This page got recolored for the published version. The backgrounds, which were originally distinctly brown, have been made greener — I’m guessing to make it look more like July, when this case is set, rather than November, when it was first published. The storm cloud over Jack’s head was also recolored less green — I’m guessing to make it look more like a storm cloud and less like a background shrubbery.
Lottie’s T-shirt, you may be able to make out down in the lower left corner, features Gary the Horse, noted equine rogue. Gary will have a part in background events in the next case, but his only actual appearance in Bad Machinery is in “The Big Hiatus”, which isn’t on GoComics.
While you might guess that “Gary the Horse” is merely a colorful nickname, no, he’s actually a horse. With an eyepatch. Or, as revealed in “The Big Hiatus”, a brag, which is a sort of magical horse that lures people to ride it and then bucks them into ponds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brag_(folklore)
And I just discovered that Gary and Shauna get a mention on the Wikipedia page.
Linton, I’ve been keeping taps on your own track record…I dispute the “Jack being more wrong than average” claim, because usually you’re the one stubbornly sticking with an incorrect stance.
Kelpies are the most common water spirits in Scottish folklore and they can live both in water as well as on land. They often appear in legends as strong and beautiful black horses which live in the deep pools of rivers and streams in Scotland.
Kelpies are known for preying on the humans they encounter. The hooves of the kelpie are thought to be reversed to those of a regular horse. In Aberdeenshire, the kelpie allegedly has a mane of serpents, while the kelpie of River Spey was known to be white and capable of singing.
What ever about 2 years ago
But but … they all look so happy!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 2 years ago
Smilex from the Joker leaves you dead like that.
John Campbell about 2 years ago
This page got recolored for the published version. The backgrounds, which were originally distinctly brown, have been made greener — I’m guessing to make it look more like July, when this case is set, rather than November, when it was first published. The storm cloud over Jack’s head was also recolored less green — I’m guessing to make it look more like a storm cloud and less like a background shrubbery.
Lottie’s T-shirt, you may be able to make out down in the lower left corner, features Gary the Horse, noted equine rogue. Gary will have a part in background events in the next case, but his only actual appearance in Bad Machinery is in “The Big Hiatus”, which isn’t on GoComics.
While you might guess that “Gary the Horse” is merely a colorful nickname, no, he’s actually a horse. With an eyepatch. Or, as revealed in “The Big Hiatus”, a brag, which is a sort of magical horse that lures people to ride it and then bucks them into ponds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brag_(folklore)
And I just discovered that Gary and Shauna get a mention on the Wikipedia page.
mxy about 2 years ago
That explains why I don’t remember this one. You’ve been very useful.
scyphi26 about 2 years ago
Linton, I’ve been keeping taps on your own track record…I dispute the “Jack being more wrong than average” claim, because usually you’re the one stubbornly sticking with an incorrect stance.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 years ago
I wonder if Lottie is wearing sunglasses to hide the terror she still has in her eyes for what she saw in that room.
face.less_b about 2 years ago
If Jack were from the American south he’d be fixin’ to give Linton a six pack of whup-ass
Milady Meg about 2 years ago
“broken brains.” That’s how they manufacture faux news “reporters.”
6turtle9 about 2 years ago
Night Creeper, Criminal Sweeper, Sanity Reaper.
R.U. Kidding about 2 years ago
GARY THE HORSE!!!!!!!!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 2 years ago
A mystical beast whose actions reminds me of another species of horse called kelpies.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/riding-seas-kelpies-and-other-fascinating-water-horses-myth-and-legend-006170
Kelpies are the most common water spirits in Scottish folklore and they can live both in water as well as on land. They often appear in legends as strong and beautiful black horses which live in the deep pools of rivers and streams in Scotland.
Kelpies are known for preying on the humans they encounter. The hooves of the kelpie are thought to be reversed to those of a regular horse. In Aberdeenshire, the kelpie allegedly has a mane of serpents, while the kelpie of River Spey was known to be white and capable of singing.