Yeah, I'm still surprised at how much bitterness I sometimes hear when I'm talking … I don't think I'm quite as indiscriminately horrible as Hanna has been recently …
I hope that she breaks soon and that someone (Eve?) is there to help her put herself back together as someone who can be at peace with herself (and others) … otherwise she could end being old, isolated, bitter and hateful …
Considering the bitterness with which Don says that, I'd say it was the other way around. He's dressed up, prepared to leave, but he feels stuck. The truth is, Jane is the only person DON really knows at that party. Jane doesn't seem to care if she really knows anyone or not.
How perf is it that the only one Gatsby knows at the party is Frankenstein’s monster, possibly the only literary character lonlier than himself(or, you know, herself, cause it’s Jane)?
For better or worse (likely worse, eh) I've really identified with Hanna over this entire arc. She's always been my favorite character, and I've so appreciated this intimate, long story line. I want to bitch with Hanna about everyone else, and then go home and feel empty.
Is there any way to purchase the earlier books? I can only find the latest release on topatoco, and the first one on amazon… I want all of the released ones so far but I don’t know how to find them
As you said , Dead Forever and There are no stars in Brooklyn are both available on Topatoco, but if you search for them by name on Amazon, you can buy all of them(Listen at Home with Octopus Pie, Octopus Pie: A Brownstone Companion, and Octopus Pie: An Interstate Oasis) used. They might be more expensive and you'll have to pay for shipping and I know A Brownstone Companion is hella expensive, but they're all there.
22 thoughts on “#736 – weird party”
Alex
"I'm like the only person she knows here" man that really is Gatsby as FUCK, can't believe I didn't see it sooner.
grantimusmax
Our Lady of Gran has a habit of knocking it out of the park with them literary references.
Jackpoint
That last panel… ugh… so good.
snowball
a very squanchy party indeed
Hanna - Private Eye
suddenly, we go back to b&w, smooth jazz starts playing and the monologue begins: "it was a cold night in the city, all nights were cold lately…"
grantimusmax
Last panel: cue sad music from The Incredible Hulk tv show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4
feep
Damn, stakes to the heart of Hanna here. I've been in her shoes, (maybe I still am?) so I can't wait to see how she gets through this.
tyersome
Yeah, I'm still surprised at how much bitterness I sometimes hear when I'm talking … I don't think I'm quite as indiscriminately horrible as Hanna has been recently …
I hope that she breaks soon and that someone (Eve?) is there to help her put herself back together as someone who can be at peace with herself (and others) … otherwise she could end being old, isolated, bitter and hateful …
aleksi
"I'm like the only person she knows here." You could even say Don is Jane's… glue?
Shade of Blue
Considering the bitterness with which Don says that, I'd say it was the other way around. He's dressed up, prepared to leave, but he feels stuck. The truth is, Jane is the only person DON really knows at that party. Jane doesn't seem to care if she really knows anyone or not.
Steve
Even the streetlights are cool in Brooklyn.
Fangirling
UGH I LOVE THIS COMIC SO MUCH
Lane
How perf is it that the only one Gatsby knows at the party is Frankenstein’s monster, possibly the only literary character lonlier than himself(or, you know, herself, cause it’s Jane)?
Mcortlad
For better or worse (likely worse, eh) I've really identified with Hanna over this entire arc. She's always been my favorite character, and I've so appreciated this intimate, long story line. I want to bitch with Hanna about everyone else, and then go home and feel empty.
Lily
*so* feel ya.
Karinpa
Poor Hanna, must have felt so out of place in that party… I hope she doesn't blame Eve, since Eve told her that "single people doesn't need glue".
kev
Witches don't glue, they just brew
~double double toil and trouble~
Inclusit
Is there any way to purchase the earlier books? I can only find the latest release on topatoco, and the first one on amazon… I want all of the released ones so far but I don’t know how to find them
Lane
As you said , Dead Forever and There are no stars in Brooklyn are both available on Topatoco, but if you search for them by name on Amazon, you can buy all of them(Listen at Home with Octopus Pie, Octopus Pie: A Brownstone Companion, and Octopus Pie: An Interstate Oasis) used. They might be more expensive and you'll have to pay for shipping and I know A Brownstone Companion is hella expensive, but they're all there.
advancecasette
maybe if her patreon gets enough money she can rerelease them or put out new editions in color or hardcover or something
Lane
Man. I sort of wish Eve would come to this party and hook up with Frankenstein's monster. Am I the only one who is still shipping them?