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The Tagalong

Same deal with Monday's post on the main site. I spent so much time trying to get this comic exactly how I wanted it, it became easier to group it with Tuesday's post. So you have the last two combined into one (which was nice cause I got to play with where the dialogue is...) but this was in fact, two different strips. There was a point where I was tempted to skip this father-daughter segment, and get to the the actual 'point' of the Pumpkin storyline, but this does set up some future story elements that would be missed. No set up = things seem to come out of nowhere later.I think we may have two to three more with Herb, but I'm really anticipating who Pumpkin imposes herself upon after that. Also, I've been spending a ridiculous amount of time on the poses and keeping each character as much on model (from my head) as possible. So in trade for your constant patience as I make these, I hope you guys are at least digging the art. Thanks

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Comments

secret car shopping? how currently relevant xD

Stephen Walker Jr.

In my headcanon, Herb (and by extension, the girls) are now part filipino.

I'm glad you didn't skip. Even if it doesn't set up things in the future, this is interesting background on Pumpkin and her family.

While that's a legitimate complaint from Pumpkin, it does explain Herb not having something in memory tied to her and mixing her up with the others. And considering that Ellie is Tarra+TerminalLaziness and she describes Pumpkin as "Mini Me" ( <a href="http://shotgunshuffle.com/comic/the-less-you-know/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://shotgunshuffle.com/comic/the-less-you-know/</a> ), it is nice that Herb confused her with those two. Pumpkin might be fairly insulted to be confused with Cinn or Juniper (Ellie was for Juniper). Also, I like some story showing who Herb is as a person a bit more. Yes, art is good too. "Who Pumpkin imposes herself upon after" is an interesting phrase and alters my guessing framework. I would've thought Rosemary/Ashliii/Bubbles as most likely with Ellie and maybe Tarra after that. However with it being "imposing" that seems more likely to be in the direction of Quinn, Juniper, Anise, Damien, Ginger, or maybe Cinn (though Cinn would seem more likely to be "take it out on" than "work through it with"). Maybe a curveball and it's Caz, even. It'll be interesting to see where that goes, but I'm still happy getting to know Herb a bit and it taking a couple of weeks to get that answered.

That One Guy

As a note, since these require login, there is a persistent edit feature on posts.

That One Guy

I think it's fine to have some insight into Herb. We didn't get to see that much of him before and Rosemary already got a bit of extra spotlight. So now it's his turn. So Pumpkin &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; part of whatever Herb did with his daughters. At least every now and then. So is there really nothing that honestly caught her fancy or is she just a bit miffed that this is the first time he focused his attention on her? I guess by the seventh daughter and as a police chief he should have the patience and thick enough hide to finally push through the layer of annoyance and get Pumpkin to open up, finding something fun for them to do. Question is, does Pumpkin has the patience for that.

Lukas Buergi

Regarding panel two, I think Herb might be wondering if Pumpkin is pregnant.

hunter2

Ah parenting. Ah the awkwardness.

shedemon

I keep thinking of the Girl Scout cookies.

Derrik Pates

I kept reading that as "tagalog". &gt;.&lt;

hunter2

Ouuuch. Sucks being youngest to such a large brood, get left out....

Felli

Sorry for the double post. But I'm kind of wondering what the things are with the daughters. Crud, I have to go back and find that daughter age chart. I was wondering what the daughters things are. We know that Tarragon has fishing and Ellie has Monopoly.

Mr. Blue

I like the secluded location. It's like a secret fishing spot. Or something like that. By the way, set up is always good. I will admit that I'm a little lost in the dialogue from panel two. What does he know, and what is Pumpkin admitting? I don't know. But on the other hand, it's showing a bit of the usual parental mixups that occurs with names and other things. I don't think that Herb has the same mental filing cabinet that he has for work situated for the family. Jumbled files, mental mixups. Hey, lighting bolts. Type of stuff.

Mr. Blue

Consider the art digged...dug?...dugged? Yea, something like that. Especially Pumpkin in panel 3 pose.

I, for one, am much more than digging the art. Keep up the great work!


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