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Welcome to a new storyline! I feel it'll be a good one. A shorter one!
Did you know Octopus Pie Volume 3 from Image is out today? For you book aficionados, this is a reprint of Octopus Pie: Dead Forever. Highlights of this volume include eerie duck dreams, Jane's first appearance, and Eve's untimely death.
You should be able to find it at your local comic shop immediately, or from larger retailers (like B&N or Amazon) on May 3rd.
38 thoughts on “#893 – starfish”
Jon E.
I know that rosy cheek look. That's somebody who's been at the beach all day.
Shit's gonna burn tomorrow.
Stillwater
This is just lovely.
slightlyempty
For some reason I feel like this is a dream.
Spectacles
Recurring dreams are a bitch. I know this from experience.
Also just kind of admiring how adorable Eve is just sitting in a bathing suit with her butt planted in the sand, and the warm glowing colors of the beach. I feel like this won't be a warm and glowing scene, but I love the feel of the environment right now.
metroidlunch
Yea it's gonna get really awkward once that figure on the horizon reveals himself to be Park. More plot twist of the recurring beach motif turns out to actually be a recurring flashback and not a dream per se.
Shame Eve's cute butt is hidden
Faye
I think we all, Eve included, assume the figure to be Park… but what if the figure turns out to be someone ELSE? 😮
peakpointmatrix
I have so been waiting for the continuation of this visual allegory two years in the making.
BRING IT.
Mangleopolis
What is this a continuation of?
Mikey Blighe
http://www.octopuspie.com/2014-01-22/636-are-you-…
Mikey Blighe
For someone who hates that big burning orb of helium and hydrogen that populates our skyline and the endless cubic feet of liquid death that is the ocean, I sure do love the beach.
metroidlunch
ahghgh I know this is a new storyline and all, but GODDAMMIT I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT PARK AND EVE TALK ABOUT
like is she just going to never cut him off?
Eucalyptus
*chants* CUT HIM OFF. CUT HIM OFF. THROW THOSE LEMONS BACK AND CUT HIM OFF.
metroidlunch
Thank you! Seriously, what redeeming qualities does Park have by this point?
Laura
I'm with you 100%
Ceceoh
Someone is in Eve's dream, having a dream where they're trying to run, but all they can do is kind of lurch.
Copycat
The starfish appearing in a dream could mean some things.
Some guidance, light and hope after a period of time in which sorrow and confusion have been plaguing your life. The starfish is there to evoke some feeling of guidance to Eve, reminding her not to see things as right or wrong, good or evil; black and white, but to recognize that all things are balanced somewhere in the middle.
Honestly, I just Googled "starfish dream meaning". 😛
thistemporarylifeblog
Eve is always so adorable.
channamasala
OK, what is that pink thing? I've been trying to guess both literally and metaphorically and I have no idea.
And does anyone have a link to what this hearkens back to? It's linked to something in this comic's past but I can't find what I'm looking for.
Beccabea
I'm pretty sure it's a starfish, since the title of the panel is "starfish."
supbruh
so…yeah. The title of this comic is "starfish"
that might be like, you know, a hint.
Nick
Right, it's starfish shaped, but starfish don't drip like that. Was thinking squishy toy or soap?
channamasala
My next thought is it's a dream starfish, so it looks weird because dreams are weird. And it made sense in her dream.
Best I can do.
Channamasala
Yeah I got that (actually I thought the title was clearly metaphorical because tehre's no way that pink thing looks like a starfish so, given Meredith's obvious talent t I thought it just couldn't be what it actually was). It looks like a pink sponge or perhaps a dripping fluffy pink cross or eaten-away flip flop. I
lynn
The pink thing is a starfish and it is referring to earlier dreams Eve has had: http://www.octopuspie.com/2014-01-22/636-are-you-…
jon
Kwah?
Kwah!
Marvin Choi
crashing upon the shores of memory
greengeekgirl
The panel of her sitting by the water is so goddamn beautiful.
Caff
Has nobody noticed that death stare in the sixth panel? Well, that's how it looks to me…
D
What I love about this is you can’t tell if the figure on the horizon is approaching or leaving.
ktk
"We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, but the stars that we reached were just starfish on the beach."
oldjeangallagher
Does Eve get closer to the water in each consecutive beach dream?
Rami Misbah Taha
The board of her sitting by the water is so goddamn wonderful.
Naren
Wow awesome horizon in this image
leemark
crashing upon the shores of memory
Mark Murphy
I might have to add this to my shop. Looks interesting.
contohsaja111
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paLmGHzlrRo
contohsaja111
OK, what is that pink thing? I've been trying to guess both literally and metaphorically and I have no idea.
And does anyone have a link to what this hearkens back to? It's linked to something in this comic's past but I can't find what I'm looking for.
tatavan
Great moment