It's in Brooklyn and FREE to attend! Here's the Facebook event page if you wanna RSVP. Or go to the Fireside Follies blog! #452 – here’s what happened
It's in Brooklyn and FREE to attend! Here's the Facebook event page if you wanna RSVP. Or go to the Fireside Follies blog!
93 thoughts on “#452 – here’s what happened”
Kylogram
I can’t believe they fell for that.
shack
He…he just took off his shades, only to reveal lesser shades beneath
Taylor Lopez
Makes me think of Airplane! every time lol.
“Get me Rex Cramer!”
Da5id
I believe those were his empathy shades.
Katie
That is so HIP.
stjason
The real question is if they were the shades revealed from three strips ago…
…DEAR GOD! That's the source of all those cheap, crappy sunglasses you see in mini-marts. He makes his money by selling off the accumulating pile of sunglasses he keeps removing!!!!!
@newtypelady
I was going to say the same thing!! Amazin'.
Podima
This part cracked me up more than anything else.
RedFishFire
He did that a couple of pages ago, when they were wondering where they had met Eve before, he took them off for dramatic effect
@AngFdz
oh man I hadn't even noticed!!!
David
Aren't they so sweet and understanding?
nalem
UGHH. All the cool stuff happens when I'm out of town.
@maxofburg
fuckin' G train. even when it's WORKING it sucks.
Da5id
The hell is a G train.
Scott
Stop hating on the G. There are so many worse trains. Like, the beloved L train. Commuting by L train is so much worse than commuting by G train.
lily
The L is fine! Though I never venture more than a few stops into brooklyn. The G, though.. it doesn't even make sense.
@maxofburg
it's a rather short train in the NYC subway. operates in brooklyn. takes forever to get there, but sometimes, you get LUCKY.
The Last Unicorn
I lost my innocence aboard the G train.
Sarah
I don't see Jack in the audience of people being explained to :/
bdavs
In 7&8 he's off to the left side.
Simon
I don't think that's him 🙁 on the previous page that same fellow is shown in the first panel with glasses, jack isn't wearing any.
i have a feeling he won't swallow eve's explanation.
Katie
Aw, that's a pleasant surprise. xD
Ben
It makes you wonder how many pairs of sunglasses that guy is actually wearing..
notmarkflynn
Fifty layers down are eyes made of smoked glass.
The Urn
I just thought I'd let you know that your comment is amazing.
orbert
arc hits uncomfortably close to home. my liiiiiiife…
TheResult
Is that guy in the last panel trying to start a slow-clap?
..My god, I think he is. He is slow-clapping.
angelfruitcake
I assumed it was a cheesy hand-clasp to say something along the lines of "dawww that's sweet"
Courtney
This ending made me laugh so hard, I can't even begin to express the pleasure it has caused me.
stjason
Jeez… what was everyone expecting? This is The Guild, not the Mafia, after all.
…Don't mess with the Coffee Mafia. You wind up at the bottom of the river tied up in a coffee can…
Carl-E
Can? CAN?!? You mean a burlap sack of espresso beans, don't you?
Boogie
Well 4ex I was expecting more explosions.
a commentor
Jane doesnt look satisfied with that answer
or maybe just still upset about the thing with Julie
Arkadi
Nah, she's simply ashamed.
nathan
everything's going to be all right.
Dani
I can't even describe how much I adore this comic.
Damien Walder
No, no, no… you end up with cement in the bottom of your cup.
TMBird
Oh G train. Glad that I no longer rely on you and only occasionally use you to visit friends. <3
cee
I finally caught up to the current update of this comic! :,D I started reading this from the beginning a few weeks ago, and I don't really have anything to say except THIS IS WONDERFUL AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE.
Dell
I am so glad that people comment when they've just caught up with the series, it happens every couple of updates or so and it's cool because you can almost watch the fanbase grow.
What's in a name?
Damn, I should have done that, I guess. xD
I read the whole thing in two or three days, a couple weeks ago, but didn't comment when I was caught up!
Leith
So rad. The real reason of course is that she had to go steady bounce some jeeps.
Emm
I've had no idea whats been going on this arc.
AND I LOVE IT.
hobotron
hahaha, brilliant.
gnugun
awww, Eve must feel so much better now that she's not on the run anymore!
spas
there was so much buildup leading to this moment – with all the vermont guild members assembled to confront her, so this is anti-climactic. hilariously and intentionally so, obviously. but if eve is NOT going back to school, running her own cafe might be a better career path than sticking it out at the natural foods store.
Mari
Oooh! That's a neat idea :3
Alyssa
Then it would end up like Questionable Content. xD
cryptologic
You, madam, have referenced my favorite web comic on the website of my other favorite web comic. I am now in love with you. 😀
Toaster of Vengeance
He had another pair of glasses on. That tickles me EVERYTIME someone makes that joke
Professional Mole
Shades on top of shades. This is too good. XD
Catduck
The Pizza Island event looks so awesome… ^_^
Camool
Am I the only one who feels this has gone down the drain?
notmarkflynn
Hey, I like it. That guy's beard is inspiring me.
Amy
Yeah, I think so.
abc
Hehe, you don't live in New york I'm guessing. This joke is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO New York that it might as well be a slice of pizza in drag who refuses to go to times square.
jenna
Jane still looks pissed…
Tracy Jordan
THE G TRAIN, NERMAL!
AnonyMouse
Aw, I was hoping that the answer would be more exciting. Don't get me wrong, I understand why it's anticlimatic, but I was secretly hoping that it would involve some bears or an explosion.
mdenholm
Pair of Sunglasses number THREE.
Bruce the Great
I don't think Jane and Julie will be getting together before Friday 🙁
SUPER SAD. I want to go kick Jakob in the arse, he deserves it for ignoring Julie. Even if he doesn't like her, he could have TOLD HER SO, then she could be with a hot chick right now!
Julia
Man, I remember that time I accidentally the whole G train..
danya
but.. but.. jack! I wanted him to be permanent.. wheres jack?
Trae
He was there in the last comic, which leads me to believe he's in that crowd somewhere, just not visibly. I don't think Gran would build up tension between the two and put them in bed together just to make the character vanish. Poof.
Booga
The Republicans are at it again, ruining perfectly good barista careers 🙁
angelfruitcake
Yet again, another excellent ending to another excellent story line.
mrpeach32
This comic is hitting close to home, I the G train just this morning, and I was 15 minutes late to work.
BradyDale
I wish I could go to this Fireside Follies thing so badly! I'm going to Colombus for SPACE 2011 but I would be there in a 2nd.
All of her excuses about her flakiness are really funny by the way. "And the G Train…"
Nice.
Heidi
This is a bit off-topic, but I was wondering about the second Octopus Pie book. Will it be available again? I ordered "There Are No Stars In Brooklyn" off of Amazon, and the only other book I found was "The Brownstone Companion." The seller wanted $79 for it, but I felt a little dubious about it.
mike baker
"There were some things I was planning and some other things almost happened and this and that, you know?" And it broke their hearts and all was forgiven.
Honestly, as lame as Eve's excuses are, mine are similar. So, yes, I do understand, Eve. And it breaks my heart.
Nick
I've been in the same boat, though I have an odd suspicion that Eve is lying.
Dell
I think that's why they're sympathetic to her. Everyone at some point lets stuff go for no good reason, whether it be friends, interests or age-old guilds. We make up excuses when really we just don't care enough to keep up with it.
Some nice cynic zen there, as per usual, courtesy of Ms. Gran.
MerchManDan
….I think the sheer anticlimax has rendered me sterile.
Damien Walder
Don't we all crave a higher quality of drama, even epic quality (no cliché intended) in what we do for money? Baristas, 'health' shop workers students, all seekers of the better social codification. I enjoy the dénoument(s) in your narratives – truth via fiction, without too much cruelty.