AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Stop it.

You'll make it shoot poisonous quills in self defense.

EDIT: This page is my Tibet.

I dunno guys, I kinda like Neko.

Here it is. The final showdown.

You've waited. You've waded (through shit). And now, there is only a short distance to go.

This is the final resolution. The end.

...Well, not counting the epilogue, anyway.

I give you...




TOUGH LOVE: THE FIFTH CHAPTER

And boy aren't we off to a good start. Look at that picture. The perspective is just awful. Is Brian supposed to be leaning on Chris's shoulder? Because it sure as hell doesn't look like it!



So, Brian invites Chris into his house and they have some forced, horribly generic dialogue that barely even fits together.

Brian also starts to shapeshift into some sort of mouse-like creature in the last panel, most likely forgetting that he is supposed to remain in human form for the duration of this mission.



The dialogue is just... so bad! It's like, they're saying words, and the words technically make sense in context, but in the end they are saying them in a way that no person would ever actually say!'

Do you guys get what I mean? I'm probably doing a very bad job explaining this.



One thing that seems to be consistent enough in this comic is that Chris is taller than Brian. However, what's inconsistent is how much taller Chris is than Brian.

For example, in panel 1, Chris is a full head taller than Brian. However, in panel 3, Brian is only a few inches shorter than Chris.

Also why the hell would anyone need an apron for making a salad? Are they going to get carrot stains on their shirts?



And in the first panel here, Chris and Brian are the same height.

Notice how the bottom left panel on this page is almost exactly the same as the panel on the bottom left of the page before it.



While chopping they're chopping vegetables, Chris tells Brian to be careful. Notice how, in that panel, the knife is nowhere near Brian's hand. However, in the very next panel, Brian manages to cut himself. The only possible explanation is that Brian purposefully cut himself just to spite Chris after Chris told him to be careful.

In the last panel, Chris seems to realize this. Look at his tired, exasperated appearance. He has to put up with this shit all the time and he doesn't even bother complaining anymore.



Notice how now they start flirting. It's like their relationship is going backwards. In a matter of pages, they'll start shyly making awkward small talk with each other.



Based on their facial expressions, I'd say the salad isn't the only thing that's done, nudge nudge wink wink.



Notice how Brian feels the need to apologize for his father. It makes the reader wonder what sort of relationship Brian had with his father. Was it good? Bad? This, once more, adds to the aura of mystery this book surrounds.

Also notice how Chris says "hey" for apparently absolutely no reason whatsoever in the second-to-last panel. Why? Good question.


VERY good question.

However, if you look veerrrrry closely, you'll notice that, under the table, Brian has kicked Chris. It is nearly impossible to see, however, as Brians right leg looks like it's attached to the table, and his left looks really really really short for some reason.

He's like some horrible misfit of a human being.



In the fourth panel, everyone seems to be looking up for very little reason. However, when you really start to think about it, the reason becomes more clear. They're reading Brian's mom's speech bubble! Perhaps the speech bubbles aren't just symbols used to convey speech, but actually how people communicate in this strange bizarre world.

YET MORE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED



There is some more awkward and forced text, then Brian and Chris go to Brian's room.

Chris begins commenting on the stuff that Brian has. I wonder what he'll say when he notices the "BUZZ COCKS" box.



Chris and Brian begin to discuss driving and- WHOOPS LOOKS LIKE WE WERE A LITTLE LOW ON OUR MAKE-OUT QUOTA, GOTTA HAVE A COUPLE DOZEN PANELS OF THAT I GUESS



Chris and Brian discuss how Brian needs to come out to his mother, and then they have the most awkward and painful looking hug in the world. Seriously. Look at that. Where the hell did Brian's right arm go?



Then we jump to TWO WEEKS LATER, were Brian and Chris are discussing the fact that Li is not dead.

However, Chris apparently got his telegram a while ago, so I guess Brian is just bringing this subject up for no reason whatsoever.

Also, HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT CAT IN PANEL FIVE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THAT CAT QUICK SOMEONE KILL IT AND PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY



When I first read that letter in paragraph one, I didn't realize I was supposed to read across through Chris's head, so I read "Chirs, I'm alive. I'm very sorry that I worried you with My failed. I'm now that letter, suicide attempt. Don't worry. Try it again really all right. Love, Li."

I think I like that letter better.

Suddenly, Chris hears tapping on his window

GEE I WONDER WHO IT COULD BE



OH MY GOODNESS IT IS LI HOW UNEXPECTED

Also I cannot figure out whether Li is taller or Chris is. They seem to be switching.



Li explains the experience he had when he was unconscious from lack of blood. You know, because experiences you get while in that state are completely reliable and are definitely not hallucinations at all.



Li and Chris start making out (REMEMBER, MAKE-OUT QUOTA) and Brian prepares to reveal his gay...ness... to his mother.

You are now aware that Li and Brian's mom look really really similar.



Brian tells his mother that he is gay and it is very emotional and blah blah blah no one cares.

Notice how, when Brian talks in panel three, he sort of has this tiny smile, but then in the next panel he's suddenly "SRS FACE". I find that really funny for some reason.



This page isn't really necessary, but I just wanted to use it to point how how the speech bubbles are waaaaaay bigger than necessary.

I mean, seriously, look at those behemoths.

It's crazy.



Meanwhile, Chris gives Li a heartfelt "fuck you" and tells him that he's been replaced. When Li mentions that he, you know, attempted suicide due to a severe lack of Chris, Chris responds with "WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT THING TO BE THE SAME WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN GONE FOR SO LONG AGAINST YOUR WILL."



Li responds by agreeing with Chris and leaving.

I honestly can't believe those last few pages. I mean... just... wow. Just wow.

Anyway Brian tells Chris that he told his mother that he is gay and he is very pop flyin'. AT LEAST SOMEONE IS



Meanwhile, Li's parents are very upset that he snuck out. So, what do they do? They ship him to England.

I can't help but think that, instead of normal punishments, this family has a list of countries corresponding to each offence, and you get sent to a different one depending on which rule you break.

Underage drinking? Germany.
Fail a test? France.
Forget to take out the garbage? Have fun in Spain.
Break a window with a baseball? Dominican Repuplic.
Eat dessert before your actual meal? Brazil.
Drive irresponsibly? South Africa.

Also, Li's expression in the last panel looks like it was taken straight out of a Dreamworks CGI movie.



Meanwhile (AGAIN), Chris and Brian tell the girl the news. Somehow everything is perfect. Suddenly, as they leave, SICKLY-GREEN HAIR MAN shows up behind her, scaring the crap out of her so badly that her mouth mutates into some sort of hideous growth on her face that does not resemble a mouth in slightest



It turns out he basically showed up to ask her out. Forgetting that all private school kids are evil for a moment, the girl agrees.

What a nice and horribly forced romance.



AND THAT'S THE END OF CHAPTER FIVE.

Yes. That's right. The end of Chapter five, the last chapter... has nothing to do with Chris or Brian.

Yeah. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me either.

There's still and epilogue though. That's only three or four pages, however, so basically it isn't much. I'll post that later, maybe sometime today.

Just be pop flyin' with the comfort of knowing that the main part of the story has been finished. Only very little remains.

You may now un-brace yourselves.

Whew.

That was painful.


What is up with her mouth it is completely different from every other mouth in the comic.

Oh man, I laughed at Li's face there after they told him he was going to England.

And when they were reading Brian's mom's speech bubbles was priceless as well.


And then you freaked me out when I noticed Li and Brian's mom look the same.

This is the best worst comic of all time.

Also I really laughed at his transition from "I'm gay lol" to SUPER SRS, too.

More stereotypes.

I don't know if you missed the implications of the 'all-boys prep school in England', which are steretypically hotbeds of homosexuality - hence Li's 'Dreamworks' face.


Ninjajaja.

Fuck I lost it from the pop flyin' face to SUPER SRS face

I love this I really want to redraw a page so hard.

You know, things are pretty repressed in china.

And that gays shoot poison quills out when telling others to sedate them and get away before the rage and anger set in.

Also, Brian came out to his mother. >_>

I simultaneously loved and hated every minute of reading that

When I read Li's parent's lines I hear them as Amy Wong's parents from Futurama.

Why would someone make this.

Notice that wasn't a question. It was a statement. I don't want it answered.

I saw that post, Val.

And I'm watching Death Note right now.