They were so chill
Rupert may not be a deep guy but he knows how to listen. The sounds enter through one ear, circulate in a largely hollow chamber, then exit through the other. Happy October to all my readers. I’m writing this in July and all I can say is, I envy you those cool breezes (northern hemisphere only). — COLOURS BY SAMMY BORRAS
This will end well. (sound of licking flames)
For a second I thought that was a cigarette in her hand in panel 3. Is that ring new or have I just never noticed it before?
She’s holding up her large upside down cross that she’s wearing on a chain/cord around her neck.
It’s not a ring, it’s an amulet that she’s holding up. You can see the cord extending from her hand down to her neck. We’ve seen it before: https://steeple.church/comic/dont-tell-your-mum/
You know you’re truly hungover when pac-man is in your eyes (or, at least, some blue pac-person).
I like Maggie’s worried/concerned expression in panel 6. Yes, Maggie, it’s currently YOUR turn to be the sensible one. (I’m sure that fill flip both ways several times before the story’s over, though.)
Figures- I diligently scanned for errors before posting, and STILL said “fill flip” instead of “will flip”, somehow…
Must have been a Freudian “flip”.
I just spent the last two days binging the whole gocomics run of Bad Machinery. My brain is still interpreting “flip” as a euphemism for a different four-letter ‘f’-word.
The other F-word, Father. Worse than “flip.”
Fhat thou filt is the fhole of the laf.
Billie’s been the sensible one at some point? I must have blinked.
😉
Billie is the good one. Maggie has always been the sensible one.
Billie organized the CoE’s food for the needy drive and set a new standard for donations. She’s very competent.
I think Maggie’s seen this drama before, possibly playing the part of the protagonist herself in earlier days.
Rupert doesn’t seem particularly bad, just really hot and really dim. I kind of hope he makes it out of this one without getting irrevocably bedeviled.
I get the sense we have not uncovered all of the secrets of our good Detective Constable. There’s a sinister glint in his eyes I have an odd feeling about.
It’s just the hangover, I believe.
Rupert doesnt seem particularly bad but he does strike me as at best a bit shallow, and at worst kind of a sh*t (in a general showbiz kind of way).
He’s the lead figure in the composition of the second cover of this series. I’m just not buying that he’s nothing but a dimwit plot McGuffin.
I smell sinister deeds. But then again, this is Tredregyn and the smell of sinister deeds has no doubt been percolating in the cobblestones since time immemorial.
I think he’ll make an excellent sidekick for Billie and Maggie, dim but stupidly courageous, as he just doesn’t *get* the danger. He’ll save the day yet.
Hot and really dim is how I like my welding torch. I don’t take it to bed, though.
“I like my romantic partners like I like my welding torch: Extremely hot and very dim?”
A worthy addition to the world’s humor legendarium. I salute you, sir.
I’m with Brian on this one. You can do so much better than this one, Billie. I mean, he’s probably not Tom levels of evil, but who is?
You might not be giving him enough credit- maybe he’s hung like a horse!
“With the girth, stamina, and intelligence of a mid-to-average horse, Rupert aka Detective Constable is among Devon’s most eligible bachelors!”
–publicity blurb for “Clotted Cast: The Faces Behind The Chases”
Except I think they only filmed in Devon, while the show’s setting always claimed to be Cornwall.
I believe ‘Detective Constable’ is the character’s rank, rather than his name.
Indeed, my mistake. He’s officially “Detective Constable Dusten”, as revealed in the following strip:
https://steeple.church/comic/wont-it-show-up-on-camera/
Happy October John! Looks like we should have a nice breezy autumn day in the UK once these bands of heavy rain have cleared away.
Feels so good to actually be in October.
This is never actually true. Also, none of my clients have paid their September bills yet.
He’s shallow, but I like that guy! It’s nice to see that Billie is aware of this and doesn’t live completely in illusions. Good thing Maggie will be on her side and support her no matter what happens.
NYAM NAM NAM
On toast
What’s happened with Maggie’s letter? Do we know what’s in it yet?
Give it time. Patreon readers have already seen the contents of the letter so it can’t be too far off.
Phew! that’s a relief. I was getting anxious about it.
What is Mrs. Clovis going to think about all of this??? Surely her drink stand isn’t so far away that she can’t see what’s going on!
Plot twist – Rupert is already a Satanist. He and the rest of the Clotted Crime cast and crew are actually a competing sect. They threaten to drive the local CoS into irrelevancy, just like the CoE. Both churches combine forces to drive the Clotted Crime sect out of town.
A good laugh, that one!
Although since the Archbishop of Canterbury at some point recently denied the Resurrection, the CoE is hard to distinguish from the CoS
I have to be the odd man out, because Rupert doesn’t strike me as particularly dim (well, except for the tat, now that I think about it). His responses are perfectly in keeping with a male hanging around a pretty girl, agreeing with all of her opinions and supporting her for short-term gain. I’ve done it myself, back in my salad day–
HEY!
All of the this.
Dim or not, he does not take her serious enough to let anything she says register.
He could just not take anything attractive dames say seriously. “Next month she’ll be on to the next alternative spirituality, not much you can do but let her do her thing”
That sounds like a working definition of “particularly dim” to me.
Frees up the thinking resources for important things, like how to acquire the finest chutney. “she’s good lookin’, but I wonder what she knows about chutney?”
Actually, he may be filing her statements into categories, so he can then develop The Perfect Seduction Strategy and have his Snoopy-on-the-Side-for-the-Season.
A Young, Virile Male Has His Needs, you know.
I can’t really speak to if he is dim or not, but those are the general reactions I would have if someone came and told me they were part of the Church of Satan. All religions seem pretty ‘alternative’ to me, so one isn’t much more shocking than the other. Geeze Belinda not everyone is going to be blown away by your ‘deviant’ lifestyle.
Though mid-century modern is a stretch.
If he thinks the CoS is “mid-century modern,” how can he be not particularly dim?
Need Sxauna to give him a brutal schooling on architecture.
Billie is walking straight into the whirling helicopter blades that is called Rupert. But I think Maggie has her back. Rupert isn’t dumb he’s a typical celebrity. Super charismatic and also self centred. And hot. What are you gonna do?
Turns out Rupert is a member of the rival Satanic Temple. He’s setting up Billie for a Snoopy Sacrifice.
At least, that’s how it plays out in my dank imagination.
Better the Devil next door than the exotic, hunky Devil from out of town that wants to use you in an erotic night of passionate perversion, eh Billie?
…Right, Billie?
“The Kubrick Stare” is one of director Stanley Kubrick’s most recognizable directorial techniques. A method of shot composition where a character stares at the camera with a forward tilt, to convey to the audience that they are at the peak of their derangement.
What have you been doing at the bridge??? https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226085218181711&set=gm.4688578921161444
Rupert has no idea what “mid-century modern” is, does he?
I started this storyline very anti-Rupert but now I just want him to be exactly the brainless golden retriever puppy dog himbo he appears to be