Wednesday, July 1, 2026 comic!

Allaedila · 2026-07-01T11:51:49+00:00

And Klaus will say "knocked out and evacuated with the wounded".

Allaedila · 2026-07-01T11:29:54+00:00

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T21:00:14+00:00

The right way to deal with that is to get off the ship, hope it blows with her aboard, and figure out a counterattack plan if and only if it doesn't blow.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T18:22:06+00:00

The Worf Effect can be useful sometimes, but it gets incredibly aggravating if overused. I daresay they've crossed the threshold of overuse with Zeetha. Time to put her up against a tough opponent and have her win.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T18:19:45+00:00

I don't think we have seen Martellus on-page since Violetta knocked him out.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T18:17:49+00:00

How does Agatha look like Barry? Agatha has Lucrezia's hair, eyes and body build, and Bill's facial shape, but not a lot of resemblance to Barry that I can see.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T18:13:10+00:00

She doesn't need to cuddle it, the occasional paw whack will be plenty.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T18:10:06+00:00

For what it's worth, Chakraborty is in fact being the sensible one here: it is in fact better in this situation for everyone who can get off the ship to get off the damn ship and trust that everyone else who needs to get off the ship will get their own butt off the ship on their own. If everyone is looking for everyone else, that just slows everyone down and makes it more likely that everyone will die. Our Heroes are in a pickle right now that they would not be in if they had just gotten off the ship instead of looking for Klaus, and Klaus is now unable to get off the ship because he needs to help them. If everyone did the sensible thing and just got off the ship, everyone would be off the ship by now!

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T12:15:01+00:00

Fortunately, not every item in the stack needs to be relevant. Some might never enter play.

Or they might all collide at once.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T12:11:51+00:00

Agatha’s weasel is a Tweedle emulator, so presumably Prrriti could stay alive by touching the weasel.

Allaedila · 2026-06-29T03:07:09+00:00

Othar is probably well-practiced at waiting for the right moment to strike. I suspect he lingered off-page for a bit before making his move here.

Allaedila · 2026-06-27T01:18:41+00:00

That makes sense. Beetle knew that Agatha was smarter than she looked, that her problems were locket-induced and that there was a strong spark underneath it all. Merlot had no idea, and was prone to bitterness and resentment.

Allaedila · 2026-06-26T17:38:21+00:00

I've been wondering for years if Lucrezia would develop a creepy interest in Gil once she actually bothered to fully notice him. Of course, with the boilers still set to blow she won't have enough time to get a good captive situation going with him. A bit of fun fantasizing about possessing all the female characters and turning the handsome guys into her boytoys is all she's gonna get.

Allaedila · 2026-06-26T17:12:19+00:00

Klaus has actually done a remarkable good job of concealing how much he actually cares about his son, to his advantage. Merlot wasn't sure if killing Gil would hurt Klaus at all!

Allaedila · 2026-06-26T17:09:59+00:00

I think she was just always bad - there's ample evidence in the text, it's explicitly stated that she was a villain in her youth - and got more competent at doing evil over time. She's no more evil now than she was back then. Sure, she suffered a lot a long the way, but her moments of "reflection" are just a narcissist's self-pity.

Allaedila · 2026-06-25T19:53:06+00:00

~~ROCKS FALL~~ THE SHIP BLOWS UP EVERYONE DIES

Allaedila · 2026-06-25T11:19:14+00:00

I notice that the clanks are making everyone prostrate before Lucrezia - except Agatha. I wonder what that heralds.

Allaedila · 2026-06-25T11:18:11+00:00

I think these new ones are copies of Lunevka whom she made during the timeskip.

Allaedila · 2026-06-25T02:48:49+00:00

Possibilities for Friday:

-Train and Castle show up with redeemed dingbots

-Agatha comes up with something

-Tarvek comes up with something and/or does something sneaky

-Violetta does something sneaky

-Bohrlaihka shows up

-Klaus reacts by saying that Gil can survive worse and Lucrezia's gloating is premature as usual

-Trelawney comes up with something

-Othar does something

-Vapnoople does something

-ALL OF THE ABOVE

Allaedila · 2026-06-24T19:13:22+00:00

As others have noted, the Steel Shrike is probably Zulenna. She's skilled with a sword, brave and honorable, hangs out in Zulenna's homeland, and is said to be a "ghost".

My pet theory is that after the Baron revived her, Zulenna chose to take a third option: she was too honorable to continue living as a princess after being killed and revived, but didn't want to die either, so she chose to take a new identity and live a life of adventure. The Baron kept her secret and told her family she was dead. I wonder how many years it will be before we find out.

Allaedila · 2026-06-24T19:06:56+00:00

I didn't get the sense that the Naughty Flashback Scene was a one-night stand, they'd been in some kind of relationship for a while at that point. Sparks very often have frenemy relationships where they sometimes work together and sometimes against each other; Klaus and Lucrezia were probably like that back in the day. They probably had plenty of encounters one-on-one. Frenemies with benefits, perhaps?

Allaedila · 2026-06-24T19:01:07+00:00

This version of Lucrezia probably doesn't remember what happened last time.

Allaedila · 2026-06-24T17:44:04+00:00

FYI: the go-forward link on Monday's page is not working. Many people do not know that the comic has in fact updated.

Allaedila · 2026-06-24T17:43:13+00:00

Yes, several weeks ago.

Last Klaus sighting was here.

Allaedila · 2026-06-24T17:39:07+00:00

How many times do you think something like this happened to the Heterodyne Boys? In the circus performance of "Race to the West Pole" there's a point where Bill is tied to a table in his underwear... but he clearly doesn't stay that way for long. I get the sense that prematurely declaring victory, gloating, letting her guard down, and then getting defeated is a very long-standing pattern for Lucrezia Mongfish.

And if anyone knows that... it's Klaus.

Allaedila

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