UPDATE! Marc’s still not 100%, but he was at least feeling well enough to get the strip into color, so there you go. For the curious, what everybody else saw for the first 18 hours after posting is below.
Previous Post: Marc is super sick with a stomach flu, but managed to get these pencils done. We’ll be updating the post just as soon as he’s well enough to ink and color. While it’s true we don’t work with a huge buffer around here (the strips are usually done mere hours before you see them), it’s incredible this is only the first time Marc has been laid out like this since he started drawing SF. His commitment to the deadline is just as firm as my own and I know it kills him that the strip was posted in this fashion. We all understand though, right?
I think I can count on one hand the number of times we’ve seen Swifty use his speed during the Valhalla years. This is quite the treat. Marc renders action so splendidly that it’s a shame we don’t see it more.
Next week: Swifty pays a visit to an old “friend” who may just be able to help him.
His webcomic backlog must be huge.
Sooooo much catching up to do. Swifty’s favorite webcomic? Axe Cop.
WOO HOO SWIFTY USING HIS SPEED!!!! this comic gave me goosebumps!!!
Sweet! Gonna be even better in color.
Swifty rekindles his friendship with computers. Just goes to show you should never say never!
You remember! It’s the one thing Swifty has learned since the strip started.
I hate to be this guy, but I am wondering about something. When the comic started out, Swifty had to use a relator (Hope the transaltion is right. This quadriped-walking-aid-thingy) to even walk, but this is the second time we see him using his super speed.
The rolator was later on not used anymore, if I am correct. So was that just a temporary thing or what is the nature of that?
Nitpicking aside, seeing him go fast is cool and emphasizes how bad things are. (See here: http://superfogeys.com/2012/10/01/445-i-dont-know-what-ive-been-told/)
After note 1: Superspeeding in slippers! Pretty sure that has never been done before.
After note 2: Hang in there, Marc. Hope you recover soon!
I think you’re talking about Swifty’s walker. You’re right–normally he needs it to even walk.
The short answer to this is: adrenalin. It’s amazing what we can do when we’re worked up.
The longer answer is that Swifty is a guy who has given in to the raw hands he’s been dealt. He has ailments, but he’s also largely given in to them. Does he use a walker because he needs to or because he thinks he does because he’s sick and it hurts and he’s older? When pushed, he can do more than he thinks. That’s why he can run like this.
Nowi wonder who will help Swifty in his time of need to get him caught up on everything ? š
Well, the internet pretty much caught him up. He’ll seek help on Monday and he’ll find it… or at least he thinks he will.
Zurida has to have the tech to control the content of the internet, so rather than saying holy @#$% about her glowing commentary on how everything is just ducky, I’m guessing he just stumbled across mileycyrustwerk.com.
Ha!
Yeah, that’s a dark period in our nation’s history.
I really like the director’s cut feel to today’s strip! Feel better soon, Marc.
Me too. Not what Marc wanted, but it’s fun to see nonetheless.
I’m surprised there is Internet under Zurida’s regime – or if there is, anything on it telling the truth of what has happened.
It doesn’t need to be the truth; If an article says “Glorious Zurida brings peace to thankful planet Earth”, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out she’s taken over (part of) the world. And that there now is a place called USZ. And “Nefarious eeevil Spy Gal and her Cronies escape justice again” Will let him know that there is a resistance. It’s all about reading between the lines š
Exactly. Swifty knows what’s up.
“Holy @#$%”?
Oh, I get it! Swifty mentioned the name of a highly controversial, and now largely hated deity and Brock censored the name! Good call!