I am really interested to see if Charles actually has any idea of what’s going on. He seems like the kind of a guy who might have a hard time grasping the concept of a “Holy War”.
I’m so pleased to get a glimpse of where you’re taking us, Karl. Not that the ride so far hasn’t been engrossing, entertaining, enjoyable and other words not beginning with ‘E’.
Charles isn’t the Lorax, he’s Chucky C. The A. B. CC.
And I don’t think the lion wanted Chuck to destroy humanity, he wants Chuck to cuckold mankind from mother nature…it might just involve some flowers and candy, maybe taking out the trash more often, telling her more often how pretty she is.
Ooh, the plot suddenly deepens. But the risk of falling into the typical stereotyped clichés of NatureVSHumanity is now high…. wether it’s a Miyazaki approach (”humans aren’t really evil, they just don’t know well what to do but they mean good”), a studio Gibli approach (”humans are kinda evil because they’re oblivious of nature”), or a, uuhm, Farthing Wood approach (”most humans are evil, nature is good”)….
Good point Louisa. Karl, thank you for this beautiful comic.
From the panels here, there’s no real indication CC has even got to associate with humans - the Lion just wants him to persuade Nature, whateverthehell that is… though I’m happy to be proved completely and utterly wrong in whichever comic fashion Karl decides.
ACC will undoubtably have a MAJOR culture clash with New-York-on-the-swannie inhabitants, there will be a tender moment with a female of questionable virtue who is overwhelmed with a male that listens to her, does not interrupt and NEVER hits her… might even be taught to do the dishes, but I think the vacume would be too frightening, I don’t know… a few encounters with John Law where he causes more havoc by frightened response than intentional effort… imagen trying to read him his rights… Chutzpah enters the ‘burg and becomes a pelt (neck wrap?), causing ACC to go gunnysack/postal and you see tactics appropriate for Warner Brother’s Tasmanian Devil as he goes on a rampage… no, that sounds too Luddite, too simplistic… but I do like the idea of his encountering a down-on-her-luck female who winds up hopelessly smitten by the big, dumb, harmless & hairy beast… probably not the first time she had dated out of her species, given the flora and fauna of a big city…
Are we reading the same comic? Do you really see Christopher as “big, dumb, harmless, and hairy” ? Ok…I’ll give you big and hairy, but that’s where the correlations stop.
The idea of turning this gentle honest creature into some kind of “sensitive new age guy” who has to lose a friend to murder so that he can go on a rampage for the sake of vengeance made me slightly ill. I suspect he will be required to fight one day. I fear such fighting will include losses of characters we already hold dear. But to cheapen it to a blood-based tit-for-tat is horrible, and to just assume that every human in that town (except your luckless beast-infatuated wench) is evil and needs “killing” is worse.
I do not see any aspects of “Chutzpah” in the sweet little fox who was terrified of the wind either. He has the (very) vocal inquisitive traits of a young child, not the unmitigated bravado and gall one would normally label with such a word as “Chutzpah.”
And while I’m on the topic of feeling the need to lambast someone else’s post (engaging in the delusion that anyone cares what I think), what…the…hooey…is “imagen” ?!?
I can’t even agree that the idea of Charles Christopher on a rampage to avenge a murdered friend sounds too “Luddite” — if you’d chosen *that* reference correctly, then the battle would be one of artisans against manufacturers or tradition vs. progress. I don’t think that’s where Karl is taking us at all (at least I hope there’s more depth to the story than that), and anyway the Luddites were a bunch of industrial terrorists who used “our way of life is threatened” as an excuse to engage in destructive and ultimately impotent violence.
I feel like I’ve got to get dusty old books on Ceremonial Magick(tm) and do complicated dangerous rituals to make sure people like you never - ever - have any influence on Karl’s otherwise wonderful story! Eeeeeesh!
Just one phrase for you, Howard. If the plot for this comic would really develop as you described, I’d IMMEDIATELY stop reading it and forget it existed.
Caveman/KingKong/Tarzan/Wathever meets pretty cute fanservice woman has already been done and seen a lot of times…. also, it really would NEVER fit this webcomic.
Then again, I’m 100% sure Karl know his stuff, and he’s actually planning a story development as awesome as the comic has been so far. :P
wow- toss a bit of satire to the crowd and they return with pitchforks and torches… if Karl DID do the plot as I had described, I would also loose interest. There’s a great deal of this comic that flies right over my head, and that in itself impresses the bejaspers out of me. The extent of my commentary was aimed at the notion that circumstances pointed in a well-worn direction, one that I have read in countless paperbacks and more than a few shoddy movies. I HIGHLY doubt Karl has spent this much effort and talent to take us there. My humor is a bit of abrasive I’ll grant you-but I doubt Karl (who is clever enough to create this story) has taken my commentary with any amount of concern and more than likely (I would hope) a few chuckles at the absurdity presented.
BTW- I do not indulge in caffein, alcohol, tobbacco or illicit drugs. I am this way naturally
I have loved every installment, “subplot” and thread of this comic and I do not even want to try and predict its further developments… I would not even talk of “story arcs”, as the comic seems to follow the wandering nature of our good Charles’ simple mind.
And I think Karl is softly brushing his way in a beautiful multi-paneled, multi-layered picture.
We have the lyyric and magic moment as well as the “you must leave room in your heart for revenge” (as opposed to “for sorrow”) and the Mountain Lion’s beautiful line from this ish, which combined with the pic and given its “timing” is absolutely stunning. Man, we do not need no Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg, when we have such a Karl Kerschl!
I think Karl is not only a great artit, but an amazing writer/storyteller stretching his wings! Can’t wait for his upcoming OGN!
Good job Karl, and thanks for publishing this free!
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May 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I’ve just begun reading this comic today, but you’ve already got me hooked… Beautiful artwork, and a fun filled story line! Thanks Karl!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I am really interested to see if Charles actually has any idea of what’s going on. He seems like the kind of a guy who might have a hard time grasping the concept of a “Holy War”.
Great stuff as usual!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
the big evil city! DESTROY!!
for some reason i’m envisioning a godzilla like sequence.
but that’s just me…
May 14th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Awesome. This is the start of a story arc that has some great potential. I know it’ll turn out well, you always have done us right.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Oh no! Man versus Nature - the eternal battle!
Wonderful imagery as always!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Sweet. Maybe now Chuck will get a hat!
May 14th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Whoa.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Aww man! Humans are part of nature too! We just haven’t figured out what it’s all about yet.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
really awesome, i love this comic!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Chuck must destroy humanity? aaalright.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
And suddenly, the whole of this comic is made the much more epic.
I love the backstories with Vivol and Moon Bear, and the short vignettes in the present action that set the tone for the comic.
Amazing job!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I’m so pleased to get a glimpse of where you’re taking us, Karl. Not that the ride so far hasn’t been engrossing, entertaining, enjoyable and other words not beginning with ‘E’.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:46 am
things get a lot more serious now …
And it’s been a while since there’ve been ‘unwanted’ commercials for Sissi the Skunk!
May 15th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Ohmigod. How did it take me this long to realize that Charles is the Lorax? Am I blind and a fool?
I shall now go live in shame forever.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Charles isn’t the Lorax, he’s Chucky C. The A. B. CC.
And I don’t think the lion wanted Chuck to destroy humanity, he wants Chuck to cuckold mankind from mother nature…it might just involve some flowers and candy, maybe taking out the trash more often, telling her more often how pretty she is.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:53 am
It’s quite obvious what will happen in this story arc:
- Charles goes to city
- Charles learns to read and speak local language
- Charles settles into comfortable job as a postal worker
Amiright?
May 15th, 2008 at 9:35 am
*Gasp*
May 15th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Love it!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:41 am
B - U - T- FULL
why can’t I draw like that?
May 15th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Oh my..!
[Please lord, let Mike be wrong… ;)]
May 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Wow! Nicely done!!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Oh, man.
Do you really HAVE to make this YET ANOTHER commentary on industry?
May 15th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
If it’s still a problem do you stop telling people?
May 16th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Ooh, the plot suddenly deepens. But the risk of falling into the typical stereotyped clichés of NatureVSHumanity is now high…. wether it’s a Miyazaki approach (”humans aren’t really evil, they just don’t know well what to do but they mean good”), a studio Gibli approach (”humans are kinda evil because they’re oblivious of nature”), or a, uuhm, Farthing Wood approach (”most humans are evil, nature is good”)….
It’s all already seen and done.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Cue Bravado interruption
May 16th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Man, for everyone panicking about a stereotypical nature vs. humanity scenario…
….does ACC really seem like the great warrior for nature? Really? Besides…have a little faith. It hasn’t been misplaced yet.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Good point Louisa. Karl, thank you for this beautiful comic.
From the panels here, there’s no real indication CC has even got to associate with humans - the Lion just wants him to persuade Nature, whateverthehell that is… though I’m happy to be proved completely and utterly wrong in whichever comic fashion Karl decides.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am
ACC will undoubtably have a MAJOR culture clash with New-York-on-the-swannie inhabitants, there will be a tender moment with a female of questionable virtue who is overwhelmed with a male that listens to her, does not interrupt and NEVER hits her… might even be taught to do the dishes, but I think the vacume would be too frightening, I don’t know… a few encounters with John Law where he causes more havoc by frightened response than intentional effort… imagen trying to read him his rights… Chutzpah enters the ‘burg and becomes a pelt (neck wrap?), causing ACC to go gunnysack/postal and you see tactics appropriate for Warner Brother’s Tasmanian Devil as he goes on a rampage… no, that sounds too Luddite, too simplistic… but I do like the idea of his encountering a down-on-her-luck female who winds up hopelessly smitten by the big, dumb, harmless & hairy beast… probably not the first time she had dated out of her species, given the flora and fauna of a big city…
May 20th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Yay for romanticism comics. ^^
May 20th, 2008 at 8:27 am
What…the…hey Howard…DECALF!
Are we reading the same comic? Do you really see Christopher as “big, dumb, harmless, and hairy” ? Ok…I’ll give you big and hairy, but that’s where the correlations stop.
The idea of turning this gentle honest creature into some kind of “sensitive new age guy” who has to lose a friend to murder so that he can go on a rampage for the sake of vengeance made me slightly ill. I suspect he will be required to fight one day. I fear such fighting will include losses of characters we already hold dear. But to cheapen it to a blood-based tit-for-tat is horrible, and to just assume that every human in that town (except your luckless beast-infatuated wench) is evil and needs “killing” is worse.
I do not see any aspects of “Chutzpah” in the sweet little fox who was terrified of the wind either. He has the (very) vocal inquisitive traits of a young child, not the unmitigated bravado and gall one would normally label with such a word as “Chutzpah.”
And while I’m on the topic of feeling the need to lambast someone else’s post (engaging in the delusion that anyone cares what I think), what…the…hooey…is “imagen” ?!?
I can’t even agree that the idea of Charles Christopher on a rampage to avenge a murdered friend sounds too “Luddite” — if you’d chosen *that* reference correctly, then the battle would be one of artisans against manufacturers or tradition vs. progress. I don’t think that’s where Karl is taking us at all (at least I hope there’s more depth to the story than that), and anyway the Luddites were a bunch of industrial terrorists who used “our way of life is threatened” as an excuse to engage in destructive and ultimately impotent violence.
I feel like I’ve got to get dusty old books on Ceremonial Magick(tm) and do complicated dangerous rituals to make sure people like you never - ever - have any influence on Karl’s otherwise wonderful story! Eeeeeesh!
May 20th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Wonderful job Karl. Just read it straight through. Love your art, story, and humor. Keep up the good work and thank you for this little piece of life.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:50 am
Just one phrase for you, Howard. If the plot for this comic would really develop as you described, I’d IMMEDIATELY stop reading it and forget it existed.
Caveman/KingKong/Tarzan/Wathever meets pretty cute fanservice woman has already been done and seen a lot of times…. also, it really would NEVER fit this webcomic.
Then again, I’m 100% sure Karl know his stuff, and he’s actually planning a story development as awesome as the comic has been so far. :P
May 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
wow- toss a bit of satire to the crowd and they return with pitchforks and torches… if Karl DID do the plot as I had described, I would also loose interest. There’s a great deal of this comic that flies right over my head, and that in itself impresses the bejaspers out of me. The extent of my commentary was aimed at the notion that circumstances pointed in a well-worn direction, one that I have read in countless paperbacks and more than a few shoddy movies. I HIGHLY doubt Karl has spent this much effort and talent to take us there. My humor is a bit of abrasive I’ll grant you-but I doubt Karl (who is clever enough to create this story) has taken my commentary with any amount of concern and more than likely (I would hope) a few chuckles at the absurdity presented.
BTW- I do not indulge in caffein, alcohol, tobbacco or illicit drugs. I am this way naturally
May 28th, 2008 at 3:15 am
I have loved every installment, “subplot” and thread of this comic and I do not even want to try and predict its further developments… I would not even talk of “story arcs”, as the comic seems to follow the wandering nature of our good Charles’ simple mind.
And I think Karl is softly brushing his way in a beautiful multi-paneled, multi-layered picture.
We have the lyyric and magic moment as well as the “you must leave room in your heart for revenge” (as opposed to “for sorrow”) and the Mountain Lion’s beautiful line from this ish, which combined with the pic and given its “timing” is absolutely stunning. Man, we do not need no Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg, when we have such a Karl Kerschl!
I think Karl is not only a great artit, but an amazing writer/storyteller stretching his wings! Can’t wait for his upcoming OGN!
Good job Karl, and thanks for publishing this free!