Don’t fall in love too fast
“Tibkins” has been chronicled in various places – the Murder She Writes and THAT minis, Giant Days #52, and various other strips. Look, he’s a hedgehog type entity with chicken legs. That’s all you need to know. He bewitches young minds. AN IMPORTANT NOTICE If you want to read the first 22 pages of this story ahead of time (in a convenient, higher resolution PDF), just sign up for my Patreon at the $3 tier. Feel free to unsubscribe again, or drop to a lower tier, if you only want to read the comic. There’s loads of nonsense and bonus comics on there to read before you do – weird Esther and Des strips, process posts, horrendous fake comic projects, sketches galore.
That’s nothing, you should see what Tibkins looks like before they photoshop HIM
They add the smile because Tibkins is actually unable to feel happiness.
Ahhhh, a riff on the classic “books not boys”
Shout out to Shauna, or Shaunx, or whatever their name is now.
I’m rooting for Xauna/ Sxauna, gotta be.
But never simply “Sauna”.
More’s the pity.
Billie has a cousin who works for Harchette.. I don’t know why, abut seems really important. After see her in person, Brian will fall madly in love for Shelley♡♡ and maybe Billie too♡. I love how Billie is ready to protect Brian. Maybe are all the orgies, but the two are becoming very close. Great start♡.
Wait ’til Brian and Billie find out Shelley really IS that sort of bird!
If anything, the Photoshopped poster only decreases Shelley’s inspirational qualities.
The digital wizards at Hatchette had to apply an unflattering filter in order to protect national morale.
I see that Brian fancies my favorite band. ????
As a noob reader – is Shelley canonically hot?
Yes, she is.
this is the funniest thing i could’ve possibly seen in the comments, thank you
She has, historically, made hearts beat faster. There is something faintly alarming about her.
I see. I shall adjust my expectations as a reader accordingly.
I don’t know if you’ve been reading Steeple, but if you have, imagine combining roughly equal amounts of Billie and Maggie into one person, and then adding a (possibly?) healthy amount of… ah… let’s say an unusual way of looking at the world, and a bit higher energy level (maybe not quite as much as you’re likely imagining from this description), and you’d get at least a rough approximation of something vaguely like Shelley.
Think ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’, but rather than the brooding, melancholic Lord Byron, it’s a bottle of Tizer, spiked with LSD and shaken REALLY hard.
Thanks all, I appreciate the colorful descriptions of Shelley. Makes me feel like I’m really getting to know her.
I feel Byron was far more outspoken, brash, and lascivious.
Shelley is more as if you found out your etiquette instructor was actually some combination of Emily Dickinson and a peyote cactus.
Shelley is canonically a firecracker.
She’s a definite pip.
A smokeshow, if you will
Plenty of Bobbinsverse residents have thought so, including Tim Jones and Rich Tweedy both, as well as a succession of suitors alluded to by Amy to have included a doctor, a basketball player, a priest, a green-skinned mutant, and possibly the God of Thunder.
http://scarygoround.com/bobbins/index.php?date=20141123
But, she is very genteel and traditional in other ways, and sometimes a bit of a mooncalf – particularly when she broke into the British space agency trying to get to the actual moon during Super Crisis Quests. Sometimes she dreams of being a medieval princess.
And in one of her earliest appearances in the original SGR, when she was hospitalized for zombie-related problems, she made it clear that her boobies are not just for anyone! They are only for her.
In short, she’s a complex woman.
You’ll probably have to draw your own conclusions.
Not sure that’s a priest. Looks more like a Starfleet commander or a foreign diplomat.
And don’t forget the Norwegian lad who burned churches. Though I guess he might be the Thor guy.
And didn’t Shelley also have a fling with the Greek stud in Atlantis?
She did! And then she left him in the middle of a riot so she and Amy could steal the Atlanteans’ submersible and escape, saying “Romance is complicated.”
God, I really hope this isn’t going to be the Shelley Winters Gets Murder-She-Wroted story.
I’m getting mad strong First Act of Columbo vibes.
Oh, well it’s not like Shelley’s never come back from the dead before.
But that was usually because her future stepdaughter was trying to murder her, and the timestream was trying to defend itself. Shelley’s plot immunity may be dangerously compromised now.
Oh no Billie, this one is for real. Shelley Winters, the face that launched a thousand….ummm…trying to think of a clever riff on the Helen of Troy thing…
Buoys?
*applause*
Comics? She was John’s first. And he’s done quite a few others since then!
…foolish admirers into an active pyroclastic flow?
I guess just two so far, Bonzo Cribbins and Raffles The Gentleman Thief.
Gutsy store name, given how many book shops struggle to stay (cough) afloat.
Is this a Steeple/Bad Machinery/Scary-Go-Round crossover? Is this The Crossover Event of The Century?!?
Yes it is. It is going to blow minds worldwide.
Go back one page. There’s a cover image.
Don’t make any rush decisions Brian – things with you and Shelley may not necessarily work out, and it will take a while for your toenails to grow back!
I would say Brian is not Shelley’s type, but she was with Bruno for awhile, so… who knows?
Shelly’s weaknesses are apparently ‘the suave’ and ‘men who look like an ice cube tray’, I don’t think Brian qualifies for either.
Ah, Shelley! My everlasting favourite.
He may be a Satanist warlock, but he’s probably better boyfriend material than Tim… 😛
Oh dear, now the “hedgehog-type entity” is canon. I always imagined a sentient dust-kitty.
Great start, Mr. Allison, Sir.
Shelly’s one of my favorite characters, but I think Erin dealing with the Church of Satan might be a hoot to see.
Was Brian on his way to Leather n Lace Tattooist when he got side-tracked by the Shelley poster?
I think Brian might actually work there but more on that later.
Brian, savant sage ever dropping unexpected wisdoms. Now I’m genuinely afraid that I’ve never been out with a lifemate worth cutting my toenails for.