101 – Frederic
Because he was the only one without a profile yet.
And here we are, folks. The end of my third “chapter”.
I’m actually going to take a break now. I’ve been working on this project every week without missing a single deadline since march 2013 and I’m feeling extremely tired. Frivolesque isn’t going anywhere though, since I’ll have a bunch of Guest Strips from various artistic friends of mine on the site every monday and thurdsay for the following month. Yes, you read that right. Two strips a week! I cannot thank these people enough. :)
Frivolesque will then resume its normal run on march 30th.
So, what do you guys think of my first two years as a fledgling web cartoonist? Drop me a line, let’s discuss! :)
I may have joined in pretty late but I’m glad I found this one. :D Fred got a cast page. He’s way smarter than I originally thought he was.
Fred is probably the smartest character out of the entire cast.
And I’m glad you joined in, no matter when it was.
Fred doesn’t like it when you call him Fred :)
Liliane doesn’t seem pleased by Flore’s logo for her and does that green-eyed cat have a name?
She realizes that she’s nothing but boobs to her sister! And Flore’s cat is called Philemon!
It’s good to know those represent boobs. I’m kinda embarassed that I thought of another part of female anatomy.
Yeah, it seems like people think of two other parts before thinking of her cleavage. XD
But yeah, it it supposed to reprensent her cleavage, the way it’s framed by her suit’s collar and that yellow scarf she usually wears… I guess it is not as obvious as I thought it was.
Guilty! :)
Thinking about this now, Liliane should be glad she is boobs to her sister. My first interpretation – promiscuity as defining characteristic, even to her sister – is even less flattering. But I guess, nobody will ever point that out in the comic. *hint, hint*
Also, it’s probably more obvious if you like big boobs, or something. I don’t pay much attention to bust sizes, thus it never came to mind as a major, cup-worthy (no pun intended) feature of her.
I’m not especially into huge knockers myself. Liliane was mostly designed with a large chest for the sake of variety since everyone else is pretty modest in that area. (save maybe Gaia, her boobage seems to vary from shot to shot T_T )
Giving it some thought is kinda funny (intriguing?) that the three intimate parts of a woman could be represented with the exact same “logo” and still be totally recognisable. It feels “armonic” :) a good thing I mean.
The “logos” for the equivalent man parts have nothing to do with each other.
Agh. I just noticed: it should be “harmonic” there, but now I am not sure if the term is normally used in the way I wanted, I meant a sense of balance and symmetry.
I knew what you meant. :)
My first thought about what it was “Is that a yellow tulip?”
You wouldn’t be too far from the truth, considering that’s how her logo started out.
That panel made me wonder, does Liliane have the same eyes as Philémon? ;-)
Could he really outsmart Marie-Neige?
It’s a good question. The two of them actually have a friendly rivalry thing going on since they were young teenagers. I really need to do comics about that someday.
Depends on what and how you measure it, I suppose.
Ah, now I know what you were talking about back on strip 99. Not surprised tho, it is kinda saying her most memorable feature is her bust, even to he older sister…
Congrats on getting into triple digits again… :)
Hehehehe.
She does have a memorable bust. :)
And thank you!
I actually think her face (or rather her sunglasses and hair) are the most memorable to me. In second place the way she dresses, then the bust. (That’s only appearance-based characteristics, personality traits would end up before the bust as well, I guess.) And I’m (more or less) a heterosexual male. But I guess I’m a bit atypical.
Welcome to the atypical club.
Normal is over-rated… :P
Nowadays, “normal” seems very uncommon.
So, “weird” is the new “normal”? :-)
You need guest comics? I totally had an idea I could do with your characters :p
I already have what I needed, but you’re making me very curious!
I’ll put it together at some point and send it your way :)
Hey! Behave please!
:P
Is it just me or does Gaia look stoned?
Bougainville’s somnolence is contagious.
It does run in the family.
Ugh.
Yeah, I guess she does look weird. T_T
Well there is already a suggestion that Gaia uses chemical help in her boxing, so…
It’s been fun! Here’s to 2² more!
Triple digits and still going. Congratulations! I will definitely be sticking around.
Yay. Glad to have you around.
“Because he was the only one without a profile yet. “
What?… Where is Philémon’s? :P
BTW Philémon’s tag is missing.
Also I think there is a little typo in the third line of the comments: “I’m acually going to…”
Me, the pest :P
No, I’m glad you’re paying attention!
Fixed.
I try to :) It worth to pay attention to your comic, there is always cool details.
AW, thanks! I would love to have even more detail, if I had more time… (or if I could learn to work faster)
Tag fixed. And, yeah… Not planning to do those things for the animals.
They’re just… animals. :P
What? Psychology, sociology AND anthropology, yet no serious job? *GASP*
I never said he finished any of those majors.
Problem is Sociology is not a science, but even for the other ones, unless you are doing PhD it’d be pretty difficult to think of a job directly related to them. Many psych or *sigh* sociology majors go into marketing or such, but considering his dislikes, doesn’t seem likely.
Frederic likes to study human behavior. But he’s also totally disgusted by it.
“So, what do you guys think of my first two years as a fledgling web cartoonist? Drop me a line, let’s discuss! :)”
I arrived here no so much ago so I did not live the growth of the comic, but I will give a brief opinion anyway
I think that you have good points in the art, the style of the site, the stable quality of the strips, the diversity and attractiveness of the characters and the development of the arcs, so my opinion is that so far you managed to keep your comic well above average. And it seems still growing up :)
Thank you so much, man, you don’t have any idea how happy this comment makes me.
How come he doesnt like being called Fred? Also, he doesnt like memes or hive minds? Anonymous shall hear of this! j/k ;)
Frederic, at least in french, sounds rather nice and poetic. (at least to me I guess?)
“Fred” just sounds like some mundane english short name to him. Maybe he’s thinking of Fred Flintstone. I am.
At least he’s not getting “Freddy the Freeloader” tossed at him…
“How come he doesnt like being called Fred?”
Guess my opinion :P
Aww, I didn’t even notice that at first. My favorite fantasy is being a hivemind. He must just not have met the right hivemind.
Why does no one in this comic like white bread?
I have no idea. Because Ben is a bit like me and because Frederic is a hipster. I never even realized I wrote it twice.
I should remove one of those. T_T
I was about to make roughly the same comment / question.
White bread is the most convenient bread. Toasts most easily. Doesn’t ruin the flavour of sandwiches. No unnecessary grittiness.
White bread sucks.
Aside from subs and baguettes.
Grittiness? I’ve never had normal wholemeal bread that was gritty. Isn’t that usually multigrain, where they add seeds and stuff?
I haven’t eaten white bread in forever. I don’t know if it improved, but I always found it too sweet, and dry 5 minutes after it’s exposed to the air.
sounds like me except he does some exercise am i that dorky?
how that doesnt open up a siscon route
Even more than looking like she is older than Flore Liliane also acts like it too. doesnt seem to have an exception… yet
Nope. She acts like your usual anime “big sister”.
Fred’s logo kinda looks like the tip of a male’s genitals. [no offense Frederic]
It’s a Ginkgo Biloba leaf. My favorite tree.
trying to be the least weird while saying that.