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How Abbey's Dad Immediately Died

I applied the "canon" tag so this would be easy to find, but I'm hesitant to label it such officially. I think it might be simultaneously too zany and too dark for the tone of TRW. But I got such a reaction from readers about the hippo thing on the last page that this was something I had to draw just for fun.  

How Abbey's Dad Immediately Died

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I do want to slip in a line about her casually hating hippos at some point if I can. XD

Reinbach

XD

Reinbach

Noted! :D

Reinbach

This is awesome! I have to wonder now if Abby hates going to the zoo. Even if that wasn't where her Dad was killed, I'm sure there's trauma there...

Chris Davis

I was told Freddy was middle eastern. But yeah, funny how that worked, eh Bach?

Lord Washington

wait wait... her dad is Freddy Mercury??

Stan Hanks

Was it, though? He got the first hit in. More importantly, you deserve endless accolades for rendering Abbey's dad in such a way that it's sensible for her body type to contrast with her thicc mom, especially consdering Tanner's first and probably last appearance is this five-panel joke page. What's the equivalent of the Eisner award for porn? Zimmerman? You should get one of those.

Trekkie Monster

The first panel along with the last two panels would make an awesome t-shirt/poster!

TotesNotThea

If you like D&D and can get past the first episode, you are in for a treat. And her name is Cow Girl.

rah

Oh no...could it be hereditary?!

MechaBlerd

I kinda want that happen xD

Jariah Synn

XD

Reinbach

Good lord man! XD

Reinbach

:D

Reinbach

Oh yeah I've been hearing that hippos are actually way more dangerous than people think.

Reinbach

Thank you!

Reinbach

Such wasted effort! XD

Reinbach

That's great! :)

Reinbach

Good to know! :D

Reinbach

Interesting idea! :D

Reinbach

XD

Reinbach

I have to agree with the Freddie Mercury comparison. It wasn't intentional but I totally see it.

Reinbach

In a sense! XD

Reinbach

XD

Reinbach

Can't argue with that. XD

Reinbach

No you know! XD

Reinbach

Thanks!

Reinbach

Right on! :)

Reinbach

Thank you!

Reinbach

Great! :)

Reinbach

I imagine Tanner was born seething with pure, unfounded hippo hatred.

Reinbach

Nice to know it fits tonally! :)

Reinbach

Good to hear!

Reinbach

Thanks! :)

Reinbach

XD

Reinbach

I did try to make it as insane as possible to be a mention in the main comic. It was only because that line ended up getting so much attention that I decided to flesh it out here. XD

Reinbach

Who indeed! XD

Reinbach

Nope! XD

Reinbach

Glad you like it man!

Reinbach

Great!

Reinbach

Thanks!

Reinbach

Will do! :)

Reinbach

That would be quite the undertaking! XD

Reinbach

lol

Reinbach

Nope! XD

Reinbach

Awesome! :)

Reinbach

XD

Reinbach

You know, of all the comparisons I've heard, that was the only one that occurred to me as I was drawing him. XD

Reinbach

Thanks! XD

Reinbach

Thank you! :)

Reinbach

Good to hear!

Reinbach

Not even close! XD

Reinbach

Good point! XD

Reinbach

Never seen Goblin Slayer but I get the Avatar reference. :D

Reinbach

Great! :)

Reinbach

High fives! :D

Reinbach

Understood! XD

Reinbach

Cut, and Rocky 4 Training Montage with Abbey Training for Revenge.

Tristan Göhler

...Freddie Mercury is white

Daniel

Heh

Kudos707

Actually, i think that hippos are oficially the deadliest large animals in africa. So if anybody thinks that hippo was just moreless random choice, just aiming at to be funny, i highly doubt it. :)

eF..cz

This is beyond awesome. This is pure greatness!

crazyforthedesert

Notwithstanding the ridiculous situation, let's take a minute to appreciate Tanner's design. Abbey is smol + slender, but her mom is a shortstack MILF. Where did she get her build from? Tanner's muscles are prominent here because he has a tank top on, but they'd easily vanish beneath a button-up shirt. He has a naturally thin build himself. He has been working on those muscles his whole life for the sake of his greatest dream: defeating a hippopotamus in a fist fight.

Trekkie Monster

Now that you say that, he looks like the version in Cromartie High School

WarSapphire

Also, her dad looks like a white Freddy Mercury XD

Lord Washington

I laughed for like a minute straight at the Hippos face in the last panel

Deano

I would honestly buy a shirt that just had panel #3 on it.

Alana Wests

it's okay as long as abby's dad shows up later in a soap opera twist where his been secretly training for a rematch in seclusion unable to face his family due to the humiliation of defeat

Jens Mikli

Yeah, that'll do it...

MechaBlerd

I heard one fucked his previous wife

Matthew Cronin

I’m sorry I can’t get over “IT’S GO TIME MOTHERFUCKER!”

Matthew Cronin

This may be one reason Abbey doesn’t like men all that much I’d say. Because the most important man in her life was an impulsive moron who got himself killed.

Lord Washington

He died doing what he loved.

Escafreya

I just LOVE the look on the hippo’s face! “Really?! REALLY?!”

Vylon Delta

Lol. Ok, questions have been answered.

Slaughterbug

Ridiculous.... I LOVE IT

Blueno

OMG, this is great! I literally laughed out loud.

Deus

Zany and dark is fine. If it's zany enough, it automatically makes it less dark. This strip is pure awesome.

Squid Hills

I laughed hard at this. In fact, I'm still laughing.

JB

A hippo must have really wronged him...

MechaBlerd

Considering that the context of most of the characters in TRW do things that either end up making them look sexy or silly, this does not surprise me that one of your characters would do something this extreme.

The Funny Hatter

"Dafuq did you just do to me??"

bubba123

Love it!

bubba123

That's fucking amazing! 🤣🤘🏾

TherioGodofRage

The Hippo’s face is perfect

Matthew Cronin

This really feels kinda weirdly insane. Who hates hippos? I must head canon it that a hippo must have killed his dad. 😅🤣

GregD

Love it! Who really in their right mind punches a hippo and then tries to stare it down? lol

TotesNotThea

One does not simply punch a hippo.

Licorice Lain

XD no matter how many times I've read it, this cracks me up. Love it !

kaldonis

This is amazing, I love it :D

Kherbellos

Very well done!

Bob Fink

Can the next game you work on be a Streets of Rage clone with Tanner fighting hippos?

Bolas000

From then on, the hippo wore the 'stache as a trophy

Swedish Chef

Someone didn't believe in darwin law.

Qrow Nightshade

This is perfect. I love it

Giuseppe

last of us 2 flash backs from "Abb(e) y's dad death"

That black guy

... Abbey's dad was Freddie Mercury?!

jubs

Best. Page. Ever.

Lord of Nightmares

I love it!! for me this is canon and nothing can make me think otherwise!! Its perfect, and in a world like the switchverse with so many charismatic characters this fits like a glove.

Tsumikado

This is easily the best thing I've seen today 👍

S.R.R115

Saxton Hale he is not

Will M

Near a Darwin award, but he already reproduce.

Niel

So.... What if Goblin Slayer was as reckless as Season One Zuko?

rah

This is so stupid, I love it 👌

Benny

Rein, this is one of the dumbest, funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Bo0nds

Harry the Hippo: Hager, I'm about to ruin your whole career Seriously, this is comedy gold. If this ain't canon I'm getting an actual cannon and making it so.

Jariah Synn


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