130 – Attention
Just in case you were wondering, yes, the rest of the girls are still around. I guess they just lagged behind. It happens to me when I walk with a large group of people…
Seriously, Clementine should be about to realize how bad of a girlfriend Marie-Neige would be considering her attention span.
This is the most boring background I’ve ever drawn. Even Flore’s space dreams had stars in them.
I bet that M-N knows how Clem feels but she doesn’t want to settle down.
She is afraid of true love :)
Absolutely.
I always thought she was one of those types who can tell when other people have crushes but never when it’s on her.
That’s still a possibility.
Possible. I know Daniel the Human is like that, he even admits it himself…
Pretty much. I’m sure she’s completely clueless about the whole thing. Because she doesn’t really understand the concept of commitment herself.
You’re giving her too much credit. But you’re right about the latter half.
I voted again and now it’s 54th.
Same here. Missed the update, so I couldn’t get the “Vote!” schtick in as the first comment. Oh, well, here it is:
VOTE! JUST THREE MOUSE CLICKS!
Sorry about the yelling…
↑ 53rd
53 with 531 votes on the 13th. We might get over 1000 by the end of the month. Yay!
The new visitors are pouring in!
Aww Chloé, your daughter is just like you :)
Poor Clementine. It seems that if she want M-N to pay attention she will need to tie up… either of them.
Somehow, I get the feeling that she’s going to say something like:
“About the other day, ummm… no, just no.”
Of course I could be wrong, but Clementine seems to be too innocent.
More innocence in web comics!
Seriously.
“SHE’S NOT MY DAUGHTER!”
And lol.
I was just thinking someone should tie both of them up together in a room. Clem so she can’t flee when she’s embarassed, and M-N so she can’t bail when she gets distracted.
I’ll bet once I reach the end of the archive nothing will has changed.
How went the launching, DEZ? :)
I saw the book preview and the design looks great :) I would really like to see a picture of the real thing ;)
I heard it sold quite a lot. I bought it, that’s a pretty nice book.
Lucky you :) Did you get it signed?
Yup! It sold more than I thought! Thanks to people like you!
I would like to buy the real thing. But, how?
I’ll eventually add a link to my publisher’s online store thing once we figure out how to handle the international shipping stuff. (we’re very small time)
Probably after the comiccon.^^
I truly wanted to go. But. Canada is so far away. I would like to move there though. I wonder how hard it is to attend college and work in Canada when you’re an American?
The harder you guys make it for us to go live in the USA, the harder we’ll make it for you. :)
Actually, it is pretty easy. The worst part is the double taxation- as a US citizen, no matter where you live, you have to pay US income taxes. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/us-tax-crackdown-hits-canadian-residents/article2067393/
This even affects children of Canadian citizens who were for some reason were born here, even if they’ve never lived in the USA. They are considered birth citizens. The IRS wants every penny it can bleed out of people.
It was awesome. A ton of my Quebec-based readers came! There was even a real-life Saki that actually wasn’t a reader, but bought the book anyway because of the resemblance. Good times. ;)
And I think people posted a few pictures on the FB event…
Wonderful, congratulations!
Hah :) Is Saki a cosplay of her then? :P
Neat, I will check it, thank you :)
You deserve a break from intricate backgrounds every now and then, Dez.
Indeeed :)
Especially with everything that went on these last few months. ^^;
Awww they’re squinting because they can’t see that well.<3 It's almost like 80% of the cast have poor vision and it's not just a fashion statement. Except Marie-Neige. She didn't squint which makes me think she's wearing them because they're cute. It also makes me think she just got a crush on Liliane.
Maybe it’s bright there? Daniel the Human has pretty good night vision, plus he works at night, meaning the daytime Sun gets a bit bright for him, his eyes almost close because of it. It’s possible Marie-Neige is just more used to that much light…
No, Kris is totally right. Both Chloé and Mimi have some trouble seeing something on the other side of the street clearly. :)
Fair enough. Maybe it’s something in the water…?
You’re absolutely right about the squinting. And no, Marie-Neige’s glasses aren’t for show, but her vision is probably the least bad among the main cast. And I guess her glasses are more recent. Chloé and Mimi might need a new eye exam soon. ;)
And Liliane is one sexy lady.
Marie-Neige flushes merely because she saw some blond lady from far away. Clementine is starting to confess her affection, yet she flushes not.
My guess is she is like Hulk. “That is my secret. I am permanently embarrassed.”
I actually totally forgot to draw a blush on Clem’s cheeks. T_T
But I think it looks good this way. Frederic taught her to gather some courage to face Marie.
However…
Poor Clem! :(
Also, third panel Clem is now my phone wallpaper. GOOD JOB DEZ!
Aw, no problem! :)
True, Clem would be better to let MN go and allow herself to fall for someone else. But my guess is she needs to tell her to get this off her chest and move on… Even though she may be hurt in the processus.
Poor Clem doesn’t deserve to be hurt.
True that… I wouldn’t want to see that happen (and I’m happy to know it never will) :)
Yuri may be the purest form of love, but it often entails more hurt than normal. Stay strong, Clem!
Voted! Marie-Neige has a thing for blonds?
Look at her eyes in Panel #3, you may have something there ^_^
I’m not sure how I would feel about a blonde Clem.
Maybe Dez could draw Marie-Neige imagining the perfect Clem? :P
agreed :D
That would be a fun thing to draw.
So far she seems to have a thing for every hair color… except black.
Did DID try things with Clem at the beginning, so black isn’t out of the equation.
True, but I took it like she was kinda reacting to Clem (French versión even more). With the other girls she is the one always showing interest and even pushing.
Hmmm.. maybe is the new and/or unreachable what piques her interest, while availability turns her down :)
Or for massive chests.
Absolutely! Especially the ones with large chests and dominant personalities, maybe.
Yay for moment killers ^^
Also, gotta love how Mimi’s facial expression perfectly mimics Chloe’s… Mimi has taken Chloe for a role model, and this panel truly shows how much.
She’s a little copycat.
I noticed many young Human Spawnlings are…
I dunno, the previous comic’s background was just turquoise… this one has a line in it!
And a lone tree branch hanging around the top right corner.
But the Laurence strips never have any backgrounds, they just happen in some colorful void thing, so the last strip had an excuse.
Poor Clem! :S
But clearly, Marie-Neige knows something, just by the blank in her eyes in pane #3 .. :D
Oh no, that blank look is because she sees something interesting on the other side of the street. It’s got nothing to do with Clementine’s ramblings, sadly.
Well… end of the rather short archive. Expect it’ll still be short in a year or two. Slow-going, this one.
Fun though. Shame really about the slowness.
Incidentally… just for record-keeping… I found this webcomic while voting for El Goonish Shive. It just… y’know… showed up in the whole “pick the right character” routine.
Funnily enough, I end up going to more webcomics that way than anything to do with the rankings.
[And also for the record, I only ever vote for EGS. No exceptions.]
The archive is a lot longer when you’re reading all the comments.
Usually I just turn on my binge-script and I’d have reached (beyond) this point on the first day.
But it’s nice to see what everyone has to say.
The comment section is about to get smaller pretty soon. :(
That’s sad to hear.
It’s recognizable though. On another comic I try to do my best with some other regulars to keep comments up, but sometimes we can find little to say. We managed to get over 100 a few times long ago, but now we struggle to get to half that.
On the other hand, comment sections with hundreds upon hundreds of comments always send me running cause I can’t keep up.
Oh my god. OH. MY. GOD.
DEZ, you caught me totally off guard, I swear I had to pick my jaw back from the floor. I love you so much more right now :)
Guys, you must to check this like right now.
Hee! Glad you liked this one. :)
BTW, everything’s all right? Haven’t seen you comment for the last two strips…
Also, you’re stuck with Saki instead of Roxane now. :)
I already commented you something elsewhere, but as I said it really moved me that you were worried so I just wanted to say it publicly:
Thanks a lot for caring.
You are a wonderful kind-hearted person. Do not ever change.
Fred!! You’re back! Happy new year, man, glad to know you’re all right!! And thank you so much.
I’m glad to be here.
BTW I sent you a mail to your GMail account from four years ago. Just saying because I don’t now if it’s still active, no obligation.
It seems I did something wrong on my previous post, since the avatar is not the same.
Noooooo, Clem was so close! :(
It’s never gonna happen…