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Whiskey Bend Page 17
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Whiskey Bend Page 17

on January 21, 2012
Chapter: Book 3: Whiskey Bend
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    • One Punch Reviews #64: Next Town Over | The Webcomic Overlook
      May 1, 2012, 12:37 am | #
  1. Shawn
    Shawn
    January 21, 2012, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    Yee-ouch!

  2. Winged Anomaly
    Winged Anomaly
    January 21, 2012, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    oooohhhhhhhh >.<

  3. Katawa
    Katawa
    January 21, 2012, 1:48 am | # | Reply

    He’s gonna melt the cable but that was still pretty hardcore. Though probably not before he drags her back over that cliff-side.

  4. Daikizen
    Daikizen
    January 21, 2012, 4:47 am | # | Reply

    Um……owwie?

  5. Mustachio
    Mustachio
    January 21, 2012, 8:09 am | # | Reply

    Love the second panel!

  6. AnnaMaria Bryant
    AnnaMaria Bryant
    January 21, 2012, 8:34 am | # | Reply

    Wow. Digging this page. So much.

  7. 12th
    12th
    January 21, 2012, 9:35 am | # | Reply

    DAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYMMMMN 8’0

  8. martyros
    martyros
    January 21, 2012, 10:04 am | # | Reply

    Hmm, I’m just not seeing a projectile that size, shot from a handheld weapon, after crossing a canyon (and dragging a cable along with it), and with nothing sharp on it but the point, going all the way through the well-crafted vest he’s wearing, much less making it all the way through his intestines and out the other side. At worst he’d have a fairly shallow puncture wound and a really bad bruise.

    • Sulucamas
      Sulucamas
      January 21, 2012, 11:06 am | # | Reply

      I dunno, that hook looks pretty heavy, and if that hook flies fast enough to solve a falling zombie(?), I can imagine it arriving with enough force to do the job.

      Or…magic? :3

    • LionJesus
      LionJesus
      January 27, 2012, 7:54 pm | # | Reply

      Oookay if you’re going to pick apart the physics of this page, hows abouts you start with the whole ‘flaming-horse-brought-back-from-the-dead’ thing? I’m preeeeetty sure that conflicts with physics and all the natural laws a wee bit more than a grappling hook. Just saying. 🙂

      • dredogastus f
        dredogastus f
        March 5, 2013, 5:08 pm | # | Reply

        Our creator did say there were things coming soon that would boggle physics. Just sit back and enjoy the awesome.

  9. Sulucamas
    Sulucamas
    January 21, 2012, 10:57 am | # | Reply

    *Pinches self* That blood spray (and the whole darn page) is just wonderful.

    Bullet wound, grappling hook wound,…what’s next on the list of injuries that don’t slow Hunter down??

    • Pulse
      Pulse
      January 22, 2012, 8:08 am | # | Reply

      Maybe try an old-fashioned anchor fired from a cannon next? I mean, goddamn, how do you step up from a grappling hook wound?

      • Squidbunny
        Squidbunny
        January 22, 2012, 11:02 am | # | Reply

        I’ve got some ideas.

        • Hornet
          Hornet
          January 23, 2012, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

          An axe to the face usually stops the unstoppable.

  10. My_Little_Annie
    My_Little_Annie
    January 21, 2012, 1:27 pm | # | Reply

    OH! Wow. Niiiice. But, um, this is either going to mean that Mr. Hunter has some way of healing himself (he’s undead/magical/whatever) OR we’re about to witness the death of a main character!! Either way, major stuff. So, why doesn’t he try to kill Vane? I mean, obviously she’s undead and can’t be killed by normal means, but couldn’t he have used his flaming sword on HER as he galloped past? It’s like he’d much rather run than fight. Why?

  11. Biev
    Biev
    January 21, 2012, 2:34 pm | # | Reply

    Hunter is mildly annoyed now. Might roll his eyes a little bit.

    • Biev
      Biev
      January 21, 2012, 2:35 pm | # | Reply

      Not again… I always get this face! : P

      • Squidbunny
        Squidbunny
        January 22, 2012, 11:03 am | # | Reply

        Yeah it randomly chooses an av for you initially and assigns it to your email address; you’re stuck with Lawrence unless you use your own Gravatar. 🙁

  12. Karyl
    Karyl
    January 21, 2012, 3:07 pm | # | Reply

    I’m thinking he didn’t expect that, or maybe he did, just couldn’t get clear fast enough-in either case, he could pull her over the cliff, or she could yank him back. If she’s got the rope tied off to the downed Diamonds (poor horsie!) then she might have him good and proper.

  13. deb
    deb
    January 21, 2012, 3:53 pm | # | Reply

    WOW ouch! I love the artwork, very professional compared to a lot of the other comics I have found on ink outbreak

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 22, 2012, 11:05 am | # | Reply

      Well thank you kindly.

  14. Arktur
    Arktur
    January 21, 2012, 4:57 pm | # | Reply

    Looks comfortable, bro.

  15. TrueBlueMug
    TrueBlueMug
    January 21, 2012, 8:02 pm | # | Reply

    Fatality! …maybe:p

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 22, 2012, 11:04 am | # | Reply

      Yup! Comic ends at 3 books. I hope you’ve all enjoyed it; I know I have.

  16. Lydia
    Lydia
    January 22, 2012, 9:12 am | # | Reply

    Oh that’s going to be inconvenient…
    “Oh I love that tex mex chili, but it goes right through me! Get it? Huh?” *cricket chirp*

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 22, 2012, 11:06 am | # | Reply

      😀

  17. Zonk
    Zonk
    January 22, 2012, 12:37 pm | # | Reply

    Wow, I almost started questioning her gun skills but this wasn’t bad.
    Let’s see if/how he gets out of this quite unpleasant situation.

  18. Jeyl
    Jeyl
    January 22, 2012, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

    All this action and all this development, yet it still feels like we’re still in the prologue waiting for the opening titles to start.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 23, 2012, 12:01 pm | # | Reply

      I hope that’s a positive…? 🙂

    • Hornet
      Hornet
      January 23, 2012, 12:34 pm | # | Reply

      I agree with this guy Just feels like theres way to much left unanswered for it to be close to the end.

  19. Gangerworld
    Gangerworld
    January 22, 2012, 4:28 pm | # | Reply

    That’s gotta sting.

  20. John
    John
    January 22, 2012, 4:32 pm | # | Reply

    Whoah, didn’t see that coming. This comic is freaking awesome.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 23, 2012, 12:02 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you so much!

  21. flabajaba2213
    flabajaba2213
    January 22, 2012, 8:37 pm | # | Reply

    GET OVER HERE!

    • flabajaba2213
      flabajaba2213
      January 22, 2012, 8:39 pm | # | Reply

      Also, am I really the first person to make the painfully obvious Mortal Kombat joke?

      Come on, internet. Step it up a notch!

      • Squidbunny
        Squidbunny
        January 23, 2012, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

        Realm First! Mortal Kombat Joke!

        Or is it? TrueBlue did say “Fatality” a coupla comments back. :p

        • Dasick
          Dasick
          January 23, 2012, 1:01 pm | # | Reply

          Yeah, but “fatality” has ascended from being just a Mortal Kombat reference. At least on the internet, it is part of everyman’s vocabulary.

  22. Katie
    Katie
    January 23, 2012, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    Owch… That looks like it hurts… A lot, She’s gotta be really pissed with him to do that. I wonder if she’ll yank him off his flaming steed.

  23. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    January 23, 2012, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    I bet that bruises.

  24. Oldskoolguitar
    Oldskoolguitar
    January 23, 2012, 6:30 am | # | Reply

    Jesus tap-dancing Christ that’s going to leave a mark.

  25. Dasick
    Dasick
    January 23, 2012, 2:08 pm | # | Reply

    Nice page as usual. (I love casually putting the weight of expectations on more or less strangers 🙂 )

    That hole in Hunter’s gut really feels chunky, as I imagine a flesh wound like that would. Great texture work.

    Although, I have to say that in the second panel it really shows that your backgrounds aren’t inked. There isn’t really a lot of contrast happening in/between the clouds and the cliffs, but if you obstruct the ink-blob of a horse, the lights and shadows really pop. Only noticed it because that panel has the ink blob and the background takes up the majority of the panel.

    Re: Jeyl.

    Yeah, this comic does feel like it’s just picking up speed. Maybe we’re conditioned by the predominant type of comics that drag. every. single. itty. bitty. little. tiny. detail. for ever. and ever. and on. and on. and simply do. not. end. ever. or at. all.

    I was sort of expecting this to be a series of Hunter an Vane’s hijinks, each arc taking place in the next town over, while we get insight into their past. Which is what this comic is, I just expected a much slower pace, I guess. Was it something in the way the story unfolded that made me think that, or is it merely expectations imposed by works in this medium?

    I don’t know, but if this comic ends this scene with Hunter forgetting that he can make lightsaber noises and cauterize wounds, I’ll probably have a “what, that’s it?” moment.

  26. Jago of the 7 knives
    Jago of the 7 knives
    January 23, 2012, 4:27 pm | # | Reply

    I’m damn sure of one thing though..Mr. John Henry Hunter no longer needs to be bothered with troubles from his appendix anymore, since Ms. Vane has graciously taken care of such problems permanently! You can just read John Henry’s lips in panel four shouting “My appendix!!!Damn nabbit! My appendix!”

  27. Zee
    Zee
    January 24, 2012, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    He just looks kinda pissed! That gunshot wound in his shoulder sure didn’t bother him . This probaby isn’t going to either.

  28. Johncleric
    Johncleric
    January 24, 2012, 1:19 am | # | Reply

    Ouch! holy steam-punk induced neuron sensors!! That blood splatter looks amazing and by that hook design it reminds of a miniature whaling harpoon. D’ARRR HE BLOWS!!! As of this page? *bows* EPIC is all I could say.

  29. Jason Poland
    Jason Poland
    January 24, 2012, 9:46 am | # | Reply

    Oh man, he’s such a hard ass!

    I see him yanking that grappling line… this is going to be a bumpy ride.

  30. okwari
    okwari
    January 26, 2012, 10:47 am | # | Reply

    Ouch! That’s gotta hurt.

  31. ArrogantSlug
    ArrogantSlug
    January 26, 2012, 11:54 pm | # | Reply

    So I know this is an argument you can’t win because people feel strongly on both sides but I’ve noticed in this chapter you’ve significantly reduced the border filigree. I have to admit that I kind of miss all the fancy swirls and gears. That said you’ve also been breaking the border constraints (scenes extending beyond the border) more which makes for a more dramatic read and extends the impression of action. I admit that you can’t have it both ways though. It’s either ornate and structured or dramatic and simple. Not sure which I prefer yet but either way I’m still loving it. It’s kind of funny how little things like the tip of the grappling hook and blood spray extending past the border change the panel’s appearance entirely.

    I also want to say your use of shadow/light in creating contrast detail has increased quite a bit in complexity since the beginning of this comic and definitely since Hell’s Corners(though I get they’re also different styles all together). I guess what I’m saying is… awesome art! 😀

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 27, 2012, 11:58 am | # | Reply

      I promise the ornate paneling will never go away altogether but I am using it a lot more sparingly, yeah; the complaint that it’s distracting isn’t without merit and anyway it tends to take a little longer to plan out if I do a decent job of it. That being said, there’re a few pages coming up that you might find more of a return to form.

      Anyways thanks for the sharp eyes & the kind words. 🙂

      • ArrogantSlug
        ArrogantSlug
        January 31, 2012, 12:16 am | # | Reply

        Martyros actually makes a interesting point and brings up an idea I don’t think I’ve ever really seen. Using the borders to reflect the tone of the page is a brilliant idea.

    • martyros
      martyros
      January 28, 2012, 3:10 pm | # | Reply

      But in this case, I think it might be fitting. We have a straight sequence of high-speed, intense actions; the whole page probably only takes place within 5 seconds. The lack of fancy border, when it was there before, makes the effect a lot more stark. I kinda feel like the border is for savoring or adding emotion. 🙂

      Anyway, Squidbunny, love the art and the story. Keep it coming! And get the 3rd book published soon! 🙂

  32. laWls-inkD
    laWls-inkD
    April 25, 2012, 8:16 pm | # | Reply

    woah! awesome scene with the hook going through his tummy!

  33. Marduk
    Marduk
    November 25, 2012, 3:39 am | # | Reply

    Oh man ouch ouch ouch

  34. Piripero
    Piripero
    December 26, 2014, 8:38 pm | # | Reply

    That 4th panel is one of my favorites of all time. And I just now noticed that *the watch* was about to come out of his vest pocket in panel 5. I love going back through the archives and noticing new details.

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