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WCDT: Independence Day Week (4 - 8 July, 1961-1965)
westrim:
--- Quote from: foolsguinea on 07 Jul 2011, 14:28 ---Make-up makeout Monday?
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Marten murder Monday!
WAYF:
--- Quote from: cabbagehut on 07 Jul 2011, 14:13 ---I was thinking about it, and I think the reason it bothers me is that it almost seems insensitive - "I was out on a date, and I stopped by to see how you're doing after I left you,", and it sort of rubs in the whole I'm-over-you feeling? Not that Dora is totally responsible for Marten's feelings or anything like that - if he never moves on, it's not like she should never date or never let him know that she's moved on. It's sort of an amorphous uncomfortableness with it, but overall, like you said, he might have been focusing on how the date was anyway, and it's good for them to talk.
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I think that the reason she picked specifically now is that during the date she came to the realization that she shouldn't be dating anyone yet because her emotions were too messed up, and the first step to getting her emotional state back in order would be to have a talk with Marten.
Sure, when you put it like that it sounds kind of insensitive, but she probably wanted to get the talk done now, while it's still fresh in her mind, so that we don't have repeats of psyching oneself up to talk while the other person is busy.
--- Quote from: Swedish Chef on 07 Jul 2011, 08:05 ---Wile E Coyote's impersonation, by the whole gang, on panel 4 had me giggling.
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Thankyou. It was seriously bugging me that I didn't know what that was.
You're right, it's hilarious now that I look at it properly. :lol:
pwhodges:
Dora may not even have come specifically to see Marten; she was invited to this party, remember (and Marten knows that). When her date fizzled out (in a gentle way), she found she had time to go. She would presumably have expected Marten to be there, but meeting him alone outside may be as much a surprise to her as to him.
WAYF:
That's true too. Nonetheless, she would have been mentally preparing herself for this kind of one-on-one conversation anyway, because even if she had seen Marten at the party, it would have been what they really needed before they could get on and enjoy it.
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 07 Jul 2011, 06:52 ---Comic: Oh, damn. Not cool, guys, not cool. Just...wow. Faye sees Dora coming, absconds with any possible defenses Marten can leverage, and utterly abandons her friend to a confrontation he is not mentally prepared to handle? And she's ignoring he's been drinking too? Probably no more than a couple beers, but alcohol's effect is insidious.
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The word I don't like here is 'defenses', because it sounds like Dora's going to be attacking Marten on some level, and that wouldn't happen unless both of them were super-drunk. Neither of them look particularly drunk (remember Jeph's fondness for drawing bubbles around their heads when they are), and what I think Dora wants to do is just have a nice gentle reconciliation where they work out their differences and go back to being friends.
Neither of them needs to be attacking the other, and neither of them wants to be attacking the other.
EDIT: My prediction for Friday is that we get at least one panel from the perspective of the people inside (especially Faye). Either the last panel, or everything BUT the last panel depending on how cruel Jeph wants to be.
Akima:
I loved the visual story-telling in 1964, with the decompressed passage in middle, sandwiched between the establishing and closing panels. I'm surprised Marten wasn't sucked back through the door by the vacuum left by his friends' exit. :-D
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