Comic #268

MORE FIGHTING

The beginning of this comic is a little abrupt, since I actually scripted this one and the last one as a single comic (yeah, you can see why I split them up), but my hope is that the flow will be a little better if you’re reading all the comics in order.

So yeah! Drawing this reminded me of the old comic where Aley blew up the Eye of Cthulhu… things sure have changed, huh? I like to think that I’ve gotten better at making these… still, there are improvements to be made! Perhaps one of these days I’ll take a comic off to do some refurbishing. Until then, I feel pretty good about things in general!

Hmm… that got a little rambly, apologies. It’s sweltering hot in here right now, so maybe I’m experiencing the preliminary stages of heat stroke.

Oh! And a huge thanks to everyone (not sure if there’s more than one of you) who worked on the Legend of Maxx TvTropes entry! It’s looking pretty good so far!

-Jesse

PS: There’s a ridiculously subtle joke hidden in this comic that I’m actually quite sure no one will find…

160 thoughts on “Comic #268”

      1. I’m still here. BTW thats the only time ill do that. But nobody’ll know cause theres a bunch of Anonymouses.

      2. Yeah I actually am kinda new to this comic, I started reading at the part where the Elder Willow and Nurse were talking.

      3. Well… with all the negativity going around for Anons…. I may have to make an account so I won’t be deemed one of the dumb/annoying/stupid anons or whatever you all think of us

      4. @The jerks who just really hate Anonymous for some reason
        I have an account. Happy now? Also Anonymous people have feelings too you know. They’re not bots trying to spam up the comment section. In fact I bet you used to be an Anonymous too. You called yourself stupid. I know you’ve been with these comics for a while but seriously. Get over it. In fact, all you have to do is type a name. Post Comment. Then you won’t be treated like an asshat. Goodbye now.

      5. An account? Dafuq?
        No, it’s not a account. It’s NOT,
        You just put things in and NO confermation and NOTHING and it’s already OK.

      6. I was that anonymous. I put in the boom not because I thought I was cool. It was to do an explosion or something i dont really give a maxx.

    1. GeneralFeldspar

      It may not be how the dirt rod works ingame, but in the comic strip I’m pretty sure the dirt rod extracts the dirt from the mud.

    2. no it pulls it from the dirt walls in the back ground under ground and from the earth above ground #GROUND!

      1. you do realize that not all of these anons are the same person right? im the first anon talking about the yogscast

  1. I think the joke is the nine panel, when maxx in getting aley in the bee hive, it looks like honey.

    1. Be aware that, in Japan, he is… Rockman. Because him and his sisterbot are Rock & Roll.

    1. He might die, and they squeeze the fairy dust out of him and sprinkle it back on him.

  2. As far as I can tell, hunt for blue September or whatever is something about a robotic submarine.

    1. Actually “Hunt For Blue September” was a pun on “Hunt For Red October”.

      I’m assuming that was the subtle joke on this.

  3. It looks like they will do the Night’s Edge only in 678 issue ._.

    Похоже они сделают Грань Ночи только в 678 выпуске ._.

  4. MEGAMAAAAN! And why is there a third guy under the dirt shield on the last panel?

  5. I like how Aley has seemingly endless and massive power locked up within him, but he never mentions it to the other charachters and only uses it when Aley wants to. Also, why hasn’t Aley filled Maxx in about the Gossamer Blade if it’s possesed by the fairies?

  6. I dunno… shoving Aley in there and then dropping is kinda like Empire Strikes Back? With Luke tossing in that detonator into the Walker and then dropping? But really that could reference a ton of films…

  7. Uh.. is it a reference to “knock yourself out” from the previous comic? Did Maxx knock himself out when falling down?

  8. I’m wondering how aley feels about being used as a weapon? He/she didn’t seem to like being used as a 1-up mushroom for cyril, now being used as an explosive, should be interesting.

  9. I found the joke (maybe)
    Megaman was shooting Hadoukens, an Easter egg in one of the Megaman games. (X, maybe?)

  10. Look, just tell us the subtle reference. Now that the next strip was made, no one will comment on this one any more…

  11. Was the subtle joke about naruto? It may be something totally different, but the way he held Aley and the blast on the nest…it just got me thinking about the Rasen Shuriken.

  12. Junes face in panels 11-13 is so “I’m used to this sort of thing”. I hope we can meet some of the other “disciples” of hers before the series ends!

  13. I have a few guesses to what it is.
    1. Rock man?
    2. How the dryad put the shield up?
    3. The shove?
    4. COME ON JESSE YOU’RE MAKING US QUITE ANGRY ALREADY D:

    1. ermacmortalis

      September was the intro and battle of EoC. October was his destruction by Aley.

  14. Is the ending panel a reference to terriaria consoles release ending scen? yea probably not 😛

  15. Is the ridiculously subtle joke that Maxx leaps heroically to a part of the wasp nest offscreen rather than the part he’s directly under?

  16. …Wow I think I just got the subtle joke.

    It’s the fact that Aley “Sneezes” and kills everything. That’s one powerful “Nose”.

    1. Support by the fact the entire time Aley is grabbed, He/She is saying “Ah….” as in “Ach-choo!”

  17. Hunt for red October = hunt for blue September. I knew it was blue September as soon as I saw it, I just didn’t know what it meant. As soon as I typed it, BAM, hunt for red October. P.S. I have no idea what it means.

  18. The joke was: The hunt for Blue September= The hunt for Red October, a book about a Soviet submarine called “Red October”

  19. OH because this was posted on the 4th of July and the last panel is fireworks!

  20. EmeraldNinjaIV

    Megaman BattleNetwork 4: Blue Moon? the one where if you have it in GBA slot and Megaman starforce (Rockman) there is a special cutscene?

  21. I ams angry at u jesse I am angry that I dont k ow enogh to get the joke I amz so angry that I xant kill criyl and gain his KNOWLEDGE

  22. I THINK I see the joke: Megaman is the sand guy who was battling and Megaman is a platformer game so technically June already had a platform.

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