Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 30, 2022

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    Sugar Bombs 95  about 2 years ago

    I thought Voltina was light blue. Is her being green here a coloring mistake or intentional?

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    Averagemoe  about 2 years ago

    Looks like the town got a nuclear plant.

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    eldeecee  about 2 years ago

    I have missed Voltina.

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    codycab  about 2 years ago

    Let’s hope this conversation doesn’t cause a storm.

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    overtherainbow  about 2 years ago

    Voltina! Yay!!

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 2 years ago

    Well, if it ain’t Voltina. Long time no see. (How long I wonder. I hardly remember Voltina.)

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    Uncle Kenny  about 2 years ago

    More mythical and magical beings in this town than in most.

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    Nico  about 2 years ago

    Not much furniture in that house. They need at least two more chairs, maybe a table, and who knows, a sofa.

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    Jacob Mattingly   about 2 years ago

    I was just talking about how we hadn’t seen Voltina in a while replying to comments on yesterday’s strip and here she is. Been a long long time.

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    kaykeyser  about 2 years ago

    Max has a friend!

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    SNVBD  about 2 years ago

    who is this Voltina dragon? never seen her (*) before?

    assuming Voltina is a girl, because the name ends in -a and most names that end in -a are girls names.
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    iggyman  about 2 years ago

    Voltina will have a high energy solution I am sure!

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    Decepticomic  about 2 years ago

    Oh hey, it’s… this guy. I sure remember them. He’s the one who pukes candy and says “blart”, right?

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    Darwinskeeper  about 2 years ago

    Voltina? I thought I’ve seen every strip in this comic, but I don’t remember her.

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    weshorse  about 2 years ago

    It seems as if this is showing just how Max’s moms are having difficulty with knowing how to explain these sorts of things to Max.

    I won’t say it’s necessarily because there is not a male parent present.

    Because heterosexual parents also often don’t know how to explain it to their child in a way that is unique to them.

    Each child understands it in their own time and has to learn it in their own way.

    Neither one of Max’s moms appears to be taking on the role of a male fatherly figure like some same sex couples do and it does make you really wonder how will he see the world as he grows up.

    Max’s blonde haired mom is obviously his biological mother.

    My guess is that probably she got into a bad and possibly abusive relationship with Max’s father and she left him and it’s possible that the abuse left her so messed up that she felt safer afterwards with another woman instead of another man and she feels like she can relate to other women better than men.

    Although it’s possible that she discovered her true identity during the relationship with Max’s father and just left him.

    The ex spousal abuse theory could also explain why Max is so quiet and stays to himself a lot.

    The fact that Max still has his real mother paints many uncomfortable theories.

    but could Max also be secretly uncomfortable with the living situation of having two mothers?.

    He’s not the type to tell others what’s on his mind at all.

    they seem to make him very uncomfortable when they get excited and dump their ideas on him all at once.

    there’s too many possibilities and I think he went to Voltina because she’s calmer despite being an electric element type dragon.

    And she’s a female character who might know better how to help with this issue with Phoebe.

    I’ve always wondered if Max can touch Voltina and not get shocked.

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    scyphi26  about 2 years ago

    Which reminds me…I really ought to get around to reading that Magic Storm side-comic finally. :P

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  about 2 years ago

    Voltina makes an appearance! Shocking!

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    Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I can’t unerstand what Max wants to do.

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    jschichor  about 2 years ago

    I’m afraid I don’t remember Voltina. Can anyone link me to a previous appearance?

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    Comic Minister Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Max’s friend is a dragon! That’s amazing!!

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    rrodrick  about 2 years ago

    Oh my. So much popular psychology and social ideology over one frame of one comic strip. At least some people in the audience are really working hard to create some sense of the frame that is acceptable to them. Have these conversations with people you know. There is a lot more potential for growth and understanding in those conversations I believe.

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    dogday Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Never seen Voltina before. Leave it to Max to have such a special friend and be so quiet about it.

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    jerrica.benton333  almost 2 years ago

    Has anybody else noticed that the sparrows (aka “dark-eyed juncos”) around here do the same thing as voltina does around power-lines/transformers…??

    it’s pretty weird/funny… they freeeeak out, and you will see large groups of them (sometimes a hundred) taking turns sitting right next to the transformer and squawking to beat-all.

    It’s like that one episode of Futurama…

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