Bill surveys what he has wrought… and it is good!
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P.S. This strip was also drawn on board, traditionally. I LOVE it. I will be doing it this way for awhile, and see how it goes… I love the idea of having an original, as well as the tactile experience again of doing comics the way I always made them as a kid… hard to explain. But I love it. I hope you do too. 
Holy Moo… the strip is up early!
Bill’s probably gonna look around and say, “WTF happened?? Where’s Gypsy?”
Something tells me someone is going to have to make a trip to the loin cloth cleaners once they figured out what they just did.
Nice work guys! The strip is looking great!
Wonder what the gnome knows about this!?
What comes aftermath? Geometry, Gym, English class!?
If his first run-in with Orcs caused him to faint, what will THIS do?
__Pixie__, if you’re out there: “Joygasm”?!? (I’ll have to remember that portemanteau!)
The gnome looks like he’s in shock
@Insectoid, Go back a few days… Gypsy is still there. Like you I thought she was being “magicked” away… This is aftermath 2. That means there is an aftermath 1.
Now I think I know what’s happening with Bill’s amulet neckpiece.
“Frank! What did YOU do?!”
Love the first panel. Bill looks badass. And I agree that the gnome looks shocked.
*flits onto Dave’s head and waves to Johanan.*
Right here! Oh that? That’s right up there with either geekgasm or nerdgasm. Depending on what lil button has been tickled
Uh Oh. Maybe Bill doesn’t know what just happened? Perhaps he blacked out? Or Redded out in this case?I am uber excited for our next installment!
Gentlemen, the art and colorings are expressive per usual. LOVING the detail, the bit of bone peeking out from under the armor. Awesome!
@Ji2m – Look at the strip where Foztik is screaming, there’s no snow and the terrain is different, they’ve teleported to a different location.
@Don – Doh! I need to pay more attention!
Yes, yes, but can you grill orc? and is it tasty?
- LOL, great comments so far, gang! DOn nailed it about the teleportation. Foztik’s spell he muttered before “the exe” took them away… but where? Hmmmm…
- And yes, methinks Bill is about to “wake up”… what is this underlying mystery in Bill? Hmmmm…
- I R A Darth Aggie: Yes, you can grill orc. But it’s tough and stringy with a hint of a sour dill flavor, like month old turkey that’s had a pickle sitting on top of it, open in the fridge. Not to be advised.
@David – Ugh, sounds like something you find way in the back of the fridge, long after the holidays are over.
@Dave – Oh, and here I thought you were leading up to a comparison to a steak from Denny’s…
Bill is exhibiting the classical symptoms of dissociative identity disorder. But his “Billzerk” personality is scary awesome.
@david, so it tastes like chicken?
Poor Bill. Wench!! Bring the cookies and milk stat becuase I think Bill is about to puke about a third of his weight right about…now. (retching noises)
From the gnome: “What kinda nut am I protecting, here?”
I love the transition from “Billzerk” to “Our Bill” in panels 4 and 5 — great expressions!
@David, you hit an amazing balance in panels 2 and 3: shockingly gruesome without being retchingly so. Of course, for Bill and Frank and Gina and the gnome who are “really” on the scene it is far worse.
@Hoombop, you got that right — Poor Bill! (and will Frank melt the snow if he “ralphs”)
If Bill is grossed out by a severed arm, just wait ’till he sees the decapitated body and severed head.
I like cookies!
Wait what?
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock …
Annd Bill’s back. Anyone want to lay odds which starts to get suspicious of Princess “Gina?” Bill, Frank, or the gnome?
@Robert – There was a strip about a year or two back where Frank sneezed in the market place and caused some havoc http://www.legendofbill.com/2008/08/21/gesundheit/ , and I also recall one about a hairball http://www.legendofbill.com/2009/08/13/bill-and-frank-and-cat/, and too many beans http://www.legendofbill.com/2009/08/18/beans-beans-good-for-the-heart/, so I wouldn’t want to be around if he “Ralphs”.
Please don’t tell me it was all a daydream…
@Ji2m: I know that. But the last time Bill went Billserk, he claimed not to remember what happened. So he’ll probably be wondering what happened.
whoa, did i do that? hey is that arm twitching? orcs must have better nerves than us, i cut off a finger at work, and it never moved. hurt like hell, yes. twitching, not so much.
bill the man. bill the man. love the Carnival of Carnage. nothing like a hot orc stew to feast on aftermath.
Barwench Tales Homemade Orc Stew
4 lbs. Orc, cut in 1 1/2″ or 2′ pieces
3 tbsp. lard
4 carrots, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped in lg. pieces
eyeball (crushed) of newt gingrich
2 yellow onions, cut in lg. pieces
3 c. beef bouillon
2 gallons red wine
4 bay leaves
1/2 c. parsley
Salt & pepper to taste
What a contrast between the two Bills in the last two panels! Awesome job. I’m loving the traditional look by the way! It gives it a nice roughness.
And now comes the inevitable “What the #$%@ just happened here?” moment from Bill. Nice work guys.
HAHA – tennessee charlie – Now THAT is a recipe! Lovin’ the comments, folks – yes, Bill is in for a, um, gruesome awakening!
Poor Bill. His reaction is now “huh?” and the next is probably “where’s Gypsy?!?!”
She needs a name. Gypsy or the Lady in Carmine is a bit impersonal…
re: gee1a
hehe. The dreaded CALCULUS comes aftermath!
Aftercalculus comes Differential Equations.
Then comes repeated whacking of head on the nearest Larix occidentalis to clear it of all the little “solve for d2V/dt2= d3V/dt3Vx+….if the initial voltage is 2.4volts” bits stuck in the brain.
Calculus: not to be confused with hardened plaque on the teeth… or is it?
@Nabuquduriuzhur: Yeah, I’d want to whack my head on a pine tree if I had that differential gibberish stuck in my head, too.
Pixie suggested “Zaira” for the Gypsy’s name a while back.
@Nab – Eww, Did not like calculus, but for me, after calculus was lunch, one of my favorite subjects.
Your math words am making my brain hurt… me am just a kartoonihst!
@ Charlie. Oh sure you gave us the ingredients but not the process…That’s just wrong! I’m assuming the 2 gallons of red wine are to drink so YAY! *gets her wine straw*
@ Nab. I’m Pretty! Oh look…a mall!
@ Insectoid. Yes….yes I did.
*Settles back on David’s shoulder for the move.”
Heh. Loved the last panel. I can just see Bill now: “Huh? Whuzzat” *Yawns* “Oh, guys, I just had the coolest dream. You were there, and you were there and- Oh, JEEZ, what the heck happened HERE?”
@Insectoid – I’ve always kind of pictured her as “Korrina”. In time, we will all learn her name.
About the recipe: wouldn’t there be sufficient lard in the Orc’s arm already?
Bill will Faint bet all my money!!!
At least the arm won’t rot immediately in the cold air…
*SPOILER ALERT* (not really)
The gypsy is Gina’s father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate. Which makes her what? Nothing. Just like what the Orc just became.
A farewell to…arm…?
Don – Yep, those earlier events of Frank’s, uhh, “emissions” were what I was thinking of.
Bill looks so epic in the second to last panel.
And so totally NON-epic in the last panel.
Wkalnig in the presence of giants here. Cool thinking all around!