SURPRISE! Twas Lily the whole time! Nobody suspects Lily Snodgrass! Because she has a magic talisman that makes people not notice her, specifically bugbears. Now I can stop pretending that she hasn’t been in the background of this scene the whole time. Do you remember Lily? If you need a refresher, she was last seen pranking Alec in The Bugbear Talisman!
Actually, rereading the Bugbear Talisman might be a good idea for this part of the story, considering it’s been…THIRTEEN YEARS??? Since that story ended?? That can’t be right. Webcomic Time, my one true villain…
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AH-HAH, I KNEW it was Lily and Dean downstairs in the concert! Also, called it on the twinsies! Ooooh, can’t wait to hear any stories about Orville and Ogden in their youth! But Alec, why aren’t you happy to see your dear beloved COUSIN?
Oh it’s ON now. :)
AA.
…lol
Webcomic time STRIKES AGAIN!!!
the omniscient prankster really don’t seem to appreciate pranks coming from outside his omniscience
Many pranksters suffer from an inability to accept pranks against them with any grace. They tend to get sulky and sour or dangerously competitive when others do unto them as they do unto others.
Siiiiiiippy
Yup, I reckon Ike is just sitting back now thinking “I don’t want any of this on me.”
Or he is just snickering as he remembers the honey bucket.
Is Lily into Alec? I thought her prank war in “The Bugbear Talisman” had strong flirting overtones but that probably comes from watching way to many screwball comedies. Dean strikes me as more ‘accomplice’ than ‘boyfriend’.
Pretty sure Dean is just a friend… one that when asked “Why?” probably has to think a bit and just says “I dunno? We have just always been.”
I just think Lily has always been a prankster and, as such, has seen Alec… or Bugbears in general as the Holy Grail of her prank career. Pranking the all seeing is the ultimate challenge.
Hmmm… I thought it was mentioned somewhere that Bugbears did not show up on other Bugbear’s ‘radar’.
Was that wrong or is Alec just saying Kevin’s aura is so bad that he can usually still track him even though he is a Bugbear?
All that said, Kevin seems that that affable, goofy cousin that most of the family can’t help but like… but then there is usually that one person in the family who just can’t get along with them.
SMELT Alec should have SMELT him. As in his half bro once removed smells bad.
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/greetings-from-dogpatch-4-shouldnt-aughta/
No, you’re right. There’s no obvious reason why Kevin would have needed to enlist Lily’s help to sneak up on Alec. Maybe the rules are different for blood relatives? Or maybe Alec really is just insulting Kevin, and Lily retains possession of her talisman.
What do you MEAN The Bugbear Talisman was 13 years ago?? I’ve been reading since Exchanges, but that can’t possibly have been in 2009
13 years ago was 2012, not 2009.
Yes, my comment was unclear. I started reading during Exchanges, which started in 2009.
Now I’m really curious if Kevin keeps his piercings in fullform? :O
Alec’s reaction to Lily is priceless. XD
I actually didn’t clock Lily as Lily, as her skin tone seems to be a few shades lighter than her last comic appearance. Is there any particular reason for that?
Oh dang, you’re right. I was using color-picking and thought the differences were because of the overlay layers I was using, but no, somewhere along the line I had lightened her base skin color.
Thank you for pointing that out so I can fix it now before I get too much further into the scene!
No prob, bob! :) The fix looks gorgeous!
I thought her midform was simply a skoshe closer to the human end of the spectrum this time. I would expect such a Scottish mytholo to have skin just as pale as a Scot when in human guise (unless the lore says otherwise).
Could that explain the apparent discrepancy?
Ooo missed the last couple of pages and just caught up. I cant wait to learn more Alec lore. Also I love what I assume is a Tommy reference with Cousin Kevin’s name.
In “Greetings from Dogpatch” page 4, Myra says bugbears can’t sense other bugbears?
Lily: “I’ve been here the WHOLE TIME!”
So she finally pranked him. Well played Lily. Well played.
Behold. The almighty Snodgrass!
I was guessing Lily, but couldn’t imagine her sitting quietly for that long.
Vengeance is mine says Lily, then Alec, then Lily and visa versa
Is Kevin a Dethklok fan?
Lily Snodgrass and the Bugbear Talisman! I was hoping that plot point would come back, I’d just recently re-read that arc, lol
I love how perfectly this particular page encapsulates the idea that it can be good to be anatomically inaccurate for the sake of expression- eyes on the same side, hair all wonky, wrinkles everywhere. This page would be far less interesting if everything were plumb.
Dean is just a head in the second to last panel.