OllieOrOlly wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:36 am
Largely a body language-based update, which is totally fine.
Agreed on that. We tend to take the sheer quality of Giz’s character art for granted, and we shouldn't.
worldshaking00 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:05 pm
She was still oblivious that it was
her advice Gary used to exit James's place.
To be fair, it’s a few days since she made what she probably thought of as a throwaway remark to Gary.
While Tracy's advice giving is the one in the spotlight right now, I can't help but also remember the advice given to him to not slouch. Other than being prone and having to look up because of it, has Gary ever been shown in a similar pose?
Without trawling through hundreds of strips of Gary just walking around — his slouch has always been a big part of his characterisation. (Confused by the times that other artists have drawn him, who don’t do slouching so well.) This is a fairly generic but effective “cool comics character” pose, and hence certainly not classic Gary.
James's parting words were just representative of how stupid he really is. Sorry, dude, but you've lost Tracy.
Not sure about that. Gary’s parting words to the pair of them in the last strip seemed to imply that he could see that their relationship needed work, but that it was probably worth working on — and her line in panel 1 this time suggests that she still defines her own value by how desirable James finds her. They’ve become a
couple along the way, and now they have either to reinforce their coupledom or to consciously de-couple.
And who wants to be like Chris and Gwyneth?
Actually, Tracy seems to be rather like Matt in her attitude to Gary. She likes him, bears him no malice — but she can’t bear the thought of being out-competed by him. Because he’s just
Gary, whereas she, like Matt, defines herself as a sexual adept. And vanity is a rather ugly vice sometimes.
I wonder if they ever got to the chocolate cake? Shame for it to have gone to waste.
They ate dinner before getting down to sex. I assumed it was the dessert.