Grrl Power #313 – This measures an eight on the Sydney scale
No, Sydney… just no. You don’t go barging in whatever room you like in a military facility. She’s done some bone headed things in the past. This may top the list. Well, it’s in the top ten anyway, this is Sydney we’re talking about here.
There was a tiny part of me that wanted to make the last panel Sydney just looking over her shoulder and going “Oh, hey.” but Sydney’s not quite that sedate.
Maxima’s not the most regimented commander in the armed forces, still, I assume Sydney’s in for about a million hours of night watch or whatever would happen in this situation. It may be unprecedented.
Normally to get a slot in the Who’s Who, someone has to have a speaking part on the page as well as be introduced in the comic by name. I thought it was ok to make an exception in this case. General Faulk’s aide speaks but hasn’t been named, which is ok because I haven’t thought of a name for him yet. He’s the same guy from way back on this page, though now that I look like it I realize his hair is the wrong color… and the wrong style… and his shirt is different. Ok, maybe it should be a different guy. I really should not rely on my own memory for reference.
Colors on this page provided again by Keith. This time with far less touch up on my part.
Edit: Many people have already pointed out that this would probably never happen due to layers of security in a facility like this. Yes, you’re probably right, but in my defense, this isn’t a classified meeting taking place. It’s a North American-Super-Mutual-Defense-and-Public-Relations type meeting, as evidenced by Arianna being in attendance, as well as (and I don’t expect anyone to recognize them) the press secretaries of the US and Canada. (and probably Mexico, but I ran out of room) So slightly lower security on the room. Besides Sydney’s already made it through all the other security, and there was just the one door in her way. Maybe the aide came out to greet her.
As far as using recognizable people like this, yes it can create a problem with “comic time” later on, but that’s just the nature of comics. Besides, this is supposed to be our Earth now, just with supers going public. Also this gag wouldn’t have worked well if I had just drawn some statesmanly looking guy with an arrow saying “President” pointing at him.
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ah, sydney….. didnt you say just this morning “I hope that’s the dumbest thing I do all day”? and that was for eagle puching your own gut. well, congrats. you have broken your record. ….for today.
… for this morning… so far :-)
Is it me or the Mexican Flag is in the wrong color order ?
Green first then white and red no ?
Probably. I suppose it could be the reverse side if a real flag but I would imagine pictures would always be unidirectional. For example, with the US flag, the stars are always on the left. For the Mexican flag, the eagle faces the green but the image is too small to ascertain.
Yup, definitely backwards. Strangely, the first image when googled is the red>white>green order.
Do love the blurry, camera-focus-elsewhere effect for Syd in the 2nd-last panel. At least Mr. Prez looks amused, rather than peeved (& Sydney rarely makes the same mistake twice, so the next time she sees him, it won’t be an accident… probably).
And it has been shown time and time again that voter fraud is a non-existent problem. It is just excuse for promoting voter dis-enfranchisement.
What was real is voter registration scandal perpetrated by the Republicans in Florida in 2012.
https://fcir.org/2012/10/03/florida-gop-caught-in-voter-fraud-scandal/ While the NRC tried to sweep it under the rug and make one person the fall guy, you better believe it was known and approved by the NRC.
…People like you scare the hell out of me.
Don’t worry Cimbri, he may be a time-traveller, but he is an allright guy. You know, if you put aside the risk of him messing up our time line, like that ‘oops’ he had with the dinosaurs.
Can we stay away from the utterly boring, yet immensely terrifying IRL American politics discussion here please?
All I can hear, Is taps playing in the background.
RIP Sidney, no one survives the embarrassment. Yes, death by embarrassment is humiliating, but rest assured, you will not remember it. LOL
I just realized that the times are wrong, unless these people are somewhere else in their nations. Ottawa and Washington are both in the Eastern Time Zone (daylight savings or standard is hard to tell here). Mexico City is in the Central Standard Time Zone, same as Texas, well during the winter months anyway. If it is 2:32 pm in Ottawa, it is 2:32 pm in Washington and Mexico City is at, if in Daylight Savings Time, 12:32 pm or 1:32 pm if using Standard time. So I guess that we are using Standard Time and Obama is on Air Force One somewhere in the Midwest.
Yeah I need to remove them.
Hah! Physics teacher, my furry butt! I see how you time-travelled back to post that comment. You may have figured out how to change the date-stamp to October 26, 2015, but it lies in between one post dated May 16, 2015 and the other dated July 30, 2015!
Your profession of temporal physics teacher has been unmasked!
And no cheating to go back and change things. I have ways to stop you messing with memory changes!
Why didn’t they just lock the door??
It doesn’t look like it has a lock, or any handles. Maybe it doesn’t lock for the sake of transparency and accountability?
Or because there is a security guard just outside the door?
I love that you used the actual heads of state. And the wry smile on Obama’s face. XD Priceless.
A few more days and this page will become well and truly dated.
Oh it has been out of date for months now. Trudeau is prime minister of Canada at this point, not Harper.
That and Trump does not actually become President until January 20.
This comic would look SO much different if it had been made today. I can’t imagine Max not quitting her job…
Yea. That said though the public still need protecting, and Maxima is a career soldier. Politicians come and go, but the military need to rise above political considerations and ensure that they carry on doing their duty regardless of their opinions of the person at the top.
Unless, of course, they get issued an illegal order. But if they had resigned, and been replaced by someone who was OK with the administration, then they would not have the opportunity to ensure that an injustice is averted. So remaining in a key position, like Max’s, would be that much more important, if she feared oppressive and unconstitutional orders.
You can say a lot of things about Obama, but the man has a great sense of humor.
And given how often he’s on his phone, there’s no way he didn’t anticipate meeting Sydney. He was probably sitting in the Oval Office watching the video of her at the bank.
Miss you already, obama
“Never go through an unsecured door”
-Police guy, Saw 2
Unless you are in a near-invulnerable force field and in a badass mood.
-Yorp
That was saw IV
I saw what you did Ivy.
I still love how the General just looks at LTC Leander. Like he is getting ready to enjoy the show when Sydney realizes what she did/done.
Cracks me up every time.
Same here :D
Wonder how much he has in the betting pool :P
For example, the Fox parody panel from after the big fight, or President Barack me Amadeus would have also triggered RHJ, but it looks like he stopped commentating by this point.
So, in the 3rd panel, did Sydney just force one of the orbs to pop out the bottom of the tube? Or did she MacGyver a little hole to pop then at a moment’s notice? Would be much better than having to find the lid every time she needed to pop it off.
I assume Arc-light is gonna make her some fancy holder later. Something where they don’t need foam between each one and it doesn’t matter what order they were in. (Like needing to pop out to PPO first because it was between the Flyball and the opening) Maybe a belt that she can attach them to like pokéballs in the anime?