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In case there is any confusin here — and there is always some confusion — St Piran’s is Reverend Penrose’s church.
STEEPLE – A Scary Go Round Comic
by John Allison
In case there is any confusin here — and there is always some confusion — St Piran’s is Reverend Penrose’s church.
Goodness, she won’t even allow for a new clergy member to run the place. Just scorched earth.
Lorraine Lumsford is a more capable footsoldier for Satan’s will than Tom Pendennis may ever be, in my eyes.
At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if she turns out to be an Extreme Freak.
Maybe at the end of this, Ms. Lumsford will turn towards us, take off the mask and reveal herself as a Vicar of Flovorr, come to get His Slimific Majesty awakened from Dolorous Slumber in the undercrypt?
Also, would he be named Reverend Les Claypole? (the primus primate)
Known throughout Cornwall for his ornate wooden carvings of big brown beavers.
The name Claypole makes me worry that he’s going to haunt the place himself. John giving a nod to Rentaghost?
For some reason I think about spectral jester Jeremy Claypole about three times a week. I don’t know why.
My favourite used to be the White Lady from The Ghosts of Motley Hall. R.I.P. Sheila Steafel…
I remember one of my colleagues pontificating at length that Mister Catchpole was an homage to Catweazle, likely triggered by the “Telling Bone” vs. “Magic Tellybox” comparison.
Deconsecration? Well, that’s certainly not suspicious in the slightest. What’s the old bat up to?
So, the primary villain of this series has been Mrs Lumsford all along. She’s the arch-enemy of the Steeple itself.
I’m pretty surprised she has so much power. I think even Tom would be disgusted by her behaviour. Or would call her his soul mate.
The idea of Tom being fixated on someone he finds the most loathsome in a certain way feels legit
If you really want to get the holy out of the church, I bet Tom could do it a lot faster and cheaper. He might even do it pro malo.
Little bit sus, don’t you think? What the hell is she up to?
I take it at face value that she’s just that put off by minor deviation from CoE protocol and decorum, and that she is sufficiently petty and vindictive to eliminate this parish.
LumsFOOOOOOOOOOORRRDDDDD!!! (shakes fist at sky)
I’m getting future pseudo-upscale shit chain pub with brunch offer* vibes here. Lumsden is clearly taking the brewery shilling.
*See ‘Pitcher and Piano, Nottingham’ for reference.
FFS No edit feature… LumsFORD!
First thing I do with any new device is find out how to disable the autocomplete feature.
I tried disabling autocomplete on a brand new device recently… every time I tried entering a “disable” command, it autocompleted to disable something else. Eventually I gave up and went back to sending messages over the internet via smoke signals.
I scream out the window. Very cathartic.
Now trying to work out whether the defrocked Church of Satan would become Billy Bootleggers or Brass Monkey…
Oh that’s why Steeple’s ending, because there won’t be a steeple anymore
Doesn’t Tom’s church have a steeple? I thought THAT was the steeple that the strip was named after.
It does not, the top is flat!
I’ve heard of flat roofed pubs, but a flat roofed church?!
If it did it would probably have to be upside down.
I just had a horrifying thought. What if the story of the Devil attempting to claim Tredregyn is true (or at least somewhat true)? What if the only thing preventing the town from being dragged down into the murky depths (by the Devil, or by Flovorr, the Lovecraftian being apparently worshiped by the mer-folk) is that church? What if removing the church’s holiness leaves the town completely defenseless?
Very probable. Even because the Sea Cretures seems to attack only the church, ignoring the rest of the city.
What if Flovorr lies in a deathlike slumber beneath the church…?
If there be justice in the world, then Mrs. Lumsford will be present when Flovorr awakens and devours all in a very messy and agonizing manner.
At this point, I think it’s very probable.
Halfway through reading this, this beautiful song popped into my head… Johnny Flynn, The Wrote and the Wit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kB3fA7YEcg
Woe to all those wayward priests.
Deconsecration sound like one of these jobs no one wants to have but are needed. I wonder what that church will become then. Perhaps a place for concerts and for hosting local events, like the witch fest? That would be so amazing!
They usually become concert hall venue type things around here. Personally I refuse to attend any event like such that is in a former church building — but it seems to be the trend (the old church where E. A. Poe is buried here in Baltimore is used by the local uni as a music hall due to the pipe organ.)
Still confused, who is Penrose?
Scroll to the top of this page.
Is this an ironic question?
Who, indeed, are any of us, really?
It’s Eglamore’s first name
And what’s a church?
Thus Spake Zaratustra!
How bad of a sin is confusin?
I think we’re all confusin for a bruisin’.
Very famous mathematician. Does stuff with tessellations that might be attractive to Hounds of Tindalos, but personally quite harmless.
So Lumsford runs the CofE in Cornwall. The Bishop is gone too?
Deconsecration decisions by a lay person? I would think you would need more than a sticky beak and even more than a Bishop to make that arch decision.
Church lady dictatorship is pretty scary my mans
I’m starting to wonder if Mrs. Lumford is wittingly/unwittingly (I’m guessing the latter more than the former) the true Devil’s emissary in Tredregyn.
St. Piran, for those who wonder, is the mostly-patron saint of Cornwall, a well as being the patron saint of tin miners. As with an amusing number of saints, portions of his life are severely apocryphal, given that they appear to actually be portion of the life of the Irish Saint Ciarán of Saigir, whom he might, in fact, have been.
Exeter Cathedral might still have one of his arms.
Yeah, the first thing I did after reading this page was to look him up.
I like the reflective crosses on Claypole’s hi-vis.
Presumably he has a hi-vis cassock for formal occasions.
Same here. Wondering if they have 3XL in stock, and do I need to show some form of priest ID to order or
hissss! hissss! hissss! Lumsford -an agent for the sea devils.
I have to say, John’s representation of Mrs. Lumsford is spot on. There’s one in every village.
Is there some manner of scrubbing agent you use to get God out of a building?
Holy mineral spirits.
God-B-Gone! Now available in an easy-to-use spray bottle!
I use Deus-Ex myself.
I haven’t tried Deus-Ex. Don’t you need some sort of machine to use it properly?
Then again maybe all you really need to do is say “what does God need with a starship?”.
reflective crucifix jacket. nice
Is Deconsecration the C of E equivalence to Exorcism? Like extracting the Holy Ghost instead of just extracting the ghost.
Deconsecration is officially declaring a church building to no longer be hallowed ground. That done, it can be sold off for secular use without breaking church rules or being considered disrespectful. I’d have thought most churches had a system for it.
I do like this version of it, though.
Near me where I live in the UK there are two old Churches which have been converted into dwelling houses (presumably after deconsecration) which still have graveyards attached, complete with gravestones and monuments. When my daughter was young one of her schoolfriends lived in one of them.
What is a dwelling house? Sounds pleonastic
It’s just your basic house where somebody or a family lives.
I absolutely love the concept of the craftsman reverend, with his project-driven building site attitude and sturdy, reflective clergy jacket.
Well, Joseph was a carpenter – a noble craft.
And Jesus was a crossmaker
He certainly makes some people fairly cross.
Mr. Cohen insists he was a sailor.
Also, when did the default icon for commenters change to Des? (not that I’m complaining, mind)
On Tuesday
First Judee Sill reference in Tackleverse commentary?
Sam Beam covered “The Kiss” last time we saw Iron & Wine play
Look very carefully at Billie’s glasses and hair Ray
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That isle’s too narrow anyway. Weddings are the big ticket item.