#199

November 2, 2014

NOTES

  • Who trapped the Codefathers in the Purgeon, to stop people from believing they exist, if it wasn’t Demandice?
  • First appearance of Laed-Ku, a lesser god of the Beyonding whose inspiration is quite obvious, if you think about it (and squint a little)
  • Laed-Ku, using the power of belief, becomes powerful enough to break through the Narrata/panel borders

#198

October 26, 2014

NOTES

  • The first panel is a vision of the Dark Unmentionable Abysma
  • First (full) appearance of “Garg”, a Gargile

#197

October 19, 2014

NOTES

  • Bromance uses full power to restore his Privilege himself, in a reference to the formation of the “Blazing Sword” from Voltron
  • Bromance ages several years; in panel 5 he again sheathes his sword upside-down and backwards
  • First appearance of Codefathers Subliminus and Zardoza
  • Subliminus was inspired by Rake Yohn (CKY, Jackass); Zardoza was inspired by Sean Connery’s role in John Boorman’s Zardoz (1974)
  • What’s in the lower right corner of panel 9?

#196

October 12, 2014

NOTES

  • First appearance of Bwur-Hurg, originally of Mike The Pod’s Invisible Inc. 
  • The Panegandee Briguild controls and regulates consumption and export of mead, and operates lodges outside of Midiria
  • What connection could Bromance have with a mapmaker?

#195

October 5, 2014

NOTES

  • Zaz doesn’t curse
  • Cornelius remembers Yla in the Drymouth dust storm from #85, in panel 6
  • Cornelius loses his blade in panel 8

#194

September 28, 2014

NOTES

  • Bromance meets with Aga Regata again, as he did in #118, but she is considerably weaker, and can’t restore his variblade (Privilege)
  • Zaz continues to call Cornelius “Cory”

#193

September 21, 2014

NOTES

  • Spalpeen was a “Knight of the First Solstera”
  • Bromance’s variblade breaks on the teeth of the Resineater

#192

September 14, 2014

NOTES

  • Cornelius uses the knowledge that the masked stranger (Shiraadh) gave him; that TortureSkulls can sense and amplify fear

#191

September 7, 2014

NOTES

  • Spalpeen is speaking of the cost of being a Knight, in panels 3-5
  • Bromance severs the string connecting Spalpeen’s head to his hay-stuffed substitute body in panel 6

#190

August 31, 2014

NOTES

  • Zaz’s “old boyfriend” Riv appeared in #128
  • The Estimen Briguild of Midiria controls and regulates all assault machinery, and is based in Couswick, Bant
  • Cornelius (still called “Cory” by Zaz) recounts his experience with the Question Squad, from #35
  • A TortureSkull appears at the mouth of the cave, panel 8