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[PA Comic] Friday, September 6, 2013 - The Tithe, Part One
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Is this Lookouts? Or does it just look similar?
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Let's do this!
Mike tweeted that this will run for "weeks", so..probably, yeah.
I really want one of those fruits.
I really wish they'd do another CTS strip. Those were always great, but having Gabe take this kind of approach to that environment would be a site to see.
It's Daughters of the Eyrewood.
Finally.
BEST. DAY. EVAH.
Speaking of Lookouts, anybody been following the Cryptozoic Lookouts comic? I've been enjoying a few more tantalising hints as to the relationship between the Eyrewood, the Village Elders and the Lookouts themselves. But dang has the really spotty release schedule been harsh on trying to keep an interest.
Wiiiiitch.
The ribbon effect for the dialogue is really great, and makes me wonder who is in fact speaking it. Is it a poem the girl is remembering? Is it a message left for her? A voice in the night? Really cool.
Love the last panel as well. Makes me want to run away and explore that untamed world myself!
Gabe's news post makes it clear that the girls are "called."
Although apparently joining the order is something you do by sneaking out at night. Which means that the Daughters aren't formally recognized, possibly because they aren't well-regarded.
Me too, except this:
If you go back to Tycho's poem It sounds like the daughters are the ones who will do the killing, I'm guessing Tithe refers to girls who are summoned by "mother" (the forest itself?)
Remember there are children's rhymes making the Thornwatch sound bad and scary though, too.
fucking DO IT you silly bugger
Well obviously the parents are the tithe, assuming the poem isn't outright slander.
Aiur.
Ire.
yeah, its probably a right of passage maybe? it adds another layer of mystery, and maybe a sinister air, to their path.
I really want Jerry to write a book, just because we've never seen him get to do something that large. I'd like to get to read something so overarching and comprehensive as a book.
I'd like to see him do it just because he hasn't done it. Both of these guys have really been pushing their respective arts in the past year. Mike's art has gone completely fucking nuts; I continue to be blown away by the areas into which he is pushing his craft. Precipice showed me that Jerry has the ability to write several characters with individual voices without losing any of the uniqueness that has made him the soul of Penny Arcade. I can imagine that he is daunted by the prospect of writing a whole book, especially if he's never done something like that before. But if he went for it, and pulled it off... Goddamn, that would be a huge boost for him. It goes without saying that the resulting book would be amazing, but the achievement of writing it would do so much for his craft.
I can smell the reviews already.
It's like Harry Potter and wizarding school. Except darker and in the woods. And without wizards. - Some Jackass Book Reviewer
Jerry Holkins has proven he can stand amongst literary greats like Robert Jordan, Tolkien and George RR Martin. - Some Other Jackass Book Reviewer
Is this a reference the Thornwatch card game that Mike has been making? Nothing has been said about it for six months more, and I was super excited for it! Does anyone have any news on it?