135 – Mother
Lo and behold! A new character! To be fair, though, Mimi’s mom has been existing in the back of my head for a long time, making two quick cameos in early strips.
That teal dress. It was about time someone used that color in Frivolesque. (Because if you haven’t noticed yet, each character somehow has a signature color in this comic…) Also, as a native French speaker, I always get confused with “teal”, “aqua” and “turquoise”. What’s the difference? In french, it’s all “turquoise”, really. And there’s also the fact many people will refer to that color as either “blue” or “green”… Boggles the mind, really.
Oh, and Ben is back too! The lone male presence in this gathering so far, so that the Cartier siblings could finally be a thing. I hope you guys will like Agnes’ design.
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You just put Clem in the first panel so I wouldn’t complain, right Dez? XD
Almost.
She’s also in the 4th panel, but she’s almost completely hidden by Chloe. :(
I SEE HER! :O
Dez so sneaky.
Silly Lilli, Chloe isn’t Mimi’s mother, she is Mimi’s FATHER.
While a biological parenthood isn’t possible Chloe could possibly be sworn in as an honorary god parent, or if Ben’s wishes come true she could eventually be aunt Chloe!
Chloe’s a redhead, Ben’s blond, so their child would probably fairer-headed than Mimi. :P
WHAT A TWIST
It’s what everyone wants Liliane, but sadly not true….-_- ………On another not Agnes is surprisingly 1950’s.
She loves all things retro. :)
A 1950’s diner?
Definitely.
Took me a moment to figure out which finger Liliane was holding up…
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I’m sad the voting thing isn’t sustaining itself. T_T
I did see a spike in new visitors ever since Frivo made it to the top 100 though.
And was Liliane’s hand this badly drawn?
Her hand is fine.
Now that I’m awake.
I voted again and Frivo is 81st place.
I got to vote again and now it’s 80th.
Oh-oh it’s down to 93rd place…
she has beautiful spot :3
She has the cliche “sexy older woman” mole going on.
I’m not as big of a fan of so-called beauty spots, I see them more like a stain to be removed, on the other hand, I see freckles as charm points.
Heh. Judging by everyone’s facial expressions, they’re expecting a rant from Chloe… or at least reacting to Liliane.
Chloe is too nice to rant.
Everyone has their limits…
Wait a minute. Uncle…Ben?
Please tell me that there’s not going to be a rice joke here…
Would prefer a Spider Man one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za77OuZ2Irs
This joke has already been made. ;)
I never was a Spider Man reader.
I’ve always been more of a “funnies” kind of person.
Too much violence, not enough humor in real life.
It’s still that way…
… tell your children not to walk my way…
DANZIG!
Agnes is actually an actor hired to pretend to be Mimi’s mother.
LOL
Mimi is no one’s daughter.
Genetic experiment made in a lab… :P
The older you are(or look) the more opaque your glasses become.
… I really have to introduce Chloe’s mom soon to dispel this misconception…
Also, Delphine isn’t that old. ^^
How about this instead, “The older you feel, the more opaque your glasses become”.
For the longest time I though that “turquoise” was pronounced like “torqua”, it seemed too fancy looking to be read just like it’s written. I like that she dresses like 1950s and is named Agnes :)
Anything special about the name Agnes?
I think it just fits with the whole 50s theme, being rather old fashioned
Most of the names are old fashioned or rare, at least in Quebec french. It’s a little theme in Frivolesque. :)
For pure comical reasons – she has horrid luck with men, he’s defined as “poor relatable loser” in his cast bio – i have this sudden and utterly gratuitous urge to ship Liliane & Ben. XD
Interesting ship… ;)
Being the husband of an artist –
I know you mean well by saying, “It’s all just turquoise anyway,” but my wife would disagree. There is a strict distinction between TEAL, TURQUOISE, AQUAMARINE, and CELESTE. There are also five distinct shades of turquoise (light, blue, medium, dark, and pearl something). It’s the same with orange – there isn’t just ORANGE, there’s 23 versions of ORANGE.
Headache city to me, as even though I too am somewhat an artist, I am not picky about colors. I’ll call something that’s “BITTERSWEET” orange, because in all reality, it’s orange to most people’s visual spectrum.
Try being a graphic artist trying to satisfy a customer!
“I don’t like orange, can you make it kind of a reddish yellow instead?”
“Just make it more orangy, okay?” (hangs up)
“That orange is fine, but make it more subtly vibrant, m-kay?”
I could go on.
But I won’t…
I wonder how often you actually really need to change anything, rather than say you did. I’ve had it with programming that a customer thought things I hadn’t touched were suddenly much improved (even though objectively they hadn’t). But I’m not one to contradict a satisfied customer.
I won’t mention CYAN…
Programming challenge: given the RGB values of a color, pick the closest popular name for it.
94 on TopWebComics?!!? What in heck is going on?
With all those strangers? This from the woman who accepted Chloe as perfectly fine just from a cellphone pic. LoL
People are rarely consequential.
In her defense, she might have recognized Chloe as a friend of her brother, Ben. ;-)
Yeah, I think she kinda knows who Chloe is, since Ben, Chloe, Marie-Neige and Frederic go way back.
What makes all the sense out of Mimi’s nonsensical move… :P