Ah, yes… some new revelations… don’t miss it! So whatta ya’ think is happening? (I love the speculation!)
QUICK VOTE: DO I reveal the gnome’s name or do I leave it at “gnome?” (I know his name, it has been established, so I’m not looking for names) but do YOU wanna know? Could it have a bearing on the future? Will it reveal something about the gnome? ABout the story? Will it take away from the mystery of the gnome? Do you even care?) YOU DECIDE! But make it snappy – the strip runs Thursday morn at midnight! Whichever decision has the most votes is the decision I will go with. (I will also tally the LoB Facebook Fan Page votes and my own Facebook as well)
(This reminds me of those old “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” books that I used to freaking LOVE)
To know a gnome, is to want to roam, like Bill and Frank, so free!
Name the bugger, and tell us what he puffs in his pipe too. (Is he from the land of Humboldt?)
I suspect that our heroic gnome had run away from home, maybe due to an arranged marriage or some such. He wanted adventure, and so took up with some adventurers!! But now that he finally used his magic, has been found out and will me made to return to whence he came… sad.
I choose……….Pikachu! No, wait, I want to know the name of the Gnome, cuz there’s no place like gnome?
leave the ninja gnome nameless.
Ooh I want to know his name ^.^
Ah …. I really want to know the name but I feel it would ruin the dramatic tension if it were revealed now.
Milk it baby! Let it take a few strips before we know. (not that I don’t have a theory already.)
As long as it’s revealed in some sort of funny way, my vote is HELL YEAH!
I’d say there is no harm at all in letting us know his name. Especially as we appear to have more than one gnome hanging about. And let us know the name of Gypsy, and Bill’s Horse too!
Maybe the elder counsel is chewing out [gnome] for getting involved in the affairs of mortals?
I’d love to know more about the gnome. Technically, he’s been in the strip since the beginning, so its only fair.
Since your pencil sketches suggest our gnome is obviously in a scene with others, our knowing his name doesn’t hurt.
However, Bill (and probably Frank) should never learn it. I imagine the following scene:
Gnome: Stop calling me “gnome”. I have a name, you know, it’s ….
Bill [distracted by something]: Oooh, shiny! Uh, yeah, anyway gnome, are you coming with us or what?
Me, I favor nameless for now. A little mystery is always tantalizing. You can always make a guessing game of it in the strips, maybe dropping clues along the way. I’m here for the long haul – I can be patient!
Yes. I want to know his name!
I’m guessing this is a sketch out of the Gnomes communicating all the new information about the Dark Underlord. A coven of Gnomes? A Gnome-moot? Certainly not a murder of Gnomes ..?
Probably via interpretive dance. I’m thinking that The Gnome may have got slightly cross-wired in the magical frenzy of the past few strips.
Or, interpretive dance is actually the main form of communications in the Billverse.
Mystery is good. I’m comfortable with “The Gnome.”
Amen to your love for “Choose You Own Adventure” books.
The more I know about the characters, the better. Tell us everything in the files about the Gnome. With an eye towards dramatic timing, of course…
I think the Gnome is getting reprimanded by his parents, grandparents or the Elders of the Tribe for using his magic in some unlawful way and thus risking the wrath of Warrik on their heads.
I would like to learn his name
Knowing gnomish nomenclature is overrated. Unless it somehow enhances the funny.
@Jarad and Hemelek: No one knows his name. He is the traveling gnome.
-who may find you a good deal on travel plans.
*cue thrown fruits and veggies*
Name the GNOME!
OK! MOST of you wanted me to name the gnome.
Many of you did not want to know his name, for mystery’s sake (and there IS mystery here, as you will see in the next few strips)… so… I met you half way… I named him by his official designation with the Gnome Syndicate… “Gnome 12.” Fear not, true believers! You WILL learn his real name eventually. For now… his “official” name… what’s the “12″ mean? Hm… heeheehee (ok, don;t throw tomatoes at me!)
And GREAT guesses, btw, on what was happening here in the sketch! A few of you NAILED it!
I wonder if those who “nailed it” all write this sort of stuff for a hobby or a living.