Page Fortyone
I’ve had a dickens of a time uploading this tonight and now I don’t remember what I was going to say about the page anymore at all. Sheesh! Internet problems!
Good news, though, my pin on buttons came in the mail today! I’ll have to figure out some things before I offer them up, but yeah! They look pretty cool. The button with Schtein and the test tube looks the best, I think. I have 33 pairs of three buttons, but I’m keeping a set for myself, which makes it 32.
So that’s awesome.
I knew it’d be Phineas!! I’m loving his expression in the last panel. And man oh man, I hope I get one of those buttons. They’re awesome.
The only complaint I could possibly have about this page is Doc using “dude”. Felt a little off. but obviously he’s not my character so I shouldn’t say anything.
Perhaps it’s Schtein’s attempt at what he thinks is “prison lingo”.
Phineas’ expression in the last panel clearly spells, “How can this man be such a dense moron? Maybe I should hurt him just a little bit… maybe nail his hand to this wall. What a pity I don’t have a nail.”
BUTTONS DO WANT
how do I acquire?
Schtein in the bottom left panel is, like, amazing, I like his little belly.
“You can’t be my prison boyfriend, man.”
That line is awesome. Actually, I like this whole page very much. Phineas is intriguing.
BUTTONS! <3 WANT.
Aside from that, I agree with 'Corny', him using man & dude was a little jarring. Like a double-take 'wait, what' kinda moment… ^^;
Went to find this, because I’m a nerd.
“I refuse to fix Dr. Schtein’s atrocious grammar.
You’d think years of private schooling and fancy college would make him a better speaker, but I think he does it on purpose.”
–Beck, in the comments on page 27. :D
Awesome, I love that page. There were two grammar mistakes on that page, but only one got fixed. So much for your proof reader, Beckey. I really warming up to Dr. Schtein’s “prison lingo”, but remember that these phrases are old school at the time, it’s November of 2057 there, and June of 2010 here.
What’s the other grammar mistake? If it’s just one that’s because of casual speech it’s not a mistake. My proofreader is fine. He doesn’t read over every page, though, because our schedules sometimes don’t mesh. Is it a missing comma? Sometimes he suggests I add those in and then I don’t because I am lazy. :D
Hahah I am making him look bad.
Old lingo? What do you mean, the mans or dudes? That kind of slang is sort of timeless. Or do you mean the ‘cookie jar’ line, because I made that up. I think current prison slang for what Dr. Schtein refers to as his cookie jar is ‘pudding cup’. Which was just too gross to make him say. I do enjoy makin’ him say outrageous things sometimes but I have my limits. So you could pretend that’s what they say like fifty years from now. If you wanted to.
He uses slang other times, too. Like “this headache I’m totally rocking” and “Man, that would be so hot!” I think it goes to show that he IS normally socialized, and is just an asocial jerk because he chooses to be rather than because he’s actually clueless.
Their expressions are so great. XD
And yes. . . Those buttons. . . There is going to be a fight over those buttons.
You know, I think I love best how atypical Doc Schtein is for a protagonist.
I am also in love with the first panel. Schtein posing exactly as the girl in the photo cracks me up.
I want one of those buttons. o3o
Anyway, I recently found this web comic and adore it so much already. Keep up the awesome work.
OH YOU KNOW I AM ALL ABOUT SOME BUTTONS
i want the one with the gas mask and the green background. or any set with one or more in there :)
oh those buttons are so bomb! I love all of them :3
He looks so middle aged in these frames
YOUR BUTTONS, I WANT THEM. :D
Also, I was expecting mysteriously poofing black guy, but this is way better.
“Aloha!” he says. Gotta love him!
I like how Phineas world is made out of this regular, logical-looking dot-pattern while Hervy’s world consists mostly of this irregular, woven-like line-pattern. Give’s you a nice impression of their respective mental condition.
Also: Attack of the radioactive werewolf!!
Ooh! I hadn’t noticed the patterns! You’re right, that’s awesome!!
One of the great things about this comic is the closer you look, the better you get.
^the better it gets
Actually, both I think. :D
XD late o’clock news. Schtein is funny.
Yes, get to the point Phineas! Can’t wait to hear what he got to say :D
Haha :) I’m loving Phineas so much. I love how he’s almost sane until you get him talking about his like- seventeen murders. Loving this whole conspiracy-theory bit. I wonder what’s going on…? =3 Thank you for updating so often! I read the whole thing in one day and I look forward to more.
Is this where Osgood comes in again?!
Those are some snazzy buttons. I hope I find some way to get a set ;D
But I think if it’s three buttons, they’re a set, not a pair.
I am imagining a spin-off “What if” sort of story, with Schtein and Phineas becoming prison buddies. …and I don’t even ship these two (or anyone ever). But I can’t help it, it would make for an epic sappy prison love story.
I am a bad person, please forgive me.
Haha. Oh Schtein, always jumping to the conclusion that people must have creepy obsessions with him.
Great details in this one. I just noticed the RADIOACTIVE WEREWOLF poster in Phineas’ cell. And the sexy ladies and then the woman in a burka??? WHAT’S GOIN ON IN THAT HEAD OF YOURS, SON
OOoh buttons!
I am still obsessed with Dr Schtein’s teeth, I mean it is so rare you get to see the insides of a character’s mouth!
Emoticons cannot express the look I’m giving you.
I love how Phineas’ enthusiasm just slowly wears down :D
man I just dig this series so much. Every new update is like, I don’t know, mainlining rainbows <3
mwahahahahhahahaha…. can’t wait to see the rest of everything… you are awesome.
Wow, the pins look great! I’d def. want to grab a Schtein one! <3
And yeah, his defense mechanism-lines amuse me!
Seriously, this guy seems to have instinct of self preservation.
First he opens his head to a gang boss and right after that disparages a pain-obsessed serial killer.
Being legally dead makes him free meat which is like “knock, knock, the natural selection’s calling!”
IWANTTHATBUTTONSOMUCH. Becks, you are a hero. And Herv, watch your hip there, you don’t want guys to actually come onto you. (But they can if you’re into that kinda stuff…..)
THE COMICS LOOKIN GREAT LATELY, KEEP IT UP.
Small thing: I love how Schtein is standing cross-armed by a picture of a woman standing cross-armed. It amuses me.
“thanks for the late o’clock news”?!?! haha I’m going to say that so hard sometime and it is going to be awesome
Oh jesus. Phineas likes exploitation and b-flicks, doesn’t he.
God bless this comic.
It’s not his cell, it’s Jayjay/Dr. Schtein’s cell. It’s why Herv was suprised to see him in there. :D
I’m in love with the quality of the new pages! Just don’t go punishing your hand too much, while I love seeing webcomics improve more and more artistically(see Dead Winter, or Questionable Content), I absolutely loath hearing about webcomic artists hurting themselves!
Love your hands Becks! Love them! LOVE THEM.
I don’t know if you read this, but someone had a nice secret about your comic:
http://community.livejournal.com/fandomsecrets/506653.html
I love the effeminate pose he takes as he talks about how he hopes to avoid intercourse with men.
Uh, Dr. Schtein, when a serial killer starts stalking you, he’s not after sex.
The Prof looks absolutely insane in the first panel, it’s incredible.