the problem with hiring him for the event is that the concern was security, and he is an unknown.
he could be the best worker ever, and hiring him without a a background and antecedent check, plus some time to adjust him and the event to each other, would still be a mistake.
whereas the alternative are people living in the avalon, known by abbie, and knowing the event
In all fairness though, they arent a COMPLETE unknown, being Alec’s relative, and through a city official too.
Definitely agree though that they should still be cautious and have tabs on everything, but I feel a part of the extra concern is also just being a reader and knowing the shoes gotta drop soon
Street performers never get any respect, sheesh.
This town cannot handle this much Bugbear.
*slaps Avalon* This baby can fit so many bugbears. *Avalon explodes*
Oh, OHHHh no… Now I get it: The Disaster that’s been foreshadowed is a scare-off/prank-off progressing to its natural conclusion: getting out of hand
Two bugbears in conflict over who’s just a cheap carnival shock, and who’s the Real Primeval Horror Haunting the Mind of Humanity sounds like a situation that could lead to a whole new urban legend propagating. Which is, of course, exactly what Alec would want.
Now, i think, is the time Abbie should put her foot down and put Alec in his place. Damn those cheap insults.
GOOD NEWS: The comic you’ve been devouring for the past three days is still ongoing after 9 years of content.
BAD NEWS: You caught up.
Well, then… I guess I’ll… um… do something else? What do I do again?
How do you read the Q&A questions yet? If not, then I recommend doing so, they’re plenty of fun.
“Have” not “How”
You may have mistyped: it’s /19/ years.
Kevin may be cringe, but Alec is mean and that’s worse.
Oh no Alec, you don’t be dissing the Haunted Mansion!
… I think Alec has a bit of jealousy.
The cousin sounds like a cool person to hang with. Using their bugbear powers to entertain folks is something that probably goes against whatever Alec thinks is the “proper” way to act… but people don’t have to be 100% on all the time.
Even the best prankster knows it’s not cool to overdo it.
Alec plays in the Boney Kings of Nowhere, so he’s an entertainer too. I think what we’re seeing here is the intrafamily rivalry dynamic plus the classic “I’m a serious artist and you’re not so why can you make living at it while I still need a day job?” conflict
I know Alec is an ass but this is a whole other level damn man XD
I know you rile up your fam but daaaamn dude
I mean that’s just a youtuber isn’t it? :P
Oh this is delightful. Well, less so for the not-from-a-safe-distance onlookers and festivity organizers, but I know *I* got my fancy opera glasses on.
… tell us more about your definition of what counts as “a job”, Alec, we do remember you stacking the shelves at Stereophonic …
My guess is Alec sees the record shop more as a calling than a job. High Fidelity style :P
I could see someone with a more “traditionally-considered-a-job” occupation looking down on an entertainer. Especially if Alec. Especially is he sees Kevin’s job as Watered Down Bugbear Biz.
*monch*
Popcorn anyone?
*raise hand*
Thanks. Room on the sofa?
Walt Disney was a bug bear.
read the whole thing in one day, i crave more
BUUUURRRRRN!!!!!!!!
How is it that I just noticed Kevin’s speech bubble< and Alec's earlier in the chapter, is normal? I thought the drippy bubble was to represent a bugbear accent. Does that mean Alec talks in a metal growl tone or something like that???
Tsk, tsk, Alec.
You know as well as anyone that there’s sober men in plenty. There’s drunkards barely twenty. Why, there’s men of over ninety that have never yet kissed a girl!
But gi’me a ramblin’ rover, from Orkney down to Dover; we’ll roam the country over, an’ together we’ll face the world…
Phew! Finally got up to date with this wonderful webcomic! Just took a week and a half or so! I have many questions about a LOT of things after the events of Obverse & Reverse, especially with the time skip!! I hope we might get flashbacks of how exactly Michelle dealt with ‘disguising’ Bloodcarver. I’m about 50/50 on if ‘Richard’ IS Bloodcarver and Michelle has found a way to temporarily give him a human form, or if it might be Ike’s dad. He’s the right age for both… speaking of… the situation with the Manticores is very sad… I guess the focus of this new arc is very much on the monsters and the bigotry and racism they’re facing maybe starting to be addressed.
I am already fond of Kevin lol. But I’m worried about what on earth Alrec and Kevin are going to get up to at this party… one bugbear was bad enough… Kevin seems a bit more harmless, but I think Tim saying nothing bad will happen is going to bite him in the behind.
Now I’m going to go through the reader questions while I wait for the next update!
Disney’s a for-profit company. None of the attractions in their theme parks are jokes. They either bring money in, or they get shut down and replaced.
That’s not really the point. Alec is talking more about the target audience. For Disneyland, that’s kids, often ones that aren’t too old. By necessity a “scary” attraction can’t go too far, or it will be too much for them. The designers are limited in what they can create. That’s what Alec is insinuating about his cousin, rightly or wrongly: that he’s producing weak, watered-down fare.
To put it another way, drawing from your comment, Disney is a for-profit operation first and foremost. It’s focused on making money, not on artistic vision or integrity. It’s sanitized, corporate. Values which Alec is against.
Wowwwww! DAMN! Alec’s being SUCH a total “dique”…
I hope we get more soon, i’m excited to see Michelle again
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the problem with hiring him for the event is that the concern was security, and he is an unknown.
he could be the best worker ever, and hiring him without a a background and antecedent check, plus some time to adjust him and the event to each other, would still be a mistake.
whereas the alternative are people living in the avalon, known by abbie, and knowing the event
In all fairness though, they arent a COMPLETE unknown, being Alec’s relative, and through a city official too.
Definitely agree though that they should still be cautious and have tabs on everything, but I feel a part of the extra concern is also just being a reader and knowing the shoes gotta drop soon
Street performers never get any respect, sheesh.
This town cannot handle this much Bugbear.
*slaps Avalon* This baby can fit so many bugbears. *Avalon explodes*
Oh, OHHHh no… Now I get it: The Disaster that’s been foreshadowed is a scare-off/prank-off progressing to its natural conclusion: getting out of hand
Two bugbears in conflict over who’s just a cheap carnival shock, and who’s the Real Primeval Horror Haunting the Mind of Humanity sounds like a situation that could lead to a whole new urban legend propagating. Which is, of course, exactly what Alec would want.
Now, i think, is the time Abbie should put her foot down and put Alec in his place. Damn those cheap insults.
GOOD NEWS: The comic you’ve been devouring for the past three days is still ongoing after 9 years of content.
BAD NEWS: You caught up.
Well, then… I guess I’ll… um… do something else? What do I do again?
How do you read the Q&A questions yet? If not, then I recommend doing so, they’re plenty of fun.
“Have” not “How”
You may have mistyped: it’s /19/ years.
Kevin may be cringe, but Alec is mean and that’s worse.
Oh no Alec, you don’t be dissing the Haunted Mansion!
… I think Alec has a bit of jealousy.
The cousin sounds like a cool person to hang with. Using their bugbear powers to entertain folks is something that probably goes against whatever Alec thinks is the “proper” way to act… but people don’t have to be 100% on all the time.
Even the best prankster knows it’s not cool to overdo it.
Alec plays in the Boney Kings of Nowhere, so he’s an entertainer too. I think what we’re seeing here is the intrafamily rivalry dynamic plus the classic “I’m a serious artist and you’re not so why can you make living at it while I still need a day job?” conflict
I know Alec is an ass but this is a whole other level damn man XD
I know you rile up your fam but daaaamn dude
I mean that’s just a youtuber isn’t it? :P
Oh this is delightful. Well, less so for the not-from-a-safe-distance onlookers and festivity organizers, but I know *I* got my fancy opera glasses on.
… tell us more about your definition of what counts as “a job”, Alec, we do remember you stacking the shelves at Stereophonic …
My guess is Alec sees the record shop more as a calling than a job. High Fidelity style :P
I could see someone with a more “traditionally-considered-a-job” occupation looking down on an entertainer. Especially if Alec. Especially is he sees Kevin’s job as Watered Down Bugbear Biz.
*monch*
Popcorn anyone?
*raise hand*
Thanks. Room on the sofa?
Walt Disney was a bug bear.
read the whole thing in one day, i crave more
BUUUURRRRRN!!!!!!!!
How is it that I just noticed Kevin’s speech bubble< and Alec's earlier in the chapter, is normal? I thought the drippy bubble was to represent a bugbear accent. Does that mean Alec talks in a metal growl tone or something like that???
Tsk, tsk, Alec.
You know as well as anyone that there’s sober men in plenty. There’s drunkards barely twenty. Why, there’s men of over ninety that have never yet kissed a girl!
But gi’me a ramblin’ rover, from Orkney down to Dover; we’ll roam the country over, an’ together we’ll face the world…
Phew! Finally got up to date with this wonderful webcomic! Just took a week and a half or so! I have many questions about a LOT of things after the events of Obverse & Reverse, especially with the time skip!! I hope we might get flashbacks of how exactly Michelle dealt with ‘disguising’ Bloodcarver. I’m about 50/50 on if ‘Richard’ IS Bloodcarver and Michelle has found a way to temporarily give him a human form, or if it might be Ike’s dad. He’s the right age for both… speaking of… the situation with the Manticores is very sad… I guess the focus of this new arc is very much on the monsters and the bigotry and racism they’re facing maybe starting to be addressed.
I am already fond of Kevin lol. But I’m worried about what on earth Alrec and Kevin are going to get up to at this party… one bugbear was bad enough… Kevin seems a bit more harmless, but I think Tim saying nothing bad will happen is going to bite him in the behind.
Now I’m going to go through the reader questions while I wait for the next update!
Disney’s a for-profit company. None of the attractions in their theme parks are jokes. They either bring money in, or they get shut down and replaced.
That’s not really the point. Alec is talking more about the target audience. For Disneyland, that’s kids, often ones that aren’t too old. By necessity a “scary” attraction can’t go too far, or it will be too much for them. The designers are limited in what they can create. That’s what Alec is insinuating about his cousin, rightly or wrongly: that he’s producing weak, watered-down fare.
To put it another way, drawing from your comment, Disney is a for-profit operation first and foremost. It’s focused on making money, not on artistic vision or integrity. It’s sanitized, corporate. Values which Alec is against.
Wowwwww! DAMN! Alec’s being SUCH a total “dique”…
I hope we get more soon, i’m excited to see Michelle again