#404 – octopus die
Posted on October 6, 2010 by meredith
Today is Wednesday, and I'm on my way to NYC! See some of you at New York Comic Con! Hooray!

70 thoughts on “#404 – octopus die”

  1. bryy

    Yay! Halloween!

  2. Matt B.

    Hanna wins the award for best costume.

    1. morgan

      I never realised how big her tattoo was. Man, that must have been the subject of some grade-A regret.

      1. The Prolific Mr. Ano

        Is she capable of Grade-A Regret? I seem to remember she thought it was an amusing story when it was first revealed.

    2. Qwil man

      I won't be satisfied until Hannah shoots bullets out of her butt.

  3. Matt

    Best Hallowe'en costumes ever! Marek's Teen-Wolf is inspired

  4. Shifter Comic

    I love Hannah's "nude" tube top so she can pull off Astroboy's torso.

    Here's a little more Octo-art I've drawn. This is the piece I gave Mer when she visited the Laughing Ogre comic shop in Columbus OH. She may recall me as the nervous tall guy who paced around the shop for 20 minutes before getting the courage to finally go up to her table. http://tiny.cc/6hv77

  5. karobit

    Puget Sean's hat! Is! AWESOME!

  6. bluh

    Is Eve dressed like grapes?

    …sour grapes?

    1. cameronlj

      Fruit of the Loom grapes! 😀

    2. StJason

      Fruit of the Loom! She needs a guy dressed as an apple, and maybe a couple of guys dressed like leaves…

  7. Professional Mole

    Yay, costume-fest! 😀

  8. Angie

    Is Puget Sean's hat Finn's? From Adventure Time?

    1. Angie

      Oh! And, hahaha, Marigold is a Na'vi, right?

    2. lods of emone

      I really wish I had a friend like Hanna.

  9. Naomi

    OH MY GOD BEST HALLOWEEN COMIC EVER. I might color this strip just to see what Nav'i Marigold really looks like. Also Hannah is fucking awesome for being astro boy

  10. Sarah

    Astroboy Hanna is fantastic, but I just have to say how hard I laughed at "DESCENDED FROM GHOSTS"!

    1. Nate

      That would be the best superhero origin story ever.

  11. MrJM

    Loved the punchline.

  12. Dragonair

    Is Eve dressed as "Grape" Expectations or The Grapes of Wrath?

  13. Vlad

    The horror. I shall'n't be able to sleep tonight.

  14. Ferret

    Greg, please tell me you are not dressed as a Pedobear.

    1. Bob

      Actually, that seems to be the Kanye West teddy bear.

  15. elliott

    OK I got Hanna and Marek (and I guess Eve?), and now I see Marigold as Na'vi, but who's Will? I want to say Howard Hughes? And the other two, I can't see them well enough.

    1. Katezila

      I think he's Brad Pitt in Inglorious bastards. Ltn. Aldo Raine.

    2. Charlie Lobo

      He reminds me of Frederick Loren (Vicent Price) on Haunted House on the Hill. It'd make sense with the whole one night on a haunted house thing.

      1. Steve B.

        No, he's definitely Aldo the Apache. He has the distinctive neck scar and everything.

        1. Adam

          Lt. Aldo Raine or not, he's one classy bastard

  16. Alan

    The night's barely begun and poor Greg's already sweating. Dropout Bear was an inspired choice, however.

  17. Damn ants!

    I just noticed the scar on Will's neck. Greatest costume ever.

  18. Earl

    "Are any of you actually afraid of ghosts?"

    Oooh, ooooh! Marek is! Teen Wolf Marek is afraid of ghosts! (So adorable)

  19. Leaa

    I had the same costume as Eve last year 😀 the best part was popping all the balloons and pretending I'd been massacred

  20. Matt

    HAHAHAHAHA!

  21. Dengarde

    Marek as a kitty?! EEEE!!! Can I hug him?!

  22. AlmostLiterally

    *Spaz!* So many things! So many things!

    Nervous Greg's 'heh', Hanna and Marek's costumes (especially Marek's), Eve's half raised hand, Marek's very scared but enthusiastic hand raising, the scroll-over text, and the 'He was descended from GHOSTS!'. All of these registered either a laugh or a yelp of excitement from me. Marigold's Na'vi got an 'augh' from me, though, but now I'm sort of laughing about it. That is something she would do.

    Love it. Love the site's new colors too. I have to say, this is probably my favorite strip in a long time.

  23. hobotron

    hahaha, I love Marek as Thriller Werewolf Michael Jackson. It would have made me wish that Hanna was still Vincent Price if it weren't for the fact that she's Astroboy now.

    1. Dave Gooch

      AHAHA! You're right, it is Thriller werewolf! I thought it was awesome as Teen Wolf, now it's even better.

  24. David

    Greg is totally afraid of ghosts.

  25. crowbark

    Marek – look how high you've raised that hand! You're not afraid to be afraid…I love you, man.

  26. Max

    Oh my god Greg is the Kanye Bear.

  27. curtisrivers

    Puget Sean's costume is MATHEMATICAL!

    1. SecretlyASuperhero

      haha okay i'm not the only one who gets this :p

    2. Cri

      ALGEBRAIC!!!!

  28. AlmostLiterally

    Forgot to mention Hanna's tattoos as part of the awesome. It definitely is.

  29. Scott

    Finn the human!!!

  30. Jereme

    Okay, I've spent a good 5 minutes looking this strip over and over and I simply don't see Sean or his awesome costume. What am I missing?

    1. SecretlyASuperhero

      its a new show on cartoon network called adventure time, hah watch it

      but anyways here's finn the human boy: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lolly-…

    2. Cri

      You're missing the best cartoon that's out right now. Adventure Time! Heck yes!

  31. shura

    fuck yesss finn and jake

  32. blueberryboat

    lolol.. if ghosts indeed do exist, then everyone is descended from them!

  33. Copycat

    I miss Victor..

  34. Liz

    I don't think Marigold is a Navi. She is holding a clay liquor jug, and she just looks like a dirty hippy. If anything she's a Dionysian… I can't figure it out.

    I LOVE drag king Hanna, hotness! First creepy-sexy dracula and now astroboy, fantastic!

    1. The Prolific Mr. Ano

      Read the tweets — she brought two jugs for the party. Presumably of that really awful moonshine??

    2. MerchManDan

      "A dirty hippy" with stripes and pointed ears. Hey, why not.

  35. Jereme

    Ah that further explains it. I assumed that it was Larry dressed as Finn the Human Boy. I'll check out Adventure Time, thanks!

  36. lily

    This storyline has me so excited!

  37. Arran

    I spent the past week reading Octopus Pie from beginning to…now, & this looks like a pretty neat story to start looking forward to ^_^

  38. Tatiana

    Am I the only one who thinks Will is wearing an Adventure Time costume? >_>

  39. JayZeroSnake

    Awesome costumes!

    I'm leaving first thing Friday for Saturday only. 🙁 oh well.

  40. Captain_Cadaver

    CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE-TUH!!!

  41. Alazak

    16 year old archeologist, and decended from ghosts?!?! total win.

    1905-1921 RIP you brave fool.

  42. jjmblue7

    I love Mareks very genuine "I'm scared!" reaction 😀 ANd I noticed Marigold holding one the previously mentioneg jugs.

  43. Chucklehead

    I almost spit my drink all over my computer screen when I saw "Octopus Die". For some reason that just tickled me a whole lot. Probably because of the voice I imagined saying it..

  44. Coach McGuirk

    Marek in panel six made me crack the fuck up.

    Thanks, Ms. Gran.

  45. llama

    Marek = perfect werewolf.

  46. Virgil

    Im loving Pugets Adventure Time costume

  47. momotaro

    OMIGODDD! HANNA IS ASTRO BOY!!! AGHHHH SO AWESOOOOOME!!! DDD:

  48. Marv

    Aw Eve and Marek. I am too! It's alright!

  49. kattygal98

    Best. Costumes. Ever.

  50. Icalasari

    But, Hannah… You made them leave home just because you thought it was haunted…

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