Comments on: The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon & Co, Chapter Four.

By: Darkstarr

Darkstarr — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 04:33:31 +0000

In reply to Leon Arnott (l). It's definitely very Gail Carriger, IMHO. ^_^

By: Joseph Garvin (dapper_anarchist)

Joseph Garvin (dapper_anarchist) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:00:47 +0000

I like “this adventure is just growing peculiar”…

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:00:46 +0000

I second Lenore’s comment … that line of Helen’s in the first panel literally had me laughing aloud as well. You might as well question the rationale of equipping a ladies’ parasol with a spring-loaded harpoon. It just works.

By: Amity McGinnis (calamityjane)

Amity McGinnis (calamityjane) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:00:45 +0000

I like the nails on Dave’s soles.

By: Lenore Hoyt (landsnark)

Lenore Hoyt (landsnark) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:00:44 +0000

<i>What sort of anti-gravity moongoing bathyscape doesn't have a grappling arm?</i>

I rarely laugh out loud at my computer, but for some reason this page really got to me. I started laughing at this line and didn't stop for the rest of the page. I *love* this page.

Incidentally, I thought the word was "bathyscaphe," but Wikipedia lists -scape, -scaphe and -scaph as acceptable endings, then proceeds to switch between them throughout the entry. Reminds me of a lot of other multiple-author works I've seen.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:00:43 +0000

that's one freaky-looking mechanical hand

Indeed -- it's got individual (ball?) joints for every finger, nicely imitative "musculature" for the crotch of the hand... but then for the arm, it looks like you were thinking of rabbit-ear TV antennas! And never mind the missle-like fingertips!

But hey, the whole victorian biomorphism thing is kind of a running joke anyway, as you drift from giant fish-ships to giant fish in ships... hmm, there's a deep-fried joke in there somewhere.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:00:42 +0000

Miss Narbon's arrow-tipped umbrella is very pretty.

Fun fact: prior to 1910, the only metals available to mad scientists were copper alloys.