Like some sort of evil darkness lies within, huh? I noticed that myself and why I chose the term “vengance” in my question yesterday. For someone to hold onto guilt like that for so long means they have some ulterior motives. Simply put, she wants to use this as a tool to try to reconcile her own guilt rather than publicly coming forth by doing right all along.
One could easily make the same argument about Yehuda hiding his eyes, but we’re familiar with him and so take his hidden eyes for granted. Give her a chance to develop.
I think she’s drawn that way to renforce the percepton she’s an innocent young thing. Like the Belladonna (beautiful lady) alkyloids were use to dilate pupils, those cat pictures, and the song lyics, “There ain’t nothing in the world like a big eyed girl to make act so funny, make me spend my money.”
yeah, those are the eyes of demon-kids from those movies where everyone in their addopted family mysteriously die or dissapear… or she’s just a false blonde
Of course – she might be wearing ‘fashion’ sunglasses/shades (echoes of ‘Warehouse 13′)
However, to be doing that, she must be able to close her eyelids over them….
Probably just ‘demon-eyes’ then
Maybe she’s still wearing her “Marilyn Manson” contact lenses from Hallowe’en?
Sister Sprocket has similarly blank eyes – Maybe they’re both “Stepford Wives“?
Isn’t YehudaWorld located somewhere near Ohio? Ohio/ Stepford… whatever
I guess ‘cos that would make him even angrier and hateful toward cyclists and give him more fuel for his “professional” work (cartoons and radio) – hopefully Yehuda and blondie will hatch a plan to make him admit on air and ruin his reputation…
Sidewalk has already left. Yehuda has to find out where Sidewalk has gone to, so he is working Huge Black Eyes… she’ll make Sidewalk come to Yehuda, and then we’ll see some U-Lock Justice, with Rick drawing a four panel strip. In the first panel, U-Lock meets Sidewalk head, and the blood from the impact splatters across the other three panels, and goes dripping down the comments section. You’ll love it, Mongo.
I think the opening scene of Pulp Fiction is about to take place…
Honey Bunny (The Blonde): [about to rob a diner] I love you, Pumpkin. Pumpkin (Yehuda): I love you, Honey Bunny. Pumpkin: [Standing up with a gun] All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery! Honey Bunny: Any of you f.ing pr!cks move, and I’ll execute every motherf.ing last one of ya!
Rick you really are great! surprising most (if not all) of us every day. Not sure why almost everyone here wants romance to take place between Y and each female he is confronted with.
Again, it’s driving to endanger, aggravated assault, and battery, resulting in bodily harm; plus, there’s a witness. If they get him to admit on the air, it’s a slam-dunk in criminal and civil court. If not, there’s still the witness, so it’s not limited to “he said/he said.”
Too much makeup for my taste, but that’s quite realistic for a phoney. She’s trying to make amends but I’d sure as heck get this on tape or have her make a statement to a lawyer.
Her character design reminds me of Chester Gould’s work (which I’m sure is deliberate, considering all the “2-way wrist radio” callouts…) I am not putting any kind of Ominous Meaning into her eyes, not that there is any room in them for anything save those enormous pupils =D
Remember what became of Fred’s campaign for beyond-the-grave vengance. A “beat Sidewalk up and have his ex-gf laugh ha ha at him” scenario wouldn’t really be consistent with Rick’s themes and I’m very interested to see where he’ll go with this.
The victim in this case is a doctor, and therefore we may presume as sufficient means to take the perpetrator to civil court. You hit someone where it will hurt the most, and in this case it is probably the wallet. If the doctor’s lawyers go at it right, the driver will end up on the street in his underwear.
I understood “hard” and “teeth” from that and I’m guessing the “non ha di dente” is “won’t have any teeth”. “He’ll knock him so hard (hit him so hard) he won’t have any teeth (left)?”
The woman’s eyes aren’t her only suspicious characterisitc. Rick has also used (deliberately?) a classic suspicious move to bring the woman into question: the look-over-the-drink move. In panel 1, she’s given her sad story and promised to amend her ways, but in panel 2 we see a transformation. She stares plainly with dark eyes as she takes a sip from her mug. This subtle move–the falsely innocent sip–in combination with her suggestion that she and Yehuda “work together,” casts her motivation in doubt. It feels very femme fatale. It’s fascinating to see Kickstand noire.
Rick’s work here is a reminder that there is no high and low art. There is only evidence that authors (in a broad sense of “writing”) care about the thing they are producing. It’s very cool to see how this narrative is shaped daily–that the “filmic” vision of the story is done as well as the arc of the stories themselves. From the detailed diner scene to the woman’s body language to the way that story lines dive and resurface throughout the Kickstand universe, I’m always amazed to see a new strip appear: cared for creation itself.
Also said it yesterday… Just looks like a typical teen or twenty-something with too much eye makeup. Do a Google Image search for “too much eyeshadow” and you’ll see lots (unfortunately) of examples of the real thing.
As a former HS and college teacher, I can tell you that teen and twentysomething girls can be some of the most vicious, nasty, backstabbing little b_____s you can imagine. Their elder sisters, aunts, and mothers have learned a little restraint and perspective.
My heart breaks …. but what an eyes?!
Black eyed peace.
MAKE HIM ADMIT!!!!!! stupid drivers.
Side walk is her la. dodo
Does anyone else find those black eyes suspiciously untrustworthy?
Like some sort of evil darkness lies within, huh? I noticed that myself and why I chose the term “vengance” in my question yesterday. For someone to hold onto guilt like that for so long means they have some ulterior motives. Simply put, she wants to use this as a tool to try to reconcile her own guilt rather than publicly coming forth by doing right all along.
Personal weakness sucks.
Something’s not clear here. Remember the cat in the boots form Shrek? He had the same eyes…
One could easily make the same argument about Yehuda hiding his eyes, but we’re familiar with him and so take his hidden eyes for granted. Give her a chance to develop.
I think she’s drawn that way to renforce the percepton she’s an innocent young thing. Like the Belladonna (beautiful lady) alkyloids were use to dilate pupils, those cat pictures, and the song lyics, “There ain’t nothing in the world like a big eyed girl to make act so funny, make me spend my money.”
yeah, those are the eyes of demon-kids from those movies where everyone in their addopted family mysteriously die or dissapear… or she’s just a false blonde
Of course – she might be wearing ‘fashion’ sunglasses/shades (echoes of ‘Warehouse 13′)
However, to be doing that, she must be able to close her eyelids over them….
Probably just ‘demon-eyes’ then
Maybe she’s still wearing her “Marilyn Manson” contact lenses from Hallowe’en?
Sister Sprocket has similarly blank eyes – Maybe they’re both “Stepford Wives“?
Isn’t YehudaWorld located somewhere near Ohio? Ohio/ Stepford… whatever
fyi, Stepford is in Connecticut.
I think you mean fictitious Connecticut. Personally, I’m fine with Stepford being near Yehudaland. It’s on an island in Lake Erie.
Rick and Co. scores another AWESOME Job on the quality of the artwork! Great Job!!!
I wonder if there’s 6 differences between the panels to play w/us. I notice that Yehuda’s mug is pointed in different directions…
Wow.. he uses right hand then left hand to drink.
Yehuda… beware of the power of the dark side.
Mug is orientated differently, Arms are moved, leg has moved, string is missing, spilled sugar has moved, Eyes are open.
@Kit… now when’s the lightsaber fight?
Naw, between the 2 panels there is a gap, the waiteress has swapped the mugs as they are a different size.
@K’Tesh: Time marches on. Go figure.
i thihk he is going to get down with her
Why is Yehuda not pounding the living batsnot out of Sidewalk?
I guess ‘cos that would make him even angrier and hateful toward cyclists and give him more fuel for his “professional” work (cartoons and radio) – hopefully Yehuda and blondie will hatch a plan to make him admit on air and ruin his reputation…
: P
So you’re saying “Don’t fight back. You might piss him off.” Waddaya, French?
How to express the infinite boredom in which your obsessive comments plunge me ? Only if a yawn could yawn I guess.
Why is Yehuda not pounding the living batsnot out of Sidewalk? Because he is sane enough to realize doing would not only be wrong but stupid.
Sidewalk has already left. Yehuda has to find out where Sidewalk has gone to, so he is working Huge Black Eyes… she’ll make Sidewalk come to Yehuda, and then we’ll see some U-Lock Justice, with Rick drawing a four panel strip. In the first panel, U-Lock meets Sidewalk head, and the blood from the impact splatters across the other three panels, and goes dripping down the comments section. You’ll love it, Mongo.
There’s a lot of iron(y) in that U-lock of your Yoshiyahu.
http://tinyurl.com/lccaxu
Given Sidewalk’s comic and radio show, “making him admit to what he did” should be easy … he’s proud of his cycle-hate.
Look out, it’s a trap.
Time to call Mayhem Miller and rent a cage!
Mayhem don’t need to rent no stinkin’ cage. Mayhem OWNS the cage.
She’s the one who did it.
I think the opening scene of Pulp Fiction is about to take place…
Honey Bunny (The Blonde): [about to rob a diner] I love you, Pumpkin.
Pumpkin (Yehuda): I love you, Honey Bunny.
Pumpkin: [Standing up with a gun] All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery!
Honey Bunny: Any of you f.ing pr!cks move, and I’ll execute every motherf.ing last one of ya!
I bet she’s a freak in the sack.
It’s because people who don’t ride have no soul
Rick you really are great! surprising most (if not all) of us every day. Not sure why almost everyone here wants romance to take place between Y and each female he is confronted with.
I am missing one of those great ”out of time” pics you provided us with in the past such as
http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080624
or
http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080901
“Not sure why almost everyone here wants romance to take place between Y and each female he is confronted with.”
Maybe because they need their own girlfriends???
If they had girlfriends they might not be spending so much time here?
So if Sidewalk admits he did it, then what? He gets a slap on the wrist ticket? Maybe probation?
Dunno…. driving away from an accident is a pretty serious offense in most places. At least he’ll get humiliated on the radio.
That means big bucks for Yehuda in a civil law suit.
So maybe even if the insurane doesn’t come through the winnings from the civil suit will help rebuild the Kickstand?
Again, it’s driving to endanger, aggravated assault, and battery, resulting in bodily harm; plus, there’s a witness. If they get him to admit on the air, it’s a slam-dunk in criminal and civil court. If not, there’s still the witness, so it’s not limited to “he said/he said.”
And don’t forget all the evidence of pre-meditation with the comics.
Evil eyes. Dont trust them..
Too much makeup for my taste, but that’s quite realistic for a phoney. She’s trying to make amends but I’d sure as heck get this on tape or have her make a statement to a lawyer.
It’s actually quite realistic for someone with low self-esteem/ self confidence, which her behavior seems to support, no?
Shark eyes…
For some reason, and I can’t quite put my finger on it, the more I see her the more I think she looks like Judy Jetson.
http://bit.ly/ddbRWk
Her character design reminds me of Chester Gould’s work (which I’m sure is deliberate, considering all the “2-way wrist radio” callouts…) I am not putting any kind of Ominous Meaning into her eyes, not that there is any room in them for anything save those enormous pupils =D
Remember what became of Fred’s campaign for beyond-the-grave vengance. A “beat Sidewalk up and have his ex-gf laugh ha ha at him” scenario wouldn’t really be consistent with Rick’s themes and I’m very interested to see where he’ll go with this.
(Bart Simpson) I’m Dick Tracy. Take that, Prune Face. Now I’m Prune Face. Take that, Dick Tracy. Now I’m Prune Tracy. Take that, Dick…
Oh, and Asters, I was thinking more along the lines of “beat Sidewalk til their ain’t enough of him to put in a woodchipper”.
Check this out everyone–a Sidewalk Jones of real life:
Justice Not Served For Cyclists: Colorado Not So Cyclist Friendly
Colorado DA drops felony hit-and-run charges against billion-dollar financier because of “serious job implications”
http://www.declinemagazine.com/content.php?itemid=5546&sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4ce5ffe11762d5f0%2C0
The victim in this case is a doctor, and therefore we may presume as sufficient means to take the perpetrator to civil court. You hit someone where it will hurt the most, and in this case it is probably the wallet. If the doctor’s lawyers go at it right, the driver will end up on the street in his underwear.
“You hit someone where it will hurt the most…the wallet.”
Spoken like a man who has never been punched really hard by Yours Truly.
As our Italian friends say, “Il cane che ladre piu forte e il che non ha di dente.”
I understood “hard” and “teeth” from that and I’m guessing the “non ha di dente” is “won’t have any teeth”. “He’ll knock him so hard (hit him so hard) he won’t have any teeth (left)?”
Perhaps something like, “The dog that barks loudest has no teeth?”
The woman’s eyes aren’t her only suspicious characterisitc. Rick has also used (deliberately?) a classic suspicious move to bring the woman into question: the look-over-the-drink move. In panel 1, she’s given her sad story and promised to amend her ways, but in panel 2 we see a transformation. She stares plainly with dark eyes as she takes a sip from her mug. This subtle move–the falsely innocent sip–in combination with her suggestion that she and Yehuda “work together,” casts her motivation in doubt. It feels very femme fatale. It’s fascinating to see Kickstand noire.
Rick’s work here is a reminder that there is no high and low art. There is only evidence that authors (in a broad sense of “writing”) care about the thing they are producing. It’s very cool to see how this narrative is shaped daily–that the “filmic” vision of the story is done as well as the arc of the stories themselves. From the detailed diner scene to the woman’s body language to the way that story lines dive and resurface throughout the Kickstand universe, I’m always amazed to see a new strip appear: cared for creation itself.
You’re overanalyzing in ways I’d never do, but It’s hard to disagree with you.
I’m enjoying the series and am happy to wait to see where Rick & Yehuda are taking us. The suspense is great & keeps me coming back.
Cheers,
Bryan
I found this long article worth reading:
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/09/fear-of-cycling01-essay-in-five-parts.html
Yeah. We totally read that series when it came out. Like over a year ago.
I actually never saw it! Interesting read. “western societies have become dominated by a ‘culture of fear’.” No joke…
johnny depp in “once upon a time in mexico” comes to mind
Gotta hate her. I don’t believe a word she says.
Said it yesterday…Fix those Eyes! They’re awful….like a pit viper of something! Don’t trust her.
Also said it yesterday… Just looks like a typical teen or twenty-something with too much eye makeup. Do a Google Image search for “too much eyeshadow” and you’ll see lots (unfortunately) of examples of the real thing.
As a former HS and college teacher, I can tell you that teen and twentysomething girls can be some of the most vicious, nasty, backstabbing little b_____s you can imagine. Their elder sisters, aunts, and mothers have learned a little restraint and perspective.