Davey…hun…stop, cant you see that your younger brother (if still in the room) has now seen your face, and you just smashed owen’s jaw in front of him…GREAT FIRST(kind-of) IMPRESSION!
all wangst-happy blubbering aside, though, this was actually a really nicely executed transition! from a storytelling perspective, i think flashbacks and hallucinations are pretty tough to pull off with coherency, just because it’s so hard (for me, anyway) to communicate to the reader with total transparency that “THIS IS A FLASHBACK/HALLUCINATION/WHATEVER.” i find that oftentimes my readers will get confused because i didn’t make the transition from reality/to a hallucination and vice-versa clear enough. a lot of the times people will interrupt the scene’s fluency by cheating with little captions like “Meanwhile, In Owen’s Head…” or “2 Years Ago…”, so props for doing the legwork in maneuvering around those cheap tricks.
also: BOOM, HEADSHOT.
wahahhhh thanks mau5! yeah like hallucinations are tricky because a hallmark of stress-induced hallucinations is supposedly that the person affected isn’t able to tell when they’re experiencing a hallucination, like no matter how terrifying it is there’s no rocking in the corner going IT’S ALL IN MY HEAD IT’S ALL IN MY HEAD YOU’RE NOT REAL so i find that’s another super cheap way people get around handling this sort of thing. I actually think it’d be better to leave your reader base confused when leading into hallucinatory territory just because it echoes that disconnect from reality; people should catch on soon enough!
But yeah ahhh thanks doll i was sweating this one a little, not gonna lie! (especially since i decided at the end of the day to go with something pretty uh. unsubtle and left-field. :|; )
Emotional blubbering aside, hey! It’s the return of wrench. Idec we don’t get the whole Owen-backstory right now because this is a lot more effective story telling, I think, these unsettling flashes into what possibly happened to Owen without just throwing it all on us.
Owwww! Now Owen has a broken jaw, as well as a broken leg. Poor kid. Hey, he’s seriously messed up in the head, but he is only 13. I blame his parents/guardians.
Zombie on zombie crime has got to stop. All zombies are created equal. If you shoot a zombie anywhere but his head, does he not get pissed off and keep coming at you anyway?
After all that emotional turmoil from the previous chapter, i seriously had to take a break from Maggot Boy for almost a year…. and now this cliffhanger! still terribly emotional though…. ;_; oh dear lord, flipsidered, why are you so bloody good at storytelling!?
omg. I want this to update like RIGHT NOW. I love this comic. Every time I come read new pages, it leaves me crazy with wanting more pages. I’m a freaking addict! I can’t wait to see the shit hit the fan with Davey & PJ
ASDFGHJKL I caught up in 24 hours and am completely obsessed. Davey, Chainey, and Owen are probably going to be doodled all over my math book by the end of this week. And next Halloween, I’m absolutely taking that opportunity and cosplaying as Chainey! XD
My family is probably going to get fed up with me talking about this comic all the time! Please update soon, I can’t wait to see what happens next!!
awww poor bby Owen he looks so innocent back then.
Wait, Owen’s mother killed him?
No.
Its say’s ‘FUCKER!!’ in the background of the last panel.
oh. ooh, i guess that makes sense too haha, thanks!
Davey…hun…stop, cant you see that your younger brother (if still in the room) has now seen your face, and you just smashed owen’s jaw in front of him…GREAT FIRST(kind-of) IMPRESSION!
ahhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Holy cow… this is going to be a moment of truth…PJ will see what Davey is now, and will spazz out.
It’s going to be FUN! Heheheheh >:)
all wangst-happy blubbering aside, though, this was actually a really nicely executed transition! from a storytelling perspective, i think flashbacks and hallucinations are pretty tough to pull off with coherency, just because it’s so hard (for me, anyway) to communicate to the reader with total transparency that “THIS IS A FLASHBACK/HALLUCINATION/WHATEVER.” i find that oftentimes my readers will get confused because i didn’t make the transition from reality/to a hallucination and vice-versa clear enough. a lot of the times people will interrupt the scene’s fluency by cheating with little captions like “Meanwhile, In Owen’s Head…” or “2 Years Ago…”, so props for doing the legwork in maneuvering around those cheap tricks.
also: BOOM, HEADSHOT.
wahahhhh thanks mau5! yeah like hallucinations are tricky because a hallmark of stress-induced hallucinations is supposedly that the person affected isn’t able to tell when they’re experiencing a hallucination, like no matter how terrifying it is there’s no rocking in the corner going IT’S ALL IN MY HEAD IT’S ALL IN MY HEAD YOU’RE NOT REAL so i find that’s another super cheap way people get around handling this sort of thing. I actually think it’d be better to leave your reader base confused when leading into hallucinatory territory just because it echoes that disconnect from reality; people should catch on soon enough!
But yeah ahhh thanks doll i was sweating this one a little, not gonna lie! (especially since i decided at the end of the day to go with something pretty uh. unsubtle and left-field. :|; )
*whimpers*
*curls up and dies*
So. . . cool. . .
Take it,bitch!
scREECH yes characters are interacting again dude all four are in a room together and Davey has a wrench again yaaaaaaaaaay
I was hoping we would get to see more of Owen’s back story. Either way I can’t wait for the next page.
OMG OMG OMG OMG
DAVEY’S GONNA SEE PJ AND PJ’S GONNA SEE DAVEY
AND WHO THE HELL IS THE BLACK FIGURE???
AND OMG WHERE’S CHAINEY??? THIS IS AMAZING.
DAVEY YOU MAGNIFICENT MOTHERFUCKER I WAS MISSING YOUR ASS BUT NOW
BUT NOW
Yeah Owen I like you but I like big brothers saving little brothers more
Emotional blubbering aside, hey! It’s the return of wrench. Idec we don’t get the whole Owen-backstory right now because this is a lot more effective story telling, I think, these unsettling flashes into what possibly happened to Owen without just throwing it all on us.
Owwww! Now Owen has a broken jaw, as well as a broken leg. Poor kid. Hey, he’s seriously messed up in the head, but he is only 13. I blame his parents/guardians.
Ok, Owen is so cute as a human.
Zombie on zombie crime has got to stop. All zombies are created equal. If you shoot a zombie anywhere but his head, does he not get pissed off and keep coming at you anyway?
Holy fuck please no. Oh my God oh my God oh my God JESUS FUCKING CHRIST DONT LEAVE IT HERE!
After all that emotional turmoil from the previous chapter, i seriously had to take a break from Maggot Boy for almost a year…. and now this cliffhanger! still terribly emotional though…. ;_; oh dear lord, flipsidered, why are you so bloody good at storytelling!?
davey is so freakin’ cool.
Took Halloween. . .
. . .as an excuse to cosplay Chainey.
Boo-freaking-yah!
Excuses to cosplay Chainey are always awesome!
I can just see it, in a few years, there are gonna be loads of Chaineys, Daveys and Owens at Halloween Partys…
omg. I want this to update like RIGHT NOW. I love this comic. Every time I come read new pages, it leaves me crazy with wanting more pages. I’m a freaking addict! I can’t wait to see the shit hit the fan with Davey & PJ
is that shadowy figure a flashback of chainey? cause my headcanon thinks it is.
AAAAAH
AAAAAAAAAAAH
/gets emotional over webcomics at 2am
I was gon’ cry, and then the Davey panel happened.
I want to see the police come and fuck up Davey’s planes again.
Nice hit!
That oozy black shadow reminds of Chainy
I had the same exact thought.
ASDFGHJKL I caught up in 24 hours and am completely obsessed. Davey, Chainey, and Owen are probably going to be doodled all over my math book by the end of this week. And next Halloween, I’m absolutely taking that opportunity and cosplaying as Chainey! XD
My family is probably going to get fed up with me talking about this comic all the time! Please update soon, I can’t wait to see what happens next!!
*screaming* omfg
ohgodohgodohgod D: CLIFFHANGER? WHY U DO DIS?
….
*sits and waits patiently* :I
I’m just curious… Is it just me, or does it seem like Davey’s expression in the last panel seems kinda… worried?
Just realized 2 years later that the dark figure has a resemblance to chainey.
;-;