragonath** · 2008-09-21, 07:47 AM (ISO 8601)

Totally awesome how Stanley holds the Arkenhammer like a guitar and "plays it".

This just keeps getting better and better, **** meeeeeeeee...

**ishnar** · 2008-09-21, 07:58 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Miklus

The Tool is cool!

I just love the "Knights In Stanley's Service". Spit some blood, Tool!

What is that song Transsylvito sings?

No one ever explained the joke of Knights in Stanley's Service" Google just refers me back to threads where it wasn't explained way back when either. Over the months I've googled the term whenever the mood strikes me, but I never got an answer to the joke here.

Too bad this forced me to remember WSS. The one movie that God would be hard pressed to make another with less artistic merit......

---self deleted about 1000 words of ranting. I've got a lot to say about works assigned in school and little of it positive. Seeing people claim how great WSS was needed a counter to save people the agony of exposing themselves unprepared, but the rant was unnecessary.

**Cainen** · 2008-09-21, 08:03 AM (ISO 8601)

The band KISS got a bad rep for 'outrageous' on-stage antics way back when. Some of those nay-sayers came up with the idea that they were called KISS because it stood for Knights In Satan's Service, so it's really self-explanatory when you know that much.

**stm177** · 2008-09-21, 08:15 AM (ISO 8601)

I see now why Saline IV loved Stanley enough to make him the Heir.

Stanley is a horrible king, but a preternaturally gifted warlord.

**GooeyChewie** · 2008-09-21, 08:30 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Amplify

That just looks like a stereotypical old fasioned dock worker to me. I somehow doubt that warlords design was *specifically* akin to Mario, but rather they both draw thier designs from the same source.

Actually, Mario was designed pretty much entirely from the limitation of computer graphics at the time he was designed. They couldn't make the hair correctly, so they gave him a cap. They couldn't define the face very clearly, so they gave him a big nose. They couldn't make a decent mouth, so they gave him a mustache to cover it. Nintendo didn't design him from stereotypical old fashioned dock workers.

Plus, I think Mario is much more famous than stereotypical old fashioned dock workers. I think it's much more likely that this character is based on Mario than anything else.

**BobVosh** · 2008-09-21, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Cainen

The band KISS got a bad rep for 'outrageous' on-stage antics way back when. Some of those nay-sayers came up with the idea that they were called KISS because it stood for Knights In Satan's Service, so it's really self-explanatory when you know that much.

Watch Detroit City Rock for more on this

**ReccaSquirrel** · 2008-09-21, 08:39 AM (ISO 8601)

It was a very nice reference to West Side Story indeed.

Alas, I was not one to state that Sizemore would be the one to die of the major characters on Parson's side. I, unfortunately, don't know if I can keep saying that. He is overwhelmed and overrun. Reinforcements are on the way but will they get there in time?

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