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Baron’s Crossing Page 20
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Baron’s Crossing Page 20

on September 22, 2012 and modified on January 7, 2021.
Chapter: Book 4: Baron's Crossing
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  1. Drakonian Thunder
    Drakonian Thunder
    September 22, 2012, 2:00 am | # | Reply

    How to escape your overly attached girlfriend? Summon a fiery warhorse and RUN !

  2. Dr.Tophat
    Dr.Tophat
    September 22, 2012, 2:38 am | # | Reply

    Mr. Hunter: One man bacon factory.

  3. Zee
    Zee
    September 22, 2012, 3:14 am | # | Reply

    I love Hunters ” Holy Crap! ” look after the pig Splosion.

  4. esemesas
    esemesas
    September 22, 2012, 5:00 am | # | Reply

    Did he just summon a leather vest out of nowhere in the last panel?

    • Bxious
      Bxious
      September 22, 2012, 5:41 am | # | Reply

      The vest was in his right hand all the time.
      But how those doors behind him closed? Mr. Hunter could not close them and they were ‘slammed’ from the inside (even when one of the pigs hits them at the moment when they are closed) – but why Miss Black would close those doors? Does she fear flames so much that she won’t give another shot? (even if the doors seem out of the range of Hunter’s voodoo)

      • Achory
        Achory
        September 22, 2012, 6:40 am | # | Reply

        It actually looks to me that the pig was flung against the door by the firestorm, which, in turn, pushed the door closed

        • My_Little_Annie
          My_Little_Annie
          September 22, 2012, 7:10 am | # | Reply

          The door opens inward– so it would only be closed by something pulling on the outside, or pushing from the inside. I’m guessing Vane was trying to escape death by fiery bacon (bacony fire?) OR that the wind/fire from Hunter’s voodoo created a vaccuum, sucking/pulling the door closed.

      • John
        John
        September 22, 2012, 10:55 am | # | Reply

        Flames consume oxygen. The spiral of flame he created caused an instant low pressure area, drawing in the air from all around. The air rushing out of the building to feed the fire caught the door and slammed it.

        • 12th
          12th
          September 22, 2012, 11:00 am | # | Reply

          *gives you a gold star*

  5. Messenger
    Messenger
    September 22, 2012, 6:40 am | # | Reply

    Panel 3: You can see through Hunter. He “phased” to let the bullet through without doing damage. I can’t tell if he knew he had that ability (hence the surprised look in the next panel) or not (the surprised look is for something else). I also wonder if part of his magic is powered by the spilling of blood.

    • My_Little_Annie
      My_Little_Annie
      September 22, 2012, 7:02 am | # | Reply

      Nah, the bullet passed just over his right shoulder. What you see is the transparent path of the bullet. I’m guessing it’s in there because without it, you wouldn’t see how close Hunter was to being shot, and you would see an apparently randomly exploding piggy. This is a great example of art vs realism: if you left that little yellow streak out, it might be more “realistic,” but would make less visual sense!

    • fallenvash
      fallenvash
      September 23, 2012, 9:33 pm | # | Reply

      Annie already gave mentioned the bullet path thing, so I will handle why he had a shocked expression. While he certainly has to be getting used to her constantly improving scientific prowess and innovation in chasing him, it would be quite a natural reaction to have that look after feeling and hearing a bullet whiz by that close to you and then see what it WOULD have done to you, which is of course being rendered to chunky salsa.

      I see that expression as a ‘Holy crap, there is NO way I would walk away if that hit me, there would be no mere scar left by that thing!’ When I consider all the scars and the seriousness of them, as well as all the crazy close shaves he has had with her and his very arrogant overconfident attitude towards her no matter how close the shaves are, to see that reaction from that bullet’s explosive quality, that one shot alone speaks VOLUMES for his thoughts as well as the severity of the situation for him.

      • JustStoppingBye
        JustStoppingBye
        October 13, 2012, 2:32 pm | # | Reply

        And here I am thinking that it just might be sinking into his thick skull that she’s *really* trying to kill him. Sure, she’s shot him (bullets and grappling hooks), blown him up, and tried to kill him while he bathed, but those were just love taps in comparison to trying to BLOW HIM UP FROM THE INSIDE!

    • fallenvash
      fallenvash
      September 23, 2012, 9:45 pm | # | Reply

      I hate to double post, but just as I hit the reply I forgot to mention something.

      I don’t think part of his magic is fueled by spilling blood. however, there are plenty of hints that his magic is demonic/infernal in origin, so far from one panel of a brief flashback, it seems like he branded his flesh as a form of some kind of contract to gain those fire powers, and this flashback panel was set alongside doing the same thing to his new horse Outlaw. Seems like he forcibly sold the horse’s soul to Hell and turned it into a Nightmare he could summon for a limited time. And looking at this latest page, seems like the summoning requires a sacrifice of some kind which seems to be these pigs.

      • Sulucamas
        Sulucamas
        September 24, 2012, 1:48 pm | # | Reply

        Do you think that maybe that wasn’t his flesh that was being branded in that flashback? 😮

        • wr4ith0
          wr4ith0
          September 26, 2012, 5:09 pm | # | Reply

          yeh, definitely assumed that one was hers. …tho’ in retrospect I guess it could have been his arm.

        • Shonkin
          Shonkin
          August 9, 2021, 10:40 pm | # | Reply

          She was branded. That’s why she was so terrified seeing the blacksmith carrying an iron bar. It caused a flashback to her own branding by JHH and she reflexively shot the guy in the hand.

  6. jsfury
    jsfury
    September 22, 2012, 7:15 am | # | Reply

    Squidbunny, ya got to love the way we all dissect every nuance of your art work. Shows how much we just loving what you’re doing. 😉

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      September 22, 2012, 8:52 am | # | Reply

      Ha. Yeah. I have to consciously choose to look at it like that on occasion. 🙂

  7. My_Little_Annie
    My_Little_Annie
    September 22, 2012, 7:18 am | # | Reply

    Dear Vane:
    1) Target practice.
    2) Stop chasing, he’s faster.
    3) Set a trap, he’s arrogant enough to fall for it.
    4) Eat a damn bacon sammich girl, you’re too skinny.

    • Shirou Zhiwu
      Shirou Zhiwu
      September 24, 2012, 2:40 pm | # | Reply

      1: Agreed, with a side of: Pistols are not melee weapons. They are mid range weapons. If you are close enough for your target to grab your gun, you are too close.
      2: She not doing too bad of a job catching up with him.
      3: She did that already, with dynamite. She needs a better trap.
      4: Agreed, assuming she has standard issue biology.

      • My_Little Annie
        My_Little Annie
        September 25, 2012, 5:24 pm | # | Reply

        Hmmm, your #1 is an especially great point– Why NOT grab Vane’s gun at such close range? After her first surprise shot, he could easily overpower her with fire/brute strength/whatever. Why doesn’t he just turn and fight? Is Vane immune to fire magic? Or does Hunter just not want to fight her for personal reasons (the hinted romance), and if so, when’s he gonna snap?

        • Smilingahab
          Smilingahab
          October 5, 2012, 7:13 pm | # | Reply

          I’m thinking she’s immune. The beginning 2 pages do show her (supposedly) walking away from her own funeral pyre after all.

  8. Jaso11111
    Jaso11111
    September 22, 2012, 7:13 pm | # | Reply

    Pigy noooooooooo! 🙁

  9. Okwari
    Okwari
    September 22, 2012, 7:20 pm | # | Reply

    Poor piggies! They look terrified. The second to last panel is perfect. Lovely swarm of fiery magic.

  10. Melynda
    Melynda
    September 22, 2012, 10:50 pm | # | Reply

    Did he just make a horse from fire and pigs?

  11. Menoth
    Menoth
    September 23, 2012, 2:20 am | # | Reply

    So BBq pork for dinner???

  12. jsfury
    jsfury
    September 23, 2012, 8:04 am | # | Reply

    WAIT A MINUTE! That door opens IN to the bath house, panel one, two and three. In panel four, if in deed the pig is being thrown against the door to slam it closed, that would indicate that the door opens out into the street. This does not make sense. So if the pigs body didn’t close the door, I have to assume that it is the vortex of Hunter’s black magic that closed the door, thus buying him some time to get out of Dodge…er Baron’s Crossing. Oh God, now I’m dissecting. Oi.

  13. Honey_Thistle
    Honey_Thistle
    September 23, 2012, 9:54 pm | # | Reply

    Those poor…poor pigs… D’=

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      September 24, 2012, 12:16 pm | # | Reply

      Right? I think that’s the guiltiest I’ve felt drawing the comic so far. For what it’s worth, in my head, canonically, none of the pigs dispersed by the fire tornado are seriously injured.

      • JefLebowski
        JefLebowski
        September 26, 2012, 6:08 am | # | Reply

        Ans thus it arrives in the special afterlife reserved for beings mutilated by Hunter and Vanes chase.
        If they continue at this pace, DEATH will have to assign a caseworker…

  14. Sulucamas
    Sulucamas
    September 24, 2012, 1:42 pm | # | Reply

    Awesome! It’s nice to see that the Outlaw didn’t just blow away in the wind.

    Now they just need to blaze through Baron’s Crossing at 88 MPH and they’ll have met their town-destroying quota for the day.

  15. jsfury
    jsfury
    September 24, 2012, 2:27 pm | # | Reply

    Sulucamas, definitely not Hunter’s flesh in the flash back. It’s Miss Black’s, she’s being branded.

    • Sulucamas
      Sulucamas
      September 25, 2012, 2:08 pm | # | Reply

      Aye, that’s what I was getting at. 🙂

  16. GiftofGalliard
    GiftofGalliard
    September 25, 2012, 9:35 am | # | Reply

    I smell BACON!!!

  17. Zonk
    Zonk
    September 25, 2012, 10:21 am | # | Reply

    Damnit Vane, you really got to improve your aiming now. Or do you just hate pigs?

    • JefLebowski
      JefLebowski
      September 26, 2012, 6:12 am | # | Reply

      Maybe her weapons aren’t too accurate.
      I think what we shouldn’t forget: that shot missed his shoulder by a centimeter or so.
      While sprinting down the stairs.
      With entirely selfbuild weaponry from the looks of it.
      And experimental bullets, wich may also influence the aim.

      • My_Little Annie
        My_Little Annie
        September 26, 2012, 5:55 pm | # | Reply

        Yeah, you’re right on all that. Besides, I shouldn’t be an armchair critic when I can’t even plug a beer bottle with a .22 from 50 feet half the time. *hangs head in shame*

      • My_Little Annie
        My_Little Annie
        September 26, 2012, 5:55 pm | # | Reply

        Yeah, you’re right on all that. Besides, I shouldn’t be an armchair critic when I can’t even plug a beer bottle with a .22 from 30 feet half the time. *hangs head in shame*

      • Zonk
        Zonk
        September 28, 2012, 6:39 pm | # | Reply

        Hm … maybe I’m just too used to wild west heroes that shoot all the bad guys from the hip in a wink.

        • Mandos
          Mandos
          October 18, 2012, 2:53 am | # | Reply

          Check out the Mythbusters episode on different pistol shooting positions. From the hip was one of the least accurate…..

    • FlyingMug
      FlyingMug
      September 28, 2012, 11:12 am | # | Reply

      I think he calls her “Angel Eyes” because he knows she’s blind as a bat.

  18. Marduk
    Marduk
    November 25, 2012, 4:31 am | # | Reply

    She has useless aim. Seriously.

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