Page Five
My favorite pages to draw are the ones where Dr. Schtein’s pulling a bunch of stupid faces. He’s only pulling one here, though. And I’m getting tired of drawing all that splotchy blood. Good thing he won’t be covered in as much on the next page.
He’s quoting some Baudelair. He took several college poetry courses one year. You know, for the ladies.
J’adore his reciting-poetry face! I so love your art, and the colour is better than anything I could have imagined…
I just wish I understood enough French to get more than the occasional ‘beautiful’, ‘implacable and cruel’, possibly ‘and my dear’.
*gets French dictionary*
I like the William Aggeler translation of it the most.
The first line he quotes: I love you all the more because you flee from me
The other two lines: And I cherish, implacable and cruel beast,
Even that coldness which makes you more beautiful.
Thanks for that, it makes the poetry much more poignant.
Oh, that’s lovely! Poor Delia, missing out on that due to her non-French-speaking-ness.
Aw yeah, except all the ladies who had to take twelve years of French in their childhood, and who are morally opposed to any form of grammar rules and the memorization of them.
But most of THOSE who aren’t French live in Canada, so he’s good.
P.S. I love ALL of the Schtein faces in this comic, oh my goodness, it is just panel after panel of silly face.
translation : and love you even more beautiful than you am I! and I cherish, o bete implacable and cruel!
up by coldness or thou art more lovely!
I really liked this page, especially all his faces.
And of course only Schtein will tell his feelings by quoting and speaking in french, you gotta love this guys character.
For the laaddddiiiiiiies.
An official translation phrases it thus:
The first line he quotes: I love you all the more because you flee from me
The other two lines: And I cherish, implacable and cruel beast,
Even that coldness which makes you more beautiful.
It sounds so romantic, but it’s so creepy.
This whole sequence is so weirdly sweet.
I love how genuinely disturbed by it Osgood looks, though.
She’d be more disturbed if she knew what he said.
Psst, people looking for a translation: http://fleursdumal.org/poem/121
“I love you all the more because you flee from me,
And I cherish, implacable and cruel beast,
Even that coldness which makes you more beautiful.”
Well, I’m gratified to know that cup noodles are alive and well in future alternate-history America.
The bent fork, hilarious ending!
Now she just has to bust him out of jail. Its the perfect plan. No details needed from point A to B.
I love the feeling of irony I get from this page!
Aw, Schtein’s face is sweet. I feel bad for the poor guy. I didn’t think he’d be so sweet…or speak french.
It’s times like these that REALLY make me happy that I’m bilingual / Les situations comme ça me fait content d’être billingue.
Oh my goodness, I just found this comic and I cannot get over how amazing it is.
Ever.
I especially love the heavy blacks that are used for shadows.
Yay I kinda managed to translate that right but with out the little words lol, well i got something like, ‘because your cold but you’re more beautiful’ and uh ”implacable and cruel” lol i got a french test tomorrow,! Luckily it’s listening…
I love this page, The colour soo works and pffft bent fork =D
Where will the story go from here? I can’t see Osgood breaking Schtein out. She doesn’t like him that much, right?
Well, there’s always firing up that godawful machine and hoping you don’t get an exploding hamster/Schtein??
Correct. I can’t say where the story will go from here, I mean… that would spoil the suprise. But Osgood’s only known him for like a month. And she’s not really a prison breakout kinda gal anyway.
I’m looking forward to what next! Since I like this comic. Lol if the teleport machine is the solution.
You mean aside from the fact she has just made a breakthrough with the teleporter that Schtein muttered could be miniaturized and made portable?
That my friend is by far the most entertaining comic strip…EVER
Haha! Love that poster in the background!
“Is this tomorrow.”
No, Schtein has made sure it was today. :P
Echoing the Awws. Poor Herv, to actually come out and spill it so poetically he’s gotta be thinking this is it, he’s about to be lined up in front of a firing squad and he’ll never get the chance again. And generally, when you blow your superiors and co-workers into tiny charred bits, that’s a well-founded fear.
Love panel five. I’ve had that moment. That “Oh God, what the Hell was I just saying? I don’t even remember! Did it make any sense? I bet it made no sense. OH GOD THEY THINK I’M CRAZY AND NOW THEY’LL NEVER DATE/HIRE/HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME.”
Oh lord, I love Schtein too much. I basically fangirl over him like nobody’s business. And when he get’s all embarrassed when he thinks about her it drives me crazy.
xD
In a good way.
Love the quote by the way. Read the translation, and it fits Schtein’s way of thinking.
I adore your comic.
hahaha, “I dont speak French” for the win! :D I love the irony here… and the bent fork XD
I’m wondering if that MP is really the Eyeball Smoke guy in disguise.
No, he’s just an MP. He sure looks suspicious behind that newspaper, though, huh? It was unintended, I assure you. The eyeball smoke guy will be back, just not yet.
Ah, poo… Well he won’t get away next time.
Is no one going to comment on the lovely little carvings in the wall next to Schtein? XD hahaha!
Aaaaaaargh… I’m sorry but this is really akward… my ex horrible psycho-girlfriend used to speak french when she wanted to say something horrible (=honest)… as if that made it somehow better. Thanks for bringing back old nightmares :P
No problem. :D
French poetry sounds horrible to me. I’ve always hated that language xD
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*crickets chirping*
er, is this because I did not update saturday? I was very sick all week, but this wednesday’s update is coming along right on schedule, and I’ve worked extra hard on making it super pretty to make up for the missed update.
Oh no no no good heavens no I did not meant you. I meant on Druida’s post. I do not mean of disrespect or anything
Oh, don’t worry about it, I wasn’t mad or anything. Just worried.
I absolutely adore the fifth panel (the one in which he hangs up the phone). I enjoy his face a lot.
I am totally getting Dr. Horrible vibes from him on this page. And I mean that in an awkward, adorable, very good way. :D
Also – epic bent fork. XD
Panel 3 is now my favorite panel. I love his posture. And it’s so human the way he can’t just SAY what he feels, so he disguises it in French so he’s saying it but hiding behind the shield of being impossible to understand.
For just getting into this comic, (in the past 3 hours) the cruel doctor, and his most unknowing assistant I say Bravo! Aw, so sweet, so odd, and so wrong! I really love this guy, he makes me laugh, swoon, and discussed at the same time.