some hippies are definitely hipsters too! the lines of the counter culture are blurred. i've met my share of gutter punks in the rainbow family and more. rainbow family is the most open and inviting community i know – we befriend everyone. thus you're a hippy first, and if you 'qualify' to be a hipster, then nobody will judge you for going to the sweat lodge on weekends. try tucson, arizona. most of the hippies are hip enough to be hipsters too, but even there, not all. portland, oregon, too, as i'm sure anyone who's lived there has learned. one of my friends there makes some custom awesome cargo bikes that are sold all around the world. go support a hippy today.
Excellent! I can hear the wind in panel 6, blowing Eve's hair and Mike's beard. Awesome! Also his words ar gold! Missing and unaccounted for since crema-torium seven. Wow!
Can't wait to see how it ends!
Mike Van Montpelier…God DAAAAAAMN that's a douchey name! The perfect leader for a bunch of baristas. And Jack sold her out! I knew it wouldn't last! Bah!
I really like the depth of characterization here. Even while you see him betraying Eve, you can still understand where Jack is coming from. It's been firmly established how important the guild is to him, and even though he does genuinely like Eve (at least that's what I get from his ashamed expressions here), he still goes through with it because it's part of his character. I do hope he ends up sticking around in the comic.
I don't. Jack's a character already symbolised my Eve's relationship with him. Fleeting and temporal. Sure we can be happy that a morally minded, likable character has made an appearance, but past this storyline I can't see him serving much use to the narrative of Octopus Pie.
Yeah, I agree that he's more or less finished his role as a major character in this arc, and I wouldn't exactly want him showing up to canned studio applause with a catchphrase or something every strip, but I'm just hoping that he doesn't end up in the abyss that "one-and-done" comic characters often find themselves falling into. I dunno. I'd at least like to see him appear as a minor/background character every now and then.
*le gasp* the plot thickens!
I sure hope this doesn't severe things with Jane and Julie. Another satisfying slice of pie, perfect way to end "Pi Day"(3/14).
Juke — she knew Eve was part of the Guild, but not that she left. Eve asked Jane not to mention it to anyone. Jane assumed Eve just didn't want to talk shop on vacation.
Except I count more than seven people there… Three un-ID’d people in the window. Jane, Jack, sunglasses guy, and girl who doesn’t make connections well. Plus Mike. That’s eight.
Haha I love how everything always goes bionkers towards the end of these stories, and this one really takes the cake. Hoping to see some what of a back storty to this.
47 thoughts on “#451 – crema-torium seven”
Lola
The lines between hipster and hippie are blurred! Why buy a scarf when you can grow one- guaranteed 100% organic.
When he is done with official too-cool-for-school barista business, he rides his magnificent blue ox back to the hills and resumes his lumberjacking.
Rob S.
A single speed blue ox, of course.
spas
some hippies are definitely hipsters too! the lines of the counter culture are blurred. i've met my share of gutter punks in the rainbow family and more. rainbow family is the most open and inviting community i know – we befriend everyone. thus you're a hippy first, and if you 'qualify' to be a hipster, then nobody will judge you for going to the sweat lodge on weekends. try tucson, arizona. most of the hippies are hip enough to be hipsters too, but even there, not all. portland, oregon, too, as i'm sure anyone who's lived there has learned. one of my friends there makes some custom awesome cargo bikes that are sold all around the world. go support a hippy today.
ricky
Reading this in 2018 is… an experience.
bluh
for a moment, i thought montpelier's pants were down
kltidwell
Me too
@aawilliams
Man, I really want Jack and Jane to stick around in this comic somehow. I like them so muuuch. This guild drama is interesting though.
Natalya
I love Jane way to much for her to leave!
StarCo
Excellent! I can hear the wind in panel 6, blowing Eve's hair and Mike's beard. Awesome! Also his words ar gold! Missing and unaccounted for since crema-torium seven. Wow!
Can't wait to see how it ends!
Sharp
Mike Van Montpelier…God DAAAAAAMN that's a douchey name! The perfect leader for a bunch of baristas. And Jack sold her out! I knew it wouldn't last! Bah!
Raidus
I really love the guild plot. It gives a sort of 5-Stars epic feel to this arc.
Does anyone know Mike Von Montpelier's Intelligence Bonus?
Eve might be able to make a saving throw.
Zak
That guy looks like a mad wizard, so I'd guess a +5 or a +6.
Eve's will save vs. plot absurdity is high, but she has about a -eleventy gillion penalty vs. ex boyfriends, old flames, and crushes.
Raidus
I really love the guild plot. It gives a sort of 5-Stars epic feel to this arc.
Southpaw018
Ah. That explains Jack's reaction after seeing Eve's tattoo. Guild watchlist or something of the sort?
Boogie
I so hope it ll work out with Jack anyways.
Cece
Nobody likes a stoolie, kid. You know what they do to stoolies around here? We sends them to the Crema-torium.
Loren
ARGH! The suspense! I hate cliffhangers.
And by hate I mean love!
And by love I mean loathe!
bdavs
So I just went back and noticed all the tattoos. The only one I couldn't find was Jane's. Didn't notice/think of them till today.
bdavs
Never mind. Found Jane's.
Bruce the Great
Ha, Julie is so baffled. Also, where did all of those people come from.
David
Burlington.
hobotron
I really like the depth of characterization here. Even while you see him betraying Eve, you can still understand where Jack is coming from. It's been firmly established how important the guild is to him, and even though he does genuinely like Eve (at least that's what I get from his ashamed expressions here), he still goes through with it because it's part of his character. I do hope he ends up sticking around in the comic.
Arkadi
SHAME for him, nevertheless. Booo!
Niall
I don't. Jack's a character already symbolised my Eve's relationship with him. Fleeting and temporal. Sure we can be happy that a morally minded, likable character has made an appearance, but past this storyline I can't see him serving much use to the narrative of Octopus Pie.
I like the dude though.
hobotron
Yeah, I agree that he's more or less finished his role as a major character in this arc, and I wouldn't exactly want him showing up to canned studio applause with a catchphrase or something every strip, but I'm just hoping that he doesn't end up in the abyss that "one-and-done" comic characters often find themselves falling into. I dunno. I'd at least like to see him appear as a minor/background character every now and then.
mdenholm
I see him appearing in some far-off future arc. Just to complicate things, of course.
Louis
*le gasp* the plot thickens!
I sure hope this doesn't severe things with Jane and Julie. Another satisfying slice of pie, perfect way to end "Pi Day"(3/14).
@meekgrr
oh man
goddamn it jack why do you suck
Mackenzie
I want Jack to stay forever.
marissa
This is my favorite arc of all time!
Juke
So, wait. What tipped them off. Didn't Jane already know Eve was part of the Guild (#440)?
@meekgrr
whoa
!!!
maybe only high-ranking members are marked? that's a good point
Leith
Wait… does this mean we’re going to get exposition? OP’s exposition is always genuinely insane! (course, it’s always delivered by Hanna…)
dood
This is wayyyy more epic than it has any right to be. Well done.
Sebastian
It has all the right to be epic. Shame on you.
@icklebickle
Each time Catastrophe Waitress is said, I get that song in my head. Not complaining, just saying!
@pixelcurious
Juke — she knew Eve was part of the Guild, but not that she left. Eve asked Jane not to mention it to anyone. Jane assumed Eve just didn't want to talk shop on vacation.
Brian
I'd say bringing a lynch mob means you're not second date material.
Arkadi
Indeed.
@dartigen
Crema-torium 7….why is that familiar to me…
bobby sneakers
I love the line "vermont guildsmen–all 7 of them"
Mark
Except I count more than seven people there… Three un-ID’d people in the window. Jane, Jack, sunglasses guy, and girl who doesn’t make connections well. Plus Mike. That’s eight.
@arthurjplant
The sound you're hearing is stuff going down.
Sue M. E.
Haha I love how everything always goes bionkers towards the end of these stories, and this one really takes the cake. Hoping to see some what of a back storty to this.
@Cakeoid
Cannot believe I missed page 439. This story makes so much more sense now, after reading it. #fail
AlmostLiterally
Jack almost looks like Will in panel four, in the "I fucked up" kind of way.
Narbodi
Perhaps I've been playing a tad too much Mass Effect, but I read all of Mike's lines in my head as a Volus.
It seemed… rather fitting.