Andy Weir's Comics Forum Forum

anonymous4401 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:27 am Post subject: Did Mary even need the knife?

She still had the claws, no?
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unco · Perturbed Scientist Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 641

yeah but i think that the stabing might have been more satisfying
but then again there is the whole "my creation is turning the weapons i gave her against me thing" sort of thing

on second thought it could have been Mad

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anonymous4401 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject:

Or ghosts. Ghosts are always a plausible explanation.

But an explanation that is not only always plausible, but always unbelievably AWESOME, is NINJAS.

Not the discount ninjas Lord Milligan hires. REAL NINJAS. You know what I'm talking about.

In fact, this could be the perfect opportunity to get the Quantum Ninja into the strip again...
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unco · Perturbed Scientist Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 641

it could have been a chop-o-mat being used on tomatos when it went horribly wrong. that sounds like the kind of event that mary would get a kick out of

Guest · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject:

see, the fact that she didnt use the claws suggests that it WASNT her!

uredahdee · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:54 am Post subject:

Mary used the knife so that she would have an excuse for Casey!

Mary: "No way, wouldn't I just use the claws Casey?"

Casey: "Maybe... Hey, where is Cujo?"

Cujo: "@$&*#!! He's on to me!"
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MikeBinOKlahoma · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:39 am Post subject:

Without a knife, the visual cue at the start of the comic isn't nearly as vivid. Hard for us readers to tell what Casey is quizzing Mary about. Unless maybe artist Andy got real Peckinpah-ish and bloody with the drawing of the comic strip Andy. Just having a knife sticking out is neater and cleaner.
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Sidhekin · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:

It does not look to me as if the knife wound goes deep enough to kill. Also, there is very little blood, and neither Andy's clothes nor his position in the chair show any sign of struggle.

Does anyone else get the impression that the knife is a plant?
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Milo · Mad Scientist Joined: 26 Sep 2004 Posts: 1322

Xaxers · Lab Assistant Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 54

Look, it's Andy. He's crazy. And he clearly does not "get it", as QC once put it. So what does this mean? Mary approaches with a knife. His reaction? Nothing. I mean, Jenn did it once before and he just looked at her and smiled while murder shone in her eyes. Mkay?

My explanation: it was an accident with the quantum-relocator-o-mat.

unco · Perturbed Scientist Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 641

maybe he got bored and wanted a one-way(well sort of anyway) ticket to see his girl Evil or Very Mad

Guest · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: