#738: "Words hurt, Black Mage."
 

And words hurt Black Mage. See how a comma makes all the difference?

Great spin on an old classic. Every comic has to do it at least once.

Wow, Black Mage is even putting HIMSELF down... That's just sad.

Hu's on first. XD

No, Hu's a jerk. Huat's on first.

Y'know how things can be funny, but it takes a real work of art to make you laugh?
This made me laugh.
I'm gonna use this on someone now...

What was swee-diddly-eet.

I don't get why Black Mage chimed in at the end, there?

Eh. It was still pretty funny.

last night i had to do a paper about 'who's on first' (it is only a 1 hour class) and so this strip was very special to me.

-halo

That's why.

That was beautiful, man. (And yes, I get it... You realize, though, that this means war.)

Old school wordplay and Lovecraftian cultists? If that isn't instant comedy gold, I don't know what is

That was gold. Made me crack up, right here in the living room, in the middle of the night. This has become a 3-comic "win" streak. I especially liked how quickly the cultists caught on.

It's official. BM is the dumbest one of the group.

Oh man...
After a long day, this really made be smile..
When are we gonna see the elder god Ey-Donn-C'no?

That was both confusing and funny. Seems that things just keep going downhill for Black Mage.

Man, I laughed until I cried. Poor black mage...I guess he wasn't a student of the classic comedy teams.

Zinged by Thief....Again.

BM has no sense of pattern reconization (Or however you spell it) does he?

Objection!

They're ALL idiots.

They all have the failings in different places and WE KNOW that Fighter is the dumbest one of all, PLUS that BM's been hurt by his black hole brain.


But nevermind that. Let's have some fun.

Words! Hurt Black Mage!

Words: YES SIR!

Obnoxious!

Repulsive!

Abominable!

No pie!

:bmage: NOOO! MY DIGNITY!!!

Holy crap. Drop-dead hilarious. I had to struggle not to laugh out loud, 'cause it's the middle of the night and if I wake someone up I won't be on the internet no more. Curse you for your hilarity.

One of the best comics in a while I laughed out loud for about a minute...good thing my room mate isn't around for this weekend because he'd be asleep and my laughing would have woken him up

Speeking of sleep I think I need some

DBS

I agree with the cultists, Hu is a jerk.

Hu's on first?

Nice comic Brian. It's reminiscant of the Abott and Costello stand up act, and I love it. You really know how to kick the other comic's asses.

Now who could Ur be? No, not her, Ur!

That was all pretty funny, until black mage cried 'Black mage!' at thief's comic, at which point it was gold. Good stuff.

That said, who's the god they do worship?

"pictish!"

Okay, I'm not sure if I get everything, but this was funny.

You mean recognition. ;)

Hot damn, that was a good laugh. This, ladies and gentlemen, is truly why Brian rocks.

True...And I think that Ur ( NOT HER! ) is kraken.

That was the best comic in a while. I love how everyone except BM seems to know the sketch.

And then that made me laugh too. Man, today is my lucky day.

...No, too easy.

Occasional bathing is great.
 

Well, Black Mage does stink. His subconscious even used the blatant stupidity as an opportunity to tell him so! :D "Duck season"... just. Perfect.

I think those cultists should get a 10/10 for picking up on the funny, and another 10/10 for style putting themselves back together. I mean, Humpty dumpty couldn't do that.

BM did take a cheap shot at RM, but when it comes to the Light Warriors, it's par for the course

meh, it was alright, nothing TOO hilarious, only because it has been done before to death, and Light Warriors don't do well against the undead most of the time

Man I laughed out loud when I read this comic (very rare for me). I especially loved BM's line in the second panel.

I belive it is mentaly impossible for anyone to be stupider than Fighter even people in comas well at least they dont move thus avoid doing stupid things. anyone wanna beat we see a hadoken or bm learns some new spell....

hm. It`s almost like Red Mage CURSED Black Mage when he reproved him.

Ya, though he`s a bit of a bastard, I am starting to REALLY like that Red Mage. He claimed at one time that he LIKES Thief, and he holds no real ill will against Fighter. Never got along with teh Master of teh Scaries, though.
One could argue (though it wouldn`t be me. :D) that he IS the most versitile of all the lightbulb warriors. - especially with Mime.

Thanks again, Brian, for a wonderful strip...er, comic.

YOU GIT! HAHAHA

I laughed so suddenly on the last 2 panels it hurt!

That was definatly a good pointer by Thief and good reference for his stinking magic which we haven't heard from in a long time

Ryong is prolly right, I bet Kraken pits alot of the descriptions we just had in this comic anyway

I see the personality types now. They're all based from high school cliques! BM is the horny teenager who never gets any, but flirts with all the girls, Fighter is the dumb jock, Thief is the guy who screws you over constantly, and RM is the elitist nerd no one likes.

I would just like to add that I've been giggling all day about this comic, prompting several odd looks from customers. Further kudos to Brian.

I know some elitist nerds...


They're the type who will not accept anything that goes against their views and are prone to rants to prove their point, no matter how petty it is...

To be perfectly honest, I'm pretty sure BM does stink the most because of various spell ingredients left in his pockets.

"Don't insult the nerds. One day you may end up working for them."

To corporate_Evil and Massacre. I suddenly feel like saying "take it to another thread", seriously haven't you guys noticed we always somehow get drawn into making huge posts about what each ones like in our own eyes? I think everyone ends up giving it a go at some point
Fighter = Dum
Black Mage = Evil
Thief = Greedy
RedMage = Phony
Even if we need a good basic line to keep going back to to create conversation around here I thought that one was just getting a little worn out :p dont you?

That's what you get not not having a Charisma score.

I died reading this comic. It was so funny I was almost crying by the end. It was the best one I've read in a while, just so classic.

Heck, the whole WEEK has been chock-full of win.

This is the first time I've actually posted thier personalities in a comic thread.

this one was there funniest comic yet! I hope its funny next comic!

Hi, first time poster. I may have missed it if anyone else pointed it out, but does anyone else notice that Fighter doesn't seem to be BM's friend anymore? At least not quite the way that he was when this comic started?

"Look at all the hardcore running in to that one I just did"

Gold.

Actually... Back in the start of the comic, Fighter voted BM out ( or voted anyone but BM out ) when they were choosing the LW group. Fighter has grown a lot since the start of the comic and changed from a hyperactive sword lover to a sword lover that thinks at least a little before doing something, at least socially. He still does rather foolish things ( like "finding" the water temple ) but he's more socially aware of who's his friends. BM is actually friendlier to him now than in the start of the comic ( back there Fighter was just his meat-and-armor shield ) but now... Well, they're far from friends... Unless you mean the kind of friend that RM and BM are.

Black Mage lies! Badly!
 

By 'kind of friends that RM and BM are', you mean punching bag and unsoapy one, right?

XD Really now Black Mage. Stabbing the red guy just because he smells better than you is no excuse for skipping baths. And don't think I believe that "spell components" crap for a second. My bard in D&D keeps spell components, and he sure doesn't stink.

See my sig for the proof of BM's spell components.

Ditto.

I have been making lots of Cthulhu/Lovecraftian references lately.

Besides, if you've got something better to post about, share with the group! I make with the funny and there's no harm done.

Experience points don't ROT!
 

"What're you so worried about? You've only got some moldy spell components and old gum wrappers there." Touché, NoDot.

BUT!

A spell component pouch isn't gonna last more than, say, 20 uses. Seeing as how the ones in that strip were mouldy, (which doesn't make much sense since most components - string, gems, feathers, ashes, silver, gold, exp. points - don't go mouldy or are otherwise preserved to avoid this situation) he should at least have some fresher ones by now. Components or not, his stink is his own. No amount of blaming will help his self esteem. XD

I LOVE THIS COMIC!
*Hugs*
So awesome...