It could be worse than that
Safety and friendship for poor old Jason, thank goodness. I’m sure that whoever that broad-hatted wanderer is is VERY VERY NICE. — COLOURS BY SAMMY BORRAS
STEEPLE – A Scary Go Round Comic
by John Allison
Safety and friendship for poor old Jason, thank goodness. I’m sure that whoever that broad-hatted wanderer is is VERY VERY NICE. — COLOURS BY SAMMY BORRAS
“Basically safe” doesn’t seem very encouraging or is that just me.
I read this as “You’re basically safe. (in terms of not being any danger to me)”
I… have a bad feeling about this…
Sneaky-peeky at an upcoming antagonist, I am guessing.
I’m going to venture that the tall drink of water is Mater Warren.
I’m calling it right now. It’s Mad Terry.
It’s not really a hat. Carrot’s going bald on top.
I’ll take that bet. I say it’s (whatever’s become of) Father Francis Coughlan!
So basically you’re saying Mad Terry is taking his holiday in Cornwall?
I’m picturing Robert Mitchum under that hat.
Penrose and Maggie are sharing the same level of disbelief. Jason seems to be become extraordinary athletic and confuse. I kinda hope the mysterious figure is Tom.
Bob Warren?
Maggie’s grandma?
Reminds me of the end of the first issue of Steeple when Penrose trips fighting the Eyeball-headed monster and is saved by Billie.
I do try!
Maybe it’s the mysterious Mr Clovis.
Guinan to the rescue! Or not.
Somewhat certain that’s Marlo Brandon’s Moreau, only without the veil or most of the weight.
I am nearsighted.
Things are going to change.
That is certainly a callback!
Off-topic, I hope the next arc features more of Billie’s interactions with the “flock”.
It’s interesting (to me) that although Billie’s such an effective vicar for Satan / Baphomet / And The Rest, she needed Maggie to convince her to pray to Baphomet (instead of to God) for herself.
https://steeple.church/comic/you-wont-use-the-hose/
When Maggie suggested prayer, Billie immediately thought of God — forgetting that pleasing God isn’t actually something she’s expected to worry about any more — and while that could just be because it was Maggie the technical Christian making the suggestion, it could also be a sign that Billie wasn’t quite as onboard with Satanism at the time as she seems to be now.
Perhaps the crucial step was bowing naked before Baphomet. Being naked with someone usually changes the nature of your relationship with said someone.
ADDENDUM:
Notice (in the linked strip) that Maggie claims to have gotten good results from praying to “The Other Fella.” Which means that Maggie left a religion with objective “proof” of its validity for a religion that, well, does not have that.
Our new broad-rimmed hat acquaintance is giving off major folk horror vibes.
Like I said – Mother Warren!
That’s who I’m thinking too.
That cane…
…It looks awfully familiar. And not in a good way.
I’m not sure it’s a cane. In the last panel, we see its full length and it doesn’t look long enough to reach the ground, even while the personage’s hand is waist-level.
Thus, perhaps a cudgel of some sort. Or a wand.
It’s a cane
I just want to say that while I have enjoyed the headings for these comics and trying to guess what they might mean ahead of time, I would have also enjoyed immensely if some of them had been
– Tits on a cracker;
– Cocks on toast;
– Farts on a biscuit.
Mads, I have a rule about my comics headings, which is that I don’t put the jokes in them. They’re meant to be mysterious, if not misleading!
And it’s never the last line of the page!
Exactly! That’s the easy way out.
Except on those rare occasions when it is.
Hm, just had to review Rev. Penrose’s flashback to be sure, but Jason was clean-shaven when he went over the cliff. I guess his facial hair has continued to grow while… whatever happened to him happened.
I think that’s more seaweed than facial hair.
I think that could be both.
The mysterious stranger looks very much like Catholic clergy to me
Getting definite Monsignor vibes from that saturno and cassock.
Come now, turning from CofE to Satanism or into a disciple of the Deep Ones, that’s forgivable, but RC? That would be brutal.