October 21st, 2010
Issue 6: Page 46
NEW INCENTIVE FOR MONDAY – SEE BELOW! COMICS JUST IN FROM THE PRINTER.
HOT OFF THE PRESS: New Store Items! We just got the comics and incentive books back from the PRINTER! They look great! Full color, nice paper. Real comics and trade paperbacks. Along with that, we have 2 new t-shirts for sale. Check it out.
PETE: Well, after 200+ pages we are proud to introduce you to the Dude. Or his Dudeness. Or Dudarino. It IS amazing how he looks like Jeff Bridges! We’ve been waiting for this scene for way too long. So enjoy basking in his Dudeshine.
INCENTIVE ART: So we have this book on period costumes in the office and Cassandra is all “I need to borrow this”. The Victorian era seems to suit these two.
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October 21st, 2010 at 9:20 am
I really like how the coffees don’t go to the person one would expect, given what the orders were. But then a “double vanilla orange caramel mocha-chino extra whip” is a truly evil concoction.
Nice touch.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:23 am
Going in sure does look tempting.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:31 am
wow…the Dude looks so much like his son.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:38 am
I like these quiet moment of conversation every now and then, gives the readers a chance to breath and lets you show more of the, for lack of a better word, politics behind what is going on.
Also i now want to see an Evil Diva movie animated by Disney.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:43 am
after seeing disney’s evangelion movie on youtube, i agree with these post. we need a movie about diva’s life!
October 21st, 2010 at 9:52 am
wow, I’m loving the new diva art, way better than Hollywood chick…and the incentive is awesome<3
October 21st, 2010 at 10:10 am
I love which drink belongs to who! I also really like these scenes, they let us get to know the other characters we haven’t heard as much from!
October 21st, 2010 at 10:11 am
Your representation of “the Dude” is much better than the Bibles “the Lord”. If God really exists I hope he’s like that.
No offense to anyone offended by this statement, although I don’t see what’s offending (this is just a disclaimer, just in case).
October 21st, 2010 at 10:51 am
Oh. My.
Now we know why Starbucks is all powerful!
October 21st, 2010 at 11:08 am
I know this sounds dumb, but just to be sure, is that- GOD????
October 21st, 2010 at 11:14 am
CALLED IT.
(I win.)
@Incentive: Nice, Diva really does look like a Disney princess character there! Of course, that’d be difficult to get made: a protagonist princess of HELL.
October 21st, 2010 at 11:17 am
Haha, I know! I didn’t even realize whose drink was whose until I reread the page.
October 21st, 2010 at 11:17 am
WHAT!!! DISNEY+EVA!?!? ::runs to the internets::
October 21st, 2010 at 11:24 am
oh i would totally take an iced mocha from The Dude. he seems like that kinda guy. I think he’d totally bum you a smoke if you were out. and not that one bent or broken on in the pack, either.
October 21st, 2010 at 11:30 am
So the Dude works at Starbucks? That’s…..unexpected. How does he run heaven then? Is heaven a Starbucks!?
October 21st, 2010 at 11:42 am
if anything, i always imagined heaven to be like an outdoor mall. one with a really nice asian grocery store and possibly a grizzlebees.
October 21st, 2010 at 11:48 am
Satan’s expression in panel 2 is priceless. Kind of makes sense that evil would be drinking something guaranteed to induce diabetes.
October 21st, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Wow I really like Diva in disney, the stylization is spot on and she looks great.
Also glad to see the comic art itself is looking great lately. Really nice job on all of the background details. :)
October 21st, 2010 at 12:25 pm
So happy with this artist.
October 21st, 2010 at 12:28 pm
An adorable young girl being granted magic powers and trying to overcome her family heritage to become a hero and save the day? Come on that is the stuff classic Disney is made of.
October 21st, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Actually, never mind. It’s an excellent idea.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Ditto!!!
October 21st, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Really liked Satan drinking double vanilla orange caramel mocha-chino! But where did the flowerbed from the previous page disappear? Is it the magic of the Dude appearing?))
October 21st, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Well, it appears the Dude abides his latte orders at the very least.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:18 pm
If you wanna call Disney and yell at them to buy Diva off of us, I won’t stop you. If you want to see it look like Fairly Odd Parents, we’ll sell it to Nick as well!
October 21st, 2010 at 1:21 pm
… such a dissappointment, that Evangelion movie *sadface*
But Evil Diva + Disney might still work. Then again… Evil Diva + Pixar is better.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:41 pm
…I love that comment. It is full of win.
@LeAnna: I think they’re still in Las Aequitas because on the previous page you see both angels and devils walking around. I think this is just God’s thing because he’s all about serving others and being a servant to those in need. And everyone does have a need of coffee…
October 21st, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Yes it does. It even has luxurious drapery.
…Oh my god, is the name of the coffee shop “The Pearly Gate?” You can’t read the coffee shop name on either page except here you can read an “-ate” and “The Pearly Gate” is my best guess at a what a coffee shop-potentially-the-entrance-to-Heaven-where-The-Dude-Himself-works might be named.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:48 pm
That would be remarkably cute and Evil Diva would make for a truly excellent animated television series.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:51 pm
O_O!!! BLASPHEMY! Disney must not do that! Eva 2.2 rebuild is fine alone!
October 21st, 2010 at 1:51 pm
…Wait. Did the Dude just change the $1 muffins sign into the “First Rate Service is in Our Job Description” sign?
October 21st, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Lela, you got my mojo in calling this comic. i wondered were it went.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Pete and Diva crew, please remember, don’t sell your selves and Diva too low and for the love of all this is good, don’t sell off ALL of your rights to Diva either. creator control over your works will help prevent Diva from being warped into something you would not want by the corp buracrats.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Where does it say the coffee shop is a starbucks?
October 21st, 2010 at 2:06 pm
You just read my mind. I don’t think I have ever seen Satan look that silly. Nor have I ever imagined him in this situation.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:09 pm
yes he did, because he can! >)
October 21st, 2010 at 2:10 pm
or is it due to my training of you my young padawan. we shall see… ;-)
October 21st, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Just “The Gate”
October 21st, 2010 at 2:13 pm
HAH. Love the coffees, :)
October 21st, 2010 at 2:16 pm
He’s actually very sweet and accommodating when He doesn’t feel disrespected. <3
(The main problem is that since He's paying attention to what you're actually thinking and feeling rather than what you're trying to convey, it's impossible to fake that kind of respect.)
He also occasionally does that interrupting-your-questions-to-answer-them thing The Big Guy was doing earlier, though I know He doesn't mean it in a rude way.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:16 pm
His Dudeness? What, you mean the Dudist god?
http://dudeism.com/
October 21st, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Awesome link. We’re huge Lebowski fans here.
October 21st, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Similar enough. And is it the entrance to Heaven? Or just a popular coffee shop/chain?
October 21st, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Wait a second… Is he wearing a bathrobe under his apron? With a white v-neck shirt underneath that?
Like woooaah… It’s like I’ve seen something (or someone) like that before…
October 21st, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:08 pm
because he’s… The Dude.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:02 pm
…. i hate to think what the Dude will do to you if you mess up his rug. O_o
October 21st, 2010 at 5:15 pm
ah man, words fail me at how awesome this page is today. good job Team Diva! however, i hate to think that heaven is a “trendy 90′s/early 00′s” mall. blegh! and a coffee shop…. Why? remember Benjamin Franklin said it best that “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
October 21st, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Nah, it’s allll naatttuuurralll.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Hmm… In the immortal words of Hoomyte and Yubie, “Who might you be?”
(Who? Ra. And Upshi rises.)
October 21st, 2010 at 6:26 pm
i’m changing my faith now.
October 21st, 2010 at 7:33 pm
I would love to see the Dude accidentally lock himself out, and then have to call his buddy Peter to come over with the keys.
October 21st, 2010 at 8:47 pm
I’m pretty sure a lock doesn’t stop The Dude from opening a door. He already moved a planter and changed a sign right before your eyes. Mindfreak!
October 21st, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Tall skinny iced pumpkin spice latte no whip extra foam.
You know you drink too much from Starbucks/insert-coffee-place-here whennn….
Do these two have coffee dates often, then? xD They seem to know *exactly* what they want. Especially with that extra whip. Gotta have those extra calories.
October 21st, 2010 at 10:49 pm
OMG you totally fooled me! I was reading panel one going yeah yeah extra black, burnt yeah I know the Devil and he gets the foofy drink! I completely fell into that!
XD (yaaay!) Okay, now I have to read the rest.
October 21st, 2010 at 10:52 pm
I just love the Big Guy. He needs a 4-issue spin-off :-D (and tee shirts! — Maybe him smiling in the Buddy Christ pose with a slogan that reads “Hell ain’t a bad place to be!”
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:05 am
I absolutely love this. The dude working in a coffee bar.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:19 am
It’s called ‘cheating!’ I thought a bunch of flowers would make things look cluttered, so away they go. The umbrella pole comes and goes, too. because there are times where, if it were drawn, it go right on top of the Big Guy’s face.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:21 am
I can’t believe that exists! I’m imagining, for some reason, a Dudist wedding ceremony…in a bowling alley, the bride dressed as a Valkyrie…
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:22 am
Imagine kids getting carded at the pearly gates, though. That’s hardly fair!
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:23 am
Sorry for shooting the idea down, but I really don’t think that there would ever be a Disney Evil Diva movie. Disney did Hercules, but got away with that because Greek mythology was involved (though naturally, the Greeks weren’t happy). But moving Diva to the big screen? Disney wouldn’t touch it with a 40-foot pole, because you’re messing with Judaeo-Christian beliefs, and I should imagine that the vast majority of people who watch and buy Disney products are the ones who hold those values. “Blasphemy!” the viewing public would cry, and there’d be boycotting and stuff. As much as I’d like to see Diva take to the big screen, don’t hope for Disney to do it.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:46 am
Both of these guys have had thousands of years to decide exactly how they like their roasted bean juice served! And Big Guy can always just “burn” those calories off later with some vigorous punishing of the sinful.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 am
Everyone’s gotta make a living.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:48 am
“It’s okay! Really!”
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:39 am
I’m still confused as to why the two grabbed drinks in the first panel, but then the drink that they are holding in the following panels are different from the ones that they grabbed. Or… am I just stupid?
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:09 am
Jesus Christ!
No pun intended
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:37 am
…Angela came here in her out-of-body experience… I didn’t even make that connection until you mentioned carding. Oh, you guys are so clever.
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:38 am
I think Satan is laughing at what The Dude said. From Satan’s point of view that was the (er…) Highest compliment for his work he could ever hope to get.
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:47 am
Anyone else get the impression The Dude snuck up on these two? Like maybe up until the last panel of the previous comic it really was just a normal coffee shop? Easy enough for the Dudeness – but wait! Who gets the tip for extra special service?
Enter theological arguments on whether or not Satan would leave a tip for The Dude…
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:31 am
Dudeshine. I like it.
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:13 am
no to mention hell=disneyland. i don’t think that would fly with the hannah montanna zelots.
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:14 am
bride dressed as a transforming fighter?
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:18 am
wow… haven’t thought of count duckula in years.
October 22nd, 2010 at 10:42 am
They were only reaching for the drinks.
lol.
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:13 pm
The way the Dude talks makes me think of a hippie or a surfer.
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:54 pm
DUDE! BroFist! (offers Fist)
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
You don’t need to card if you home brew!
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
it’s a talent. ^^
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
O_o…… woah, talk about bringing back childhood memories. i liked that old show back then.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Mindfreak? oh yes, on that note, all of you enjoy this little ditty…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq-NShfefks
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
OMG, it IS him.
:O
I love how well everyone seems to get along. It’s cracking me up.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
wrong, The Dude is the Big Lebowski. go watch the movie…
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Oh, really? Sorry… it looked like they were grabbing actual cups. Hahah. Thanks for the clarification. (:
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
::fist tap::
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yeah, i suck at text drawing. it's a reference to the Bro-Force as seen in VG Cats
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:06 pm
::fist tap::
http://sharkrobot.com/images/shirt_vgcats_broforce.jpg
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:09 pm
tough call. I mean, the Big Guy wouldn’t have the job he has now if it wasn’t for The Dude. but at the same time The Dude fired him form his last job.
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
so why don’t we see the face of The Dude? our would it be so Dudely that to look at it, or to even draw it, would create an implosion equal to a million computers dividing by zero at once?
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
our= or. brain=TOGM right now.
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 pm
O_o! don’t draw it Cassandra! it’ll be like Candlejack firing up the Hadron collid-
October 22nd, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Ok I can see it now.
October 22nd, 2010 at 7:55 pm
He’d pay and leave a huge tip on his credit card. Then after he left he’d report it stolen.
October 23rd, 2010 at 8:09 am
Pete, I would really like a t-shirt with the Evil Diva logo letters. It has such a great look. I think others would like it, too! I’d add the website in small lettering for ad purposes.
October 23rd, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hey, how does one go about viewing past incentives if it’s at all possible? I missed a couple here recently and am really curious :(
October 23rd, 2010 at 1:34 pm
We’re putting together the second incentive book. It will be available in the store soon.
October 23rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
No mortal may look upon the face of The Dude and live.
October 24th, 2010 at 7:55 am
BLASPHEMY can be hilarious. I’m guessing that we’re never going to see his face- right?
I like the Disney look, but I do find it a tad generic. I liked the original
style because it was not generic at all. I look forward to seeing more interesting
stylistic influences on ED. Cassandra is still extremely talented nonetheless!
October 24th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
They did the Hunchback of Notre-dame. That had quite a bit of religious undertones withing the original story, and they kept quite a bit in the film adaption.
October 24th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
I’ve always thought of bliss as an ongoing choice as opposed to something you have to collect points for in order to achieve.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
…I’m not sure what it says about me that the first thing I thought of was “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski when I saw the dialog on this page…
October 24th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
No man… the Dude is just the DUDE. the Big Lebowski is just the rich old fart. LOL ^_^ So glad I’m not the only one thinking this though.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
But it’s different when you actually start messing with the whole “Devil” “God” “Demons” “Angels” thing. Religious undertones in one thing….but out and out playing with religion is another completely.
I do however think this would be an awesome movie/tvshow ^_^ I’d watch it.
October 25th, 2010 at 10:39 am
It means you’re spot on! He is supposed to be remarkably like The Dude. (As first learned in the Family Feud Sketch Comics.)
October 25th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Lela’s ED knowledge is truly encyclopedic.
October 25th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Why thank you. Actually, I’m just in the habit of providing sources whenever I make a statement on the internet. So I dig through the archives before I make my posts on ED continuity.
October 26th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
It looks like a Starbucks, that’s why I said it.
October 26th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Ohhh. Thanks, I’m not good at looking at the entire frame lol. Thanks!
PS – I don’t like coffee.
October 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
It should be a live action movie.
sooooooooooooooooo much cooler
October 27th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
I’ve just got to say, I am loving having Cassandra on the artwork. As much as I was happy with HollywoodArtChick’s run of the artwork on Evil Diva, it just felt like a huge uncanny valley version of it to me and never really drew me into the story like it had when Brinson was on it.
All that aside, I wish I could dress up like The Big Guy everywhere I went.
October 27th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I don’t get the tendency for people to want to turn everything into movies. It’s not like people see a really cool sculpture and say “Wow they should make a painting of that!”
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:43 am
That can’t be The Dude, this fellow’s employed! The Dude would not stand for this, man!
December 20th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Funny thing: They have full-on Gay Days at The Tragic Kingdom, and as a result, the truly zealous are boycotting. Hence, I suspect you’ll not be hearing “Sweet niblets!” on Main Street any time soon. : )
December 29th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Wait….that’s GOD?!
February 6th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Yep, The Gate, gee, I wonder who there waiter is;)
July 1st, 2011 at 1:43 am
To be fair, do you really expect Virgil to drink that frou-frou drink? He just doesn’t seem the type.