What do we say, kids?
Calm down, it’s just Brian in a costume. No need to reach for the smelling salts. If anyone is interested in staging Tom Pendennis’ fresh, modern take on Mother Goose, I hope you can glean the basic elements of staging from this story. You’re definitely going to need a small Stonehenge and some drag queen sewing experience. And a magic (Satanic) piccolo flute. And a tolerance for mild pain.
This looks like a triumph ♡! Tom’s talent is huge! HOORAY!
I KNEW you’d find a way to bring Desmond into this story!
Des!
No, Des has only two eyes and no tail at all. Also he at least wears underpants.
Pausing upon the matter — and I’m sure this has been discussed before — hasn’t Des been clearly stated to be a “merman”? Does that put him on Reverend Penrose’s kill list?
Did you know “Penrose” was the name of the candidate for something-or-another that Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton supported in one of the “lost episodes” of “The Honeymooners”? No, of course you didn’t. I’m not sure why I know/remember that myself. 😉 Ironically, Ralph forgot to register and Norton, while willing to dress up like Uncle Sam and hand out leaflets, thought that going to the polls to actually VOTE was too much trouble. DON’T BE LIKE RALPH AND NORTON, fellow Americans.
Patreon subscribers have been “treated” to Des in Tredregyn… it’s probably time for another check in on him…
How big is Tredregyn compared to Tackleford, btw? Just curious. Thanks. 🙂
Much much smaller. Tredregyn is perhaps 4000 people. Tackleford is a city with suburbs, a mass transit system etc
Not Desmond, Pete, merely a judicious re-use of his design elements, as you very well know.
Yeah, I know. Just couldn’t resist it. Like shouting “Freebird” in a crowded gig audience. I apologise, albeit with a sheepish grin.
So, a bit of exposition here on the Bobbinsverse:
Desmond Fishman is half-human and half-kraken, and in the Bobbinsverse worship of krakens takes place all over Scottish outer isles – and, probably, given this story, Irish and Welsh and Cornish outlying isles and villages too.
(Also, I just have to say this made me laugh just as hard as Eggsy’s last few strips. Kudos, Mr. Allison!)
So the “personal piccolo” is an actual flute. Phew. I was a little concerned for a moment…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Kids music these days is for the birds.
I’m trying to remember how the Mother Goose rhyme about the Kraken goes. I think it’s something like
Little Kraken
Beneath the sea;
Rise from the depths
And make us flee.
We know you hunger!
We know we’re your food!
But eating us up
Is so very rude!
This entire story is built around that rhyme I reckon.
The new National Hockey League team in Seattle, Washington, USA is going to be called the Kraken.
Heck yes! I’d pay money to see this.
So, which ones are the local Mystery Kids? Every British town has a set, right?
Of the seven kids in front, six of them are visibly missing at least one tooth (unless I’m wrong). Ominous, or not, or…?
Permanent teeth haven’t grown in yet. It is a bit unusual for such a high proportion of the children to have lost baby teeth that recently, but maybe their Tooth Fairies gave them front-row tickets to this Mother Goose show? So we are effectively seeing sampling bias.
I somehow didn’t receive the impression that they were young enough to still be losing baby teeth (although the fact that they’re so enthusiastic about such “childish” entertainment could easily be a clue. Certainly a possibility. Children who are young enough will watch almost ANYTHING with great enthusiasm. 🙂
Do geese “quack?” I thought they “honked.” Oh well, since there’s no such thing as a “Kronken,” I suppose I’ll accept the artistic licence…this time. Otherwise, I expect faithful adherence to reality in this story about Satanism, Sentai, giant robots, mermen, and such.
I know I know, I’m in a lot of trouble AGAIN.
I… really want a Kronken, now.
Like a cronut but scalier
Now I want a cronut
You’d think the fact that they’re calling the goose “he” would solve the mysterious lack of egg-laying right there.
It’s a well-established fact that all fictional animals are male. Even bees and ants. Possibly even cows.
You’re right about cows. I came across an American cartoon in which a bipedal cow with very prominent udders was constistently referred to as “he.” I found this quite disturbing.
As their Christmas show this year, I really want our elementary school to put on this play.
There was not one panel of today’s strip that I didn’t find disturbing. Well done, Mr. A.
I’m surprised no one has commented on the Christmas with Clovis teaser in the scheduled comics list.