Golf balls
I’m not sure Reverend Penrose totally thought through the “train the girl” idea. It just sounded good on the doorstep. There were three versions of this page. Two of them.. were not very good.
I’m not sure Reverend Penrose totally thought through the “train the girl” idea. It just sounded good on the doorstep. There were three versions of this page. Two of them.. were not very good.
Reverend Penrose isn’t as young as he used to be. There was a time when it would have taken hail stones TWICE the size of these ones to make him turn back.
He’d have been out with a jewel-encrusted cricket bat, lobbing them right at the merfolk.
Almost forgot to say- All three expressions in the final panel are amazing. We can see feel exactly what each of the three is feeling.
Hands up, all those who want to see Maggie’s battle armor design.
Yes, if only this strip had appeared during “lurid week.”
WOW! Mrs Clovis! “You can’t replace a Reverend with a irreverant” is fantastic! It’s nice to know that Penrose has such a high opinion of Maggie to design her as his successor. Now that he’s back he can train her himself! I’m sure Maggie would be really happy to work out with Penrose♡!
TRAINING MONTAGE!
To be fair, we only know that Rev said to train “the girl.” Maybe he meant Billie, or, more likely, Lottie
Can definitely see Lottie siccing Old Bill on the nightmarish evils and tossing them straight into nick
Has to be Billie – she’s the one in need of a job, after all. (Try harder, Baphomet!)
Don’t worry. Every week could become a “lurid week”.
Perhaps that will show up as a Patreon bonus…
In a ‘90s “boobs & butt” pose. Maggie looks twisty enough to pull that off.
She’s definitely the sort to go for the “battle hooker” look.
Perhaps the Reverend will remind her that “holy” doesn’t actually mean “full of holes”.
Maggie’s description of her armour seems a bit cheeky to me.
With that wind and hail, I doubt the evil mermen will be doing much outside of the water either
Of course not! Did you see the hail stones? They’re the size of bloody bastard golf balls! The mermen are all going a little deeper, even: those things sting even through six inches of water.
WOW! Mrs Clovis! “You can’t replace a Reverend with a irreverant” is fantastic! It’s nice to know that Penrose has such a high opinion of Maggie to design her as his successor. Now that he’s back he can train her himself! I’m sure Maggie would be really happy to work out with Penrose♡!
Sean K
He actually meant Lottie, right?
Nah! The was able to see Maggie’s true potential want her to shine in her battle armour.
And so did God guide His Holy Servant through the chill of the rain, the howl of the tempest and the bloody bastarding hail stones the size of bloody bastard golf balls back unto the shelter of the Rectory. For yea, God doth not be an idiot, and knows better that His Holy Servant ought not be out in such weather!
Yea, verily!
Mrs. Clovis doesn’t seem to be reacting to Maggie’s battle armor plans with her usual disgust. Probably too stunned to react and praying to herself for the Rev’s return.
She looks utterly terrified.
I love it: her mouth says “I have no part in this degenerate filth” while her eyes say ‘”help me”.
Is that a hot water bottle? At least he knows what he needs.But he got his armor off all by himself.
I’m picturing a teddy bear under his arm. He looks like he needs one.
I’ve had those moments… you have go out into inclement weather hoping to have a sense of adventure. But then you realize nature is actually kind of scary and uhhh maybe this wasn’t such a great idea honestly.
Not weather-related, but once I was out in the hills around our house in Southern California, near to twilight, basking in the approaching dusk and considering myself brave and ready for Hyrule-like adventures in exploration.
I was walking along a tree-lined path, brisk and fierce…and then I heard a snap from the impenetrable underbrush.
Just one.
I stood there for a full minute, then turned tail and ran.
It did kind of expose me to myself, though I have to admit that being eaten as a mountain lion’s evening meal would definitely have ticked the “Hyrule-like adventures” box I was aiming for.
I love Maggie so much. I can’t decide if I want to date her, or be her.
Be like Loki and do both!
I laughed. I laughed long and loud. I may have been hearty. ‘Father, why dost though laugh so longly loudly and heartily so?’ my children asked.
Wait, why does the Rev have a honking big axe but not some kind of armor? Old version: pride goeth before a fall
New version: you ain’t that swole bruh
Um, just last page we saw him getting into his armor. It just didn’t cover his entire body.
Yeah. Next time, helmet and shoulder pads.
I understand the modern vigilante lunatic prefers Kevlar and tactical gear.
In a pinch though, you know, grab your cousin’s old rollerblading pads and a bike helmet, stick an entire traffic cone over your head, it’s a full afternoon.
Just saying, when you’ve lived in a place like Tredregyn for so long, there is a certain expectation of painful hail at inconvenient times. Clearly, torso-only ballistic armor doesn’t pass the test.
I think Jack Kirby drew panel 5.
Maybe with the weather being this bad, the evil sea creatures decide to stay at home too…
Also, if Mrs. Clovis finds Maggie taking his place so objectionable, perhaps she should contact Lottie instead…
Mirelurks (esp the crab variants) could probably take it…
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Mirelurk
As much as I enjoyed and laughed out loud at the theatrical release, I need to see the Allison cut as well as the grindhouse version of this page!
golfball line might need work. He seems to be back rather quick, and with a hot water thingee? Will there be answers?
Has God forsaken the Reverend?
God works in mysterious ways! Sometimes, He’s just an nudge of common sense.
Mrs C’s expression in the final panel is perfect but that really isn’t how knitting works. (Most comic artists get that wrong.)
Maggie is probably thinking about battle armor that would be closer to image 90s girls but designed by Stjepan Šejić in his current style XD