A nice big card
Billie’s intervention at this point is probably wise because Brian is on the verge of full beast-man mode in panel 2 and we can’t risk another visit to Vape Escape. He’s about thirty seconds from stripping down to his underpants and embracing chaos once more.
The Ichthys symbol on the axe head is a nice touch.
The Purley’s fish and Panel 2 Brian have a nice symmetry to their expressions
So do the patterns on Billie’s dress and the lining of Lottie’s jacket in panel 1!
Purley’s AQUATICS eh?
So…hard…to keep the secret of the Purleys’ identity…I so badly want to spoil it for the class!
Ah, that is why I filed the PDF away for future re-reading and am reading it first time through here on the dallies – extends the enjoyment of discovery out.
I haven’t read the PDF. I just have a called shot from months ago I’m eagerly waiting for the reveal on. But I’m not allowed to spill the beans!
That first panel is the hero shot from the movie.
Exactly what I thought! I especially love how different each person’s body language is. A formidable team, to be sure.
Exactly, and given that, as a normal Westerner, I scanned from left to right, Billie’s serious yet very attractive expression was a special treat.
She the one who looks like she’s on a mission!
Exactly! It made me notice just how good she looks in that panel. VERY attractive. Gonna keep me eye on Billie now.
First panel: Hero shot!
Third panel: Squad broken!
Man alive, panel 1 is superhero comics / Reservoir Dogs worthy. So nice!
I so love Billie and Lottie’s thumbs up and smiles but conveying entirely different meanings.
John it must be said that your figures, your composition, and your facial expressions continue to noticeably improve. Maybe you got new manga software, maybe you’ve been studying your ‘how to draw manga’ booklets, I’m not sure.
Thanks Dave, I’m always practicing. Got all my how to draw manga books out and I invested in a new gel pen.
“That’s my secret, Cap. I’m always thirty seconds from stripping to my underpants and embracing the chaos.”
Heheh! Nice!
Billie is awesome ♡. She knows how to handle Brian and prevent him from making disasters, such a nice couple ♡. It’s nice to see Lottie’s opinion of Billie turned positive, after the trouble they had at the Church of Satan she didn’t seem to want to trust her anymore. The fact that Pentrose says he’s scared of Billie is new to me… I’d like to know more.
Well of course he’s terrified of her! Magus Tom is an utter prat whom no one likes; but let a kind and motivated person like Billie become the public face of Satanism in Tredregyn and who knows what that church might achieve?
You’re right. They will become unstoppables. Maybe Belial really chose her to boost his glory between humans out of all proportion.
Penrose knows Billie is a powerful force, he just worries about whether she’ll be a force for good or evil. He is simultaneously terrified that Tom will corrupt her, and hoping that somehow Billie may corrupt him.
I’ve already said – she’s gonna be Mayor of Tredregyn some day.
Maybe – even more!
He will be needing his glasses when he gets back to himself…
Don’t worry, Billie’s got them in the last panel.
This definitely isn’t the sort of detail that drives me mad in TV shows. And I definitely didn’t use it to torment the daily audience with the weeklong “where is Lottie’s suitcase” saga.
Damsel – because if you find yourself in distress on a regular basis, you should at least smell good!
Have an unofficial upvote!
Also, Billie’s “Uh oh” — what does she know about Purley’s?
I *think* she’s reacting to Brian’s oncoming transformation, not to Purley’s.
Ah. Yeah, that makes sense
I take it that Lottie and Shelley have traded perfuming secrets with one another.
My interpretation was that Lottie is just very fashion-conscious, and has a lot of knowledge about anything and everything with an expensive designer label (even if she can’t afford it herself). Maybe she knows what it smells like because she has sampled it in a store.
Lottie and Shelley are very good friends. You should imagine that Charlotte has stuck her nose into most aspects of La Winters’ life at this point. Certainly her shoe cupboard and her perfume shelf.
In that order, I take it?
She’s probably acted as Shelley’s assistant/gal Friday more than once. She probably knows things about Shelley that the tabloids would pay plenty to hear: in other words, pretty much anything about Shelley. 😉
Hasn’t Lottie been Shelley’s “intern” in the past?
“She terrifies me.”
Words spoken about Lottie on more than one occasion.
“At that price, you would hope so.” Strikes me as a line that could be read as it being very expensive or, very cheap.
Not unlike very cheap, and very expensive bottles of spirits.
I’m thinking Shelley isn’t into cheap stuff anymore now that she’s rich and famous.
She drives a Maser Quattroporte. NONE of her stuff is cheap any more, what with Tibkins’ book and stuffed toy sales off the charts.
The Dorall Collection of women’s fragrances includes a few ‘Damsel’ perfumes, including “Damsel Exquisite”, “Damsel Radiant”, and “Damsel Essential”. No mention of Elaine Stevens that I can find.
https://shop.designerscentsations.com/Damsel-Essential-DAMESDORF.htm
Isn’t EVERYONE always about thirty seconds from stripping down to their underpants and embracing chaos?
Or is that just me. And Brian.
I would never restrict myself to underpants.
Living life thirty seconds at a time. Underpants optional
“Billie is a powerful force”
So is Shelley. For that matter, so is Lottie. Good thing they’re all on the same side. At the moment.
In Panel Three, on the left, Is that the word “FEAR” written on the boulder?
A nice big ‘card’.
Yes, Billie, of course. Best preserve what little of Lottie’s innocence remains.