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1. about 17 hours ago on Gil Thorp

   It ..still is? The whole week was pretty inconsiquential training bits. Barjas issue is more transitions from one part of the plot to the next.

2. about 17 hours ago on Crabgrass

   Yup. Looking at tahuid bondias Instagram (where he reposts the strips with what part of the arc this is) we have 13 strips left, i.e two more weeks.

   Ill say the second part of this arc has been better. The first was a tad confusing with the clothing swap

3. about 17 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   Elvis is livid…which isn’t new but it’s about Sophie which gives me hope.

4. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   So someone finally steps up to at least try and break it to her. Hopefully.

5. 3 days ago on Crankshaft

   Oh god I missed yesterday. So we’re back in hell. Also the village booksmith. I like a good pun title but this ain’t it.

6. 3 days ago on Big Nate

   Okay didn’t see this coming. Well played. Still not great, but it’s something we rarely see.

7. 3 days ago on Big Nate

   Not all convicts are murderers…that said dating Ted would make anyone into one

8. 3 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Okay I know she’s delusional but that poor kitty

9. 4 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Noooooo.. she’s just likely trying to keep calm and we’ve only seen her thrice since he died: in the last strip it was all about having a laugh in a tough time, as was this one and when talking with john, she’s likely being the calm one to help John comes to terms with it. John himself was incredibly calm in his expression too till the last panel.. but it didn’t make him any less devistated. Sometimes when your grieving you bottle up the pain for a bit and it comes out later and sometimes in a strip as packed as this.. we simply DON’T get to see the greiving process on panel. There’s a later strip in this arc that shows she did indeed care for the boy (or possibly later this year I forget where).

   Noooooo.. she’s just likely trying to keep calm and we’ve only seen her thrice since he died: in the last strip it was all about having a laugh in a tough time, as was this one and when talking with john, she’s likely being the calm one to help John comes to terms with it. John himself was incredibly calm in his expression too till the last panel.. but it didn’t make him any less devistated. Sometimes when your grieving you bottle up the pain for a bit and it comes out later and sometimes in a strip as packed as this.. we simply DON’T get to see the greiving process on panel. There’s a later strip in this arc that shows she did indeed care for the boy (or possibly later this year I forget where).It’s also entirely in character: While Elly can get emotional, she tends to be pragmatic in situations like this. She was devistated when the disasterious canoe trip happened, but kept it calm for Georgia’s sake. And given April already blames herself and has told John that outright, she probably dosen’t want the poor kid to feel worse.

10. 4 days ago on Big Nate

    Sigh I figured it’d be this. Stupid tired online dating jokes. See this is why I rolled my eyes a bit at people complaning about the daphne arc last month: It was long.. but it was a well told story that cemented the relationship, had a lot of great tension, and a good joke or two in the early parts before that really woudln’t of fit.

    This however.. is something we’ve seen plenty of: We’ve seen ned be egotistical, awkward and just annoying. Yes nerds like him exist, Ned is the kind of guy whose mad silver surfer might be a lady, but if you don’t have anything new on the topic, don’t cover it. It’s the same reason Nate’s Grandpa and Coach John did and his stalker used to. It’s the same unfunny, dated character with no fresh spin. Hopefully i’m wrong to rant here and I can’t easily predict the conclusion as i’d love for ned , like Kim to get something new to him. A succesful relationship where he has to grow up a bit (I.e. actually get contribute to his parents house at a minimum), COULD be good. I just have my doubts.