Uh oh
whoops
>>77603945
Wow. Just wow. So, how is Allison going to avoid getting pulped in the next half second?
>>77604133
Cio is probably going to come to her rescue. Anyway, devils confirmed for no chill at all.
He's right, you know. It's no kind of life.
So what price does he pay for screwing the deal? Will he be demoted now or something?
>>77604318
I assume he's about to get jumped by all the other demons before he reaches her.
>>77604133
>>77604318
My guess is that, since his mask shattered, he loses his body and returns to the formless darkness.
Maybe it'll happen right before he snaps down on Allison's face. He's already lost a lot of shape in the half-second since he broke the pact.
>>77604318
He's stepped outside of the mask and ranking system entirely.
I mean, I don't think Vladok is unsympathetic here. He comes off a little petty, but if you can imagine:
>work centuries or millennia for mortals to gain new masks
>this is all your entire species exists for
>get to the summit of existence
>realise you're still entirely at the whim/behest of awful mortals
Being a devil is suffering IMO.
I don't understand why he didn't just help Allison go to the palace. It doesn't really seem like a big deal. Unless he's just /that/ pissed that he doesn't get the key, that he's throwing everything away.
>>77604370
>>77604364
>>77604184
>>77604133
No one is going to bet on Allison doing something badass and killing the mother fucker?
>>77604133
The key activates to protect her and she blasts him into pieces?
First of six billion down.
>>77604502
He might not have the power to go there without the key.
>>77604502
That key is the key to the entire multiverse.
He doesn't know that, but he still knows that it's a gate key to an entire universe.
It's something I could see most of the demons risking everything to get their hands on if they know what it is.
>>77603945
How do you people manage to read this comic without a foaming at the mouth seizure? It's like straight up heretical.
>>77604502
He never planned on taking her there, he just wanted the key. It IS a big deal, though, given that Mottom is one of the seven most powerful people in the multiverse.
Presumably, his pride got the better of him.
>>77604507
10 bucks on Allison starting to live up to her name with Vladok and then scaring the fuck out of all the other demons. I don't know how, but I'm betting on either that or somebody else helping her.
>>77604645
>He doesn't know that
He does actually, I think.
>>77604645
He knows it's the Key of Kings, he says it's name on the prior page.
>>77604669
He knows it's a key, but he doesn't know it's the master key that can open every gate.
I don't think anyone knows that aside from Zoss, the thorn angels and who they work for, and White Chain who was told this by Juggernaut Star Scours the Universe.
>>77604507
She doesn't know jack shit about fighting though.
>>77604745
He says "that key of kings".
Key of kings is just another name for a Magus Gate, and there's 777,777 of those + 1.
He doesn't know it's the one key to open them all, just that it's a key.
>>77603945
Damn, Vladok is a little bitch.
CIO LEWDS WHEN
>>77606246
Like 2 or 3 threads ago.
They're probably on the /co/ booru.
Interesting how the next update will be on the 22nd.
The patreon promise of aiming for 10 updates a month at work.
>>77604502
Imagine someone has 5 trillion dollars. Says he'll give you 5 trillion dollars if you beat him in a drinking contest, but if he wins you have to drive him somewhere.
The contest seems to be a draw. You cannot explain how he is outdrinking you. 5 trillion dollars is on the table.
Would you not lose your cool?
>>77607189
>tfw you gave Abaddon $83.50 to do that and he got suspicious and refused to until the next month when it wasn't contingent on one donor
>>77606246
I NEED IDEAS FOR SCRIBBLAGE
>>77607365
>Allison rides Cio's face using the horns as handholds
>Cio uses the Art to summon a paper dick and fucks Allison with it
>Cio uses her fanfiction magic powers to force two cute girls to make out in front of her
>Cio reluctantly jerks off four dicks with her four arms
>Cio tries to put on a pair of two-tight shorts
>Cio gets stripped and molested by the bimbo gilded devils
>Cio is naked and getting licked by Preem Nand's giant tongue
>Cio is 'banished' by a stone angel through the power of fisting
>An exhausted naked Cio wipes cum and other bodily fluids off her glasses
>Cio terrorizes and eats out that gang of those little blue midget imps
>Cio does a striptease up to the point of sliding off her mask
I should actually just make porn comics, y'all fucks are useless.
>>77607243
Well it was more like "hey can you drive me over there" "I'll do it if you beat me in a drinking contest, and if I win you have to pay me 10 trillion dollar"
>tfw no print copy
>>77607365
naked except for her big hat
>>77607493
>paper dick
that sounds uncomfortable
>>77607645
It's magic, holmes.
>>77604650
>It's like straight up heretical.
Welcome to 4chan. Enjoy your stay.
>>77607339
>>>77607189
>>tfw you gave Abaddon $83.50 to do that and he got suspicious and refused to until the next month when it wasn't contingent on one donor
In fairness, there's a lot of little shits clogging up the Patreon system who renege on their donations.
I do not blame Abaddon at all for being cautious.
>>77607765
To be fair I revised the donation down once we were well over the target, so he was right in a way. I wouldn't have dropped it if that hadn't happened though.
>>77607639
>>>77607365
>naked except for her big hat
Oh god, Cio is hot lesbian sexings totally nakies but for the hat and glasses.
That would be supa-hawt.
>>77607365
Cio punishing the imp the stole her hat.
>>77604550
>>>77604133
>The key activates to protect her and she blasts him into pieces?
>First of six billion down.
I'm seeing the Key is glowing pretty bright, and we KNOW it responds to her thoughts.
Maybe there's an incipient "ZOT" coming.
>>77607819
I'm on my phone and don't have a picture library to express how disgusted I am by how you type
>>77604830
>>>77604507
>She doesn't know jack shit about fighting though.
Dude, she's at ground zero for something so terrible the Demon Mages are freaked out, along with the Gilded they just bound!
Somethin' major's gotta happen.
>>77607950
I got u senpai
>>77607819
>sexings
>nakies
>hawt
>mfw
Ouch
>>77607964
Kill Six Billion Demons is the prophetic name of her boyfriend though, not her current quest objective.
>>77608033
>her current quest objective.
What IS her current quest objective?
>>77607964
Seems like breaking a contract is a pretty desperate way for a devil to commit suicide. Seeing am ebon devil do something like that would be some shit to witness.
>>77608054
Find boyfriend
>>77608054
Rescue her boyfriend.
>>77608033
You mean her prophetic name.
>77608033
I'm pretty it's Alice's name. Zoss calls her that, and Jadis was trying to say something else when her interpreter interrupted her. She said "He is the successors ssssss", and I think she was trying to say "successor's boyfriend/consort"
>>77608033
>Kill Six Billion Demons is the prophetic name of her boyfriend though
It's her name, and what better way to live up to your name by doing what it says.
>>77608138
Does anyone know why people keep calling her Alice? What's up with that?
>>77608232
Blame Zoss.
>>77608033
they think that Allison's boyfriend is the successor because their prophet is entombed in a rock and can only whisper phrases whilst hissing, which makes accurate interpretation impossible.
additionally, because the thorn knights abducted him at the moment they did, they may well have prevented him from becoming the successor he was intended to be, and caused Allison to inherit the super-key instead by their interruption of the event.
either way, he's very much not the guy, but the assorted big bads think that he is and will act accordingly.
>>77608232
People have speculated about how "Allison" sounds like "Al-Yis-Un." Maybe they're calling her "Al-Yis" because she hasn't gained her Un aspect.
Then again I'm talking out of my ass here.
>>77608352
Or because of the key that has all of Yis-Un's names in her forhead, she has/isAll Yis-Un
>>77608317
What if her boyfriend's prophetic name is Six Billion Demons?
>>77609348
Why Alice though? I can't believe it's just a misunderstanding.
>>77609902
Probably one of those classic by hearing the prophecy and trying to change it, they ensured its completion sort of deals.
Then once that has kicked in they accept the "signs" that portend that she is the one.
>>77608352
>>77609348
They speculated that (specifically I speculated that, here) but Abaddon confirmed that's not why it is.
>>77609552
I like the theory that Kill Six Billion Demon was gonna be conceived in the missed sex, but the Thorns and Zoss acting as a cockblock caused the title to go to Allison instead.
>>77607493
>>Cio terrorizes and eats out that gang of those little blue midget imps
Yes please
I want a tiny blue imp pet. Look at that little kawai ass damnit.
>>77610223
>Allison 's name is Birth Six Million Demons
>>77610274
>Birth Six Million Demons
Hello new CioxAllison slashfic.
he broke his mask, he fucked up big time, no?
>>77610556
essentially personality suicide. masking and naming a demon is implied/outright stated to be what gives them consciousness and separate being from the formless chaotic black flame, though it's not clear if they're substantial before being masked. he's not sticking around long in either case, but he might not even have time to attack Alice-UN before fading back into the fabric of the void.
>>77610606
he reached ebony level while being this impatient, I feel like the mortals of this worlds are pretty... kid friendly? That's some Diablo3 tier demon lord right there.
>>77610606
Since this is the Void, I think he'll stick around. I mean, he even talked about taking out everyone else along with Allison. And if being an Ebon changes anything, it would only make his unrestrained fire even more dangerous.
>>77610629
>"If I have to disappear, I'll take all you fools with me!"
From his words is more probable that he was already old and he was going to die soon or later. He tried to take the Magus Gate as a last chance to get back his powers. It didn't work, so now it's in "Better to burn out than to fade away" mode.
>>77610629
He wasn't necessarily always this impatient. He sees Allison's key as a means to return to his former glory. Remember that mask color determines power and rank within the devilish hierarchy, not power on absolute terms.
>>77610656
No, I don't think he was going to die. I think it was more that he was going to revert to a lower color? Only humans actually age to death. A devil dies when they return to being a formless fire.
>>77610629
Vladok in his youth has won against heroes and kings, and now he's old and tired. He hasn't the power he had, and it strikes me as the kind of devil that would prefer to die as an Ebon instead of going back a rank and live.
So he see an opportunity and he act. But he's overconfindent. After all he is an Ebon, "no man has ever beat him before". While Allison is dumb girl that didn't even know about devil marks and was talking with a blue devil, the second lowest of the ranks. He wouldn't even need to cheat to beat them!
Shit out of luck, Cio is not a simple blue devil. She's a mistress of the Art, and at the same time Allison is extremely good at the task chosen. So while Allison is not winning, she is not losing either.
She's clearly cheating, but cheating is only against the rules if you are caught. And from what we have seen of devil culture they regard cheating as a perfectly fine way to win. But Vladok can't bear that. He lashes out, and that make all the other devils start to booing him.
"Who the fuck this guy believe he is?" They think. He has made a contract and the other part outskilled him. He should stop whining and admit defeat. He's not even singing anymore!
And this is the last straw. Either way, Vladok is fucked. He is humiliated by a dumb girl and a blue devil and has to serve them, and after that he's still gonna become older and weaker. He's lost any trace of respect by the other devils.
"Fuck it" He thinks. "If I have to disappear, I'll take all you fools with me!"
>>77611017
Very well put.
>>77610252
Shortstacks are the best. We need some rule 34 of them.
>>77608003
>a magical mcguffin is going to come out of her arm and help her defeat the demon
>>77612363
Looks like it's just the demon pact being broken.
>>77604428
They don't really live for it. They just need to do these things to keep on living, instead of being some kind of abstraction.
They have parties and stuff.
>>77611017
That's a good look at Vladok's mindset. Makes his performance here make more sense.
>>77604650
Heretical?
I'm not sure what you mean.
Heretical to Judeo-Christian cosmology? To Buddhist cosmology?
What orthodoxy in particular are you referring to that this comic supposedly blasphemes?
>>77612468
That's just it, Anon. A magical pact. Being broken. Think Golem and the ring.
Maybe now we will see Pimp-Samurai-Gunslinger in action?
inbe4 it's the two meat puppet sisters who 'save' Allison from the angsty heap of black flame, by order of Preem Nand.
>>77614106
I want him and Cio to form a mecha-Shiva
>>77614106
I wonder how hard everyone would flip their shit in here if Oscar assumed this form again.
>>77604184
rolf. after he broke the contract he is powerless. he wil run into her and bounce off like a ball full with air. its a fucking universal rule of evil who dont follow the laws. and biggest joke is that Alison will now get his knowledge and power granted. its put to her to squish him like a bug.
>>77604370
>>77604318
>>77617073
yeah. I am confused about this.
Isn't this backwards? Did the rules change?
blue imps are singing about GETTING more names, and rising up the ranks.
the red is saying his GOLD name lost power, due to lack of fame.
Round 4, they say, GUARD they black name.
I thought demons were bound and wrapped up in names, and trying to shed them. Doing so frees them, and breaks the rules man set on them. Like Djinn bound in a lamp.
>>77617278
Abbadon came and explained it a couple of threads ago, maybe you can find it in the archive
>>77617278
Blue imps want to get named because the more names you go through, the less there are left so you get up in ranks
The red lost power and retrograded like you said
And the thing about guarding the black name is that ebon is the best rank, so once you're here you don't want to have the same fate as that red and go down ranks
And know I realize I don't know what your problem is
>>77617278
>>77617385
Found it
>>77604318
>>77617278
From what Abbadon said:
>Devils trick people into naming them differently which allows them to get rid of other names and grow in power
>Devils reincarnate but only based on their masks. They don't really exist as individuals in their true form, they're just personalities impressed on one formless, chaotic mass.
>Devils without names are unbound devils. We'll see some in a bit. They are aforementioned chaotic mass. They are nasty.
I think it works like this.
Jerry-Tom-Alex-Mark-Luke is a blue devil. He contacts a summoner.He tricks him into believing that is name is actually Jerry-Tom-Alex-Markluk. The summoner names him so, and this way the blue devil "sheds" his blue names (Mark-Luke) and having less names now he becomes a red devil.
Instead Alex-Max is a gilded devil. But he encounters a clever summoner.
"Hi-Alex-Max!" the summoner call him. the devil misheards him for "Hi!, Alex-Max" and answer. But he's been tricked. Having answered to Hi-Alex-Max now his name becomes that, and having gained a name he shrink to verdant.
This should be broadly the process as I have understood, obviously with better names and better details.
>>77617711
Is Cio attempted to shed names or gain them when formally introducing herself to Allison?
She introduced herself as Cio Cioelle Estrella von Maximus the third.
And would "the third" mean this is her third incarnation or third time she's been a blue devil?
Or do demons have parents?
>>77617818
Despite my example, I doubt that just being called by someone is a way to lose/gain name. It probably involve magic, a contract or something similar.
Also good question for the third. Vladok was also called "Grandfather of Duurthumel" (which is Oskar name) so there is probably some kind of relationship going on between devils.
>>77612823
All and none, the premise being that all religions are essentially correct and incomplete at the same time
I guess only in the judeo religion is it strictly said there is only one God and all others are false.
What is interesting is seeing the religious influences on the 7 God kings who remain, Zoss clearly has a tibetian monk motif, Solomon David is a judeo Christian reference, the witch has a very Japanese influence, jaggonoth sort of reminds me of a combination of Norse warrior and animal spirit bathed in fire.
>>77618036
the shit has more of gods in indo germanian relligons and heavy buddhist influence describing the universe.
>>77618036
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagannath
Mother Om is an abbreviation of Mother Om.
Jadis is pretty much the White Witch from Narnia as far as I can tell (that's that character's name).
>>77618104
>Mother Om is an abbreviation of Mother Om.
Uh, shit. Mottom, I mean.
>>77618036
>I guess only in the judeo religion is it strictly said there is only one God and all others are false.
in KSBD all the gods are true while at the same time it exist only a single god. It's basically the same of the Father, Son and Holy ghost of the Christian trinity.
>>77611017
Couldn't he have just killed them all and nabbed the KoK for himself?
>>77618260
he cant. the thing must be given.
>>77618260
First we don't know how the Magus Gate works. We have seen Allison planeshifting in moments of panic, so probably Vladok thought that just trying to kill her would have her running away in another world and he'll lose the thing.
Also even if he does that then he's in the middle of dozen of devils that now know that that thing is valuable enought for an Ebon Devil to kill someone in cold blood. And while he's Ebon he's also old and worn, I doubt he has the power to just kill everyone.
>>77618163
No, it's lesser subgradients and the concept of the oversoul. KSBD takes a lot of inspiration from TES lore, so it's like how dragons are extensions of Akatosh, or how Tiber Septim and his friends are Talos who is Lorkhan (and Sheogorath) who was just Aka-Tusk who were all ultimately an extension of Anu/Padomay
but she IS cheating. Wouldn't that have worse consequences?
>>77618584
Can you prove that?
>>77618584
She is not. She never ate the paper man.
Cheating without getting caught is probably traditional, though.
>>77610327
Yes Please
>>77617711
>>77617818
Abaddon mentioned previously that devils have a true name, like what you might see in other fantasy and folklore, and that these true names are the things that mutate, growing and shrinking and changing. Cio's full name is not actually her true name, it's basically just what she likes to be called informally. The androsphynx gilded devil from earlier in the story, Oscar, and maybe Vladok are probably the same.
>>77604428
>>77612479
>tfw devils are wageslaves
>>77607819
Ew.
>>77608232
>>77608304
>>77609902
>>77608352
It's an Alice in Wonderland thing
>>77610274
One down already, because of the devil tongue potion.
>>77620322
Devils aren't going for a wage.
Is there even money in Throne?
>>77620374
There are drugs that are traded, so there's probably something like money too.
>>77620374
>>77622932
There's black glass, which might be goods or currency or both. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that barter is pretty normal in throne.
>>77624412
Black Glass is illegal, White Glass is legal.
I think.
>>77618584
Never doubt the mighty drinking skills you can learn in college
>>77624790
Or high school.
>>77624841
Yes or high school
>>77603945
>>77624412
that reminds me, this comic needs more gun witches
>>77626859
Needs more guns in general
>>77618425
>Also even if he does that then he's in the middle of dozen of devils that now know that that thing is valuable enought for an Ebon Devil to kill someone in cold blood. And while he's Ebon he's also old and worn, I doubt he has the power to just kill everyone.
Even worse, I'm sure some of those devils would run quickly away, and find nice fresh strong Ebon devils, and sell to them what a nice goodie old broken-down Vladok just scored.
Vladok then evaporates under an onslaught of his brethren Ebons.
The problem with having five trillion dollars is keeping it.
>>77618669
>She never ate the paper man.
Technically speaking, we never SAW her eat it. Judging from that innocent whistling when Vladok accused her, she might have slipped it into her mouth at some point.
>>77626248
Cleaned up and de-antified a bit
>>77629772
>>77626859
We know that advanced technologies exist in the multiverse, but that they are restricted in Throne. So it seems that the demiurges have gun-control laws in effect.
I guess you have to have a special permit to be a gun witch.
Think we'll ever see ray-guns or other 'Expedition to Barrier Peeks' stuff in K6BD?
>>77618163
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor
It's a take on Hinduism's multiplicity of Brahman.
>>77624412
>"sixty for her teeth!"
haha, missed that the first couple of reads through.
>>77632216
DOOOHHNT DUUU DAHT SHIEET TING!
>>77633062
>"One-hundred-eight for her left sock, and a cup of her saliva! (What are we bidding on again? Something about Cio?)"
>>77630183
Gun Witchcraft appears to use somewhat archaic guns, flintlock-style. That probably is the upper limit allowed
>>77634102
Oskar seems to have a revolver, though.
>>77634102
>>77634315
From the SA forums: "Higher technology, especially weapons, is tightly controlled by the demiurges and coveted by the guilds. It’s not easy to come by a modern-level gunsmith in the city, so you’d have to get it through the King’s Road, which is a risky business. You’ll see a LOT more guns when we meet Jagganoth, he’s the one hoarding all the military technology."
Subject Abbadon changing his mind.
>>77634470
I bet Allison could make a killing in the black market arms trade. She comes from Murica, where it's easy as fuck to get firearms.
>>77630139
Oh sweet, thanks man.
>>77634102
Layla Brimstone seems to have mix of guns. Most appear to be flintlocks, but you can see cartridges under her coat and some of them are drawn with hammers that are centered as opposed to off-set as would be the case with flintlocks.
>>77634770
>She comes from Murica, where it's easy as fuck to get firearms.
Heh, she'd better get her Class Three license first. Godking or not, nobody wants the FBI on your ass.
>>77636013
She just needs to buy a bunch of shitty pot metal semiautos off Gunbroker.
>>77634470
Interesting. One wonders how effective they could be if used in Throne.
>>77637034
Probably not all that. I don't want to stop people who wank off over guns wanking off over guns, but the individual power level of people in Throne clearly exceeds what a gun can provide.
>>77637136
Yeah, I'd say there's a reason the use of guns is a specialized discipline. The gun witches probably supplement it with the Art.
Also, how exactly do the demiurges enforce gun control so effectively? There's clearly a booming black market, and you'd think arms would be a major part of that.
>>77637510
To be clear, the gun witches are using shitty flintlock, but there's much more powerful weapons available from our dimension, let alone what could come from 777,777 other dimensions.
>>77608033
It was supposed to be his name. It's actually Allison's now, because the master key was given to her
>>77636013
Automatics are more trouble than they're worth. Bolt actions and semi autos are plenty enough firepower.
>>77637136
I'd say they'd probably work about as well as the swords and other weapons considering how Throne seems to work when it comes to fighting. When you're in a setting where nameless background characters can decapitate people with a single swing of a sword I'd imagine KSBD gunslingers make Roland Deschain look like a scrub.
>>77637034
They control the gates. Plus I'd imagine they're also pretty hard on the usage end too. Unlike anything else it's pretty obvious when someone's using a gun. Could be that everyone has a gun they're too afraid to use.
>>77637553
Blessed shitty flintlock anon.
>>77617278
Because The Black Name is the truest Reflection of the Demon?
Think of it like the demons core. The more names its feed, the stronger the demon becomes.
But to wield that Power, the demon need to wield its core as the mask.
>>77603945
>Start reading comic for first time
WTF have I been missing. Any other gems out there that get buried under /co/ shit posting?
>>77639877
Checklist:
1. Girl Genius
2. Stand Still. Stay Silent
3. +?
>>77639877
Poppy o' Possum and Paranatural come to mind.
>>77617278
>>77617278
So do daemons still exist as a separate thing from devils in the new continuity like they did in the early version of the comic?
>>77640402
Now, Abbadon said that a lot of people were confused so now Devil and Demons are the same thing.
>>77640402
I think this explanation is of the current version.
>>77624412
>White devil mask in that page
Where the hell do white devils rank?
>>77639877
Unsounded,Stand Still Stay Silent,Paranatural
>>77634470
>Demon Commandant
>Possibility of Panzer divisions or BRRRRRT
My inner /k/ is trembling with the ideas of what may happen
>>77639877
Pic believed to be from February 2015.
http://4chan-co.wikia.com/wiki/Webcomics has link to older 2012 recommendations.
>>77642242
>No Vattu
Lets change that
>>77642608
Well it does list Rice Boy and that is the same site.
>>77642242
Is Alpha Flag on that? I can't see it.
>>77642694
> Is Alpha Flag on that?
Under Drama. seventh down. Recent posting is that they're returning from hiatus in 2016.
>>77642242
Oh wow, that's such a bullshit list.
Most of the stuff on there you'll be begging for your time back after reading it, either because it's dead as fuck with no conclusion, or because the entire thing is HERE HAVE MY AGENDAS.
Seriously, even discounting all the shit that just doesn't update, you have:
Hark a Vagrant and Nimona are both the same 'progressive' author, with the same lazy artsytle that people love to yell tumblr at.
MSPA is fucking MSPA
Cucumber Quest is literally cancer; it's author indoctrinates other authors with their "you don't need to be able to write just draw reaction images and the cis scum will love you". Re: Paranatural.
Stand Still Stay Silent is literally nationalistic propaganda about the "ideal world" of the NEET author where everyone but the nords are dead and they get to happily retake the world in a fantasy adventure.
Ava's Demon is fucking dead, also bland and cliche as fuck once you look past the art and the TUMBLR IS BULLYING ME of the author.
O Human Star has if I remember correctly a tranny robot on the first few pages. That should clue you in to the themes.
Likewise last I checked Prague race was increasing it's diversity quota with a tranny werewolf, because there's no better way to make sure that topic dominates the entire fucking story.
Honorable mention to Johnny Wander and Vibe, who aren't bad but are bland as fuck (and the latter looks like it's painted with a strobe light)
and I probably can't come up with anything meaningful for "depression comics" because they're 'supposed to be bad' or so people will say. Same thing with IT HURTS, which /co/ loves to meme over for hours on end probably because it's how any comic your average anon would make would turn out (shit art shit humor PLOT TWEEEESTs, etc...)
>>77634470
>You’ll see a LOT more guns when we meet Jagganoth, he’s the one hoarding all the military technology.
Niiiiiiiice. I was hoping there'd be more to Jagganoth's Genius Bruiser status than "I can guess who sent those angels based on whose territory they came from." That's more common sense than "subverting the dumb brute stereotype".
Military-industrial research complex run by angry pankratiast scientists when?
>>77643753
>Not providing a list of good webcomics in response
I didn't read any of these except Prague Race and the shit you give it is unjustified. Is one minor character supposed to make the comic bad ?
>>77640530
I don't think that is a devil. Remember that "humans" are actually a rather diverse group across the wheel.
Anyway, pale devils (they have white masks) are below blue devils. They are the lowest rank and seem to do menial work mostly. Until now, I believe we only saw them tending the demon bar.
>>77637510
I don't think the seven demiurges care much about what doesn't threaten their rule. It's mostly the angels who are uptight with protocol.
>>77643930
>minor character
I read the comic up until then too; a primary companion to the MC does not a minor character make.
not to mention the comic had been going downhill anyways, with tragic monologues that are TOTALLY OK BECAUSE WE'LL SARCASTICALLY COMMENT ON HOW CLICHE THEY ARE
The only thing supporting it was the art, once we got AGENDAS there was no reason to continue reading.
as for good comics, ie: ones that actuall belong on that list (again not mentioning dead/never updating ones)
Asaekkiga is generally decently humorous, probably in part because it's foreign humor that comes from unexpected places.
All the Rice Boy comics are well written and UNLIKE NEARLY EVERY WEBCOMIC EVER actually finish their stories and move on to other ones in the world.
Endtown is alright if you're a furfag.
Unsounded is a whole-life effort of an actually talented artist/writer, though even the author is telling people that they might want to drop it next chapter since her Forum RP husbando doughnut steel is getting introduced to the story.
KSBD deserves it's spot, even if it is padded with memes and carries the taint of MSPAF
Hemlock would be nice if it ever updated whoops i mentioned a dead comic
Poppy is for furfags, again.
Monster pulse is an indulgence of pokemon garbage mitigated by the fact that it's somewhat creative and not all cuddly feely.
Oh, that's right I forgot to mention Octopus Pie last post, which has caught the everpresent "everyone is gay now for no reason" virus, and thus should be in the same category as Handstabs comic.
>>77643777
Well, the imagery of Paradise Lost is suggestive of a High Medieval sort of conflict, certainly. It would support the notion of certain parties being consummate masters of everything to do with such things. Hell, if you accept the idea of "Fallen Angels with cannon" they literally invented the business, and have certainly been doing nothing but improving it ever since, longer than human civilization or possibly even the human race has even existed.
They might have been a little lazy here and there, but it counts for something.
The only reason they really lost anyway was because of who they were fighting, and it can be assumed that the loyal angels probably had similar talents and equipment in some quarters too. The resulting quality of works by the very best artificers on either side would thus be infernally or divinely clever, respectively.
>>77643035
Thank you my friend.
>>77643753
>Hark a Vagrant and Nimona are both the same 'progressive' author, with the same lazy artsytle that people love to yell tumblr at.
What
>>77644170
Lackadaisy is actually updating consistently now.
I wonder what time today the next page will be added.
Anyone in here back Abbadon's patreon and get in on those patreon supporter exclusive streams?
What are those like?
>>77642242
How is "depression" a genre?
>>77645074
Nimona is mediocre and cliche, and has an anachronistic setting geared toward promoting the author's values.
Also Nimona herself is every caricature of hipsters ever.
>>77645138
Color me surprised. Did the author get fired from her animating job or did furries finally start bankrolling her?
>>77645381
The same as how self-depreciation is an established routine for comedians.
>>77645450
Successful Patreon IIRC. And you do know Hark a Vagrant and Nimona are not by the same person, right?
>>77645164
I backed it but I'm too shy for the streams. I was actually super hype for the first one but I looked like shit and I didn't realise it was video chat.
>>77645496
So furrybucks then, got it.
and no, actually I didn't, thank you. The art style is incredibly similar at a glance.
>>77643753
>>77644170
>MUH AGENDAS
why can't you stay in /pol/?
>>77645566
Ignorance and arrogance are generally not a good combination. I'm sure you've encountered that and will encounter that many more times in your life already though.
>>77645571
I care less about the agendas themselves and more about the fact that telling an actual story gets overridden by soapboxing.
You can weave themes into stories, but nobody ever does because then they wouldn't be able to yell at you about how biggoted you are for not taking the tranny dick in the ass.
Webcomic authors are bad writers, news at 11.
and good job dismissing everything with unspecified aggressively generalizing buzzwords, you sure showed how much better US FOLKS are than THOSE FUCKS.
>>77643753
I think that's an unfair judgment of Stand Still Stay Silent, particularly considering her previous work with Redtail's Dream. She's writing what she knows, i.e. Nordic cultures and particularly their mythologies, and that's not inherently nationalistic or xenophobic. Her world is a delightful melange of fantasy, post-apocalypse, and Alien-esque horror; it's also beautiful and has surprisingly decent writing. As someone not Nordic myself, or even white, I think you're overreacting.
>>77645661
Good grief you're a spastic fuck. Keep trucking, crazy star. Don't let anyone stop you from posting.
>>77647052
>do I fit in yet?
>>77646973
still kinda weird that everywhere else apart from Scandinavia is fucking wasteland
>>77645661
BAWWWW! the post
>>77648489
>I did it! I posted it again! that'll learn em!
>>77646973
The biggest criticism of her comic is that she writes nords like euro explorers wrote Africans; from an utterly outside perspective that recognizes but disregards or warps all culture to how they want to see it.
And just go after some of her personal stuff if you want to see how really twisted she is. A major reason for the comic is her wanting a world where all foreigners are dead, because again: she's a nazi-level nationalist who thinks her country can do no wrong.
>>77649107
>And just go after some of her personal stuff if you want to see how really twisted she is. A major reason for the comic is her wanting a world where all foreigners are dead, because again: she's a nazi-level nationalist who thinks her country can do no wrong.
Anywhere one can read this stuff?
>>77637034
>>>77634470
>Interesting. One wonders how effective they could be if used in Throne.
Well, one of the MAIN plots points in the Amber series was the discovery and use of magical gunpowder.
So there is plenty of precedent for such things.
That said, guns are a Big Deal. Back in WW1 they did research of splinter casualties, and determined that a moving object needs about 80 foot pounds of energy (108 joules) to have a 50 percent chance to incapacitate a victim.
A hot 9mm round can have a muzzle energy of well over 600 joules, and a 9mm is a popgun compared to even a light rifle round.
By contrast, a medium-fast baseball bat swing delivers on the order of 15-25 joules.
A sword used one-handed is very lethal, but the energy involved is not large.
Guns are a Big Deal. We're just so used to them, we don't see it any more. Any melee fight lasts on the order of multiple seconds, while gunfights are decided in milliseconds.
>>77642242
>>77643753
>>77642694
>>77645381
I've added four webcomics, see pic. (Gag-a-day Wondermark, Fantasy Copper, Fantasy Digger, Fantasy Widdershins) Please upload your own versions, or add links, to http://4chan-co.wikia.com/wiki/Webcomics .
>>77649788
Is this the typical 4chan overstatement where when you actually read the text referenced you find out that it is mildly xenophobic at best or is she really insane?
>>77651014
Idunno. The point is pretty obvious once you read a little into the comic though; all foriegners are LITERALLY man-eating monsters that must be avoided and hidden from at all costs, and must be eradicated down to the last scrap of dust for the glory of the nordic world.
>>77651151
Well, >>77649107 was referencing some kind of "personal stuff" that would go beyond interpretation of her fantasy story and straight into Mein Schneeneger Kampf territory.
>>77651151
Actually, for all we know there are whole civilization pockets cut-off from each other. The Norse don't know what CDs or DVDs are. They probably don't understand satellite communications, either. So, there are probably chinks, nigs, beaners, kikes and kebabs still kicking and rebuilding their civilizations. The author just chose to write about the one she was most interested in.
I like to imagine that around the Med there are very active trade ports and monotheistic religions are still predominant.
>>77651014
Total overstatement.
There's never really been any evidence that she's a hyper-nationalist. It's just Americans getting assblasted by the idea that Ammurriicaahh isn't the lone surviving nation (that said, she hasn't even confirmed that everyone's dead, just that the Norse are totally cut off). There are a million and one settings where some other nation is the last known holdout of humanity, and this one is no more or less offensive than any of them.
In fact, it seems pretty laughable that the author would be a turbonord nationalist. IIRC she's a shut-in that is pretty much obsessed with mythology and language, and uses them to escape from other people in her country.
>>77642242
You're missing a few
>Deathbulge
>Broodhollow
And thanks for triggering me with Box Dog.You said you were gonna start updating it again, weaver. Two updates doesn't count ;_;
>SSSS is Norse propaganda!
We reading the same comic?
If there's anything indicative of a political message in SSSS, it's that without contact with the rest of the world the Nordic nations collapse inwards into a society of superstitious, technologically backwards Luddites, losing all knowledge of most modern discoveries within just a generation.
>>77651014
Many brave readers have attempted to discover the truth behind SSSS, but they all fell asleep a hundred pages in. It shall remain a mystery.
>>77652929
>>>77651014
>Many brave readers have attempted to discover the truth behind SSSS, but they all fell asleep a hundred pages in.
Yeah, it's GORGEOUS, but daaaaaamn.
There is no shame in getting an editor.
>>77652929
>>77652992
I really enjoyed how down-to-earth the introduction was, but I can understand how others might not.
>>77651828
Yeah, it's entirely possible that there are dozens of other major pockets of human civilization that held on throughout the world. Iceland managed to do so well because they were the third nation to close their borders. But even with the other Nordic nations being later on, small groups managed to hold on in more isolated areas. The only thing we can reasonably guess is that most of the coastal areas in the North and Baltic sea are depopulated and no other pockets of surviving humans have made themselves known in these areas other than the Nords. But there are plenty of places across Europe, let alone the rest of the world that could have closed themselves off even better than Sweden or Denmark.
And the idea that the Nords are going to conquer everyone is laughable when we already know the Danes tried to retake some of their old land and only had a disastrous failure. What we're seeing in the comic is a small group people who really don't seem that prepared being sent out on an under-funded expedition which nobody high up really cares about.
There's a new page, should we make a new thread?
>>77654531
the new page was already commented on and discussed in this one, so I think that would be a pointless course of action desu senpai
>>77654569
wat? he literally posted a page like 5 minutes ago
>Out in the reaches, where the crawling things burrow deep in the flesh of the world.
>Camilla: You sir, should unmask.
>Stranger: Indeed?
>Cassilda: Indeed it’s time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.
>Stranger: I wear no mask.
>Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!
>– The King in Yellow, Act 1, Scene 2d
>>77654661
oh my goodness you're right how embarrassing
>>77654665
Wait, where did she get the mask?
>>77654665
Something about this seems very familiar...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7T4PS3hxJE
>>77654830
The binders had it with them earlier.
>>77654665
>Nobody predicted Usagi
God dammit Abbadon
>>77654854
I guess their binding didn't go well either.
>>77655191
Predicted what? That's what she introduced herself to them as and what they've been calling her since.
>>77655732
Maybe the songs prevented them from finishing whatever they were doing.
>>77654665
>dat "The King In Yellow" reference
>>77654665
where did that mask come from? what's allison doing with it? I'm so confused
>>77656088
Look back a few pages.
>>77655745
Everyone was trying to guess what would save Allison from Vladok but nobody guessed it would be Usagi.
>>77604370
>mfw this page
Watch Allison rename him
>Lisa Gutterbutt Cockslott Dhump. She comes from a long line of Dhumps, so she will be offended if you don't call her by her full name. She may act deferential out of courtesy, but you can just see the disappointment in her eyes.
as a call back to the first rendition of events.
>>77656645
Oskar looks damn fine there
>>77652709
That's presented as a good thing
>>77656645
Who is that?
>>77657709
Oscar in disguise, from the early version of KSBD on the MSPA forums
>>77657784
Okay, now who is Oscar?
>>77657859
This guy
>>77657890
I love the look of that guy. Looks like somekind of... snake oil salesman devil.
>>77657859
The basic idea is instead of White Chain, Allison wound up landing with Oskar instead. Being a tricksy thief, he tries to scam her into a bargain, and she runs from the room screaming.
He's also a shameless, badass pimp of a scumbag.
>>77654665
Oh he's gonna be so pissed when we awakens as a red. At least he can keep the former gold one company
>>77658350
>>>77654665
>Oh he's gonna be so pissed when we awakens as a red. At least he can keep the former gold one company
Vladok is about to get SERVED.
>>77656218
thats true, i couldnt have figured she'd have it in her to save herself
>>77654665
Allison looks a bit tipsy there.
>>77654665
Did not expect that to be Chekov´s mask.
>>77661111
Later, when they keep asking what the hell was she thinking, she´ll just answer "Look, I was drunk, alright!?"
>>77657978
Gun-toting pimp samurai devil?
>>77657534
...No it isn't. Not remotely.
