Sunday, September 21, 2025

...Uh... Huh...

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Night Shots.

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Remember what I was just saying about Muir's whole robot thing just being so completely bizarre?

Yeah, that was prophetic.

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  1. EurobratSeptember 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM

    True, but now I kinda want to see an alternate storyline universe in which Jeff and Jo really do nuke the DBD Ranch out of existence. It'll be like Threads, but in Texas and with crazy robots!

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    1. John BallSeptember 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM

      From one bomb? It wouldn't be 'Threads' it would be a 1950s monster movie.

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    2. EurobratSeptember 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM

      Good point. I guess I'm desperate for something to blow up and create an interesting plot for this comic.

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    3. John BallSeptember 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM

      Well, yes, since moving to the Compound, the rule is nothing ever really happens. There is the illusion of things happening, but nothing ever actually happening. The two "character" deaths we've seen have both been about illusory tragedy and cementing Zed's status as 'daddy', yes, both of them. The rest of it is sound and fury, as Muir tries to emphasize how neat his cast is.

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  2. EurobratSeptember 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM

    Exactly--you've summed it up perfectly with "the illusion of things happening, but nothing ever actually happening." Muir will on a regular basis build up the anticipation of some amazing plot twist to come, only to have it fizzle out and turn into more political hectoring from his various mouthpieces. Meh.

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    1. John BallSeptember 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM

      I mean, that wouldn't be so bad if what we got here was a simple slice of life strip with politics happening in the background. But Muir has to make his cast redneck supervillains taking on the derp state, so things just get surreal.

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    2. JLGSeptember 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM

      Redneck supervillains who twenty years ago were mild-mannered urban professionals — a category of person Muir now seems to regard as vermin.

      The bizarre trajectory of the characters’ lives parallels that of their creator, as it does for the entire American right.

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    3. John BallSeptember 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM

      To be fair, neither Damon nor Sam were ever mild-mannered, even if Sam wasn't quite the shrill boor she'd become.

      But... yeah.

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