I have no secrets, David dear
Reverend Penrose continues his diligent works around Tredregyn. I think his ramrod investigative approach may have been softened a little thanks to his run-in with Charlotte Grote. This is a new, more thoughtful Penrose. — COLOURS BY SAMMY BORRAS
DARKNESS MEETS LIGHT, AS IT WAS FORESEEN.
(This self-aggrandizing post brought to you by my meaningless called shot several days ago that this comic would feature the first Rev-Magus conversation since the original Steeple #3.)
They did have a brief conversion over the phone for two pages during Silvery Moon story. https://steeple.church/comic/vape/
Come to think of it I am confused, anxious, and struggling with the modern world. anyone got their number
I do.
Tredregyn 666
I like to think that, no matter how slick or appealing the CoS’ materials are, Tom’s presence will convince potential converts to avert their eyes hastily.
Oh, I think Tom has a few secrets. I think he’s a secret Brony,
If he could only find that Baby Sugar Cake doll, his collection would be complete.
Tom’s secret collection of Fluttershy porn would scar even the mind of the most hardened sex offenders.
Oh, I had just had a horrible thought while looking at the scheduled comics titles… the Rev is going to blunder into Clotted Crime shooting a scene, and the director will demand that he become a recurring guest star.
I don’t see how that’s horrible. The Reverend would have an opportunity to redeem the reputation of the CoE by portraying a vicar who’s neither a milksop nor a… well, who’s not a milksop, anyway.
“Go on Constable, ask him if he axe-murdered those Satanists.”
“I’m not asking him, you ask him.”
He doesn’t like to do anything that isn’t monster-bashing, I can’t imagine he’d look favorably upon ‘acting’.
That’s why it would be great!
Horribler thought – Tom wanders onto the set and becomes a recurring guest ‘villain’.
“Look at him! The goatee, the black duds, the menacing sneer – he’s the perfect red herring!”
I like this New, more thoughtful Penrose. ♡ v thoughtful. But I’m afraid Tom is right. The Church of Satan seems to be very successful and this is because Tom really cares about promoting it and helping citizenship. It seems to Penrose couldn’t care less. Who knows if Tom Pepperdine will join them … I just want to see Mrs. Clovis’s reaction!
I think the Rev is just trying to avoid another lawsuit. Chopping Tom in half could be very expensive, just look at the vape shop.
The Yakuza were good at this balancing act… a little bit of crimes against humanity, a little bit of civic assistance…
I think it’s more Tom is more interested in promoting the COS as himself.
It’s not that Penrose doesn’t care, exactly; it’s just that he considers monster slaying to be his primary duty, and it’s a full-time job. As he told Lottie, he has a curate who’s supposed to look after the congregation and stuff. Unfortunately, the situation there is a little confused.
I always love it when Tom and David interact. It doesn’t happen nearly often enough.
Indeed, I also like the little detente moments between the main Reps of the COS and the COE.
I feel like if they were in more frequent contact, both of their healths would be much worse off for it.
I like that Tom’s hideous jacket, with the upside down crosses, also looks like little Xs used by comics pencilers as indications for the inker to fill it all in with black.
Was something breaking in… or someONE breaking OUT?
Very helpful of whoever made the signage to leave the last line right-aligned so Rev. Penrose’s hand wouldn’t get in the way of our view of the full text.
For some reason I hear Tom’s voice as that of the Great Vorelli in MST3K’s “Devil Doll.”
“Ham! I love [being one]!”
😉
I can see him saying “You’re a dummy, Hugo” to the reverend, then skittering away down an alley before he can be asked any questions.
The grinning sun on the poster looks disturbingly like Tom
It’s Eggsy!
better than Eggo, I guess!
Oh… I thought it was someone peering out from behind a pair of buttocks.
Maybe I should re-take that rorschach test
What in fact IS Penrose doing, btw? It’s not obvious to me.
Investigating something TBD.
He’s investigating something, presumably sea monster-related. I imagine we’ll find out more as the story continues.
Um, isn’t the good reverend usually ginger on top, grey temples? I’ve heard of people getting a white streak in their hair overnight, but switching hair colour is new
Sammy colours his hair like Sarah Stern did in the Dark Horse series, something I did not have time to do hence the Mr Fantastic fudge. But thanks for noticing and pointing it out.
Oh thank goodness. I read the Dark Horse series and I thought I had lost my mind when I came over to the webcomic and just never questioned it
I just assumed it was the lighting somehow. Or the reverend is adopting a jojo-esque freedom in his colors (which personally I’m always a big fan of).
It’s strange that somehow being in contact with Charlotte made the Reverend MORE thoughtful.
Charlotte’s VERY thoughtful. Those thoughts are often all over the place, but there are a lot of ’em.
The gloat is large in Pendennis.
G.L.O.A.T/Pendennis: Greatest Lout Of All Time
Greatest Luciferian Of All Time?
Tom might be an absolute trash human but his fashion sense and ability to fan out those pamphlets without looking while getting his duck face 100% on target secures him a place in my heart forever.
I don’t know if he actually cares about his religion so much as he cares about being a BMOC, but then again, I’m not sure if those things are separate as I only know one person who was in CoS and we don’t talk about those times anymore.
I mean, being offensive and horrible isn’t really going to stop people who want to go to orgies… so…
You clearly go to the wrong orgies.
Look, if you only go to orgies because the organizer is doing “nice, humanistic outreach” you’re probably missing most of the genre
It’s about being horrible and offensive, and relishing in it.
You also need to be physically attractive. (Being nice usually decreases your attractiveness.)
I might start attending services if they teach you how to fan leaflets like that.
So the greatest champion of the good meets the herald of the ultimate evil, and they are just doing classic chit-chats. I LOVE THIS.
Between this and the diner scene in Heat, I prefer this.
Does anyone else get a “bitter exes” vibe from these two?
What Magus Tom doesn’t realize, however, is that the cast and crew have access to less ritualized and more dynamic orgies than he can offer. In the pfft world he is the equivalent of overly spiced roast beef served with a relish made in a former Soviet bloc country.
Say what you will, Magus Tom is the bedrock of this universe. While others shift allegiances, soften due to Chibi Vampirellas, take in painted harlots while experiencing head scratcher nirvana, or what have you, Tom began as a Leering Villain and so he has remained
Eh, I suspect that Tom only took on the “leering villain” persona (way back before we met him) because it gave him even more ways to be an absolute jerk to other people.
There’s clearly a lot of Anton LaVey in Tom’s style guide. It’s one of the better leering-villain templates, I have to say.
The only thing Tom is missing to make him just like the other creepy magic guys I’ve known is a harem of schoolgirls lolling about like Fela’s queens (or Dracula’s slave vampire chicks). And a kilt. Tell me Tom owns a kilt and wears it to the grocery store sometimes.
I was gonna make a tart comment about a tartan but I saved myself the embarrassment by actually DOING RESEARCH!!! and discovering that, indeed, you can plausibly have kilt-wearing Cornishmen!
Being a Satanist means you can wear a kilt if thou wilt!
“The only thing Tom is missing to make him just like the other creepy magic guys I’ve known is a harem of schoolgirls lolling about”
That’s because Tom isn’t using his faith just to get sex or, for that matter, money or even simple utter mindless loyalty from his followers (he certainly doesn’t get it from Brian or Billie). From what I can tell, he’s at least as sincere about his faith as Penrose is about his. But I don’t know.
It’s kind of hard to determine a level of sincerity about anything with a person like Tom, who often appears to do things just to antagonize others.
He seems very sincere about his desire to antagonize others.
He’s very sincere about being insincere.
I’m not entirely sure the Magus is on the “schoolgirls” axis, despite his leering come-on to Charlotte.
It’s worth noting that the only time Tom Pendennis has actually had little hearts above his head was when talking to David Penrose in issue #3.