Webcomic Wonderland discussion

Paper Tigers has been just as good as Clockwork City so far, albeit quite different. We're getting some very interesting hints about the world via Orio's encounter with another outcast.

The newest page adds even more to the intrigue. That last line is chilling to the bone.

Yeah. I wonder who the people who came in were, if they were the mannequin-like people we've seen already or if they were actually human. I could see humans taking apart the automaton-people.

Humans would be my bet, but we'll see. The other interesting (and scary) thing here is from the way the story is being told the automatons are back in control of the city and paranoid about letting anyone in because of this incident. So did they drive the intruders out or some more drastic/unpleasant retaliation?

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Was unfortunately right about my unpleasant feeling. What a powerful / creepy sequence. One panel showing the edges of a disassembled automaton and one of a crowd around a guillotine and the reader knows everything they need to without any actual violence being show.

Doubt we'll be explicitly finding out who the intruders were, but given the guillotine my guess is still humans.

Getting quite dark, but still incredibly interesting.

Certainly starting to explain some of the backstory

And now we know why he's outside.

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Wow. Not exactly what I was expecting, but really interesting. And what a beautifully executed page. Right atmosphere, all the attention is centered on what he's saying, and you can see Orio's reaction to his heart-wrenching story.

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No good could possibly come from calling Bauble "vermin."

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No good could possibly come from calling Bauble "vermin.""

Oh heck no. I'm just waiting to see what kind of chaos he'll cause.

Yeah, that's probably unwise.

Selena wrote: "Oh heck no. I'm just waiting to see what kind of chaos he'll cause. "

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I had been thinking maybe Orio would cause some chaos instead, as she's very protective of Bauble, but apparently she's settled on the silent treatment. Probably driving him more crazy than an outburst would have...

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Essentially saying "I told you it was safe" while still hanging from a cliff is pretty much the definition of tempting fate.

how true!

Yup. Soon as he said it I thought, "Well, now something just HAS to go wrong."

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I love the design of this page. And I'm very curious as to how/where they "poof"ed.

Mike wrote: "I love the design of this page. And I'm very curious as to how/where they "poof"ed."

They either landed in sand or snow. Hard to tell. I'm inclined to say sand, since it didn't strike me as cold enough for that much snow.

Yeah, I thought that was a "poof" of some dusty material poofing out from the collision.

Ah. Makes more sense. Really looked like water to me, and I thought the scream would go all the way down to the point of impact if they submerged.

I was also picturing the dust cloud and "splash" as small (person sized), but there's not really anything to give scale so it could be much larger than I originally thought.

Well, now we know what she thinks of it, in depth:

First the guilt
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Then the unnerving:
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How sweet!
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Mary wrote: "How sweet!
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Ha ha, you linked to this page. :P

I wonder what was with the broken speech bubble on this page: http://hingescomic.blogspot.com/2014/... Has his speech bubbles always been like that and I just never noticed?

The last two pages with Bubbles feeling left out and then Orio giving him some attention were really well done.

Selena wrote: "Has his speech bubbles always been like that and I just never noticed? "

It's funny - I was wondering the same thing, and I went back to look and it seems his speech bubbles have indeed always been like that. I never noticed either.

How sweet!
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It's back! Great image to reopen with.

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I have no idea what I'm looking at in that last panel.

That is odd

Looks like some kind of "animal" got into their supplies.

Looks like Selena hit it:
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Slight difference of opinion:

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^ I totally get where she's coming from, though. If I had seen one of those take out half a city block, I wouldn't trust one in the wild, no matter how nice it seemed.

Yeah, I'd be rather freaked out too. Now the big question: is this a different species or a baby (who will grow to the size of the other one)?

Mike wrote: "Yeah, I'd be rather freaked out too. Now the big question: is this a different species or a baby (who will grow to the size of the other one)?"

Or was the one that went bonkers in town trained to do so? Maybe they tend to be really friendly in the wild.

And now he wants to follow it. . . .

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I love her face behind the bag.

Looks like they have taken their beliefs into action:
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This page is fantastic. I really like the "safe distance" Orio is following at.

Selena wrote: "Or was the one that went bonkers in town trained to do so? Maybe they tend to be really friendly in the wild. "

Good point. Evil influence behind the one that attacked the town is a very good bet.

One way to catch up:
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Dear me. So that wasn't a "Hey that's a long way down" sort of stopping.

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I had been wondering if they were looking at something specific. My guess would have been a creature of some sort though. This is very interesting, and from the indicated decay of the town, a bit worrying.

Ahah!

A way!

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I wonder what happened in this place? Why it got abandoned?

Me too. And if this might be where the "humans" came from.

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Oh boy. More animals is definitely not going to help Orio's nerves.

Doesn't look like Bauble's too happy about it either.

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The mini-hiatus is over. And wow does this not look good...

Bet you that thing is going to come to life.

Most likely. And at an inopportune moment, like the second Orio starts to relax.

Looks like a perilous moment to me:
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when you have been left behind -- STAY PUT DEAR!

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Totally. Exploring solo has bad idea written all over it...

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On the other hand I think she just found something potentially very useful. Let's see if she learns enough to justify the trouble she's certain to get into.

Hmm. . . we'll see. . .