Endtown by Aaron Neathery for April 18, 2024

Looks like they made it.

Kirby and chic! (though this is not what I expected)

Time lines are now in-sync. And yes, it has been years (thank you Aaron for breaking the 4th wall). Now we will see how much the “new Wally” remembers about the olld Wally.

„Only a few hours gone and it feels like years“

Well, it HAS been years! Anyone got the date that this arc started?

We now rejoin our former plotline, already in progress

Well, this is a rather satisfying development

Of course, if Wally isn’t Wally, but Cracked Cat…

Oh great, the cast has been retconned and they’re all on the slush pile now.

I wonder if Mrs. Elephant will be there!?

So many questions…. Sitting on edge of seat eating popcorn.

Do they find a way back to Endtown, or do they go somewhere else?

It would be interesting to go back to Endtown and find that Linda is now head of Security.

Now, how many readers will catch that reference?

But who is back… Wally or Cracky? Stay tuned!!

This will be an interesting love hypertriangle. Wally and two Crackeds love Kirby and Holly and two Trixies. It seems now that Holly and Wally fell in love because their cardoodle parts remembered each other and their love-hate relationship.

Do you realise this story began before the COVID pandemic?

Aaron will have his little jokes. But hey! Happy Ending!

A whole bunch of questions answered. And some more to ask.

Wherever they are, they don’t seem to be in danger from falling ocean liners, aircraft, cars, or buildings.

And in the comments for last episode, I wrote “Maybe it’s an escaped Rover from The Prisoner universe…”

Well, just like with Rovers from “The Prisoner” our gang has been knocked out and transported somewhere. At least they weren’t dragged along the beach,

I would not worry about Kirby finding Wally to be too different. In case you have not been paying attention, Wally’s good qualities (like caring for others) still show through. Cracky may make him a little more manic in reactions, but Wally is there.

And now maybe we will find out what Aaron Marx thinks is the real battle that Wally / Cracky must win. At least his support group has gotten larger, now.

If you don’t remember what Marx said about Wally, go to the May 9, 2022 episode.

I do wish Aaron would show us Marx greeting Alan at the Fountain of Souls, as he greeted Walt. Alan was a hero, for all his fear, or because of it.

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In re-reading the May 9, 2022 episode, I realized I had missed a good Neathery joke. Marx says to Alan, “It’s up to you to ask the questions … I’m all ears.”

And so it goes and goes and goes!

Hey, I remember these guys! Enough of that arc, back to the good stuff!

Yay! …almost. Hoping the reunion of Wacky and Kirbee works well. I’m also curious what Duffy might say to Chic, after all that Duffy has seen—and after getting so much comfort from Chic’s “ant-haint” charm. Chic will also be happy to see Cole and Phoebe. And then on to the next step of the prevention of everything going kerblooie. Not quite there, yet.

Imagine her shock when she learns that Wally is dead and that’s a cheap and weird copy

Hmmm!

What a long strange trip it has been….

Well, I’m glad she and the kid are ok.

Finally! And now we begin the next journey.

Oh frabjous day! Reunited with Marx’s Endtown refugee rescues after so, so long….and there’s Bug in Chic’s hands!

And somewhere out there Aaron Marx sparks up a cigar and just enjoys the moment….

“Only a few hours gone and it feels like years”

There are a lot of great online comics that take a huge amount of real-life time to get the plot through a few complicated weeks. I’ve seen this gag in more than one of them.

I still wish Alan had made it. I miss that elephant.

We now join your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

Finally! They’re finally reunited once more!

Who’s the guy with the pipe in Panel Three?

It seems to me that the question here is what the heck is going on here?

I wonder who is the character standing behind Kirby in the last pannel.

With the exception of Wally’s family, it’s unlikely that we will recognize any of the other characters that were dropped off here. My guess is that these folks were carried off from Eden by the “Marx Family”—and we never really met any of the people who lived there. There are only a few “unknown” characters shown, but I’m trying to figure out if they are mostly children-or if any of them are. I’m still trying to guess which of Wally’s family members was supposed to be left behind, before the Marxes shrugged and carried them all away since they couldn’t get Kirbee to let go of Chic.