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on January 5, 2020
Chapter: Book 12: Short End
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  1. Lucas Joseval Hernandes
    Lucas Joseval Hernandes
    January 10, 2020, 1:51 pm | # | Reply

    The frightened Cyclonedance’s face expression is priceless! And I may be mistaken, but Vane seems to be serene with the girl’s interference.

    Oh, Happy New Year, Erin!

    • Manabi
      Manabi
      January 12, 2020, 5:11 am | # | Reply

      I don’t think Cyclonedance is frightened, just kind of annoyed she got caught and is being told to leave. She strikes me as the type of kid that isn’t scared of anything.

      • Lucas Joseval Hernandes
        Lucas Joseval Hernandes
        January 12, 2020, 9:16 am | # | Reply

        Yes, I wanted to say this. But my English is poor yet. Her expression is what we all did when we were kids and got caught where we shouldn’t be!

  2. Zero
    Zero
    January 10, 2020, 2:00 pm | # | Reply

    Busted
    Happy New Year!

  3. JuaSaysHi
    JuaSaysHi
    January 10, 2020, 3:42 pm | # | Reply

    I SLAP YOU!!! …oh. uh, whoops

  4. B0mar
    B0mar
    January 10, 2020, 10:42 pm | # | Reply

    Well that was pretty heavily telegraphed, but from Vane’s expression, I’m not entirely sure that was intentional. she looks startled, she wasn’t sweating in the previous frame, and he was standing in her blind-spot.

    • JuaSaysHi
      JuaSaysHi
      January 11, 2020, 5:22 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, she’s just swung her fist down is all… like you meant to pound a fist on the table in frustration, only you didn’t notice the kitten just jumped up or something.

    • Manabi
      Manabi
      January 12, 2020, 5:10 am | # | Reply

      It was probably an intentional motion, but in her anger she forgot she was in that steampunk mech and didn’t intend to cause as much harm as she did. She basically wanted to slap him for pissing her off, not nearly kill him by breaking his spine.

  5. jsfury
    jsfury
    January 11, 2020, 10:04 pm | # | Reply

    Looks to me like Vane didn’t know John was that close Like Bomar said, blind spot. This injury looks like a broken neck, How John is still alive is a miracle. See? See? This is what happens when emotions overwhelm you while operating have equipment. Anyway, Vane has her work cut out for her. Oh dear, that was a bad pun. As for Cyclondance, she’s a bundle of curiosity. What a cuttie. Happy New Year Erin. And Thanks for the new page.

    • jsfury
      jsfury
      January 12, 2020, 10:38 pm | # | Reply

      Sorry, I meant HEAVY equipment.

      • BØmar
        BØmar
        January 13, 2020, 11:06 pm | # | Reply

        Thank You as always for your prompt and courteous reply. If you’ll indulge me, just a little, my Forum name is B-zero-mar. I’ve looked for some way to denote that, without the tedious explanation. On the Napalm Luck Forum, that I frequent most often, I’ve made the change to Ascii 157 for BØmar. It’s always has been pronounced “Bomar” [Like the old 4-banger calculator – that isn’t spelled that way either. That said, I will NEVER Mention it again. Lets see if this works…

  6. Becks
    Becks
    January 13, 2020, 11:53 am | # | Reply

    Vane and Hunter are kind of like an ouroboros, two snakes eating each other’s tails.

    Anyway, Cyclonedance is adorable.

  7. W1nD0c
    W1nD0c
    January 13, 2020, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

    I can’t get over how disproportionate Cyclonedance’s eyes are compared to every other character in the comic. Given Erin’s attention to detail and proportion with every other character she’s created thus far, I have to believe there is some significance to the overall narrative with this artistic decision. I have a feeling that this child must be far more than she appears to the casual observer.

    • Honzinator
      Honzinator
      January 16, 2020, 4:06 pm | # | Reply

      Big eyes are how the Greeks and other Mediterranean ancients indicated divinity … and how Disney and other modern cartoonists indicate cuteness.
      That said, human children DO have disproportionately large eyes compared to their adult forms.

  8. hellsheep
    hellsheep
    January 14, 2020, 7:33 am | # | Reply

    So we finally got to learn how he broke his neck and why he got a new spine.

  9. Continuity
    Continuity
    January 14, 2020, 3:47 pm | # | Reply

    Sorry if I’m late to the party on this, but – Cyclone Dance? As in, Twister?

    • JuaSaysHi
      JuaSaysHi
      January 20, 2020, 3:13 am | # | Reply

      Left hand yellow, right foot blue. Big earrings, big eyes, looking at YOOOU.

      • Honzinator
        Honzinator
        January 22, 2020, 2:39 pm | # | Reply

        Get thee to a punnery, JuaSaysHi … and take me with you!!

  10. Puck
    Puck
    September 14, 2020, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    It looks like she whirled and caught him under the chin/on his shoulder. He then landed on his side. I – how did he break his spine that way? Or did she break his neck?

    • Shonkin
      Shonkin
      August 11, 2021, 11:14 am | # | Reply

      The break was in between two of his cervical vertebrae. (Recall in the operation flashback that he wasn’t feeling any of the incision below the third cervical.)

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