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February 5th, 2010 at 2:33 am
Oh, this should be fun.
February 5th, 2010 at 2:46 am
*Facepalm* Mentl… what are you up to now?
Also: “Beery Mentl!” “Meady Bentl!”
February 5th, 2010 at 3:02 am
It says good things about how welcoming the Moon Tribe is that Mentl feels comfortable enough to willingly draw attention to himself (of course the beer helps-good ol’ fashioned liquid courage). I have a feeling he’s about to thank them all for their hospitality, no more than that, hopefully.
(I say hopefully because until he gets better control of his enchanting abilities, it would be a Really Bad Idea to sing in public. much as Zona may want him to. Besides, just thanking them for their hospitality should earn him major points with virtually the whole village, especially the Queen and his girlfriend)
February 5th, 2010 at 3:55 am
I think our hope is justified. After all, he didn’t bring an instrument with him. We know he can conjure up ferocious magics a capella, but he wouldn’t likely sing an actual song that way, not intentionally. Besides, he had enough trouble evading all those Kivallans after his last performance. Erogenians can run faster and tackle harder. And he knows that better than most. *chuckles*
February 5th, 2010 at 4:51 am
Methinks I sense a proposal of sorts.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:51 am
I’m thinking more of a marriage proposal type event.
February 5th, 2010 at 5:09 am
@T’Renn: Dear God, yes. Not to mention that it might put Zona in an unfair spot. Mind you, he _is_ wearing the copper chain which means that any Erogenian with any sort of courtesy at all ought to stop and ask before trying anything. Also, exactly because of their openness about things, in Erogenia of all places ‘No’ should mean ‘No.’
February 5th, 2010 at 6:25 am
He IS a bard, sort of. It would not be unthinkable that he can sing. And also he does not have to sing a lovesong, a song to lift peoples spirits and make them generaly happy would be nice ! Also i think that because he is now aware of his power he can supress it, making singing “harmless”. Also i do beleve he has some stories to tell these people. Think of all the good hollywood movies made in our world. I think Rambo would be excelent party story material.
February 5th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Speaking as a bard…my money is on a performance of some sort. Possibly in praise of blondes, possibly in praise of Zona. And I DO think he’ll “just sing a song” intent-wise. He knows it now, and Tula did say that it’d be perfectly safe if all he did WAS intend to “sing a song”…and yes, I have actually done something very similar at SCA feasts, etc. Maybe not stood on the table, but I brazened my way to a performance in a foreign kingdom at a coronation feast (and even got a standing ovation, lol, yay for uber-cool songs!–oh, and I did it stone-cold sober, too, eep!), so I know exactly what Mentl is up to. That is, if he were me.
…Of course, if he were me, he wouldn’t need Zona to fulfil Yatta-ta’s beer-blurted comment about her attributes…but then if I were him, I wouldn’t have ‘em, and…
See why I don’t do things drunk? I’m silly enough when sober!
XD
February 5th, 2010 at 7:24 am
I think he might be Bentl enough to sing, though hopefully without the magic.
February 5th, 2010 at 7:28 am
Btw, JED, I’d like to compliment you on a subtle piece of artistic design which you have used just about consistently throughout this webcomic, and from the very first.
The subtle bold-text emphasis of certain words as everyone speaks. It really is subtle, and yet it does convey a wonderful pictoral version of verbal emphasis. (In fact, I wish I could get away with such subtlety in my own writing, but the publishing world doesn’ t use fonts that subtle in their bold-texted emphasis, alas.)
I’ve been meaning to mention it for some time now. You made a really good choice, and are doing a really good job with it. Thank you.
February 5th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Did anyone else get a slight chill when you saw that sly expression on Mentl’s face in the first panel?
I think somebody has a cunning plan…..
February 5th, 2010 at 10:26 am
NOW what?
Uh-OH. I feel a song coming on. Obviously entirely not enough music on this party for Mentl.
This will be FUN!
February 5th, 2010 at 10:48 am
GREAT page!
February 5th, 2010 at 10:52 am
taking another look t last panal on prev page i think its goin to be a song aimed at Ipola thanking her
February 5th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Sing, Mentl, sing!
It should be a musical.
Okay, can we get next page now?
February 5th, 2010 at 11:06 am
I don’t know this feels more speechy to me. Also Love how sly Mentl is being using alcohol as an excuse since we know he hasn’t really been drinking that much. Cunning of him very cunning.
February 5th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
I wonder what happens if he sings, and then gets all the women to want to sleep with him or something, when most of the women here could possibly rip him in half or something. *Brr.*
Let’s hope he either doesen’t sing anything, or sticks to something not provoking any sexual desires.
February 5th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Here’s to good friends… tonight is kinda special… It kinda turns into a game, trying to pick a fitting song from Mantl’s repetoire for him to mantl-up for the occasion.
WAIDDAMINNIT! Check the kid at the bottom left of last panel; red hair, check… low-slung loincloth, check…but, *NO* broadly muscular back!!! Is that a rendering error too? And where is his mead????
February 5th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
I sense either a song and/or an upgrade to Bronze coming on. If he’s pitching it to Zona alone, I’m gonna predict “You Are So beautiful To Me”. If his intent is to kick the party up a notch (Like it needs it?) it could be any of a number of songs I’m Imma gonna put my vote in for “Fiight For Your Right To Party”, although that would be more appropriate if someone was trying to break it up. Like anyone would be insane enough to try to raid an entire tribe of drunken Erogenians. Not really sure what song would be best for that.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
@mr_oof - there are 3 or 4 people with red hair in the lower left. The guy with 3 ‘HA’s across his shoulders has a mug of mead, His back is not heavily muscled for Erogenia but per John’s Erogenia Gallery not all adults are fighters. The very little kid reaching up to the bench is probably a toddler and might have already had enough mead for one day. Just because Erogenians fon’t hide their kids from life’s dangers that doesn’t mean they need to make them plastered. #3 half in frame is definitely wearing a low slung loincloth but I can’t see much of his back and he could be a left-handed drinker. Number 4 on bench beside #3 is probably your target, although appears to be wearing pants, not loin cloth and is definitely not well-mscled. although we have only seen adults and small childrento date, I’m assuming Erogenians do not go directly from age 6 to age 16. QED the lad is most likely 11. no problem.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
@ Sleepinin
As cunning as a fox who’s just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?
February 5th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Ooh, I hope this is a proposal type-thing!!! That would make my day!
Keep up the great work, JE! ^_^
February 5th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
@ Jean - I have to disagree, on the grounds that I generally find the emboldened words do not match where I would normally place emphasis in the sentences, and I find it slightly jarring if I try to read them that way. Thankfully it’s subtle enough that if I read quickly through I don’t notice.
February 5th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
hmmm…
Doesn’t really explain what was going on in the last panel of the previous comic, but I kind of get it.
I really have no idea what Mentl’s about to say. I can’t even begin to guess…so good job!
Moox
February 5th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I love his mug with the feet on it. I need one of those. And it does seem like he’s more likely to be going for a speech rather then a song at this point. Somehow I can’t see him trying a proposal with out talking to Zona though. I mean as open as these people are he’s also been learning just how important trust and relationships are between them, and putting her on the spot would be a bit wrong.
February 5th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Kamatu - it is to be hoped.
Wolfgang - Hey - they’re all in a party mood and feeling a bit silly.
The MacNut - Yes, he’s been treated very well in the Valley Of the Moon, after a long and really difficult trip. So he does, indeed, hope and expect that whatever he gives them, they’ll accept it with some tolerance.
T’Renn - Lord - imagine “Hard Day’s Night” with screaming barbarian babes. Mmmmmmm… screaming barbarian babes …
Peregrin - P’raps. P’raps not.
pinto - P’raps. P’raps not.
The Old Hack - Yes - “No” means “No.” Still, people get away with a lot when they’re under the influence. Mead … alien magick spells …
Jean - There, there, dear. We understand. I bet you’re the first one up at the karaoke bar …
Addup2 - He’s definitely a little Bentl.
Jean - it’s a convention that is prevalent in a lot of comics. Some artists only use it on hard emphasis words, some, like me, use it to try to convey the natural rhythm of speech. It also provides visual variation to keep the eyes from getting bored. It varies a lot, though it was Artie Simek in Marvel Comics of the 60s and 70s who used it a lot like I do. erogenial may be right, though, because I choose emphasis based on how I would say it - and there’s variation even there, so it does kind of impose a reading on the line. Now I look at it, it might actually be a little overdone. Still, as long as it doesn’t outright bother anybody, I’ll keep it up to one degree or another.
Sleepinin - Well, he is a talented and cunning linquist.
hans - With luck, someone will be having fun.
Elvis - THANKS!
niukal - Is it? Okay, if you say so.
Lora - Tuesday. But this weekend I hope to have a couple more pages of How I Met Your Father and a Hot Stuff update.
Someguy - Well, it’s true - he *has* had a few. Not as much as the Kivalian swordsman, of course, but enough to give him the idea to stand up in front of dozens of highly physical people, almost all of whom outweigh him, and draw attention to himself. Pray for the next few minutes, folks.
Dragonson - How about “A Day In The Life?” That would confuse the crap out of `em …
mr_oof - Uh, the kid is six years old. They don’t let them drink mead in the daylight at that age. For a treat or when they want them to go to sleep at night, they give them small mead, which is a sweet honey drink that’s only fermented for a few days. Right now he’s eating stuff that’s bad for him and tearing around like kids at barbecues and picnics have always done since the days of Stonehenge.
tricksterson - If you’re actually trying to raid a party of drunken Erogenians, how about “Chopin’s funeral march?”
In Cestus We Trust- Actually, you’ll not a little bit of diversity. The cat in the pants is actually bald-headed, and there’s a young teenage girl with a long braid sitting in the second table from the foreground characters. There are actually about 28 or 29 characters that were rendered in this scene. As happens, some were covered up by the succeeding layers - but I know that they’re there!
Addup2 - So cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel.
ladygreensleeves - A proposal? Or a proposition? Hmmmmmmm?
erogenial - See my response to Jean up above. I do take what you say into account.
Moox - It does explain a little - that is goes a little way to explain - what was in his mind at that moment, tho. Tuesday you shall see all.
tentagil - Yeah, the horn’s a variation on a drinking horn I saw in the British Museum. I thought to myself - Ah-HAH! Now I know how they put the damn things down!! I cobbled it together out of primitives and other bits and bobs from stuff I had on hand.
February 5th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
I feel a song coming on
February 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Hmm, it may be out of character, but I would think the Erogenians would appreciate some John Denver “Take me home country road”.
Or “Blue moon” like Dean-o used to sing!… er, no. That might bring an unexpected guest.
February 5th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
I have faith in mentl I’m sure he’ll be fine.
February 6th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Local Yokel - I was actually thinking ‘Sunshine on my Shoulders’ (such a lazy, happy feeling - good for a party - also good a capella) - but then I’m not positive Mentl would much appreciate John Denver music.
I also love the little drinking horn - and its feet - makes it look kind of avian to me. I think it’s the way the pointy part of the horn almost looks like a tail…?
February 6th, 2010 at 2:48 am
Just a thought - Mentl’s scruff. I assumed it was from lack of modern shaving supplies, or perhaps a personal style choice, but… How long has he been in this realm? Wouldn’t it have grown into a full beard by now? Or does he trim it with daggers or something to keep it just scruffy?
February 6th, 2010 at 2:58 am
Don’t second guess yourself; it’s well done, truly. How things are said, as well as what is being said, can convey a world of meaning, after all, and it’s just one more layer in your deliciously done artwork. Kudos.
As for the karaoke…um…to be honest, my friends have to all but drag me up to the mike, lol. I have a great voice (trained for 7 bloody years, so I should very well have a good voice) and no inhibitions about performing in public, but…I’m microphone-phobic. Srsly. Mainly because I have a full-volume voice (all that training), and I’m deathly afraid of microphone squeal. (Tender ears.) (I also have an overt fondness for parenthetical asides, bad me, lol.) Once I do get up there, and the mike is positioned and adjusted so that it’s not picking up squeal from anything, I’m okay, but…I’m afraid of mikes, and karaoke involves mikes. A lot.
February 6th, 2010 at 3:02 am
Erogenial, I wouldn’t say things certain ways that JED put them in the story, either, but then different people (characters) will emphasize certain things differently from other folks when speaking. It all depends on the individual speaker’s point of view and personal interests/focus.
Hwyla, I’m voting for “What A Wonderful World”… XD
February 6th, 2010 at 5:08 am
You know now would be a good time for the band of musicians that Mentle played with before the queen to show up. After all, they acknowledged Mentle as Master. And If I were a musician who found someone that could teach me more about music than I had ever dreamed of knowing, I would have followed them to the ends of the earth to learn more and become a better musician. So maybe they put together their savings, bought a wagon and headed for Erogenia in the hopes of finding their new master. The timing is about right if this were to happen. I mean I am not trying to run the story but it was just a feeling that I got back at the castle at that one frame. I am thinking this could open up a whole new can of worms for Mentle and the princesses.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:29 am
More hot stuff and How I met your father? Okay, I can wait til tuesday.
February 6th, 2010 at 10:55 am
. . .
@JED *whacks with newspaper* Bad JED. Bad pun, bad pun. Bad JED.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
O’ ya! Or All the Lonely People!
February 6th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Let Me Entertain You?
February 6th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
“@JED *whacks with newspaper* Bad JED. Bad pun, bad pun. Bad JED.”
Agreed!! ROTFLOL oh the pain, the pain!
February 6th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
what more can i add , that yeah hes going to get up there and thank the folks and of course , would be incomplete without a song!!
February 7th, 2010 at 3:09 am
It is funny how the little insignificant things can have a much larger impact on you that you think. In this chase being left out in Jed’s reply. Kind of made me feel left out. So pleace don’t forget me next time. Ok jed?
February 7th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Jean, to avoid microphone squeal or having the guy on the sound system whip his headphones off and yell ‘She DOESN’T NEED A MIC!’ (yes, personal experience, shuddup) just stand about a foot or two back from any microphone pickup. And hey, what are those lungs for if you don’t use em, eh?
February 8th, 2010 at 1:41 am
Kaila if I had ever gotten that response from a sound tech I would feel ten feet tall. I’d be all “Damn right I don’t need a mic! Ya’ll better get some ear plugs too!” After all Lungs that can make make folks react like that are an accomplishment. ^_^ I used to play a game where I would take pots and pans from my kitchen and find the note to make them vibrate with, and then see how far away I could still produce the effect. But yeah I was going to suggest holding the mic a bit away from your maybe a foot and a half or so when you are going really loud or high and maybe lower than the level of your mouth Jean but Kaila’s suggestion will definitely work too.
DISCLAIMER Pots and pans were held in hand and vibration was felt not visible to naked eye.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:48 am
I do that, and the mike doesn’t pick me up. (Not exactly high-quality mikes, here.) I have to ease into it, and even then…yeah. Ironically, I have sensitive hearing, and get sound-based migraines.
In fact, I literally don’t know how loud I can top out at, because I keep forgetting to stick in ear plugs and test it that way, lol. (Instead, when my ears ring and hurt, I quit trying.) I prefer not to be that loud, anyway, and try to match my volume to whatever situation I’m in. Alternately, I end up being quite enough (muahaha) that people ask me to speak up. *snicker* So when I go “magna voce” on ‘em…they do that “*blinkblink* omgwhattavoice!” expression thing that is just so funny to see…
February 8th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
“party like an Erogenian” should be a new T-shirt somewhere
February 8th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
I think he will just express his gratitude to the tribe in general and Zona in particular? Maybe “Wild Thing” for the Hot Barbarian Mama and her tribe?
February 9th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
But…but… ‘Wild Thing’ would get him mobbed by those ’screaming barbarian babes JED mentioned! Remember what an effect it had on Zona?
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:07 am
@yokel - I was just thinking the same disaster if he were to rip into “Walking on Sunshine”
Go Meady Bentl go!