Grrl Power #1280 - Kneedful things
Added 2024-08-01 10:00:11 +0000 UTCThank you for the support! You guys are awesome!
Not the most surprising turn of events, admittedly.
Math was like "let me look at some anatomy charts for youse guys so I don't accidentally explode your appendoid, or your vom deference, or your pancreatic couscous , or your cumulonimbus duodenum, or your exoprostate, or your tarsal areala.
But in fact he was looking for exactly the sorts of things martial artists might like to jab their one-finger push-up fingers.
And if you're wondering why Cora's maliens aren't ganging up on Math, that will become relevant in a page or two. Or... three? Soon.
I think I've been overdoing the speedlines, so I pulled back on this page. Arguably too much? I'll find the formula just as this sequence is coming to a close, and then forget everything I've learned by the time the next action scene rolls around.
Comments
Not sure I agree. Looks more like a posturing/expression of confidence and accomplishment to me, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Brett Peirce
2024-08-04 21:11:00 +0000 UTCNever seen it in the knees, but for the elbow, here in Sweden it's sometimes called hitting the "tjuvnerven", or "the thief's nerve" and it HURTS LIKE THE DICKENS!!!! So I don't blame Big Red for hopping around like that at all.
Tim
2024-08-02 19:32:15 +0000 UTC👍And you can quote me on that. 😝
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 03:02:06 +0000 UTCThis is for funsies. If they ganged up Math might have to seriously hurt someone.
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 03:01:05 +0000 UTCHe did do that. But he got the effect he was looking for on Altus, no damage to the skeletal structure but he and Altus are dealing with similar pain and numbness.
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 03:00:06 +0000 UTCExactly! That's why he had those notes on his opponents anatomy.
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 02:58:09 +0000 UTCI bet his elbow hurts about as much as Altus' knee.
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 02:51:44 +0000 UTCHis knee is still intact. That was a nerve strike. Hitting the funny bone X100.
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 02:50:03 +0000 UTCPerfect funny bone strike. And they're both acting funny. "This is gonna hurt me more than it gonna hurt you."
eddi_TBH
2024-08-02 02:48:13 +0000 UTCI agree about panel 4. Looks just right to me. For the specific action, I also think panel 3 looks right.
Tim Starliper
2024-08-02 00:01:25 +0000 UTC"Not all species have their genitals in the same place" XD
Hogan
2024-08-01 18:42:07 +0000 UTCSpeed lines look good on this one as well. Gets it across without overwhelming.
Doug Northcote
2024-08-01 16:41:04 +0000 UTCShe is just helping Math work on his biggest weakness...
Scott McCarthy
2024-08-01 15:54:13 +0000 UTCYup, he's posing like a goof.
Dave Barrack
2024-08-01 15:02:59 +0000 UTCHave you ever hit your elbow's "funny bone"? It's a sensitive nerve cluster that, when struck, sends weird tingles up your arm and into your hand. Given the caption under the main comic and above the mini-comic about the scratches, that would appear to be what happened to Math.
Czarzhan
2024-08-01 14:55:45 +0000 UTCI can only picture Math being voiced by Bryan Cranston after this page.... because of the Street Fighter 2 animated movie where he voiced Fei Long (which is also one of the best animated fight scenes *ever*)
Magraal
2024-08-01 14:46:32 +0000 UTC"And if you're wondering why Cora's maliens aren't ganging up on Math, that will become relevant in a page or two" I am wondering that. The way he stays there in the middle they should have swarmed him
Todd Ellner
2024-08-01 14:15:08 +0000 UTCNope! I think Math accidentally hit his funny bone (ulnar nerve) when elbowing the knee joint.
Ampws
2024-08-01 13:39:47 +0000 UTCMath funny boned his friggin knee?!
Aaron Mauthe
2024-08-01 13:35:28 +0000 UTCYeah I'm really not certain he has no powers. Hitting a front end loader's joints will mess up your fist even if you know just where to hit. Just because that front end loader is shaped like a person doesn't change that.
Mark Magagna
2024-08-01 13:33:32 +0000 UTCHe's probably done something to better his night vision, with that as a side effect. No, I have no idea what you can practice hitting that has the effect of making you see better in the dark. But Math has probably researched it.
Mark Magagna
2024-08-01 13:30:49 +0000 UTCYeah, going "tiger style" is only recommended at certain times. And not others.
Mark Magagna
2024-08-01 13:29:08 +0000 UTCSounds like a plan, Dave!
Brett Peirce
2024-08-01 13:22:34 +0000 UTCSydney: " Recent scars you say ?" *😏knowing eyebrows 😏*
Terence Bryant-White
2024-08-01 13:11:29 +0000 UTCThe speedlines are a great representation of Math's 'power'. Keep them.
Adam C.
2024-08-01 12:53:36 +0000 UTCExactly. This is the ideal way to do speed lines. Enough to imply/indicate motion while having other things around that aren't moving as fast to help convey the degree of motion. The other page was making me think of the slow fast-punch from IGPX with the occasional bit of Z Warrior power aura's from Dragonball Z.
Anton Schleef
2024-08-01 12:13:17 +0000 UTCI'm not entirely sure he doesn't have powers. Learning that many different martial arts and being able to utilize them all effectively is well outside human norm, so that I'd call a power, it's just a power that doesn't give him any inherent physical advantages that a baseline human can't achieve with training and he puts in the training needed.
Anton Schleef
2024-08-01 12:10:49 +0000 UTCJoints in general are a weak point, especially when they are supporting weight.
Anton Schleef
2024-08-01 12:06:06 +0000 UTCWhy are Math's pupils always constricted? Does he suffer from a version of miosis? Is he actually of a human subspecies that hang out in the dark all the time?
Town Crier
2024-08-01 12:00:58 +0000 UTCAlso is Math just doing a full kung fu goofy ending in that last panel?
Fogel
2024-08-01 11:42:50 +0000 UTCHe's not full on moving here, so it makes sense that there's fewer speed lines
Fogel
2024-08-01 11:42:36 +0000 UTCHe is annoying but he is a funny kind of annoying because he is unmalicious. He feels no need to harp on his superiority because he *knows* he is just that good. If others can't see it, all the better for him. He is arrogant but without being a bully.
Simon Magid
2024-08-01 11:12:24 +0000 UTCCombined with the face I was thinking it was a "Wow that hurt my elbow a lot more than I though it would."/fighting-through-the-pain/funnybone-tingles woo.
Thorbjørn Steen
2024-08-01 11:09:07 +0000 UTCIt's got to be a Jean Claude van Damme "WooOoo" to go with the split.
Woodrobin
2024-08-01 10:55:06 +0000 UTCThose are from when she uses Rabbit Style. It's not terribly useful in combat, but she insists on practicing it with Math whenever they have the opportunity.
Varyon
2024-08-01 10:43:17 +0000 UTCAh yes. Those scratches. That's when she uses her cheetah style in, uh, 'special training circumstances'.
Playwars
2024-08-01 10:33:27 +0000 UTCWith respect to the speed lines, I personally think this is just fine. You've got enough to communicate the path and speed of motion without looking too busy.
Torabi
2024-08-01 10:33:12 +0000 UTCMath backs up his cockiness. Even if they get some payback on him, he's shown he's not a lightweight by any means.
Seth Ruskin
2024-08-01 10:32:25 +0000 UTCOh yeah, and is that a Bruce Lee "woo" at the end, or a Ric Flair? Probably Lee, but my head canon has it as pure Nature Boy. Woo!
Mike
2024-08-01 10:27:49 +0000 UTCOut of everyone in this comic, I'd say math has more of my respect than anyone. No powers, yet he can stand toe to toe with many that do. I'd say the same about the other non-powered team members, but we haven't seen as much of them as Math. Seneca seems cool, bad ass with the funny sweet eating side of her. Goose is, of course, Duke Nukem. Peggy and that SEAL whatever his name was are surely good too. But Math seems to be a level past them.
Mike
2024-08-01 10:26:14 +0000 UTCThere’s a similar nerve complex on the outside of the human leg, just above the knee. We were actually trained to aim for that area during my baton and handcuffs course. Doesn’t matter how much muscle your opponent has, you strike that nerve hard enough and both their legs will collapse under them.
Matthew Thompson
2024-08-01 10:21:28 +0000 UTCFaces are good, joints are better. And, uh, go Jabber! 😍
Michael Obert
2024-08-01 10:18:26 +0000 UTCThink you got the speedlines right on panel 4, maybe needed one or two more on panel 3.
Justaguy
2024-08-01 10:12:08 +0000 UTCI like the pulled back speed lines they were getting to be a bit much. But oh man I love maths wooo face at the end. It would make ric flair proud, and I want it as a reaction face.
TrixieTurner
2024-08-01 10:04:23 +0000 UTCWell, human knees are very fragile too.
Thomas Dorner
2024-08-01 10:04:03 +0000 UTC
