Huh, so both the Dark Knight reference and the twist on that saying about Nero just flew over your head?

The "watch the world burn" comment may have been featured in some of the movie's trailers but that's not enough to make me automatically associate the line with the film; about the only line that would do it for me would be "why so serious?" And I'm not at all familiar with the Nero thing you mentioned.

Decent couple of pages, though if that climate change comment was supposed to invoke an image of flimsiness, I'm afraid it'll take more than a couple of lines from a hacked e-mail to convince me or most rational human beings that climate change isn't real. The thing with Stephanie Meyer, though she well deserves it, could have been done better as well, I think. I hate to sound like a broken record but this comic is yet again treading dangerously close into the grudge realm.

But Gil, isn't abiding by reason an extremist attitude?

Are you trying to provoke me? Because I'm fine when reasonable people can politely disagree on politics or philosophy, but if you're gonna start talking like one of those retards who thinks global warming is a giant farce, then you and I are gonna have problems. My brother, one of the smartest people I know, is graduating from Princeton (yes, THAT Princeton) this spring and the field he's going into just so happens to be environmental engineering and policy. Suffice to say, he's shared with me ample amounts of resources on the subject. But you don't need some 10-year study conducted by some ivory-tower liberal at a fancy school to see the snows receding on Mt. Kilimanjaro or the huge increase in frequency and ferocity of tropical storms due to rising water temperatures. Global warming is a scientific fact, and anybody who disagrees with it is either recklessly ignorant or in a dangerously deep state of denial.

Comic is going fine I'm predicting for an epic battle or a silly anti climatic ending, I should probably post more but even I'm getting very lazy and far too occupied these days.

Off-topic:  Far be it for me to step on anyone's toes but can we not go into name calling people who don't agree with when it comes to real world/current event issues.  That climate change data bit I saw was a harmless current event jab.

Personally, (As much as I don't want to derail this any further) I have my reasons why I don't believe Global Warming, similar reasons to why I never believed the Y2K and the 2012-End-Of-World-Cause-The-Mayans-Said-So scare propaganda.

When I first thought up the joke, I really thought my main concern would be from hardcore relationship enthusiasts, goes to show what I know. Also reminds me to never entertain illussions of being a "voice of reason," I'm too fractious. I think by the end of the comic the "grudge" concern will be dismissed judiciously, but I do worry about the rush to completion may sacrifice the nuance that separates lighthearted mockery from venom.

Sorry about the delay, I got a sudden inspiration from one of the images so I had to make some new Stan art. Hope you guys like my little contribution to the metafic universe, not as flashy as the Mika-chu but it should get a chuckle.

That one was actually pretty good. I enjoyed the bit about the "distortion of time and space that cannot be penetrated by common sense."

On a semi-related subject, it sounds like Twilight 3 is already nearly complete. I suppose the silver lining is that the faster they come out, the sooner it all goes away.

Well, unless she goes all George Lucas and makes re-releases and prequel sagas...

Additional disclaimer: Whatever brutal ends the characters from Twilight meet is in no way intended to reflect the attitudes of the cast or crew towards the actors/actresses who portray them.

First time with a certain visual effect, not going to be done regularly but input would be appreciated.

I'm feeling particularly proud of this update.