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You know, in case you ever need to ween yourself off this one.

Questionable content? No thanks. The guy writing that thing is almost as daffy as Tats at times.

Edited by Metalix on Jan 20th 2019 at 6:45:43 AM

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2019-01-21

So...we go from the pimp falling down a pit to the underworld to a scene from "Die Hard: Female Edition."

I have to ask: how does this transition make sense?

Edited by Overlord347 on Jan 20th 2019 at 8:18:06 AM

The scene it's using doesn't even apply here! When Mc Clane said that he was about to do something awesome, but Sad Hooker Lady, much like every other big event in her life, did NOTHING!

Tats, you suck so bad at this that the guys behind the Scary Movie franchise would call you a talentless hack.

Because why make up your own one liners when you can steal one and shill your mediocre fanfic idea at the same time?

Having Sad Prostitute Girl react would have taken effort and that's something Tats doesn't do.

Guys, there's an even worse possibility here... Tats once made the Johnbies as creatures for a movie - then they turned out to really exist. Take a wild guess about what he could possibly do with this "cameo"...

...on a better note, Dan Aykroyd said that they're actually making Ghostbusters 3, and the All-girl GB is definitely non-canon. What has this to do with Sinfest? Nothing, but I thought it'd cheer you people up.

Well, Tat's and the previous Ghostbuster 2016 version showed what not to do if you are doing a female reboot.

Bring on a director who's known more for lowbrow slapstick for a series that had a greater focus on verbal humor, and focus more on personal politics than telling a coherant story?

Making the all-girls GB non-canon seems like a massive dick move, and no, I don't care how bad that movie was. That's like trying to earn some feminist cred, and then doubling down on the underrepresentation when it didn't work out.

But that's not really for this thread.

I do like that for once the characters have some visual distinctiveness to them for once. I wish Tats could do more of that, because clearly he can if he tries.

And yeah, I have no idea how we got here from yesterday, either.

Making the all-girls GB non-canon seems like a massive dick move ...

Wait. What? Do you really think Ballbusters 2016 was the very first movie in the series? That was the movie that declared the original movies non-canon. Because "grrll power" and "stupid menz can't do anything" and "Erin, you're the world's greatest physicist."

(Or am I misinterpreting you? Did you mean that the dick move was having the 2016 movie ignore the canon of the first two movies? If so, then I agree with you.)

I suspect that if Tats ever gets around to finishing the all-female Die Hard, then McClane will evolve to agree with the Social Justice of Gruber's efforts and will join the terrorists.

And yeah, today's strip is ... bizarre.

Edited by Hexapodia on Jan 21st 2019 at 9:20:47 AM

Well, in that case, it's a terrible choice in both cases. It's clearly a mess.

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2019-01-22

I really think this strip should have been made sooner.

Edited by Overlord347 on Jan 21st 2019 at 7:39:06 AM

Ah, a sign of hope. Sadly, it seems like Tats didn't learn a damned thing the LAST two times he was certain his brand of insanity would better the world.

Hate to point this out, but... is there any evidence the Pimp cancelled all the debts? Does she have a way of proving that?

I'm just saying "and with his dying words, he cancelled my debt, and the debts of all the women who owed him in the Bomf District" seems a bit... convenient. Also, if she told the whole story, I don't know if a court would actually hold that binding, given the circumstances.

That is, if we assume the Pimp's practices were legal in the first place, of course.

Edited by Dragon573 on Jan 21st 2019 at 8:12:20 AM

Again Tats' has a lack of coherent pacing.

I took the new strip to be an announcement that he's going to make the Anthropomorphic Personification of 2019 either gay or lesbian.

The last two weren't?

The focus of the story is all over the place.

Is this going to be one of those weeks where Tats spins his wheels in place to stall for Sunday?

As far as I know the millenium characters have never been indicated to have a sexuality at all. Or are you referring to something else?

That was me being a smartass about how Tats seems to have developed an aversion to any "good" character expressing heterosexual tendencies.

It's something that's been noted many times in the thread. Usually by Hex.

Would shooting the stork down be considered bad form?

Asking for a friend.

Stork is just doing his job. Not his fault the creator of his universe has gone around the bend.

Plus, the baby has shields.

Ah, the New Year. Always so hopeful.

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2019-01-23

And now, a surmation of this arc to this point.

So... what actually significant events happened this past year?

I'm drawing a blank on if anything had actual impact or consequences in a entire year of daily comics...

Probably not a good sign.