[PA Comic] Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - Anthrophila

Geth · June 2012

Anthrophila
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/06/20

TychoCelchuuu · June 2012

hahaha oh man Tycho's face in panels 2 and 3. Excellent. Not exaggerated, just perfect. Unfortunately Mike forgot to draw the little black line to finish Tycho's head in the upper left, just like he always forgets, but whatever.

Also I like Gabe's ripped shirt sleeves.

RMS Oceanic · June 2012

Ehrmagerd

Ah em Bee-mam

SabreMau · June 2012

This Bee-Mam?

Or the other one?

Fandeathis · June 2012

That's probably the best 3rd panel Tycho face ever.

Zython · June 2012

I'm pretty sure you can't get a severe allergic reaction on your first exposure to an agent.

Hate to be a buzz-kill (HA!).

Henroid · June 2012

Gabe is bleeding from the mouth.

Jaunty · June 2012

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

hahaha oh man Tycho's face in panels 2 and 3. Excellent. Not exaggerated, just perfect. Unfortunately Mike forgot to draw the little black line to finish Tycho's head in the upper left, just like he always forgets, but whatever.

Also I like Gabe's ripped shirt sleeves.

considering he's got to get up in there and colour it I think it's passed from the realm of "forgetfulness" and into "conscious decision"

KoopahTroopah · June 2012

Jaunty wrote: »

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

hahaha oh man Tycho's face in panels 2 and 3. Excellent. Not exaggerated, just perfect. Unfortunately Mike forgot to draw the little black line to finish Tycho's head in the upper left, just like he always forgets, but whatever.

Also I like Gabe's ripped shirt sleeves.

considering he's got to get up in there and colour it I think it's passed from the realm of "forgetfulness" and into "conscious decision"

Color what? It's a black line (Okay, two) lol. 30 seconds in paint:

Not saying I don't forget things too, and it doesn't even bother me that much, but just trying to make a point that he almost definitely forgot/didn't notice it.

Either way, this comic is awesome.

Jam Warrior · June 2012

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

Jaunty wrote: »

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

hahaha oh man Tycho's face in panels 2 and 3. Excellent. Not exaggerated, just perfect. Unfortunately Mike forgot to draw the little black line to finish Tycho's head in the upper left, just like he always forgets, but whatever.

Also I like Gabe's ripped shirt sleeves.

considering he's got to get up in there and colour it I think it's passed from the realm of "forgetfulness" and into "conscious decision"

Color what? It's a black line (Okay, two) lol. 30 seconds in paint:

Not saying I don't forget things too, and it doesn't even bother me that much, but just trying to make a point that he almost definitely forgot/didn't notice it.

Either way, this comic is awesome.

As in he must have noticed when colouring in the flesh tone, so it's probably deliberate.

KoopahTroopah · June 2012

Jam Warrior wrote: »

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

Jaunty wrote: »

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

hahaha oh man Tycho's face in panels 2 and 3. Excellent. Not exaggerated, just perfect. Unfortunately Mike forgot to draw the little black line to finish Tycho's head in the upper left, just like he always forgets, but whatever.

Also I like Gabe's ripped shirt sleeves.

considering he's got to get up in there and colour it I think it's passed from the realm of "forgetfulness" and into "conscious decision"

Color what? It's a black line (Okay, two) lol. 30 seconds in paint:

Not saying I don't forget things too, and it doesn't even bother me that much, but just trying to make a point that he almost definitely forgot/didn't notice it.

Either way, this comic is awesome.

As in he must have noticed when colouring in the flesh tone, so it's probably deliberate.

And I'd agree with that, if only in the last panel he did the same thing. I think that's what's causing this debate, the inconsistency from panels 1/2 to 3.

Also, I just now realized he drew the ripped sleeves on Gabe. I now don't care at all about him missing and/or deliberately not having lines on Tycho's face. That last panel makes everything great.

Solvent · June 2012

As someone who is/was (not sure) allergic to bees I approve of this comic.

I don't approve of bee stings though. Man, those things suck. And are deadly to some of us.

Etchwarts · June 2012

Silly Gabe...you only get superpowers if it's radioactive!

Warlock82 · June 2012

Ok that third panel is just fantastic.

hailrobonia · June 2012

When I was a kid I got in a huge argument with a friend. He said he was allergic to bee stings, and when he was stung by a bee, he got hives all over his body, including in his mouth. I had never heard of the word "hive" meaning anything other than a beehive, so didn't know that it could mean rash or welt, so I said he was full of bullshit. I pictured beehives growing all over his body because of the sting, and thought it was just too terrible to be real.

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

Silly Gabe...you only get superpowers if it's radioactive!

Silly SirEtchwarts, radioactivity hasn't given superpowers for 20 years. It's genetic engineering and nanotech now.

marsilies · June 2012

I'm like Gabe in that I'm in my 30s and have never, as far as I can recall, been stung by a bee. Unlike Gabe though, I've always been very cautious around them. I have allergies to other things, so I could be allergic to bees.

I remember once as a kid we went to Six Flags, and my younger sister got stung repeatedly by a wasp. We had to go to the first aid station there. She also was stung repeatedly when she was much younger, like a toddler. She's had bad luck with bees, is what I'm getting at.

EvilRedEye · June 2012

This is my favouritist since the Retina one.

Taramoor · June 2012

The sheer volume of edits into which that Gabe will find itself inserted is terrifying.

fightinfilipino · June 2012

when i was a kid, i accidentally pushed a lawnmower over an underground bee hive.

yes, they can build hives underground.

i got stung a bunch of times. not sure if i've developed an allergy since then, but i'd probably die out of sheer terror if i got stung by another bee.

hailrobonia · June 2012

You know what they say — the bee stings in life are free.

King Riptor · June 2012

Bees are dicks.

They stung my dog once. On her own porch. She wouldn't go outside for a week.

Rest assured I killed them all. Ive never been stung myself so I really don't know if Im allergic.

Fish in a Barrel · June 2012

I don't know if it's because I'm allergic to them, but when I'm stung it more than "smarts." It feels like a red-hot molten barb has been jammed into my flesh.

Euphoriac · June 2012

My younger brother and his friends once disturbed a bee's or a wasp's nest (can't remember which) in a hedge across the large field outside our house. The first we heard of it was about half a dozen 5-8 years-olds running screaming across to their respective houses, followed by angry wasps/bees. Damn things just wouldn't stop chasing, dozens to each kid (except the youngest, who somehow didn't get stung once the entire time). Hell, my mum got stung a dozen times trying to get them off, eventually just getting him to jump into the shower to was 'em off.

Oddly, we don't see nests around anymore. Can't say i'm too sad.

A duck! · June 2012

fightinfilipino wrote: »

when i was a kid, i accidentally pushed a lawnmower over an underground bee hive.

yes, they can build hives underground.

i got stung a bunch of times. not sure if i've developed an allergy since then, but i'd probably die out of sheer terror if i got stung by another bee.

Ah, yes, ground bees. The best part is that they're far, far more aggressive than normal bees, too! I mowed over one (while wearing sandals like the stupid fuck I am) and by the time I realized what was happening I was stung about 9 times. I made it back into the house, but had three stings on each foot, two on an elbow and a few on each hand. I couldn't get my feet in shoes for like four days.

fightinfilipino · June 2012

A duck! wrote: »

fightinfilipino wrote: »

when i was a kid, i accidentally pushed a lawnmower over an underground bee hive.

yes, they can build hives underground.

i got stung a bunch of times. not sure if i've developed an allergy since then, but i'd probably die out of sheer terror if i got stung by another bee.

Ah, yes, ground bees. The best part is that they're far, far more aggressive than normal bees, too! I mowed over one (while wearing sandals like the stupid fuck I am) and by the time I realized what was happening I was stung about 9 times. I made it back into the house, but had three stings on each foot, two on an elbow and a few on each hand. I couldn't get my feet in shoes for like four days.

you could feel the stings through your layers and layers of muscles?

:P

McMasta · June 2012

Am I the only one who is confused by what gabe say's in panel 1?

"That... that really smarts!"

Is it a typo? Is it supposed to be slurred swollen bee speech? Is there another meaning to smarts that i'm not privy to?

SabreMau · June 2012

McMasta · June 2012

eh? who knew...

Sticks · June 2012

I was gonna say "really, you didn't know that?" but come to think of it, I never really hear this form of "smart" used anymore.

Swearing just has more weight to it.

Opty · June 2012

At least he didn't say "Ouch, that really stings!"

Tofystedeth · June 2012

Sticks wrote: »

I was gonna say "really, you didn't know that?" but come to think of it, I never really hear this form of "smart" used anymore.

Swearing just has more weight to it.

I learned that usage when I was like 7.

From that really nerdy kid on Full House.

tylerinthetub · June 2012

My aunt used to beekeep as a hobby. Her and my uncle are the epitome of old hippies. One day the she knocked one of the hives over and ran screaming towards the house with bees in tow, where my uncle and one of his old hippy buddy's happened to be sharing a skin of homemade wine. She bolted past them and slammed the door...

This is all I could ever get out of them, I'm assuming the rest of the story was laced with profanity.

Fanda · June 2012

RMS Oceanic · June 2012

Fanda wrote: »

:^:

KoopahTroopah · June 2012

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

Fanda wrote: »

:^:

Oh my god, "Two thumbs wayyyyyyyyyyyy way up". :^: :^:

drthmik · June 2012

A duck! wrote: »

fightinfilipino wrote: »

when i was a kid, i accidentally pushed a lawnmower over an underground bee hive.

yes, they can build hives underground.

i got stung a bunch of times. not sure if i've developed an allergy since then, but i'd probably die out of sheer terror if i got stung by another bee.

Ah, yes, ground bees. The best part is that they're far, far more aggressive than normal bees, too! I mowed over one (while wearing sandals like the stupid fuck I am) and by the time I realized what was happening I was stung about 9 times. I made it back into the house, but had three stings on each foot, two on an elbow and a few on each hand. I couldn't get my feet in shoes for like four days.

few things piss off bees and wasps more than lawn mowers. the sound of the engine drives them nuts. only weed whips, leaf blowers and chainsaws are worse
alternatively they could have been Yellow Jackets and not bees. Yellow Jackets are FAR more aggressive than most bees (and mowers really get their rage going too)

Opty · June 2012

Which bee-type things all die from stinging? I'm pretty sure Wasps can sting without dying like Bees do, but I don't know about Yellow-Jackets and anything else.

marsilies · June 2012

Opty wrote: »

Which bee-type things all die from stinging? I'm pretty sure Wasps can sting without dying like Bees do, but I don't know about Yellow-Jackets and anything else.

Yellow Jackets are wasps. Hornets can sting multiple times like wasps. Worker honeybees have a barbed stinger which gets torn off when embedded in a mammal's skin, killing them. the stinger on queen honeybees is not barbed, but they rarely leave the hive.

The terms wasp, hornet, and bee (aka honeybee) appears to cover all the types of stinging flying insects. Only the honeybee has the potential to die if it stings.

Gaslight · June 2012

marsilies wrote: »

Opty wrote: »

Which bee-type things all die from stinging? I'm pretty sure Wasps can sting without dying like Bees do, but I don't know about Yellow-Jackets and anything else.

Yellow Jackets are wasps.

Hmm, until now I wasn't aware that the terms "wasp" and "yellowjacket" were basically interchangeable.

Apparently all yellowjackets are wasps, but not all wasps are yellowjackets? And yellowjacket is mainly a North American term, Wikipedia tells me. Interesting.

MichaelLC · June 2012

Gaslight wrote: »

marsilies wrote: »

Opty wrote: »

Which bee-type things all die from stinging? I'm pretty sure Wasps can sting without dying like Bees do, but I don't know about Yellow-Jackets and anything else.

Yellow Jackets are wasps.

Hmm, until now I wasn't aware that the terms "wasp" and "yellowjacket" were basically interchangeable.

Apparently all yellowjackets are wasps, but not all wasps are yellowjackets? And yellowjacket is mainly a North American term, Wikipedia tells me. Interesting.

Yup, there's several types of wasps, and all of them are pissed off. "Yellow jacket" is just a common or slang term for wasps, though a lot of people think it's a a particular species. Like a seagull.

CZeke · September 2012

Not only are yellowjackets wasps, they are also giant-men.

Clever strip title this time, btw. It's a portmanteau. "Anthophila" is the scientific name for bees, but "anthro" means human, so there you go.

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