Breathing
There’s no denying that the Extreme Freaks are extreme, but they seem a decent enough bunch. Sadly they do not appear on any of the remaining pages. You’ll just have to get to work on your “head canon”.
STEEPLE – A Scary Go Round Comic
by John Allison
Extreme freaks are all about aftercare. Extreme aftercare, but they care nonetheless.
And no surprise, Tom is extremely ungrateful for their extreme aftercare.
The page title has caused this song to be in my head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzlofSthVwc
Just demographically, that *should* have been what popped into my head too. Instead… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuLsz4yPPM
I’ll see that and I’ll raise you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcz0YxYl6Ac
(But I’m trying and failing to figure out what Jennifer Juniper has to do with anything.)
Oh wait, got it.
Any excuse to post this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdJOpb6dJlY
I think this is what Tom might need right now: https://youtu.be/rmHDhAohJlQ (can’t believe nobody has posted this yet)
This, too, is a most excellent song!
I immediately jumped to “Jennifer Juniper” and was just about to post a YouTube link to it… when I noticed the YouTube clip embedded right up there.
D’Oh!
Back when it came out, “Jennifer Juniper” was probably my favorite Donovan hit. These days I think “There Is a Mountain” might be in front
Given “Jennifer Juniper,” I suppose this might be a relevant Kate Bush song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pApXAQCrrxk
Sean, you are a person of great discrimination and superb taste.
This song had a LOOOOOOONG reign as My Most Favorite Song Of All Time.
Only 4 more pages? I’m sad.
Back in the day, loose threads from Omega The Unknown were concluded in The Defenders. Loose threads from Millennium were concluded in The X-Files. So I’m praying for Steeple X Solver.
I hated the way Steven Grant completed Steve Gerber’s Omega the Unknown in the Defenders. It was obvious that Grant didn’t get what Gerber was doing at all. And apparently, Gerber felt the same way. So, as far as I’m concerned, that’s a bad example.
Unlike Gerber, John has the power to decide who will write the continuation, and I expect he will choose Mr. J. Allison
Sorry. I’m still sore about it, all these years later.
I’m increasingly certain that this is what’s going to happen. I can’t believe that John would deliberately set up a whole slew of never-to-be-answered questions just for the heck of it.
So, you don’t believe John can answer all the remaining questions in four pages?
He can, if the last page is Lottie summarising how she tied up all the loose ends off-panel.
At bit like how London viewers had Meg and her kids sit down with us to summarise the episodes of Crossroads they weren’t going to show when the regions synced up. (Ask an old person about this.)
No, I believe that he can pick up the loose ends he leave in four pages in a Lottie story that is forthcoming. 🙂
My guess is that Conan the Barbarian will solve all the problems with his mighty thews
He will be sucking the marrow from the bones of such devilry in no time.
If Conan ever came to modern-day Tredregyn, Tom would quickly find himself very, very dead. Conan may not know much about this strange land he’s found himself in, but he’s quite sure he knows an evil sorcerer when he sees one.
The line between “surprise massage” and “common assault” is surprisingly fine.
Well, that is the surprise element.
It depends upon whether they rub you the wrong way.
Poor Tom. He seems to feel so betrayed. I wonder if he and Jason were friends before he became a sea creature. The extreme freaks seem quite nice and seriously concerned about Tom’s wall being. Probably Brian found them so unbearable because of the spell cast on him by the witches.
Given that Jason was Rev. Penrose’s colleague and closest friend I highly doubt that he would’ve had or wanted much to do with Tom.
But he was also a sincere researcher, interested in studying the mysteries of the sea creatures and curious about everything. It wouldn’t surprise me if he had gone several times to ask the CoS for information or books
That is certainly true. Plus I could imagine Jason being on more amicable terms with CoS than Dave.
Plus also I think by and large David viewed CoS as more of a nuisance (at worst) compared to the more substantial threat of the Deep Creatures.
Awww. They’re so nice!
EXTREMELY nice!
Maybe Tom was only fed up with their fashion ensembles?
Other than that they might have just wanted to continue D&D quests a little too long for Tom’s sleep patterns to handle
I think he mostly hates being called Tommy. Undermines his self-image.
It looks like Jason was in there at least 55 days, maybe more if there’s another column behind the door. Also, that is one TINY cell. Tom is, dare I say it… not nice.
Given the time skip at the start of the Extreme Freaks chapter (and Jason’s captivity beginning before the Maggie’s Party chapter started), I would reckon none of the tally marks in panel 4 are repeated in panel 6.
And the toilet facilities aren’t exactly impressive . . . or even existent.
I wonder how many “five bar gates” are concealed by Tom’s manly silhouette? And if the tallying starts on the left wall (right as you pure helplessly through the door grating).
Completely on-brand for Tom to be surprised by this turn of events.
When the new generation brought in intersectional Satanism, it was all over for old Tom.
How much heft would a Cup Noodle cudgel have?
It is quite possibly the worst material on earth to make a cudgel with.
Has Jason been fed on nothing but pot noodles all this time? That is not a healthy diet, Tom should be ashamed.
I’m surprised Jason needed a cudgel. The smell of that cell alone should have done Tom in.
I suspect Tom has a very high tolerance for all sorts of unpleasant smells.
But apparently a very low tolerance for cudgels.
I would kind of expect Jason to do more damage just by punching, but I suppose he’s not in his right mind these days.
Sometimes it’s not about the damage, it’s about sending a message…
It’s probably been cemented together by his own spittle which, when dried, hardens into a clear coral-like encrustation, giving surprising structural strength to the cudgel.
The Cup Noodle cudgel (which I have been waiting to use for ages) is formed of chewed up, heavily compacted plastic, gravy and ramen, it is as dense as a table leg.
My Dad had that Donovan album on vinyl when I was a kid back in the 70’s. He also had a couple Jethro Tull albums. I preferred the latter.
That one freak had better not lose the key to the padlock.