Posts tagged with "Tamberlane"

The real ghost was in Belfry all along.

The fiercest of predators.

Peas in Treehollow and goodwill towards bats.

It's the name of the comic. Duh!

You know what they say about assumptions, Belfry.

Henry has abandonment issues; they're just about other creatures being abandoned, not him.

It's okay, Tess; Belfry has Protagonist Glow.

I walk in the rain, in the rain. Is it right or is it wrong? And is it here that I belong?

Mother used to say, if you want, you'll find a way. But mother never danced through fire showers.

Belfry better rein in that "if looks could kill" stare.

Well, she certainly can't breathe when Belfry's hugging her like that.

I feel like this is all just happening too fast for Tess to process without impulses.

Objection! She's badgering the witness!

You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an ... well.

Mistakes were not made.

The best part of waking up is a TODDLER'S FOOT IN YOUR FACE

That's one way to stop the crying.

Tamberlane is actually just practicing for her metal band.

As bad as it is to open that, just think how bad it would be to be the one stuck wearing it.

It's called a vagoober. Or, if you're being REALLY fancy, a vajayjay.

Folding a cloth diaper is truly black magic.

Finally, some rest.

It's a miracle Tamberlane woke up without crying.

Maybe Terra needs more practice.

I don't know about you, but I wasn't reading at 3 years old.

Speak of Awahwah and she will come.

The ghostest with the mostest.

It was an earnest try. ... Sort of.

I can't believe Anthony is dead.

Piper is the Worst Cat.

There's a five o'clock me inside my clothes, thinkin' that the world looks fine.

Let's all go to the river, let's all go to the river!

What kind of pokemon are you? How do you do the things you do?

No tails for Tamberlanes.

The tavern looks homey.

So many P names. Penny, Parsley, Piper...

The Resident Mob Boss

We've all got to make a living somehow.

It's my party, I can cry if I want to.

Surprise! It's not just handjive.

Well, she's not deaf.

They're actually playing shadow puppets.

Head trauma is funny.

And then all the river pirates drowned.

Oh right, that bandaged foot. That was totally there the whole time.

DO A BARREL ROLL

Thank goodness for long tails.

None of that self-defeating nonsense!

Tamberlane is going to get very good at catching knives around Belfry.

Tamberlane learned that sign earlier this chapter!

Bah, he says. Oakewood shoulda been a sheep.

And so we move from Summer to Fall!

I wouldn't enjoy raw venison either.

Oakewood looks kind of like a drama teacher in that outfit.

All Tamberlane wants is Peas in Treehollow.

You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your friend's nose.

Perhaps we can't all be wise all the time.

Over Piper's short life, she's already accrued over 18 years of grounding.

Mom senses: they get you every time.

From one animal to another.

One can imagine that Piper takes after her dad.

Piper has big round eyes when her black little heart feels things. Or when she fakes like she feels things.

Cat dad arrives!

I don't know; I think Oakewood would look quite fetching in Avery's dress.

Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't have any kind of incendiaries, smoke or otherwise, on a boat.

Jason recovers smoothly from putting his hindpaw in his mouth. Probably because it happens often.

Piper don't got time for your nonsense.

Then again, there haven't truly been any side-facing eyes, even on prey creatures. But hey, storytelling.

I mean, with all the different creatures that travel from all over, I figured there would have to be something interesting to study. And here you are! An unknown creature thrust into a novel society, begging to be studied! It would be a great service to discover more about how she's learning and adapting, and how does she fit in and how her mannerisms change and whether she can ultimately integrate well into her new circumstances! The possibilities are endless! And I swear that I read some sort of similar case, only with a crocodile in a town in Nawan. You see, the crocodile, his name was Kashi, he was a feral kit, grew up in the woods, and his whole case was just so fascinating! And I see so many parallels here, and can you imagine what sort of valuable information we can glean from such a unique case? Because not only is she some kind of foreigner, but she's completely unknown as a species and we could use more information about the vast mysteries of the world we live in. I mean, what if she's from some lost civilization? Or what if she's a singular specimen entirely? The impact on science and sociology of a long term case study is beyond what I can even articulate at this moment and I'm incredibly grateful for the chance to study such an interesting case and put my name on the map for Sociology and earn my doctorate with this research. I just can't believe such a perfect case fell into my lap before I even really got off the boat! What phenomenal luck! Uncle Claude, you really are a great creature for helping me out with this project

I don't think that's how you're supposed to crack a back.

They have Feelings™

She tried so hard, and got so far. But in the end, it doesn't even matter.

♫ I'm sick of this life, I just want to scream, how could this happen to me? ♫

I have been told that I'm forbidden from drawing Tamberlane like that ever again.

An apology? From Tess? It's more likely than you think.

Well, she got interested fast.

Oops, looks like someone's got the doki-doki's.

Who DOESN'T like handpies?

It's almost like the crowd is made entirely of player characters

Mmmm. Prejudice.

It was a lot of fun to draw the snarly faces. Rar!

Oakewood's frozen heart has melted. Silly yote.

You probably shouldn't give a glass deer to a child, but okay.

Glass deers bring glass tears.

Eat At Joe's. No, wait.

Sugarsnap is my furry Sugarcult cover band.

Tamberlane: 5; Oakewood: 0

The feeling is actually heartburn.

Watermelonwatermelonwatermelon

They are asshoooolio-lio-lio-s

In today's episode, Tamberlane discovers the existence of self-mutilation.

he Oakewood Heart Attack Count.

Oooh Milo got TOLD!

So..Many...CAMEOS.

Dark and stormy, like my feelings when you won't talk to me.

Methinks the Follybrook folk are a mistrustful lot.

Oakewood should probably take a break before he needs a new blood pressure med.

That's gonna leave a stain.

Ow. Right in the feels.

Tfw you're struck by the heart-deep pain of potential loss from the possibility of sending your orphan critter away to die in the wilderness, lest you have to abandon the only family you've ever known.

An apple a day keeps the teacher at bay. And with sharp teeth like that, you want her to stay happy!!

Come on, Callie, you gotta take control of your class!

[The distant sound of being alone]

Page 4:04, not found!

How do you explain the unexplainable?

And why is it called something so dumb and nondescript?

Insert amusing caption here. Sorry, I'm tired lol.

Throwin' around the 'T' word all casual like.

I like hurting my audience. Mwahaha.

Apparently no one really talks about why we don't talk about Fight Club. I mean, Abroad.

What kind of insult is "mudsucker" really? She eats dirt?

Use your words, Piper.

Oooo, Piper knows the Bad Words.

Tamberlane, can you sign "ongoing trauma"?

Sometimes I wish I could put actual sounds in comics, just to be able to get across the frantic little slapping sound of snappy, distressed signing.

"Yeah, I'll start a fight. And I'll end it too!! From time out!!"

Sometimes you don't need words.

"We don't solve our problems with violence, Piper!" Typical.

Or to beat UP a kid.

But the way Tam lights up, though.

I hear it in a Twilight Sparkle voice.

Because all mothers are clairvoyant, you know!

Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to ask, "Am I an abomination?"

It's not like that! It's like this other thing. You know, like... you know?

There are certain things society needs and that is: fur coats.

Oakeblep is best blep.

Cries in Background Artist

What would you call Scott's species? A bunguana? An igabbit?

Finally, a blatant reminder that actual animals exist in this world.

Fangk you very much.

That's how making pigment works, right?

Are you ready for your teeth to hurt from how SWEET THIS IS?

Now to write and illustrate an entire kids book in the middle of a comic. No sweat, right??

Sometimes I feel I've got to (BUM BUM) run away

And then Oakewood busts in, derailing the conversation from Abroad!

I cannot tell you how long my friend and I discussed the sewer system of Treehollow. Hint: it was a long time.

You can't hug your father, but you can make sure he poops in a toilet!

Aaa! Real monsters!

This story has a 20% likelihood of being less depressing than the last one!

Oops, All Feelings.

FIELD TRIP! FIELD TRIP! FIELD TRIP!

Belfry, didn't you volunteer to chaperone Tamberlane...?

How many colors can I splash into snow before it looks weird? The answer is: a lot.

Allowing kits to play around in ruined buildings builds CHARACTER!

There's a lot of planning that goes into hunting ghosts.

Let Tamberlane have her fursona!!!

GOOD JOB, PARSLEY. YOU MADE HER SAD.

What are they saying? That's for me to know and you to find out.

Things are just very confusing when you're a baby.

Numpty is by far one of the best insults.

Piper, the chaos gremlin!

Piper: Spelling Bee Dropout.

Anthony can't catch a break and he knows it.

You'd think this was all an excuse for Piper to bite Anthony, but she doesn't really need an excuse for that.

Where was she keeping that lantern? The world may never know.

Get with the program, Anthony.

Oakewood will be pleased to know that he has a Grumpy Old Man protégé in Anthony.

Tamberlane just wants everyone to be happy :(

It's so useful, keeping that flash paper up their sleeves...

WHAT DO THEY EAT?!?

Tam-Tam gonna throw hand-hands

Only babies are scared of thousand-toothed, unresting monsters who stalk you in the night!

It's a hard-knock life for Cur.

It seems Tam is struggling in more ways than one.

C'mon, Belfry, read the room.

Belfry is forever destined to A BOOT TO THE HEAD

Nothing like a kid silently screaming I HATE YOU to make you feel like the worst mother.

Bel, I thought you hated when your mother did that to you.

Piper is the very definition of incorrigible.

Tamberlane can't seem to get away from her sterling reputation.

Parsley takes a moment to speak some truth!

Someone please put gloves on Tamberlane. She does not have fur, you dumb butts!

Tamberlane's a single-minded dynamo.

Cur's got that "Innocent Piper" expression down pat.

Cur I don't think that's how you apologize

I think Cur's a little freaked out...

Ah yes, the "reactive jerk" mode of panic.

And the concussion count goes up by 1 once more.

You know, Jonas, you probably could have told her this without climbing down...

We'd hate for Jonas to sfixiate!

I wouldn't kill a kid! ... Right? :3

How are they gonna get out of this one?!

Turns out roots aren't very strong for saving children from drowning.

You're not looking too good, Tam! You might want to warm up a little soon.

Mmm, yes, these are reasonable fears to have, right?

Why yes, it IS a rope!

Thank goodness the otter came with!

Jonas is definitely perfectly fine. Yep!

Oakewood's got a secret hankering for historical romance, eh??

I know some of the balloons are in a funky read order but I decided to keep it so that it lent to the confused "what is time" feeling of the page.

Sticky fingers! Sticky fingers!!

Sharing - Elle Pierre

$Tamberlane's sense of identity is... *puts on sunglasses* ...fractured.$

Chapter 4 Cover

A cute little interlude!

"Storytime" by Mochi

Medical technology in Treehollow is decently advanced, as it turns out!

Please do not love your daughter to death. Literally.

Go to bed, Belfry.