2.20
January 10th, 2010
Mood shift! Its all fun and games until someone wants a divorce.
I’ve been having a blast reading the archives of Archipelago, a comic by TheSilverTopHat. The art starts out very rough but you should see how its developed! I’m amazed that it’s got nearly 700 pages and has only been around for two years. That is a page a day kind of updating guys, crazy. The story is a lot of fun and I am looking forward to see how it turns out.
I’m back at school now, we have a big week of RE1 labs coming up. And lots of fun after-school setup/ processing/ cleanup. I can’t wait . See you next Sunday :B
poor Luca? I love the luca character but come on, he was just like straight up physically abusing his wife. If she wouldn’t have left I would’ve been pissed at her. Go Phe!
I’m kind of thinking we might see Angora again soon.
OH SNAP.
OH SNAP INDEED.
And then
SONIC BOOM
down goes the door. Amirite amirite?
Poor Phe. Good for her though to leave! Luca’s gotta get his act together. And although I know the Phe panel will stay as is I think it would have been keen to show a close-up of Phe on the other side of the door in that panel…mostly ’cause I love cheesiness so so much. THE DOOR THAT STANDS BETWEEN THEIR LOVE </3
Luca will miss Phe like the deserts miss their rain ;A; And he'll miss Pheeeeee
Haha, there will be plenty of closeups in the next page. PLENTY >8C
I am trying to figure out why your comments always end up in my spam box, awaiting my saving clicks. Are you secretly hiding the word “dicks” in there somewhere?
awe man. your spam box must have it out for me! I am dickstotally not hiding the dicksword “dicks ” in my comments
At dicksall…
sorry I couldn’t resist
maybe it’s all my emoticon faces?
also
Yay EXTREME closeups!
How do I go to the formspring page you posted a tic back. It’s not in the writeup at the bottom and I think you edited it out. Can I haz plz?
No can has, I was spending too much time on it and making a mess out of information XD For now I’m going to revert to letting the comic speak for itself.
This is probably wise! It was like, totally awesome to see so much random info, but on the other hand I was thinking, “WHOA, how much time is Der-shing spending on all of this!?” and worrying that it could potentially eat your life as we, your fans, pester for knowledge like the cut and color of Luca’s underwear(!).
Haha, well it is fun to do! And flattering that people care so much. Thats the vanity trap that I fell into for a few days, but I’m better now…
Ahh, I was wondering how all those questions were being replied to. Are you sure we can’t tempt you back to the dark side with more fangirlish mewlings and moral dilemmas for you to answer with Luca’s unwavering mindset? >:3
Luca’s a bro.
Perhaps he should recall the time-honored rule, “bros before hos”
Damn that snappage. DAMN IT. >:[
I feel so bad for him, though. I mean, come on! He just got a little .. overexcited. ; _;
that page totally threw me into my emotional state ;A;
Good for Phe!
And man…the expression on Lucas face is very well done. He looks absolutely stricken, I can’t help feeling a little sorry for him. Hopefully it’s a bit of a wake-up call?
Am I the only one thinking that Luca could kill someone with those shoulder pads? Just sayin. Means and motive.
I absolutely love this comic, but I didn’t know just how much I loved it until I read this page. Your characters are so vibrant and deep, and this page made me feel so sad. I could picture Luca’s voice so clearly and the change of mood was great and. Yeah. I love this comic a lot!! x)
wondering why I read the comments on this one. must be a glutton for punishment.
anyway, I love how people simplify their own individual definitions of an abusive relationship…. yay media over exposure.
Y’know, I was thinking the exact same thing. It’s never that simple.
Luca’s expression in the fourth panel is almost enough to make me pity him. ALMOST.
(… Naaah, Ima still say YOU GO GIRL to Phe.)
I love the whole situation with Phe and Luca, I do I promise. HOWEVER, I miss hearing about Angora and her story. Its really interesting learning about her.
Also, I love how they don’t even think about where the kids are at this point. “its 9 oclock. Do you know where your kids are?”
I’m lame. It amused me. I’m done now.
wow, Luca sure changes quickly, from anger to fear, lol… Maybe he needs anger management sessions.
I like Luca´s despaired look at the last pannel. Honestly, I can´t blame Phe. At first, I thought she was being too cold to him, but now it´s clear she has been through so much.
Oh man, Phe ain’t taking no more shit…
Luca’s a jerk but his missing teeth make me feel sorry for him
toothless luca needs a hug! but phe kicks ass!
Since I have seen Luca with his missing teeth I have wondered that we don’t see some oddities in his pronunciation, especially his ‘T’s. Imagine how much more pathetic he would seem in that last panel, if he were unable to pronounce his concerned “What?” with the desperate clarity he has.
Actually I had to find that out for myself before I decided to keep his teeth that way. From the three adults I met that were missing their front teeth, there wasn’t a noticeable lisp or anything, so hopefully (if this were real) that would be the case with Luca as well…
oooh, now I’m curious as to how you did your research!
*imagines a want ad for men missing their front teeth -OR- a perilous backwoods journey through the Appalachian Mountains set to eerie banjo music*
Hmm… dueling banjos…
Haha, well, like I mentioned I’ve been working on this comic for a few years. It was only a matter of time before I met someone that answered one of my burning questions (same goes for info about amputees and some other character-relevant qualities).
OH MAN DERSHING. :c -You make things difficult-. I mean, I -know- Phe is So Totally In The Right here, especially after what Luca did only a little bit before, but those last two panels just make me feel sad for him. YOU TWIST EMOTIONS, YOU EMOTION TWISTER.
<3
Hm… While I agree that Luca was being physically abusive in the last page, I don’t think it was as brutish or purposeful as some are making it out to be. He wasn’t intentionally harming Phe. He became emotional and enraged at the bitter memories of his youth and the trauma of war. He was only trying to convey his pain to Phe, who he felt didn’t understand. He engaged her at close range, face to face, and pressed onto her while in his fitful state, desperately trying to get his wife to understand where he was coming from. Understandably, Phe misinterpreted and was alarmed by his demeanor and poor choice of words.
In other words, Luca was wrong for hurting Phe, but she also wounded him emotionally by not seeming to care about his point of view or his psychological scars. Its a terrible, depressing situation and there’s no real bad guy. Luca is sort of a jerk, but he’s far from being abusive. He is rather unstable, however, so Phe’s decision to distance herself isn’t a bad one…
Er, are you people seriously calling what he did abuse? He grabbed her shirt and yelled at her, he didn’t put her in a coma! I think that perhaps you need to step out of your cloistered little rooms and into the real, brutal world that the rest of us are forced to live in each day. Or, at least be aware of the fact that it exists, and perhaps a bit more sympathetic to the maladies of those of us who do.
Yeah, Luca is not being very “nice”, but let’s not forget, he’s not exactly “sane”, either. You don’t go through what it is being inferred he has experienced and still retain your full faculties. And I’d imagine Phe knew that when she got with him, or if she didn’t, she’s an idiot. When a man is raised in violence, and lives in violence, well, he’s been conditioned to respond in that fashion to any threat, real or imagined.
Well, she was standing earlier and then they wound up on the floor? I’m guessing he knocked her down. I don’t think you need to necessarily knock someone into a coma for it to be considered abusive.
Wow. Harsh Phe. Poor Luca, it’s not his fau- oh. wait.
I love when comics’ art gets better as they go along. It gives people who can’t draw (like me. See DevArt link above…) hope. The first webcomic I ever started reading, DMFA (www.missmab.com), started out kinda rough, but looks amazing now. It’s still one of my favorites.
Holy Moly the incentive is adorable! Luca and Phe = <3
Lovely page, too. You don't realize what special things you have until you are close on losing them! (things being… relationsships and stuff in this case. Why is it so hard to get proverbs right in english. )XD
Love the "animation" in these panels. Awesome!
Panel 4: it’s amazing. That’s all. Great writing. Ok, now that’s really all.
poor poor luca!
love his expression btw ^^ so…liveley!