Jestful Statement - 32 - HD
Added 2022-02-08 04:01:00 +0000 UTCGrace's Turn!
Commentary
Those last couple of sound effects probably shouldn't be taken literally.
Probably.
I mean, maybe one of the students is a fan of fighting games, and they said those?
The exact spacing and angles in panel two also probably shouldn't be taken literally. I just felt hitting the borders illustrated what happened with the greatest clarity.
Even then, I tossed in arrows for good measure.
Comments
stupid panel borders....
John Trauger
2022-02-09 18:01:48 +0000 UTCI believe what happened was she hit the ball so hard that she got some additional loft time from the impact. I'm guessing the principal of Moperville North supplied Moperville South with a generous number of murals, and the principal of Moperville South wisely stored them above the gym. There were enough of these murals to provide the necessary reinforcement the ceiling needed to survive the impact of the ball when it hit the apex of its trajectory.
Some Ed
2022-02-09 03:35:06 +0000 UTCI was expecting the ball to explode as son as Grace hit it.
Diego Rossi
2022-02-08 16:34:16 +0000 UTCWell, Greg has been training her. Specifically so she has non-"crush them all" options in a fight.
Narzain
2022-02-08 11:43:18 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure that isn't meant to be physics at all. I mean, if Grace hit the ball hard enough to knock herself out, it would probably explode rather than bounce around. Grace is pretty tough. See also "even if it didn't explode it would punch right through the ceiling."
Carl Fink
2022-02-08 11:36:01 +0000 UTCHilarious! XD Also damn, that ball hit the ground, the far side of the hall, the ceiling and Grace before she even started descending from her jump? Damn, she should totally join the Anime martial arts dojo if she weren't a pacifist.
Applestone
2022-02-08 11:12:10 +0000 UTCAnd when conversations that are talking get represented as text, even.
Brooks Moses
2022-02-08 07:32:52 +0000 UTCAfter this, Spike may well beg Grace to hold back.
Windscion
2022-02-08 07:03:24 +0000 UTCThe ball bouncing off the panel borders looks cooler than a scale model of the gym. The art gets non-literal at times, like when conversations over a text-messenger app gets represented as if the avatars were talking.
Dan Merget
2022-02-08 06:47:12 +0000 UTCYeah, should have seen that coming. LOL
Servo Kamen
2022-02-08 06:47:08 +0000 UTCEvery set of gym plans I've seen has had 30'-40' walls, and is 100'x70' at a minimum. So yes, Dan had to shrink things down significantly.
Viktor
2022-02-08 05:36:19 +0000 UTCI'm imagining panel 2 being compressed fairly much apart from the volley ball, with the point of impact on the floor much closer to Grace, and the point of impact on the wall and ceiling much farther away. I mean, I don't remember ever being in a gym where the ceiling wasn't at least two stories up, and most of them, it was more than that. I mean, they'd have retractable bleachers that would usually go up a couple of stories, and yet there was never a headroom problem above them. And then there was my high school gym, which had a balcony and three more stories of retractable bleachers above that first set.
Some Ed
2022-02-08 05:28:46 +0000 UTCI feel like this one comic is the perfect encapsulation of Grace. Overwhelming superhuman power but perhaps not the best control. Awe inspiring yet also a lovable doof.
KC
2022-02-08 05:13:50 +0000 UTCAnd everyone realised the obvious truth of the matter. Grace always holds back because she’s likely to injure herself (and others) if she doesn’t.
Thisguy
2022-02-08 04:43:11 +0000 UTCPride cometh before a fall.
Windscion
2022-02-08 04:29:51 +0000 UTCThat was a double-ooch!!
Wild Card
2022-02-08 04:12:47 +0000 UTCOuch, that must've really hurt
Matt R
2022-02-08 04:03:26 +0000 UTC
