OOTS #864 - The Discussion Thread

[ManuelSacha]

What on the Nine Hells just happened?

[willpell]

Huzzah! Welcome back (and would it be too painful to say "thumbs up"?).

[Scowling Dragon]

YAAAAAAAY! All is well in the world and all is holy!

[Squark]

*ahem*

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEE!

In non exaggerated comments... Is it bad that It took me a few minutes to realize what the thumb joke was about (That is, Rich's injury)?

[Cynric]

Huzzah! Back in business!

[Don Ohnic]

Made my New Year happy; here's to an at least as happy 2013.

[Carry2]

New comic is up.

There's a brief News post about it as well.

Huh. I didn't notice that. Good work. Very meta.

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[J-H]

Hurray!
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[Pronounceable]

This thread has the best icon ever.

Also hurray for slow but inevitable recovery.

[Quild]

Thumb up for new comic!

[Caivs]

I applaud you, Rich! :D

I was so excited when I saw there was a new comic...Glad to know Sir Thumb is better now ^^

Am I the only one who read the song on The Hobbit's Lonely Mountain tune? I guess I've been listening to it for too long :/

Funniest comic in a while, I loved it. Meta FTW

[Doug Lampert]

This comic would probably appear rather odd in the future to anyone on an archive binge, who wasn't reading around this time. That said, I'm glad you're back, Giant, and it was a good update for everyone reading right now.

Well, it will be surely explained in the foreword to the paper book, I think, or right next to the strip in question in commentary, IMHO?

Oh, the book will explain it, but someone going through the archives here won't have a clue.

Oh, and "Yeah! A new comic!"

[Xelbiuj]

Oh, the book will explain it, but someone going through the archives here won't have a clue.

Oh, and "Yeah! A new comic!"

I'm sure Elan explicitly stating that it's been 3 months since a new comic, will give it away.

[denthor]

I applaud you Rich. One handed of course in honor of your status. Continue to get well. We will wait.

[Trixie]

He gave specific reasons for believing the mystery masked man to be Tarquin, and with the exception of the 'hiding behind a mask' reason, all of the things he noted were things he already knew about Tarquin.

Yes, he gave reasons, but between Tarquin's/Malack's demonstrated hatred of Nale and the fact Nale assembled new band, instantly jumping to conclusion it was Tarquin and not just random jobless tavern occupant can be seen as a bit weird.

[fill-in-name]

so, when can we expect the "500 stanza epic poem"?

Glad to hear you're slowly getting back in action!

[ReaderAt2046]

Am I the only one who read the song on The Hobbit's Lonely Mountain tune? I guess I've been listening to it for too long

I heard it to "Brave Sir Robin" from Monty Python

[The Succubus]

Guys, I'm disappointed in you. It's been 3 pages and no-one's attempted to stat out the glass monsters yet. I'm guessing slashing damage will be a major feature of them.

[Mando Knight]

Took me a while to connect the dots on why Elan sang that last stanza...

[Anarion]

Hurray, new comic! Congratulations on a partial recovery, Giant.

I'm also rather pleasantly surprised that they figured out it was Tarquin. The joke was a bit extended during the fight and I was a bit worried that they'd follow Elan's usual lead and ignore figuring it out for the sake of drama.

Guys, I'm disappointed in you. It's been 3 pages and no-one's attempted to stat out the glass monsters yet. I'm guessing slashing damage will be a major feature of them.

Some kind of thorns aura, so you take damage when you strike them.

[Gnomish Wanderer]

Hehe, I enjoyed the metahumor profusely

[t209]

Good timing, Rich! And Happy Newyear (plus it's my birthday tomorrow!)
P.S- If Rich hadn't injured his thumb, I wouldn't have become a brony!

[Loki_42]

This is awesome. And I think given how long we were willing to wait for this, you can churn them out as slowly as you like while your thumb heals.

[brionl]

Yes, he gave reasons, but between Tarquin's/Malack's demonstrated hatred of Nale and the fact Nale assembled new band, instantly jumping to conclusion it was Tarquin and not just random jobless tavern occupant can be seen as a bit weird.

Some random mook who can fight Roy to a scoreless draw and still escape? Right...

I heard it to "Brave Sir Robin" from Monty Python

Same here. :)

I don't think 3 months is all that long. I had a boo-boo on the ring finger of my right hand, and it took me almost 2 months to get full use of my hand back. The thumb is whole lot more tricky than the other fingers.

Anyway, glad to see Rich is at least mostly better.

[JCarter426]

After all this time, I feel like I should say something intelligent appreciative and constructive, but all I can think of are "Woooooooooooooooo, a new comic!" and "And it furthers the plot!" so I'll just say those two things.

[Zar Peter]

At last I know again what I'm waiting for... I'm reading the books the third time now to bridge the time when your thumb is working again.

Thank you for the comic and a happy new year to you and Mrs. Giant!

[willpell]

Wait...is it just me or did the comic title change? I thought it was just "bet it would", referring to the 500-stanza plan of Elans, and now I see it mentions Kickstarter funding and wondered if it was changed in response to The Succubus's post.

I applaud you Rich. One handed of course in honor of your status.

Hm. And what was the sound this made?

I don't think 3 months is all that long.

Not all by itself, but it comes on top of previous delays...I might be wrong but haven't there only been like 5-10 comics in the past year? I know at one point there were literally only like 2 updates in a 9-month period, though that might have been a year or two back...it was definitely since they arrived on the Western Continent.

[SpykeMH]

Good to have you back Giant

[Shmuel]

Not all by itself, but it comes on top of previous delays...I might be wrong but haven't there only been like 5-10 comics in the past year?

45, in fact, starting with #824. (Note the copyright date.)

[Zherog]

Welcome back.