May 17th, 2011
Issue 9: Cover
CHAPTER NINE STARTS TODAY!
PETE:New chapter! So many things to talk about. But in the meantime, wipe the steam from your glasses. Things may get a little hot. And a big hand to Sev for the coloring and toning.
INCENTIVE ART: Another awesome Cassandra incentive.
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May 17th, 2011 at 9:45 am
H… holy Dude! Not what I was expecting at all!
I find myself extremely pleasantly surprised. And also excited.
May 17th, 2011 at 9:49 am
Do you plan on redrawing the first chapters? I’m sorry if this question has already been answered. (I do honestly prefer the new style. XD )
May 17th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Ha! You guys are really pushing the boundaries now.
I actually think that the background is the best part of this page.
May 17th, 2011 at 9:59 am
ooooh I am very pleased with this, it’s high time for them to get it on!
May 17th, 2011 at 10:18 am
O_O
mind=blown
May 17th, 2011 at 10:20 am
I doubt that will ever happen. Opinions on the three different art styles (for three different artists; I’m not counting gradual evolutions in the styles of each artist, where present) are more varied than than the art styles themselves. But I suspect the overwhelming majority would agree that having a different artist redraw the original “Brinson chapters” would be a terrible insult to Brinson.
@Cassandra: I want to be clear; I am drawing no comparisons, nor making any judgments, between you and Brinson. I think you both (and yes, HollywoodArtChick too) are talented and valued parts of the Evil Diva gestalt.
:)
May 17th, 2011 at 10:29 am
[invites a bunch of Ones from TOGM to help clean the blown mind]
May 17th, 2011 at 10:32 am
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 17th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Painting that tree was an act of LOVE!
May 17th, 2011 at 11:02 am
Not insulted!
TekServer, what you say is 100% true.
I wouldn’t want to redraw Brinson’s chapters because I think they’re awesome, and I’m dead certain I couldn’t improve on them. Plus, I’d rather move forward!
May 17th, 2011 at 11:04 am
AAAAAWWW YEAH
http://www.gifflix.com/files/d65850a7ea54.gif
May 17th, 2011 at 11:05 am
Dang, Pete. That is some handsome typography!
May 17th, 2011 at 11:09 am
Eeeeeh! I love vintage covers! I even follow RePULPED, so this is fantastic!
Diva’s eyes look a little off though.
and GAH, this is sooo frustrating, because I am STILL flip-flopping on who I ship Gabe with. >.<
May 17th, 2011 at 11:59 am
(mind explodes)
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/18169/1410350-mind_blown_super.jpg
May 17th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Whoa, hey now.
The steam’s a-risin’ in Divaland. 8D
Gorgeous background, well-done figures, and I’m super excited to finally see the two of them have a moment or two of chemistry, since we really haven’t seen much since the first couple chapters!
Also one of the things I love best about Evil Diva is you guys’ covers – everything from magazine parodies to vintage movie posters. The artsiness of it is part of what keeps me coming back :)
May 17th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
WHAT IS THIS!!!!!!!!! I DON’T EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(breaths deep for awhile)
…….Alright, as the Captain the good ship Gabe/Michelle, i realize that Team Diva just hit us with a broadside. i here by give the order to prep the life boats ready, but do not load them up yet, we might make it out of this if we’re lucky.
seriously, team Diva, i hope this is just a big trolling job on us… right? RIGHT? @_@
May 17th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
NOOOOOOOO!
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
May 17th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Also, just how can Cassandra-chan find the time to do all that work to redraw the earlier chapters anyway? are you not hard pressed to get 2 pages done a week already?
May 17th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
wait, Wait, WAIT! WHAT!?!? Cherubs? for real? a new type of Angel that really DOES have wings? where have they been at all this time?
May 17th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
I love the art style, and while it’s true that I ship Gabe/Diva more than Gabe/Michelle… this cover makes me more than a tad uncomfortable. The bikini and Diva’s expression and “will they do the deed?” just seems a bit more… explicit?… than you guys usually go for. It’s like if Disney officially showed a couple going at it in their next princess flick.
May 17th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
oooooohhh I was pleasantly surprised to see the cover very beautiful, though i have to say it might just be me but it kind of looks like Diva needs to sneeze lol. :)
May 17th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
… I dunno what to say. That’s usually why I don’t say anything in the first place. I like how Diva looks. That’s about all I’ve got.
May 17th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Is there a typo in “asssembled” or is that some pun I don’t get? (Not a native speaker of English.)
May 17th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Diva’s face is kind odd looking here.
May 17th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
*explodes in a happy cloud of pink glitter*
May 17th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
So, Diva & Gabe.
Gabe & Diva.
One’s a angel, one’s a demon.
They get it on, and she gets pregnant.
What is the child?? Human?
May 17th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Apparently neither is Pete.
May 17th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Geez, bust my bollocks. So I fixed it.
May 17th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
In my book, it’s an either. You either get a devil or an angel, just like a boy or girl. Its the extra W and V chromosome. Two w’s and you get an angel. W+V = devil.
May 17th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Great page. I love love love this new art style you guys have going on.
I was wondering (again)…Do angels ever give birth to devils or vice versa? If so, are they “adopted” out?
May 17th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
PS – Where do I get my own drink-serving cherub?
May 17th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Agreed. Her chin seems a bit to pointy and her forehead a bit too not present with this angle. But Michelle’s looking beautiful and Angela’s looking suspicious.
May 17th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Yup, I’m done.
May 17th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Is it possible to have a VV? Or would that be a genetic defect? Also if WV makes a devil, that gives devil couples a 25% chance of having a WW, or angelic, child.
May 17th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Nah, I’m not even warm. However, a nice picture of LokixVirgil would do the deed…
May 17th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
I am now unable to see that expression as anything other than an impending sneeze.
OOPS
May 17th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
*stares*
*stares*
*STARES*
… you know you’ve read too much yaoi/shonen-ai when seeing a guy and a girl together utterly shocks you.
May 17th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
oooh looks like they’re going on a well-deserved vacation? to afterlife hawaii?
May 17th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Diva looks like she’s sick lol.
May 17th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
um, i don’t think it works that way fellows. if the earlier cannon from team Diva is correct in that angels and devils are two separate “species”, and offspring (if that is even possible to make) between the two of them would make “mules” like hybrids. the animal kingdom has many examples of them, like real Mules, Ligers, Zebrso (zebras and horse mix), and Grizlors (grizzly and polar bear mix).
what ever the results would be from making a child between an angel and a devil would be original and probably upset the balance of the world…… hum, guys? are you pondering what i am pondering?
May 17th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Probably the only one who should be insulted is the Fourth Artist that you all seem to have missed.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Nice link taxil.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Yeah, it’s weird that this comic is still listed as PG…. Filtering out swear words in the comments section does not automatically make something PG-rated, guys, when you’re constantly pushing the limits on how sexual the subject matter can get. I agree that this is pretty uncomfortable, although I doubt Diva and Gabe will actually do anything, for obvious reasons (“Why don’t you have a seat over there…”). Then again, they DID consider killing off a 12-year-old girl when the comic was still rated G, so who knows?
This comic has been removed from my RSS feed, but I’m curious about how much farther it will go, so I’ll probably keep checking in every once in a while, hah.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Serving drinks at Angela’s house.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I have no idea why but my favorite part is how annoyed Angela looks at the prospect of Diva and Game getting together, thus making Diva more a part of her life.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Link=fail
May 17th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
huh
May 17th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
(gives Medalis the accusing eyebrow raise) i guess you’re a regular on 4chan’s /y/ i take it?
May 17th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Due respect, but using the MPAA ratings system as a guide, which serves as the basis for web comic ratings, we could go as far as brief frontal nudity before we drew a PG-13 (Web 14). Two fully clothed teens kissing (and yes, a girl in a bikini and a shirtless male are deemed to be fully clothed) wouldn’t even tip a G rating. We’re PG at this point primarily because of the violence and even then just barely because it’s all been bloodless and non-lethal thus far.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
thanks, and it fits. for that is more or less what i was doing for a bit today.
May 17th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Nope.
May 17th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
I feel compelled to start singin’ some Minnie Ripperton up in here. Looooovin yoooooou is easy ’cause you’re beautiful…do do do dooooo…ahhhhhhh….^.^
May 17th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Yes, yes she does, I do believe she’s… LOVESICK!!!! @_@
*News just in, earlier today unfunny Evil Diva commenter A.C. was bottled to death by rampaging cherubs in the name of good humour, bystanders have been quoted as saying ‘he had it coming!’*
May 17th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Fair enough. I will trust that implied sex between a high school freshman and a sophomore can pull off a PG rating. It’s just… weird. I won’t judge yet, though, because you may end up pulling off the whole situation with some honesty and tact rather than mindless sensationalism. :)
May 17th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Gabe is pretty 8)
May 17th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
One white wing, one black wing.
Kidding.
May 17th, 2011 at 10:51 pm
I had asssumed it wasss for emphasisss.
May 18th, 2011 at 12:47 am
. . . . good Lord.
In every sense.
May 18th, 2011 at 12:53 am
Dangit, now I see it too.
May 18th, 2011 at 1:00 am
Devil plus angel equals Bigfoot baby.
May 18th, 2011 at 1:22 am
Man, is it getting HOT in here.
Also, I’m guessing that majority vote for that poll we had a while back was Romance. ;D
May 18th, 2011 at 2:00 am
oh my goodness, Gabe looks so cute on this one. Is something FINALLY going to happen between him and Diva?!
May 18th, 2011 at 3:35 am
Proving that being a boy and a girl that like each other, is stronger than their being an angel and devil. As well as social pressures. I believe it, but I’m a sucker for love.
May 18th, 2011 at 4:08 am
NICE. That’s a really good… poster? Cover? Page? Anyway, it looks awesome!
Evil Diva is getting mature.
May 18th, 2011 at 4:25 am
Yep.
May 18th, 2011 at 5:42 am
honestly this page weirded me out at first, but i think that’s only because we knew Diva and everyone when they were just starting middle school and then we had the time skip.
Honestly, if the comic started when they started high school, i don’t think i would have thought twice.
that’s just me though, and i love watching characters grow, so i’m very excited!
May 18th, 2011 at 6:05 am
Re: Incentive: That’s MORE cute barrettes I have to cast! And I haven’t glazed the broken-heart ones I made last weekend yet!! Next project: the skull choker + skull barrettes.
May 18th, 2011 at 8:05 am
Actually, I’ve only been on 4chan once – never went back. I am a frequent to DeviantArt, however… :3
May 18th, 2011 at 8:19 am
Yeah, I recall someone here saying that it was “important to them not to rely on sexiness to climb the charts”. I mean, it’s not like there’s anything explicit here at all, I’m just a little apprehensive of the way things seem to be heading in this comic. And it’s very possible that things aren’t headed in that direction at all- I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
May 18th, 2011 at 10:08 am
OH MY.
May 18th, 2011 at 11:54 am
It’s definitely one of those things that you get more used to the more you look at it, and I think maeverin’s right. If the comic started in high school, we wouldn’t think twice about this kind of thing. The covers have the leeway to take a different tack from the rest of the issue – just look at last issue. It’s not so much that I’m worried about the actual content of this issue, I’m just not used to Diva being this suggestive. *shrugs*
May 18th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Pass the brain bleach please.
May 18th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Forgot to mention – while the page (cover image) was loading, I thought the tree branches/leaves were a pair of wings extending from Gabe’s back.
I think I need to go get my eyes checked again.
May 18th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
wait… wasn’t Urd half goddess and demon? wasn’t her “angel” an angel/devil hybrid?
May 18th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Sadly, me too. I haven’t liked where this is going for quite some time, but hung in there hoping it’d get better. It hasn’t. It makes me sad, because this was in my top 5 favorite comics, but things change.
May 18th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
So is apparently everything else in the picture.
*shot*
May 18th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
… but Severin only does incentives (and coloring?). I’m not sure if he counts as the ‘fourth artist’.
May 18th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Maybe a ‘Fallen Angel’? Or a angel with a tail?
Honestly, I like Severin’s idea. Except Bigfoot could only come from Angela and the honkers she calls feet.
May 18th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
indeed she was. and yes her “angel” is a half and half.
May 18th, 2011 at 7:20 pm
DeviantArt is not that much better. ><
May 19th, 2011 at 12:36 am
Not to be picky… Ok so I am going to be picky just because I can ;-) but in all good fun.
Technically they are not Cherubs they are Putto. Cherubs have four faces, Man, Lion, Eagle and Angel, and four wings covered in eyes. Cherubs usual also appear with a wheel with in a wheel whose rim is covered in eye.
May 19th, 2011 at 12:46 am
The common Angels that appear in the Bible don’t have wings. It’s not til you get into the higher orders of celestial beings; Seraphim, Cherubim, ect., that they start getting wings.
Not to pic nit or anything. ;-)
May 19th, 2011 at 1:57 am
Actually, they are Cherubs as far as most people are concerned (though Putto is the more accurate but unpopular term), and language is as much a reflection of how people use it as anything else (for better or worse). That being said, I still cringe at the inclusion of ‘bling’ in the dictionary, or the complete hijacking of the word ‘gay’, talk about stereotypes. >_>
Hey, look, there’s a happy man, not one miserable bone in his body, clearly homosexual!!!! *sigh*
Not to be confused with actual Cherubims, of course, which in typical Christian iconography (but not ORIGINALLY, I might add) were depicted as you correctly describe them. It may be a misappropriation of the word though, (actually, it blatantly is! :O), you’re right in that sense, but it (and the associated imagery) has been used for so long now (mainly since the Renaissance) that Cherub has come to mean, small, child-like winged creature to most people, distinct from Cherubims in that they are not Angels or of ‘the higher order’ as such, usually being servants of ecstasy and frivolity instead (something a stereotypical Angel wouldn’t dream of doing).
The fact that they are serving drinks is pretty much perfect, and in itself harkens back to their original purpose in works of art (basically, celestially tinged man-servants to all intents and purposes). :)
Nice use of the word Putto though! Most people I know would think I was talking about a ugly little car if I said that. )_)
May 19th, 2011 at 5:36 am
somehow I got the feeling that the “deed” they were gonna do was “kiss” and while I understand the general meaning of that euphemism, common sense tells me these are high schoolers…
And that I trust Team Diva to not do anything truly ground shaking.
May 19th, 2011 at 5:59 am
I’ve been wanting to share this for some time, because I think you guys would like it, and now that we’re on the topic of cherubs well…. Everyone should go check out Eros Inc., it’s a really great comic.
http://www.commonnamefilms.com/erosinc/
May 19th, 2011 at 6:24 am
As one of the leaders for Team Diva i’m sorry that our evil little plan has hurt you my nerdy friend *twirls evil mustache* but i assure you this is no trololololoololing
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/trolling.png
May 19th, 2011 at 7:55 am
What if the ‘deed’ is actually just staring longingly at each other until Angela freaks out and drags Gabe away to hide him from Diva? Because not all high schoolers are hormonal and desperate to have sex.
May 19th, 2011 at 9:10 am
That isn’t who I’m talking about.
May 19th, 2011 at 9:38 am
If this was an anime, I could see that happening.
May 19th, 2011 at 9:38 am
It’s funny you say that! When Sev was coloring the cover, he labeled that level ‘putti.’ I guess putti’s the plural, though.
Are you guys art students? I would never have heard that word if I hadn’t taken art history.
May 19th, 2011 at 11:24 am
LOL, I’ve had “Dancing Queen” stuck in my head for the last 3 days and now thanks to you it’s gone. Thank You :D
May 19th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Heh, well I can’t speak for TheGeek but yes I was an art student of sorts, I did Graphic Design and Art & Design respectively, of which ‘art history’ was a part. :)
And yes Putti is the plural, you got it. ;)
May 20th, 2011 at 12:43 am
Well not much Art History back ground for me more like I’m a collector of weird and mostly useless knowledge. (I read a lot and have a high recall rate.) I read up on a lot of the orders of celestial beings stuff after reading the Rogue Mage novels by Faith Hunter which deal with Angels and Cherubims and the wheels within wheels bit.
May 20th, 2011 at 11:14 am
I smiled when I saw this because I knew you’d get people dropping the comic again just like with the fight.
(For all the people who say that they don’t like where this is going/thought it would go in a different direction, WHERE had you imagined it going? I can’t imagine any other ED storyline that would have followed fluidly and think that this is terribly creative for a comic – its surprises around every corner are what keep the real fans reading. :) )
May 22nd, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Did we forget to profess our mad love for the writer, who has remained constant throughout and without whom the [graphical] artists would have nothing to draw?
;)
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:13 pm
The thing about between-species “breeding” is that the offspring is infertile.
In addition, in reply to Medalis’ comment, Devils /are/ fallen angels! That is, the two terms are synonymous. ;D
So I would be more inclined to agree with the initial “You either get a devil or an angel, just like a boy or girl. Its the extra W and V chromosome. Two w’s and you get an angel. W+V = devil.” Contrary to what Lela says, you would have a 50/50 chance of having an angel or a devil in that case –do a punnet square with WW & WV and you’ll see what I mean. ;)
July 24th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
THAT BIKINI. She’s so cute >_< <3
September 10th, 2011 at 11:47 am
Why does every comic need to end in a cliffhanger? I understand the money issue, but we need to wait daaaays for updates, and every comic ends with us guessing. It’s getting frustrating.
March 15th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Satan is said to have been a Cherub before he fell from grace.