December 14th, 2009
ROMA: Loki: Nine
Whoooa. This is perhaps the latest one yet — I apologize profusely. I honestly don’t know how the time got away from me. (Seriously, I somehow lost around two hours between leaving work and getting home. I mean, I know I stopped to get some food … and I did look for a Christmas present or two … >.>)
At least there’s only one more ROMA left. Friday should be the issue five cover (assuming it doesn’t take me forever to paint it), then I’m jetting off to Florida for the holidays. I can’t wait to see my family!
Today’s incentive is the thumbnail sketch for the issue five cover — it’s going to be a painted montage this time. FUN.
December 14th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Ha ha. That took him down a peg, didn’t it?
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Brinson Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I think the moral here is not to mess with (really) old dudes!
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Steph Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Indeed. :o
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laila Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Exactly, what’s this if it isn’t Terry Pratchett’s Rule One in full effect again? Though I suppose Loki could be forgiven for forgetting it. After all, Virgil’s hair is still thick and lustrous.
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p. Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Virgil doesn’t smile much, either.
Saera Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
it’s really good guys ! and (since the 14th is Saera’s 18th birthday) Thanks for having a comic on my birthday ! =D !!
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December 14th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
So THAT’S why he has to wear glasses now, huh? Before I figured they were just for show.
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Brinson Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Ahahaha, yeah, I wanted to explain that too. :3
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taxil Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 11:56 am
i thought he was pulling a Clark Kent on us. O_o
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December 14th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Ah, poor snake… You can tell he’s totally upset by all of this. He probably got made fun of too often when he was young I suppose…
And Virgil certainly has his own sense of diplomacy. He deals with dangerous situations in a very… interesting way. At least they’re effective.
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Dusty Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
. . . Free the snake! Free the snake! . . .
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December 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
…Wow. Wasn’t expecting that. The old guy has some guts left in him!
I think that Virgil and Loki must have at least worked something out in the next few years because they seem like friends in the present…
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December 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Looks like Virgil comes from the school of Rorschach style of fighting. Just becouse he’s a really old man facing down a norse god does not mean that Loki has much of a chance to win.
Um, Lady Brinson-sama? You’ll be gone the whole week next week right? will we be getting fillers then?
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Brinson Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I look at Virgil as the kind of guy who will fight back if pushed, but he’ll probably end it too. (Actually, speaking of Rorshach: there will be a visual reference to him next issue. But it won’t be in conjunction with Virgil!)
As for next week (and a bit after, til the new year), the site won’t be updated. Sorry! It’s really the only vacation I get all year, so I try to be as lazy as I can. ;) Thanks for the nice comment.
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taxil Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
No updates? ooh boy, i will just have to tough it out till you return Lady Brinson-sama.
Well, good luck with your trip. Flying during the Holidays is one of the worst things you can do to your self these days.
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December 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Why did he do that?
Because you were trying to kill him DUH!
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December 15th, 2009 at 1:12 am
All I gotta say about t his is OUCH. )xd
On another note, CUTE DORKY SNAAAKE!~ xD
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December 15th, 2009 at 1:59 am
I have to lol at a god exclaiming “Oh God, oh God”. XD
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taxil Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 6:50 am
oh the irony in that statement….
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Brinson Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Hahaha, I’m so happy someone found that amusing. :D
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Poor snake. He needs a hug. I hope someone frees him eventually.
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Dusty Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
(breath) . . . Free the snake! . . . Free the snake! . . .
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:31 am
I can just see Virgil saying; ‘walk it off you pussy’
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taxil Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 6:53 am
sort of, that’s too much of an american slang. I wonder what a brittish version of it would be?
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Joe C Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Then there’s the part where this is a G-rated comic.
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laila Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Perhaps, “oh, pull yourself together, you big baby.”
This really is best delivered by an older woman with an impeccable accent or failing that a PE teacher, but Virgil could probably pull it off if he wanted to. I have faith in him!
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Mark Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:54 am
The British can do disdain very well (being British, I know whereof I speak) :)
Tabitha Reply:
December 18th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
‘Man up you sop’?
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December 15th, 2009 at 3:16 am
You think that’s why he wears glasses now? lol
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Brinson Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I think you’re on to something!
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taxil Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 11:59 am
… on the other hand, do women find guys wearing glasses hot or not? (to help his Hypno-Bishie powers)
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Brinson Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I certainly do!
taxil Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
…. I’m glad i wear glasses then. ;-)
December 15th, 2009 at 8:54 am
What do you mean “at least there’s only one ROMA left”? I’m enjoying them as much as the “main” strip! :)
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Sunday Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 9:40 am
More ROMA more ROMA! I hope Loki will pop up more next chapter. With his mystique stripped away in this ROMA we can truely appreciate his wickedness >3
does loki count as a ROMA? I guess he is really old… if he doesn’t look it x3
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Brinson Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Aw, thank you Mark! I’ve been trying really hard to make them fun and interesting, so I’m glad you’ve been enjoying it. (And I have pleeenty of ROMA story ideas left to explore, kekeke.)
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December 15th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Hey, I’m not seeing the Voting Incentive. D: All I see is the one with Diva and Tiamat.
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Steph Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Now I see it!
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December 15th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Oh oh the incentive sketch, is Mom going to prosecute Angela? And that one demon is back; maybe he will be a witness?
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December 15th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Your poses are so fantastic, inspiring!
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December 16th, 2009 at 12:02 am
That is so trickster god–not getting the original meaning. (“I suppose I could throttle you with my bare hands.”) And the follow up (. . . “vile old man.”) This page is truly epic.
. . . Free the snake! . . . Free the snake! . . . (breath) . . . Free the snake! . . . Free the snake! . . .
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taxil Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
(turning red from holding something in) Must not… Ask what kind… Of snake he… wants to free! #_# Must keep this… G rated! *x*
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December 16th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Look at the kettle calling the pot vile! XD
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December 16th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
…And then I realized I had just witnessed a fight between a Roman poet and a Norse deity, and the scope of the awesome set in. O_O
(That was some quick thinking on Virgil’s part. *claps*)
(Free the snake!)
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December 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
…FREE THE SNAKE! FREE THE SNAKE!…. (brings a marching band in to play a drumbeat backup to the chant)
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December 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
*** The snake has a growing fan base ***
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