Hide the couscous!
I’m not sure if couscous was on Mrs Clovis’ pamphlet (leaflet). It’s a pretty innocuous grain, after all. I suppose it can be a vehicle for some decadent mezzes. Use your imagination.
STEEPLE – A Scary Go Round Comic
by John Allison
Sure couscous SEEMS harmless enough, but it can lead to other, stronger things, like quinoa.
And everybody knows that quinoa can cause the wind.
It’s a gateway dish to spicier victuals!
Quinoa and kale are more trend than substance.
Amaranth, hemp seed, collards and watercress are the real “superfoods”
And quinoa is the kind of thing David Lynch would cook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSP-ewdJYJc
I love how a simple video of David Lynch cooking quinoa is still totally a David Lynch film.
“I’m going to go over now… and fill this pan at the SINK, with some FRESH WATER.”
That video involves absolutely terrifying amounts of salt
Couscous isn’t a grain. It’s more like a kind of tiny pasta, made from semolina. And, no, I’m not kidding.
That is exactly correct
Yes, couscous is pasta! Or, like “large flours”.
Semolina pasta
Climbing up the Eiffel Tower
So is the egg man Eggsy, or Tom?
Maggie’s face is mugshot quality.
“Who hit the hijinks-ensue button?”, it screams.
In that last panel, I think she’s worried the Reverend may spot the brooms.
Thank you so much JA.
The wee -kn- in the KNOCKs
And the colourful forceful BARGE
add such timing and motion to already exquisite artwork.
(Like Maggie’s guilty glance at the brooms).
And then the dialogue! We are so spoilt by you. Ta pal.
“Just cleaning up the kitchen!”
Couldn’t be much worse than the haunted vacuum cleaner, right?
I’m pretty sure the hijinks-ensue button has been stuck in the ‘on’ position for several decades now. That seems like the only thing that could explain why Tredregyn is the way it is.
The reverend cares about menstrual justice. Always.
Hmm, is Maggie drinking a “Warm Willie” in panel 1?
It is the right color – but is it red-orange flavor?
I like PenROSE wearing ROSES in the same shade as his new hair colour. Next time we might see him in Penrose tiles.
That’s the same hair color he usually has, as far as I can see. It does seem to vary a bit during stories where John’s using different pallets for different pages, and I think there was some evolution in his appearance in the original 5 issues, but it’s the same hair color he had in The Silvery Moon and Secret Sentai, as far as I can tell.
Period poverty is when you’re poor in Olden Times, right?
No, “period poverty” is when your prose lacks punctuation.
I can’t believe that in all this reader chat about period poverty (so far), no one has called out the menstrual-product-like name of the dehumidifier.
Oh god
Nice to see a reference to period poverty. First I’ve seen in a webcomic that I can recall.
What the Reverend hasn’t mentioned is he completed the fun run dressed as a giant moon cup.
If once a woman indulges herself in quinoa, very soon she comes to think little of avocado; and from avocado she comes next to garlic and fish-sauce, and from that to salt and pepper.
Is Maggie worried that Penrose will discover she’s having a little party with two witches or that said witches could discover that Penrose is in the house. Both?
Both, I assume. Mostly, generically, Penrose and the witches being within a quarter-mile of each other is just going to lead to some kind of problem, precise details TBD but certain not to be good.
If you recall, there was one obscured panel on the front. It could very well be hiding warnings about exotic foods. And of course there’s the possibility of a full exegesis on the back. Very exciting!
I am sorry but who eats with gloves on?
Those gloves may be hiding seance trickery!
Mrs. Clovis would probably find couscous an exotic and therefore suspicious foodstuff. You’d eat it, remove your clothes, and get a Liberal Arts degree.
Wait – if the Rev P was struggling to hold onto the dehumidifier, how did he manage to do a “knock-kn-knock-knock-knock?
Why didn’t he put the unit on the ground and knock, or did he do that and quickly pick it up again?
Yes, once again it’s up to me to ask the important questions!
He used his forehead.
He’d been needing to slam his head into something since Brian came over anyway.
He knocked by swinging the plug of the dehumidifier against the door.
He tossed it in the air, knocked, then caught it.
Clot and Lud must clash with Rev. Penrose, preferably with an ax that Mrs. Clovis brought to the cottage for extra cleaning of fish people stains.
Hide the Couscous!
Fabulous