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[PA Comic] Friday, January 2, 2015 - Equal And Opposite

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edited January 2015 in The Penny Arcade Hub

image[PA Comic] Friday, January 2, 2015 - Equal And Opposite

Equal And Opposite

Equal And Opposite

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2015/01/02

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  • ViRGEViRGE Registered User regular
    Oh thank god, he got a haircut! =P

    (And now I want some Cold Stone, dangit)

  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    Barbershop dude: Time's Man of the Year.

  • Robotic DraconianRobotic Draconian Registered User regular
    Holy shit, it took forever to get his damn hair buzzed off.

  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    I imagine an entire alternate comic that's just the barber's interior monologue

    'aww, lookit how cute he is, he seems fine to me'

    'no, he's in pain. He's rabid. I can't leave him like this'

    'man, this is the worst part of the job'

    'sorry little guy, wish there was something I could do'

    zzzt

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
    hold your head high soldier, it ain't over yet
    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • RottonappleRottonapple Registered User regular
    R.I.P. ducktail, you will not be missed.

  • iccoicco Programmer Brooklyn, NYRegistered User new member
    Agree, I want a Barber subcomic.

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Continuity!

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    The barber is clearly happy with the result rather than sad to see the hair go.

    "Alright then I'm just gonna... what the? Oh no no no no. *Bzzzt* Much better."

  • CallofBootyCallofBooty Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    Anybody else think the mudflap was a symbolic stand-in for Gabe's vas deferens? No, just me? Hey, I'm just looking for closure! Chekhov's gun man: if you mention a vas deferens in the first act, it better get cut by the third.

    CallofBooty on
  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    So you're saying Chekhov's Gun shoots blanks?

  • CallofBootyCallofBooty Registered User regular
    Well, we are talking about a theatrical production with costumes and an audience in close proximity. At least that's how my vasectomy went down.

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Quid wrote: »
    The barber is clearly happy with the result rather than sad to see the hair go.

    "Alright then I'm just gonna... what the? Oh no no no no. *Bzzzt* Much better."
    Better than Tycho's haircut.
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    I like to imagine it's the same guy, some years later. "Oh thank god, it's not a repeat of the Incident."

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    I really appreciate that it's clearly the same barber.

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    Gaslight wrote: »
    I really appreciate that it's clearly the same barber.

    PA has limited budget, can only hire so many extras.

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Gaslight wrote: »
    I really appreciate that it's clearly the same barber.
    If it's the same barber, he had one hell of a rhinoplasty.

  • Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    You guys awesome'd that?

    That's some pure Hail Hydra shit right there.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Mild Confusion wrote: »
    You guys awesome'd that?

    That's some pure Hail Hydra shit right there.

    What Gabe said is Hail Hydra.

    What the barber did is awesome.

  • Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    But he just trimmed his neckline...

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  • fullforce098fullforce098 In a van down by the riverRegistered User regular
    Fourth panel is a pair of legs in browns pants dangling in the air of a darkened batbershop, swingling and revolving every so gently over a small tuft of black hair on the floor.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Mild Confusion wrote: »
    But he just trimmed his neckline...

    And it is wonderful.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    For reference:

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    And since then:
    Oddfish wrote: »
    I'm just staring at that mullet embryo stirring behind Gabe's ears.
    -Tal wrote: »
    gabe cut your hair
    StockBreak wrote: »
    Gabe looks like he's a teenager going through his 'awkward, needs a haircut' phase.
    ViRGE wrote: »
    Get a haircut you damned hippie! =P

    To varying agrees. Which I assume was only amplified on Twitter.

    Quid on
  • RatherDashing89RatherDashing89 Registered User regular
    I always assumed people were referring to the massive flamingo beak that is his bangs, the yin to his face's yang that is rapidly engulfing his head like Pac-man and is already the widest point on his body. Eliminating the rat-tail does little but unbalance him even further and runs the risk of causing him to topple over.

  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
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    Herein we learn that the prodigious Gabe coif is actually a massive fauxhawk, and any further haircrimes cannot outweigh the existing travesty.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    What is this, the 60s

  • s1dewinders1dewinder Registered User new member
    I'm SUPER EXCITED Jerry is going to the gym! I've been reading this comic since 2000, I was 10. I love penny-arcade.

    I know Jerry and Mike used to read these forums back in the day. I hope they still do.

    My name is Jay and I'm opening a gym in Grand Rapids, Michigan this year. I compete in power lifting and I'm a certified personal trainer. Jerry, if you read this I'd LOVE to offer my services as a trainer to you for free! contact me at info@unrealfitness.us

    Strength is King
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    This barber is a monster.

  • RobonunRobonun It's all fun and games until someone pisses off China Registered User regular
    Haircuts as fan service. What hath God wrought.

  • LinktmLinktm Registered User regular
    For the first time in my life, I feel as if I have benefited in some small way by having "read the comments" in previous comics. I think I enjoyed the haircut in-joke more than the actual joke.

  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    s1dewinder wrote: »
    I'm SUPER EXCITED Jerry is going to the gym! I've been reading this comic since 2000, I was 10. I love penny-arcade.

    I know Jerry and Mike used to read these forums back in the day. I hope they still do.

    My name is Jay and I'm opening a gym in Grand Rapids, Michigan this year. I compete in power lifting and I'm a certified personal trainer. Jerry, if you read this I'd LOVE to offer my services as a trainer to you for free! contact me at info@unrealfitness.us

    From the podcast - Dabe competes in lifting as well and seems to be most of the PA staff's 'trainer'.

    Psykoma on
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