14-01-17 Pushes us to be the best

[Giz]

New strip! http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/push ... e_the_best

[Cortez]

That is adorable!

[Don Alexander]

Somehow, I'm slightly weirded out by Maura and Tess's eyes. Especially Tess, in the first two panels, looks like she is staring wide-eyed past Kiley while talking to her.

[True_Avery]

I know this keeps being said, but her breasts are bigger than both of their heads holy smokes

[Spidrift]

Somehow, I'm slightly weirded out by Maura and Tess's eyes. Especially Tess, in the first two panels, looks like she is staring wide-eyed past Kiley while talking to her.

Yeah, I was wondering what the heck those two were looking at in the first two panels. Bit of art weirdness there.

I know this keeps being said, but her breasts are bigger than both of their heads holy smokes

It's DiDi. It's magic. Don't sweat it.

And while Tess and Maura are often amusing characters, I do wish that their characterisation would just settle down a bit. Sometimes they're smart, competent cookies, and even immune to the DiDi effect, sometimes they're dim-witted goofballs - and now they're running borderline-schizoid mood swings. They look more like bolt-on plot/joke engines than people.

[Cortez]

To be fair, their more competent moments usually involve wrestling.

[vampire hunter D]

I know this keeps being said,
but her breasts are bigger
than both of their heads

holy smokes

You know, spaced like this that was almost a poem

[Don Alexander]

Holy... Her breasts are -
I know this keeps being said -
bigger than their heads.

[brasca]

Somehow, I'm slightly weirded out by Maura and Tess's eyes. Especially Tess, in the first two panels, looks like she is staring wide-eyed past Kiley while talking to her.

Yeah, I was wondering what the heck those two were looking at in the first two panels. Bit of art weirdness there.

I know this keeps being said, but her breasts are bigger than both of their heads holy smokes

It's DiDi. It's magic. Don't sweat it.

And while Tess and Maura are often amusing characters, I do wish that their characterisation would just settle down a bit. Sometimes they're smart, competent cookies, and even immune to the DiDi effect, sometimes they're dim-witted goofballs - and now they're running borderline-schizoid mood swings. They look more like bolt-on plot/joke engines than people.

I think it's just played for laughs. There are a lot of exaggerated actions like popped head veins and streams of tears running down faces that no one would realistically experience.

Makes me think they may help Didi hook up with Lynn just so she can be in a relationship where her partner really wants to be with her and not just career advancement.

[rpr]

And while Tess and Maura are often amusing characters, I do wish that their characterisation would just settle down a bit. Sometimes they're smart, competent cookies, and even immune to the DiDi effect, sometimes they're dim-witted goofballs - and now they're running borderline-schizoid mood swings. They look more like bolt-on plot/joke engines than people.

I mean, they look like two Ma3 characters... Oh, wait... :-D

Quote fixed. The DAMNed

[HansBr]

Kiley has done it again. Best therapist ever.
Without even trying.

[Spidrift]

I think it's just played for laughs. There are a lot of exaggerated actions like popped head veins and streams of tears running down faces that no one would realistically experience.

Yeah, I certainly can't argue with the theory that the primary determinant of any fact in the Ma3 universe is "Is it funny?" It's just ... that used to be combined with a bit of consistent characterisation (because consistent characters can be used to build good jokes). Now, it seems that it's all about the instant-gratification quick laugh, with the new characters just being hooks to hang the jokes on.

[SlightlyMostly]

Somehow, I'm slightly weirded out by Maura and Tess's eyes. Especially Tess, in the first two panels, looks like she is staring wide-eyed past Kiley while talking to her.

I tried to create a variant of the layout, to see if it improves things. I placed Kiley in a separate panel, to make it clearer they are looking at each other. Edited version below, what do you think?

[JoybuzzerX]

Looking at this and thinking back a couple strips, I don't see Tess lacking in the chest area

[Spidrift]

I tried to create a variant of the layout, to see if it improves things. I placed Kiley in a separate panel, to make it clearer they are looking at each other. Edited version below, what do you think?

Neatly done, but the effect for me is just weird, like they're in separate rooms or something.