– I’ve been working hard for the last few months trying to finish up my coloring commitment to my friend and studio mate Barry Deutsch’s new Hereville graphic novel. About a week ago Barry told me that the book’s editor would be in town and wanted to meet with all of us (Barry, background artist Adrian Wallace and I) for dinner. That was tonight. But it was a trick. We arrived at a local Lebanese restaurant to find about 25 of my friends and family members crammed into three big tables. I couldn’t figure out why they were there. It turned out that it was a completely unexpected surprise party for me, celebrating the 500th Modest Medusa strip. Totally unexpected. I had no idea. It took me several minutes to actually fully understand what was happening. I’m told I looked very, very confused. Barry organized the whole thing, and it was great and very overwhelming. Marah and my cousin made a banner, which is now sitting in the window here at the studio. It’s hard to see in this photo, but it has a snake on the bottom of it. Anyway, the whole thing was super great and totally unexpected.
Ever see the episode of “Mary Tyler Moore” where Mary threw Lou a surprise party he didn’t want to have anything to do with?
I had forgotten about that.
Ummm this doesn’t have anything to do with what happened to Marah does it?
Congratulations. 🙂
What is happening here? Is she an ex-girlfriend or something, as well as a kindergarten teacher?
That’s what I’m thinking, too.
I like this school. The staff has nifty colored hair! 😀
I get the feeling Ekans is going to show up, changing the teacher’s decision
First maybe? probably not… Still… Poor Jake!
Okay… o_õ I sense some prior history, here. Ex-girlfriend? Friend of his sister who now hates Jake as much as said sister does?
Cool! A party in RL.
I assume that is Mrs Jake at the school?
Mrs Jake? That would be something.
That’s so awesome! Congrats on 500+ and the awesome community.
It is an awesome community. So awesome.
Why not? :
I am extremely confused. O_O
“But why not?”
“Because she’s got like sooooo much work to catch up on”
“but”
“soooooooooo much. You don’t even know.”
Blue hair…. WAIT, IS SHE EKANS’ MOM!?
I think Ekans’ mom is a postal worker.
Yeah, this isn’t Ekan’s Mom. They do have the same color hair, or similar at least. I hadn’t actually realized that.
I’m sure there’s a good reason. I can think of plenty of reasons not to have Modest in a class. Reason 1: “Falcon Punch!”…
reason 2: Her hair can turn you into a statue and she can’t undo it. Seriously kids can be mean and it’s only a matter of time before some kid torments her hair and gets bit.
That seems kinda harsh. Did he murder her parents or something?
That was great!
snakecism is the worst problem with young people today
congrats on 500 Jake
– ♪Modest’s a snake girl, she’s just a cutie♪
– ♫She’s just a snake girl, from a bad family,
Spare her becoming a monstrosity♫
– ♪Easy trip, don’t you know?
Will you let her go?♪
– ♫BISMILLAH, NO! We will not let her go!♫
– ♫Let her go!♫
– ♫BISMILLAH! We will not let her go!♫
– ♫Let her go!♫
– ♫BISMILLAH! We will not let her go!♫
– ♫Let her go!♫
– ♫We will not let her go!♫
– ♫Let her go!♫
– ♫We will not let her go!♫
– ♫Let her go-ooo-ooo-ooo!♫
– ♫no, no, no, no, No, NO, NO!♫
– ♪O Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia, ♫Mamma Mia let her go!♫
– ♫The School Board says, “What the Devil?!” – not on side,
With thee,
With thee,
With THEE!♫
– “So that’s final! And you kids running in here playing electric guitars aren’t going to change anything!”
≡ “Awwwwwwww!!”
>:=)>
*imaginary electric guitars
Very nice.
This has a very ex-girlfriend feel to it.
Yeah, the way she’s talking makes me think ex-girlfriend. Possibly they broke up because she wanted kids and Jake didn’t want the responsibility/maturity?
I’ve been racking (wracking? what’s the proper spelling, here?) my brains, trying to recall who she is, but I’m glad everyone else seems confused, too.
Hi! I had been a fan of Modest from almost a year, but mostly following you at the Duck, maybe is time to move here where the action really is. Keep the amazing work.
I like the Duck a lot. It was Medusa’s first home and it’s a great community (I also post my Asami Loves Korra comic there). But it’s true that this is where all the action is.