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[PA Comic] Monday, February 9, 2015 - Scenesters

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image[PA Comic] Monday, February 9, 2015 - Scenesters

Scenesters

Scenesters

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2015/02/09

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  • NemrexNemrex Registered User regular
    Gabe with freckles...hmmmmm...

    Oh, wait, this is about 50 Shades of Grey. Right. I'd love to see a strip of the wasp scene.

    ...For Entomological reasons.

  • NecroxNecrox Registered User regular
    Loving the perspective work in this one :) The style in general is sweet, there seems to be a new tweak to it. More conservative than some of his other experiments but I dig it.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Oh

    Oh there actually is a tampon scene

  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    edited February 2015
    Quid wrote: »
    Oh

    Oh there actually is a tampon scene

    I knew there was a tampon scene, but I had to google to make sure there wasn't a wasp scene.

    Also, I guess I'm kinkier than I thought, because I read online what the "infamous tampon scene" was and it's just... a guy having sex with his girlfriend while she's on her period? It's obvious why they wouldn't want to film that, but I didn't think it was that unusual a thing for couples to do.

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2015
    cue the greatest amount of hand-wringing amongst fandom since the last movie adaptation of anything came out, I guess?

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Oh

    Oh there actually is a tampon scene

    I knew there was a tampon scene, but I had to google to make sure there wasn't a wasp scene.

    Also, I guess I'm kinkier than I thought, because I read online what the "infamous tampon scene" was and it's just... a guy having sex with his girlfriend while she's on her period? It's obvious why they wouldn't want to film that, but I didn't think it was that unusual a thing for couples to do.

    That part doesn't really irk me so much as detailing the removal of her tampon.

    That just doesn't strike me as necessary information that advances the plot.

  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    The scary part is that I don't know if they made up those scenes or if they actually exist in the book.

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzfRJrYVVM

    Oh brilliant
  • FoolproofFoolproof thats what my hearts become in that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered User regular
    damn, I'd probably read it if it had a wasp scene
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  • BerserkerkittenBerserkerkitten Registered User new member
    This is probably just me, but my brain can't handle the perspective. Gabe looks like a giant. And why black freckles? o_O

  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    I'm really digging the art in that final panel.

  • Finnish_LineFinnish_Line Registered User regular
    I thought this was brilliantly rendered. Gabe may be a bit too big in the final panel compared to Tycho, but in a way that's part of what they were going for.

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Oh

    Oh there actually is a tampon scene

    I knew there was a tampon scene, but I had to google to make sure there wasn't a wasp scene.

    Also, I guess I'm kinkier than I thought, because I read online what the "infamous tampon scene" was and it's just... a guy having sex with his girlfriend while she's on her period? It's obvious why they wouldn't want to film that, but I didn't think it was that unusual a thing for couples to do.

    That part doesn't really irk me so much as detailing the removal of her tampon.

    That just doesn't strike me as necessary information that advances the plot.

    The book started life as a Twilight fan fiction. You're expecting a level of narrative cohesion that just wasn't on the table to begin with.

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Maz- wrote: »
    The scary part is that I don't know if they made up those scenes or if they actually exist in the book.

    Scary, or awesome?

    I'm leaning towards awesome, myself. Being in the same boat and all.

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    Nemrex wrote: »
    Gabe with freckles...hmmmmm...

    Oh, wait, this is about 50 Shades of Grey. Right. I'd love to see a strip of the wasp scene.

    ...For Entomological reasons.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Oh

    Oh there actually is a tampon scene

    I knew there was a tampon scene, but I had to google to make sure there wasn't a wasp scene.

    Also, I guess I'm kinkier than I thought, because I read online what the "infamous tampon scene" was and it's just... a guy having sex with his girlfriend while she's on her period? It's obvious why they wouldn't want to film that, but I didn't think it was that unusual a thing for couples to do.

    That part doesn't really irk me so much as detailing the removal of her tampon.

    That just doesn't strike me as necessary information that advances the plot.

    I'm guessing you'll have a hard time finding anything to fill this category in there.

    Assuming you can first find a reasonable designation for the word "plot."

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  • TazurasTazuras Registered User new member
    I really like the use of perspective in this one.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    Second panel may be a little bit much but I do really like how it appears Gabe's tears of rage are going to turn him into a Super Saiyan in the last panel.

  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Oh

    Oh there actually is a tampon scene

    I knew there was a tampon scene, but I had to google to make sure there wasn't a wasp scene.

    Also, I guess I'm kinkier than I thought, because I read online what the "infamous tampon scene" was and it's just... a guy having sex with his girlfriend while she's on her period? It's obvious why they wouldn't want to film that, but I didn't think it was that unusual a thing for couples to do.

    That part doesn't really irk me so much as detailing the removal of her tampon.

    That just doesn't strike me as necessary information that advances the plot.

    You don't watch or read a lot of porn, do you.

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  • RatherDashing89RatherDashing89 Registered User regular
    I know almost nothing about 50 Shades, but the little I do know makes me wonder how any of it would be put into a "public consumption" movie, even an R-rated one. It just sounds like a porno to me.

  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    edited February 2015
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    I know almost nothing about 50 Shades, but the little I do know makes me wonder how any of it would be put into a "public consumption" movie, even an R-rated one. It just sounds like a porno to me.

    Oh, it's definitely porn. I think something as badly written as this owes it's popularity to the fact that professional porn makers often do not gear their work towards women's fantasies. It's a similar reason as to why The Hunger Games and even Twilight got popular - girls want fiction catered to them, in a world where all too often books and especially movies are catered towards men, with women as an afterthought. 50 Shades may not be good in and of itself, but its existence does at least point out the dearth of material in this area.

    Cambiata on
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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    I know almost nothing about 50 Shades, but the little I do know makes me wonder how any of it would be put into a "public consumption" movie, even an R-rated one. It just sounds like a porno to me.

    It's basically a Twilight style "romance" dressing up an abusive and mutually destructive relationship as something to be desired, except the vampire (who is not actually a vampire (as far as I know)) only manages to keep his pants on for about four pages instead of four books. My wife calls it, "Supremely unarousing."

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  • RatherDashing89RatherDashing89 Registered User regular
    So...how would you even adapt this as an R-rated movie? Is all that stuff Gilbert Gottfried is describing just implied offscreen?

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    Ever watch anything on HBO ever? Simulated acts and strategic blanket placement removes the need for hardcore penetration.

  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    Of all the recent comics where Gabe is experimenting with the art, this is my favorite. It looks great, and I'd be totally happy with P-A looking like this from now on.

  • LRichLRich Registered User regular
    the last panel definitely has a "dragonball z" type of vibe going on where goku must save the earth yet again from some type of ridiculously powerful villain.

  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    I tried reading these books aloud to my wife when someone got them for her as a Christmas present.

    I just couldn't do it.

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  • sandalwoodsandalwood Cartoonist New YorkRegistered User regular
    YES. This comic keeps getting better! Keep at it Gabe & Tycho!

  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    At first I thought "tampon scene" was some despicable descriptor of the fan-base of the book(s)/movie. But then the comic made it clear that it was an actual scene that happened in the book. And now I can't decide which reading of that phase is worse.

  • halkunhalkun Registered User regular
    Two things -
    First, after Gabe has decided to push his talents, it's beginning to look really good. (It was a bit clunky at first, but as a content creator myself, that happens) I like the direction the style is going.

    Second, 50 Shades started as a Twilight fanfic, and then the names were changed when a publishing deal came around.

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    I don't mind that they cut the McRib scene. There wasn't any boning in it; you might say it was boneless.

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    I don't mind that they cut the McRib scene. There wasn't any boning in it; you might say it was boneless.

    The last time I ordered a McRib, the barbecue sauce was on the outside of the bun. There's a sex joke in there somewhere, I'm sure.

  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited February 2015
    I'm more interested in the eventual movie adaptation of the fanfic of the fanfic, 50 Shades of MODOK. It's fanfics all the way down.

    A duck! on
  • trident042trident042 Registered User regular
    The art experimentation Gabe is doing is real neat. I'm not sure I dig the randomly-new freckles comic-Gabe has sprouted, makes me think maybe he just got too much sun that one time, perhaps. On the other hand, the angular pose in panel three might be one of my favorites in some time. Statuesque.

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