Comments on: Page 348

By: Sarge

Sarge — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:56:34 +0000

Mentl DID tell Zona all about the Ginsha incident. See pages 263 - 265. He told her the whole story and how he felt about it and it ended up with Zona being supportive and got gooey and then Keltan and Liri started THOOM-THOMing again.
Zona might not know or understand everything Mentl was and did on Earth, but she knows everything he did since his second (third?) day in Erogenia.

BTW Mentl looks sort of Hebraic and he uses Yiddish expressions but he swears about ‘Jesus Christ poached on toast’, etc. And his parents were hippies; I was there then and I don’t recall any Observant Jews in the hippie lifestyle. The mere concept is mind-boggling
Also the name Mentl - maybe he was a sort of Yentl and his friends called him ‘Mike the Yentl’ and it morphed into Mentl?

By: The MacNut

The MacNut — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:48:50 +0000

True Mentl didn’t lie-but he didn’t tell what happened either. He’s leaving Zona with the impression that he was tortured or something, and the large bruise on his back adds to that impression. I suppose in a way he IS tortured by what he did, but it’s not quite the same thing if ya know what I mean.

By: TheLastGarou

TheLastGarou — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:58:56 +0000

Well technically, MacNut, he didn’t lie to her about it. He stated very clearly that he didn’t want to talk about it and it was obviously very upsetting. I’m not saying he SHOULDN’T tell her what happened. He should. But as a first conscious use of magic, that one was a doozy, as well as a great recipe for YEARS of nightmares. Someone with Mentls confidence issues -and basic decency- is going to take a LONG time to get over what amounts to rape followed by attempted murder. Whether he actually finished Ginsha off or not, he THINKS he killed her, and that is going to eat at him for a good, long time.

By: Professor 61771

Professor 61771 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:50:24 +0000

Moox and Jed-yep I am fortunate enough to have a girlfriend with nipples that resemble the large pink pieces of bubble gum that came individually wrapped before they all shrunk so much. She is a beautiful woman with multiple PhD’s whose nipples always show through whatever she is wearing it is hilarious in some ways, annoying in others….and always attractive to me. At a certain size…they are always “there”.
The mother-daughter scene here is amazingly touching, funny, and instructive to us, the viewers of just how close these two are. Thank you Jed, I cannot wait to see the dance.
I am wondering about some of the flaws in this society as they might exist. I believe I have a couple of ideas from a barbarian campaign I ran (DnD) some years ago. Either way I cannot wait to see More Zona!!!

By: The MacNut

The MacNut — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:35:52 +0000

Your best page yet, JE. The art, the character development, the convo between Zona & Ipola, it all goes together brilliantly. It’s a convo I could actually see them having, and boy wouldn’t Mentl be embarrassed if he found out the particulars!

Speaking of possible trouble in paradise-Mentl still hasn’t discussed exactly what happened between him and Ginsha has he? And I get the distinct impression he’d rather use some brain bleach on himself to expunge the whole experience rather than talk about it. I have a feeling that’s going to come back to bite the happy couple, and Mentl especially, in the butt, considering how the Erogenians seem to despise lies and secrets…

By: JE Draft

JE Draft — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:14:28 +0000

Tomecko - Thanks so much, that is what I was going for.

warnie01 - Oh, most decidedly. Just wait and see.

Someguy - Actually, you weren’t in on some of the conversations I had about my mother with late father after Mom died. A bit more than I needed to know, and a bit uncomfortable at the time - nonetheless, it was all said in love and trust and I managed to un-heebie my jeebies enough to recognize that. Also, as I said, this is another culture where sex is treated differently. That has its upside, as Yatta-Ta is finding out, and its downside which, as I said, you’ll all see in awhile.

Sleepinin - I recommend a solution of Bacardi 151, Mexican Coca-Cola and lime juice taken orally slowly over the course of an hour. For best results, include an episode of MST3K, preferably any of the ones with Hercules or Japanese monster movies.

By: Sleepinin

Sleepinin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:47:52 +0000

. . .

And thank you very much for that mental image, Someguy.

Anyone have a bottle of brain bleach on hand?

By: Someguy

Someguy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:28:08 +0000

Let me yes but you Jean. Yes, but would you ever discuss the “size” of your signifigant other with your mother. It would be like me discussing the particulars of my lady’s vag with my dad. Something that just barely conceptualizing is enough to give me a serious case of the Heebie Jeebies.

By: warnie01

warnie01 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:23:16 +0000

good as usual man!

What an insightful comment there jean!
JED , your right as well nothings perfect and this isn’t Shangri-La. despite all the big boobies!

By: Tomecko

Tomecko — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:42:26 +0000

I love Zona’s face in the third-to-last panel. That is the face of a woman in love, and it is gorgeous.