you know i’ll say it…
i hope the dark queen, manages to stay in gina’s body and even trick bill.
yeah thats right….how many stories have been like this where eventually they are found out?
i wanna see one where it works and both girls actually enjoy being in the other’s body.
Mack, that sounds like a softcore porn movie concept for late-night HBO.
I’m getting the feel that Bill is kind of like the Ghost Rider. Big, goofy, lovable guy by day, but in the presence of evil… SHAZAAM!
But me thinks that this confrontation may lead to a little more insight, and even a potential ally, from the orc captain. That dude has an agenda I don’t think we fully comprehend yet.
Here’s a little behind the scenes inside info: David decided on the colors for Gina, long before I started coloring LOB, but I got to choose the colors for Gypsy.
The reasons she wears pinks is twofold: first Gypsies usually wore colorful clothes, and secondly, the first strip she appeared in had purple mountains in the background. I had a difficult time trying to find a color scheme that wouldn’t blend into the background, and had to actually consult with female clothing experts (my wife and daughter).
heehee, thanks, team! Man, you’ve not seen anything yet. Just sayin’. There is indeed more to our big doofus than meets the eye…
And Don: Your experts have a great taste! We are all greatful to you and your team of experts! (and they’re purdier than you too. lol)
Like the others, it’s really great to see Bill assert himself. But that red aura indicates the possibility that it’s not *really* Bill doing the asserting. Maybe Giles has taken a hand, but in a way that the other Gnomes won’t detect?
I know, I know, wait and see…
“What defines you as a man is not the shit that happens to you but how you deal with it.”
and from a stand up comedian talking about the hardest man he ever met telling a story (trying to type in a Scottish accent here):
“So this laddie runs at me wi a bluddy great pair ah garden shears, ye ken them? Like bluddy HUGE scissors fur chopping branches aff trees an he says tae me ‘Haw, big man! Yer gonnae DIE!’ an ah staund up an AH says tae HIM ‘Aye…. but NO THE NIGHT!’”
Giles is going to have one HELL of a report after this. My guess is that either A: something in Bill’s mind finally snapped; or B: someone is pulling some serious voodoo here. Epic job David and Don. Totally can not wait for Thursday to come.
Hmmm, as I recall, didn’t the big bad of this strip for a moment, just for a moment, get inside Bill’s head? And wasn’t he possessive, very much so, of any woman he had or was considered his? Even if he didn’t really want her, but she was his? And didn’t he project an aura just like Ol’ Bill is doing now? Is someone about to let evil Bill out to play?
See, see, it’s crap like THIS that makes me enjoy this comic. You put in humor all over the place, but when it comes time to buckle down, Bill is serious. I enjoy moments like this.
Plus the minions didn’t even have to say “timeshare” this time.
Someone said Bill has no sword. Don’t really think now that will be much of a problem. Not for very much longer, anyway. He should have a nice one shortly, after he rips off one of the orcs’ arm, head, name favorite appendage here. Or he may opt for the axe. It was a nicely drawn axe.
oh this is going to be fun but how will bill fight with out his sword..
let see let me count the ways he can hurt you
bend his 2 fingers in the eyes sockets and with the other hand rip your lips off and with his hand after he has pulled your eyes out
2} hit both his hands to the side of your head to make your ear drums break and bleed.
3} take his helm.. ram the horns into the fleshy parts of your throat just to hear the crunchy bone crunch as it hits..
and oh yes rip your throat out with my teeth also…
oh what fun bill will have its going to be slaymas for bill wonder what the other orc have brought for bill since the one handling the gypsy is going to be dead in mater seconds.
Awesome! Truly an epic battle is at hand! I noticed that Giles got back out of the way in the first panel – this fight may have been foretold.
And add my vote for the T-shirt.
AWESOME comments, everyone, as always!!
Stormhawk: YES. Awesome description. heh heh
Darkmyste: Loved your breakdown of what “might” happen… we shall see the full extent of Bill’s, um, rage!
nice touch with the gold…
Maybe he’s being possessed by somebody.
Uh oh! I think that General Foztik just hit Bill’s Berzerk Button! I have a feeling that we’re about to see a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass moment…
I [i]knew[/i] it!!
:D
Bah… silly comment syntax. In any case, it seems that Bill is about to do something drastic in defense of the ladies…
Uh oh. here comes trouble….
“Not this day, dogs…” this radiates pure epicness.
Ohhhhh YEAH! Barbarian Bill is hulking out again!
We don’t see it happen often, so it’s a treat when we do.
Bill is looking badass? WOw….. once more with feeling, yah
Grab a mop. There will be guts on the ceiling.
This is going to be awesome or very embarrassing
Wow !
… speechless …
dun dun duuuuuun!
Wow, ANGRY BILL is BACK!!
JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH!!! Now theres a foul rage!
Looks like berserker bills about to kick orc butt!!
Awesome!!!
It always make my Mondays a little brighter when Bill starts my day.
I see this, and I think “Kaio Ken X4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”…lol…get ‘em Bill!
*pixie SQUEE!*
Uh, oh. They’re in Trouble. Bill’s come along and he burst thier bubble….
*dances*
Yeah the last panel is the HOTNESS!
shazam. totally unexpected. now we are talking conan or kull. this is a good day to die.
Bill, what is best in life?
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
you know i’ll say it…
i hope the dark queen, manages to stay in gina’s body and even trick bill.
yeah thats right….how many stories have been like this where eventually they are found out?
i wanna see one where it works and both girls actually enjoy being in the other’s body.
Mack, that sounds like a softcore porn movie concept for late-night HBO.
I’m getting the feel that Bill is kind of like the Ghost Rider. Big, goofy, lovable guy by day, but in the presence of evil… SHAZAAM!
But me thinks that this confrontation may lead to a little more insight, and even a potential ally, from the orc captain. That dude has an agenda I don’t think we fully comprehend yet.
Badass-Bill ! Go get ‘em.
Yeah !
??? You don’t rough up Princess Gina,
You don’t grab the gypsy girl,
If you’re kosher, you don’t eat a dill,
And you don’t mess around with Bill… ???
david, i love your frequent use of pink shades – makes me happy when skies are grey…which they are right now and it is raining cats & dogs…
also, awesome coloring on this page don! worthy!
Whoaboy….
@spas – Thanks!
Here’s a little behind the scenes inside info: David decided on the colors for Gina, long before I started coloring LOB, but I got to choose the colors for Gypsy.
The reasons she wears pinks is twofold: first Gypsies usually wore colorful clothes, and secondly, the first strip she appeared in had purple mountains in the background. I had a difficult time trying to find a color scheme that wouldn’t blend into the background, and had to actually consult with female clothing experts (my wife and daughter).
heehee, thanks, team! Man, you’ve not seen anything yet. Just sayin’. There is indeed more to our big doofus than meets the eye…
And Don: Your experts have a great taste! We are all greatful to you and your team of experts! (and they’re purdier than you too. lol)
*cues up “Anvil of Crom” on the media player*
YIKES! Bill’s gone EVIL!
In honor of this most epic strip, these are the only words that can express my feelings….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM
FORGET SUPER SAYIEN, BILL JUST WENT ULTRA!!! (also known as Super Sayien 5) These small orcs have NO idea what they’re in for…
…holy moley kids, there goes the neighborhood.
Like the others, it’s really great to see Bill assert himself. But that red aura indicates the possibility that it’s not *really* Bill doing the asserting. Maybe Giles has taken a hand, but in a way that the other Gnomes won’t detect?
I know, I know, wait and see…
That last panel makes me think of 2 quotes:
“What defines you as a man is not the shit that happens to you but how you deal with it.”
and from a stand up comedian talking about the hardest man he ever met telling a story (trying to type in a Scottish accent here):
“So this laddie runs at me wi a bluddy great pair ah garden shears, ye ken them? Like bluddy HUGE scissors fur chopping branches aff trees an he says tae me ‘Haw, big man! Yer gonnae DIE!’ an ah staund up an AH says tae HIM ‘Aye…. but NO THE NIGHT!’”
BAD…… ASS!!!
“Not THIS day, dogs…”
Goan yersel, Bill!
Bill gone Conan!
well now, this is an interesting development. going billzerk without a sword.
Giles is going to have one HELL of a report after this. My guess is that either A: something in Bill’s mind finally snapped; or B: someone is pulling some serious voodoo here. Epic job David and Don. Totally can not wait for Thursday to come.
“You know what? You made me MAD…”
Oh, misquote (that was Droopy)…
“You know what? That makes me MAD…”
(cue haymaker, assorted mayhem)
Hmmm, as I recall, didn’t the big bad of this strip for a moment, just for a moment, get inside Bill’s head? And wasn’t he possessive, very much so, of any woman he had or was considered his? Even if he didn’t really want her, but she was his? And didn’t he project an aura just like Ol’ Bill is doing now? Is someone about to let evil Bill out to play?
AWESOME. I cannot wait to see where this goes. I hope Bill beats the ever-loving snot out of those orcs.
Poor Gina/Dark Queen! Those orcs really did a number on her, didn’t they.
@kenneth:
After I saw you post that, I looked up “Anvil of Crom” on my iTunes and started playing it. Good old Basil Poledouris.
that last frame so needs to be a t-shirt!!
Bill!! What is your profession?!! HUAH!! HUAH!! HAUH!! yea, baby, I’ve been waiting for to lay down some hurting on those punks. go get em Bill!!!
Stormhawk’s right – this is a darker, more conscious version of Barbarian Bill.
stop it, you don’t like me when I…
OK! you did it! I turned green now..
Like I mentioned on the 21st, Bill did a number on the last group of orcs. Now it looks like hes about to do it again.
“Not THIS day, DOGS…” OOOH that gave me such LOVELY shivers!!! Has Bill just found his Inner Barbarian?
I second the motion for a tshirt.
I’m totally psyched for the next strip!
See, see, it’s crap like THIS that makes me enjoy this comic. You put in humor all over the place, but when it comes time to buckle down, Bill is serious. I enjoy moments like this.
Plus the minions didn’t even have to say “timeshare” this time.
Whoa! Can’t wait to see what comes next! Go get ‘em Bill!
Someone said Bill has no sword. Don’t really think now that will be much of a problem. Not for very much longer, anyway. He should have a nice one shortly, after he rips off one of the orcs’ arm, head, name favorite appendage here. Or he may opt for the axe. It was a nicely drawn axe.
oh this is going to be fun but how will bill fight with out his sword..
let see let me count the ways he can hurt you
bend his 2 fingers in the eyes sockets and with the other hand rip your lips off and with his hand after he has pulled your eyes out
2} hit both his hands to the side of your head to make your ear drums break and bleed.
3} take his helm.. ram the horns into the fleshy parts of your throat just to hear the crunchy bone crunch as it hits..
and oh yes rip your throat out with my teeth also…
oh what fun bill will have its going to be slaymas for bill wonder what the other orc have brought for bill since the one handling the gypsy is going to be dead in mater seconds.
bill is never really defenseless when he goes berserk stormhawk…
Awesome! Truly an epic battle is at hand! I noticed that Giles got back out of the way in the first panel – this fight may have been foretold.
And add my vote for the T-shirt.
Finally!
yaa Bill get your berserker on and kick some ass.
Rip their skulls out and beat them to death with it!
…what?
AWESOME comments, everyone, as always!!
Stormhawk: YES. Awesome description. heh heh
Darkmyste: Loved your breakdown of what “might” happen… we shall see the full extent of Bill’s, um, rage!
They are so dead!!!
OK, seriously, I got chills on frame 3. Fantastic work, boys!