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[PA Comic] Friday, September 27, 2013 - The Tithe, Page Ten
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As Mike tweeted, this is the end of the Tithe, but the beginning for Hanna. I've loved this series and can't wait for more Eyrewood stuff (and to hear Mike and Jerry's thoughts on The Tithe as a whole now that it's complete).
EDIT: Actually, this kinda is how I thought it would end. I hoped they'd team up. It's just something about Jerry's words here that stick in my mind and give me the feeling of much more behind this and more to come. It really does seem like an origin story with epic adventures and mysteries of the Forest just around the corner.
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How many of them were once people?! No wonder Steve didn't like Hanna to much. He saw what was coming and knew he might eventually have to kill or fight off another goddamn forest creature if it crossed his path again.
I'm not really complaining, I just hope they make moves to get this story rolling sooner rather than later. Right now I can honestly say I want more Tithe more than I want more Penny Arcade. I really kinda thought we'd actually learn about the Daughters this time. Learn what kind of organizational structure they have, if any. Learn about who the Daughters are as individuals, what their goals are. Learn about their power and what they do with it.
I feel kinda like I just got handed a book with a beautiful cover and an intriguing premise, but I'm not allowed to open it yet.
But for real though: That Art.
Whatever it is, it seems to be the one talking and proclaiming Hanna, Her Daughter, so I'm thinking that's not just a random beast-in-need - especially since it, too, is covered in pretty blooming flowers.
Bad news: The Crone has cankles.
Good news: The Crone is a mother-loving badass.
Unless I'm wrong of course, which wouldn't surprise me. Write Faster, Jerry!
I think the tree-lion is speaking as the forest. So when it says my daughter, I interpret it to mean the daughter of the entire forest and not just of that particular creature. Especially given how the older daughter looked in the earlier panels, it makes more sense to me that the tree-lion as a member of the forest is claiming her for the entire place.
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I read it as basically a voiceover.
Tree-lion's just roaring.
Indeed. And I'm not sure why people are thinking the Daughters turn into tree-beasts when they get old? All we have seen of Daughters of the Eyrewood shows them as still recognizably human. The girls are girls, the "mother" or perhaps older sister from earlier in this strip has some branches, but is a woman. The crone from that Cryptozoic page is clearly an old woman. The forest beasts are just local fauna.
I was under the impression that the tree lion, given this last panel, called Hanna to the forest.
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I was talking to the hubby about video games, and I realized I would kill to play a video game based on this world. The logistics would be ridiculous, I know...but to get to play as a Daughter or a Lookout and been immersed in this world would be amazing.
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This isn't the best thing to come out of Penny Arcade. Those honors go to Child's Play and PAX, in that order.
But this might be #3.
Yeah, Hanna is the tithe. I think either every X days or every X female births, the forest takes another Daughter.
That was my reading as well. The treelion is roaring, but the words in scrolls were also in the first page. They are the words of the forest, which is sentient.
Love where this ended, love the art, and can't wait to see more.
And that mental soundtrack is "The Touch" by Stan Bush
Point of order: according to the Lookouts comic published by Cryptozoic, the older "daughters" aren't called "Crones" but "Hags." And the Hag of the Eyrewood we saw wasn't any less "human" looking than the Mother of the Eyrewood we saw earlier. So no, the beast is probably just a beast.
Also it's not the beast proclaiming its daughter, it's the Eyrewood.
My guess/vote: The answer to that is "Yes."
Basically, one is looking mostly to the side and the other is looking mostly upward. I can almost imagine a specific thing she might be looking at to get her pupils into an arrangement close to that, but I also can't shake from my mind how they look like "crazy eyes."
A very minor nitpick in what is otherwise an absolutely fantastic frame.
Got a lot of empty wall to fill.
They're still huge prints (12 in x 18 in) Done in two rows that's 5 ft x 3 ft and can be larger if you frame them or add some spacing between the prints. Framed and spaced you should easily be able to cover a 6 ft x 4 ft area with the series.
So this ending, like many of the guys' drama comics, is more of a beginning. Here's to hoping that they explore Hanna's story some more.