I’ve been re-reading Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha again. I just can’t get over the way he incorporates such absurd visuals and dialog in such serious, epic story telling. At first I was like, “what the heck is he doing?” I know of no other comic artist that has the guts to get away with that sort of thing.
I promised myself… if I was going to have a hottie villain like this, that she’d be able to act ridiculous from time to time. Nothing worse than a funny comic being dragged down by some uppity, high falutin’ emotionless dame!
Indeed: she does deserve her own button. Though, of course, we’ve never been properly introduced to her — no name revealed, only the titles Fortescue gives her. I imagine she’s from the Canid system or somesuch.
And she *is* rather attractive…for a maniac bent on world domination. She makes Robert Moses look tame.
Her own button? What are you doing looking out of the fourth wall? You’re not supposed to see that link in the top-left corner! Someone call the Triple I!
Also, it’s creepy how cute and innocent she looks in the last pannel 😉
in my notes, her name has been Tag, Queen Tag, Tag Queen, Tagged Empress.. some variation along those predictable lines… she was so hard to come up with a final design until I started giving her goofy faces.
No boyfriend yet? She doesn’t need one. She’s got muscular goons walking around in their boxer shorts with no thoughts for themselves. What more does she need?
She who speaketh with forked tongue…. umm… something something…
Noticed something just now, I can see her chasing skinny birds in the American south west. A slight resemblance is all. Could she have a little coyote in her?
Indeed: she does deserve her own button. Though, of course, we’ve never been properly introduced to her — no name revealed, only the titles Fortescue gives her. I imagine she’s from the Canid system or somesuch.
And she *is* rather attractive…for a maniac bent on world domination. She makes Robert Moses look tame.
I love that line. “She gets her own button an’ everything.”…lol.
The last panel is hilarious too.
Her own button? What are you doing looking out of the fourth wall? You’re not supposed to see that link in the top-left corner! Someone call the Triple I!
Also, it’s creepy how cute and innocent she looks in the last pannel 😉
Those goons don’t look too terribly happy to be stuffed in the closet.
Also, I should just point out that Miss Perfect’s forked tongue is awesome, and so is her expression in the second and forth panels.
Also, also, I <3 Fortiscue. Just sayin'.
Eric: I just assumed that her name was Perfection. And I thought it was an awesome name.
in my notes, her name has been Tag, Queen Tag, Tag Queen, Tagged Empress.. some variation along those predictable lines… she was so hard to come up with a final design until I started giving her goofy faces.
Tagnia? That kind of works…
Empress Tagnia, actually just a rich daddy girl bent on world domination and a bit crazy cause she is almost thirty and got no boyfriend yet!
Just ignore me, rant mode again…
My personal name for her is Etiquette de Prix.
No boyfriend yet? She doesn’t need one. She’s got muscular goons walking around in their boxer shorts with no thoughts for themselves. What more does she need?
She who speaketh with forked tongue…. umm… something something…
Noticed something just now, I can see her chasing skinny birds in the American south west. A slight resemblance is all. Could she have a little coyote in her?
I will say, putting the Upscale Hotel Iron on one of the thugs was an amusing touch.
Tagette?
Gee, who pushed HER button? 😉
At least the wardrobe is less drafty…
The best villains act really crazy at times–just look at Dr. Doom, or Cobra Commander.
Tag is a pretty cool name too, actually.
The wardrobe is a bad idea. This is how impressionable British youth become scarred for life.
@TLATSHAW – I been scarred for life since i was a kid, and i love it. ^_^
going through the archives. the back and forward buttons are broken on this page.
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