MythTickle by Justin Thompson for January 21, 2011

Good for you, Boody!

Snarky and negative we expect from our favorite cynic, Sir Dudley, but not from sweet lovable Boody.

(Love the wild landscapes, by the way, and poor Boody cringing against the tempest in panel one)

Venus is HOT!

Oh, she’s cute! I like her! And how could Boody snark after she kissed his snout, anyway?

I love this strip

To be kissed by the Goddess of Love and melt in her arms, even for an instant, is everyman’s hope and dream.

She is awesome! I love the rose skirt and shedding rose petals, Justin. Marvelous detail.

There’s enough snarkiness in the world; thanks for resisting the temptation!

Lovely art–the second panel is downright Seussical. And I love the t-shirt caption and rose skirt.

The artwork of this particular strip jumps out at you like no other - I haven’t followed the storyline and don’t know the characters but I just love the “ambience” of it.

Boody has a passion and wisdom all his own.. Another M.T. Masterpiece!

Oh, you could say something snarky here. But it would have to be snarky without being cynical.

Um, anybody have anything?

like the rose petals floating down!

Love-All, Venus

Kinda flat-chested for Venus, ain’t she? Most fertility goddesses I know of from antiquity were rather stacked. One apparently even had quite a few extras (Diana of the Ephesians).

That said, she’s adorable. One ENFP kissing another ENFP. Pure gush.

(Does that qualify as snarky without being cynical, or should I try again?)

I wonder whether Justin will show Venus’ relationship to Cupid at some point (she’s his mother in Greco-Roman mythology), to say nothing of her dark side (just ask her daughter-in-law Psyche about that – trust me, you do NOT want to make Venus angry!)

You pretty much didn’t want to make anybody in the Greco-Roman pantheon angry. :))

Does Boody even know how to be snarky?

very fun new character! i love her flame hair! so looking forward to her.

She’s adorable, Justin! I think I’m in love!

Oh wait, that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

The Caesars were all supposedly descended from Venus.

And lucky for her that was Boody and not Sir Dudley

Yep Venus is a Cutie. Flamin’ red hair, roses The Bangles/ bracelets on wrist and ankle, and freckles suggest, to me, that she is still young - early teens perhaps - which means the “Bodacious Ta-Tas” will come later say jr. or Sr. year High school. GREAT JOB JUSTIN!

Looks like Venus is being patterned more in the mold of Agape than Eros; very appealing character, and we look forward to seeing how her role expands!

Justin, such nice work. Love the new character, Venus is adorable.

Fairportfan……wait’ll Venus ( Aphrodite ) meets Mercury ( Hermes )

Justin, like a few others here, I think the Goddess of Love should be more curvaceous (top-heavy, shall we say). But I am most interested to see where you take your new character. :) And- Boody- clever instead of snarky works for me.

I’ve fallen in lust!

Darkeforce said, about 14 crushes ago

I prefer her sister, Aphrodite.

As in this?: There was an old sculptor named Phidias Whose knowledge of Art was invidious.       He carved Aphrodite       Without any nightie Which startled the hyper-fastidious

Her design reminds me of Delirium of The Endless. Or rather, Delight…

Speaking of purging a fire, someone needs to burn her hair out in the third panel.

You can tell she’s young – she still has arms!

Johanan Rakkav said, about 24 hours ago

Kinda flat-chested for Venus, ain’t she? Most fertility goddesses I know of from antiquity were rather stacked. One apparently even had quite a few extras (Diana of the Ephesians).

There’s a school of thought that those are the scrota of bulls, or even of her more enthusiastic devotees, not extra mammaries. Her Fecund Majesty had odd tastes in offerings.

“If you remove the beloved and replace it with the tyrant what do you have? A police state.”

“In the banana republic of the heart, petty tyrants can drag one away by nightfall for some gentle terror.”

— Diane Ackerman

Freckles! Love dames with personal polka dots.