Endtown by Aaron Neathery for February 14, 2014

I hate these weekends!

Clive must realise that Holly is healed, at least physically.That was a hard climb for a little mousy.

ewu, how would the transporter know that she doesn’t need it anymore? Some serious sensors?

But it’s the Sling of Outrageous Fortune.

Clive: “I mean you mutants are so transparent. It’s like I can see right through with. Then again, my order from that comic book company just arrived with my new x-ray specs…”

But she broke it less than a week ago(about: who knows, could be just three sleep cycles ago). Does Clive think anthros heal fast, or have his sensors detected something? Clive is also quite undisturbed by having a cat and mouse aboard with two TopSiders who don’t even have antennae, and the fact dittos protected him. Clive almost sounds like an Englishman, or maybe just a little

Slightly Mad

Wasn’t that fun? Almost had a Joel Grey meets Judi Dench at the Cabaret vine to it.

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That’s telling her…

Contrast between Holly and Wally. Wally’s adaptability to new situations vs. Holly’s internal struggle. She is still off-balance from the Endtown events; and nothing around her has been familiar since then. Wally is learning and using as he goes.

(Sittin’ On) The Bunk In The Bayby JennerBased on “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”, by Otis ReddingSittin’ in the empty van.I’ll be sitting’ just as long as I can.Watchin’ the drones roll in,Then I watch them swarm away agin.I’m sittin’ on the bunk in the bay.Watchin’ the wall, night and day.I’m sitting’ on the bunk in the bay,Open-eyed.I left my home in Endtown.Headed for the Open Waste.‘Cuz I’ve had nothin’ to live for,And look like nothin’ else but pain and disgrace.So, I’m just gon’ sit on the bunk in the bay,Watchin’ the wall, night and day.I’m just sitting’ on the bunk in the bay,Open-eyed.Grey wall and red, bleary eyes,Everything still remains the same.I can’t take the monsters, the blood and the lies,So I guess I’ll remain the same, listen.Sittin’ here restin’ my arm,And the four walls just won’t do me no harm.‘Cross burnin’ deserts I roam,Just to make this nook my home, nowI’m just gon’ sit on the bunk in the bay.Watchin’ the wall, night and day.Sitting’ on the bunk in the bay,Open-eyed.

The sling is for humerus effect.

I’ve been concerned since the strip 01/27/14; and the Topsiders’ comments within. They indicate that all mutants will no longer be useful for anything, including brain material. Maybe intoducing their own plague to contaminate the resource? The swarm of flying MUTTs shows they are escalating extermination efforts. Are they growing their own brains? If they can manufacture equipment, there is plenty of raw material in the structures of ruined cities.

What is happening in the first panel?

Got to thinking about what happened this week and wonder if there might be a civil war among the topsiders. Could explain a lot.

Who was the name of the guy that was with Al in an older story that just walked up to the topsiders and turned himself in because he was so tired of beans? Was his name Clive? My books are packed so I can’t look it up……

Clive. I swear I’ve heard that somewhere. In somebody’s flashback. Maybe Sparkplug’s, perhaps Holly’s. Where is Febuary 13th?

The one thing I REALLY love about today’s strip is that it gives a sense of how huge the transporter seems from the perspective of a 30in tall anthro rodent. I wonder if being in a vehicle designed for 6ft Topsiders makes Holly feel small and wondering about what she lost in the mutation.

Since the discussion has turned a little bit to Englishmen Clive could have been, might I suggest Keith Moon was noted for keeping calm in perilous driving situations. Moon kept calm whilst driving into a swimming pool. Richard Harris hit a Double-Decker bus in London because he didn’t SEE the bus. That’s right, somehow he missed seeing a moving two story red bus. England stopped Richard from driving after that. Last, but far from least, let us not forget Andy Capp as a possible donor brain for Clive, or possibly even Florrie, who must have earned a status near sainthood for her forebearance and patience under peculiar, unexpected events.

Still open to suggestions.Sincerely, JusSayin

Richard Harris was Irish and hit the bus in Dublin. Given his political support of Provisional IRA, and membership in Knights of Malta, he possibly would have faced charges of War Crimes had he hit a bus in London. But the story is just too great to leave out of the mix of possibilities. Apologies to all for listing an Irishman, even one from Northern Island, as an Englishman. I know some people are touchy about confusing the Irish, Welsh and Scots with the English. Welsh and Scots may be British, but not English.Just a glitch on my part. I still think hitting a red double-decker bus is a great story, and even trumps my late friend turning into a Streetcar. Not just any streetcar, but one of the originals, from 1845, that terminated in front of his house in Carrollton. But if anyone here is ever in New Orleans, ride the Streetcar! The ones they have left are gorgeous antiques. Yes, they have plastic seats and floors, but the woodwork and brass in some of the coaches is either original, or an excellent copy of the originals. The transit authority was buying old rail cars just for the fittings. Oh, and the Streetcars in New Orleans are mostly a medium dark green, and the one Dan hit blended into the greenspace medium at the crossover to his driveway. It wasn’t a big red bus, and the Methidists weren’t involved in Troubles with The City of New Orleans.Since Katrina, and just before, the transit authority has been putting the back into service. The two original Streetcars named Desire are in San Francisco. New Orleans wants to use one uniform car for The Streetcar System, but even the replicas are quite nice.After all that writing and the entertainment offered, I really considered Steve Goldman’s original version but went with Arlo’s, I think I can ask you to vote again and again. Just scroll up to the top, and right click, at least on the Endtown and Doc Rat links, to open the page in a new window and vote early and often. Saving the best for last, you can DONATE and select prints you want to buy.aaronneathery@gmail.com

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There was a West Indies cricket player and captain named Clive Lloyd back in the 70’s and 80’s. Quite good in both roles and one of the few Test cricketers to wear glasses on the field. Yeah, I know…an American-born cricket fan. There are maybe 12 of us.

On Clive being English…well, every Clive I can think of was English (Clive of India, Colin Clive, Clive Epstein)…but that proves nothing. Except for, here in the last panel, maybe the first overt swear word above the level of the other word in the sentence…does it indicate an English accent? Maybe…

The brain may be English, but how do we know the accent doesn’t come out like Stephen Hawkings?

Wouldn’t it be interesting if Clive turns out to be Holly’s friend from the flashback.

For a head in a can, Clive Barker would be appropriate.

Is that You God? It’s me, Holly. Margaret’s not here, but can we talk? I mean, I really am having a lot of problems lately.