OOTS #755 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[hamishspence]

This one's pretty funny. "Snorkelling club"

[Aidan305]

Heh, That was truly awesome.

[Rion]

Love the fact that violence is used to solve every competition.

[Echon]

I would love to see Hurt and Burnie go brutal.

[Welf]

Evil fascist government is funny.

Felix the Mensch

[Yendor]

Nothing like literal cut-throat competition.

[Weimann]

Ah, Judy, we hardly knew ye.

[Kareasint]

I actual did the math on the number of combat rounds in a year when I saw the number.

5256000/365 days = 14400
14400/24 hours = 600
600/60 minutes = 10
10/10 rounds per minute = 1

The balloon being held aloft by the Air elementals was a nice touch.

Band competitions and beauty pageants will never be the same in my eyes.

Goodbye, Judy. It was nice to meet you. Hello, Cathy.

[Ecalsneerg]

That is alarmingly sinister... and yet hilarious.

[Kurald Galain]

That is alarmingly sinister... and yet hilarious.

No no no no, it is hilarious! Nothing sinister at all! Really!

[Saph]

Heh, that was great.

"That's right Bob, and our prayers go out to the members of the Platelet High School band, many of whom we're told will eventually retain partial motor control in their hands!"

[Moribundus]

Brilliant!

That is all. (except for the screams of enslaved air elementals, of course)

[The_Admiral]

That is alarmingly sinister... and yet hilarious.

I agree it is quite creepy and funny

[BridgeCity]

I like the implication given by the previous empire being named Justania. The empire of blood clearly has a blood theme and is Evil, so Justania would likely be about being Just and be ruled in a Good based fashion.

Poor good guys.

[madock345]

"Rend" is now my favorite play...
{scrubbed}

[Aurorax]

Wanna bet Elan doesn't catch on and thinks it's the Best. Parade. Ever.

[SaintRidley]

Wanna bet Elan doesn't catch on and thinks it's the Best. Parade. Ever.

Of course he will. There are balloons.

[ThePhantasm]

Yay, a double strip!

Methinks the Death Squad will have some important role later in this arc...

[Cheesegear]

The reference to Rent is quite amazing.

[NegativeFifteen]

Whenever I see a gigantic strip filled with new character designs, the first thing that goes through my head is "That must have taken a while to draw"
Thanks, Giant.

[CoffeeIncluded]

This. Is. Amazing.

[silas the monk]

I assume even after that, debate over Tarquin's alignment will continue.

[Evil DM Mark3]

I cant help but feel I would get the joke better if I where American. Is this ment as a parody of something? Feels like it is.

[KillItWithFire]

It's not really a parody of anything in particular. It parodies a play called Rent and Seaseme Street but that's about it. Otherwise it just reinforces the idea that the EoB is evil. They way it does so earns some laughs though. (I especially liked the marching band bit as I'm in my own schools marching band and we just wrapped up a great season.)

I assume even after that, debate over Tarquin's alignment will continue.

What are you talking about? He's throwing a PARADE. Everyone loves parades, how can he NOT be good.

[pendell]

*Snicker*. Random. And funny.

"Will eventually regain partial motor control of their hands ... " is this a band joke I'm not getting? I was in high school band but I'm missing it...

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Pronounceable]

Giant sure outdid himself here. It's awesomer than the norm.

[The Glyphstone]

*Snicker*. Random. And funny.

"Will eventually regain partial motor control of their hands ... " is this a band joke I'm not getting? I was in high school band but I'm missing it...

Respectfully,

Brian P.

I don't think its a band joke so much as a violence joke. The Platelet Band lost the competition, presumably, because the winners inflicted so much damage on their hands/nervous systems that the Platelets were left unable to play their instruments.

[Mastikator]

Win.
Actually I like how every strip the tyranny becomes a tiny bit more blatantly obvious, yet Elan still manages to deny the alignment of his dad. Is it out of excitement that he finally has a dad, or just good old Elan stupidity?

The last two panels was the cherry on the cream.

[Taekwondodo]

Hurt and Burnie! God, that's so funny... First time I've laughed out loud at a comic in a while.

@EvilDMMk3: In New York at Thanksgiving, Macy's (a department store) hold a parade.