"Starry Wisdom"
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"Starry Wisdom"
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Just so we're clear, this scene takes place just after the kids left Ghoul (and proceeded to get lost for a stretch).

We're going to follow him around for a bit. Hope you don't mind. :)

As usual, if you think we're doing a good job (or just want to get an EXCLUSIVE sneak peek), you can vote for Autumn Bay at Top Webcomics.
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Call Me Tom
Call Me Tom
Oh Ghoul what a little scamp you are!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
He's a baaaaaaad boy! :)
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lirvilas
lirvilas
Wait--are you telling me that this page that you made over a month ago had Ghoul tagging shit in red-orange?!

Mind BLOWN
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Correction: Over TWO months ago. :)

And yes, that was a nice bit of serendipity. To be fair, I hinted that he was doing exactly this 18 days ago (look at his hand in the last panel...).

That fanart is still beyond awesome, man.
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argylefox
argylefox
That's better, ghoul was being too nice.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
He was around kids, man. Pogo would have kicked his butt if he found out he was being a foul-mouthed ruffian hoodlum around kids.
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argylefox
argylefox
Heehee, you used the words 'ruffian' and 'hoodlam'!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
There are some words that I just love the "texture" of. Those are two of them. :)
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Hehehe! That graffiti. Good boy Ghoul~>D
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
And that is how he will defeat the forces of evil: vandalism and graffiti! :P
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Miaubol
Miaubol
Hahaha yes gang rivality and grafitti wars.

*wonders if this "church" will be a major thing eventually, or rather just flair text ..?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Yep... the gangs in Autumn Bay are actually one of the pillars of the way the city works. We will see more about this later.

Now, I wonder if I would focus on something that is just going to end up in the background... :P
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Miaubol
Miaubol
May depend on for how long you focus on it..? :P

Well, I'd expect we'll see more to them, Chekhov's gun and all that, but sometimes stories do not do what I expect ;)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
My biggest hope is that we do not disappoint... :)
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SarahSophia
SarahSophia
For those trying to fill their gang-tag-bingo card, we've seen:
The Unwanted
The Riverside Rangers (RR)
The Furies
The Jacks (the jack-o-lantern)
Saturday's Children (the skull with top-hat).
The New Revolution's Knights (NRK)
The Kings (crown)
The Protectorate (blue fist)
The Boo Bitches (black cat, this one was several pages ago, and was easy to miss.)
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Stever
Stever
Definitely not the kind of cult I would want to be involved with. Even with that trippy name XD
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
The Church of Starry Wisdom are NOT good news.

(They may or may not be something we're "borrowing" from H.P. Lovecraft...)
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Delta-v
C'mon, Ghoul, tell us how you REALLY feel. ^^
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Oh, he will. Continuously. :P
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lirvilas
lirvilas
Did you shift colors?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
If you are referring to the Starry Wisdom poster, yes. It was originally purple, but i figured it was poor form having the color of the TGDOR be the thing Ghoul was flipping off. I thought I had it loaded properly, but I hadn't, so I loaded the proper one as soon as I noticed. Green is better for it anyway.

If it is anything else, then no.
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Delta-v
How ..... do you choose a color for ANYTHING like that which doesn't piss somebody off? *Headscratch*
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Mostly, I don't worry about it. But since I DID bring attention to the TGDOR, I figured I had better mind my colors...
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Confettirainbowpony
Confettirainbowpony
Yay!! More Ghoul action!...but...what are these nasty rumors I hear about no more Deacon? (;o;)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Sadly, Deacon is on the sidelines right now. He doesn't fit what's going on.

Hopefully, the people we DO have will suffice!

(Doc CAN be found over at Wayfarers of the Beyond, a remix/remaster of that part of the old strips, starring Marie-Ange, Andrew, and Dr. Deacon. It's a side project, but a project nonetheless.)
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SarahSophia
SarahSophia
Jacob Dean/Dr. Deacon DOES have a story that needs telling, but it is far far off. In the meantime, there's more Ghoul coming up, as well as other characters, old and new.

Edit: Plus, I have some bits in a couple of weeks, so be sure to come see those.
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melaredblu
melaredblu
What's the point in flipping off a poster, anyway?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Makes him feel better, I suppose? It's more of a symbolic act, really.
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Zanreo
Zanreo
Yay, Ghoul :D Grafitti up that poster!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Yes! He has no time for the Starry Wisdom peeps, and he's got a can of paint to do something about it! :)
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Taily
Taily
Good job, Ghoul! Now it just says "Hurch of Tarry Wisdom." That's WAY better.

edit: I guess I'm caught up!! Definitely subscribing, man - I can't wait to see where this goes! c:
My one gripe is that each page takes like 1000 years to load on my computer. I don't know whose fault that is though :')
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Great! (Except the load thing. That sucks.)

Unfortunately, now you HAVE to wait... :P

(The next one comes up in a little over 2 hours at 12:01 am EST)
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zaika
zaika
But bad acid trip evil hippie cults are the best cults!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Their stories are the best, that's for sure!
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AmeliaP
AmeliaP
evil hippie sounds contradictory to me ^^ But I think I got it.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
The first person that I think of when combining the words "evil" and "hippie" is Charles Manson...
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