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13th Aug 2016, 12:38 PM
Joe England
Good news, everyone! The next shipment of Zebra Girl: Volume 3 has finally arrived from the printers. So, for any of you who've been kept waiting, your copy is on its way! Sorry for the delay there.
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13th Aug 2016, 1:04 PM
Hidden Elephant
Hey, Black Betty doesn't look like she eats children for once!
And who's going to help poor whats-her-face off the building?
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13th Aug 2016, 4:39 PM
chaotik74
to be fair...we've never seen Betty eat kids, or even threaten to that I recall. she looks wicked when she wants, and has a clever tounge and sharp wit... she certaonly has been up to mischief..but I have yet to see her DO anything malicious, malevolent, or..well..WICKED.
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13th Aug 2016, 1:07 PM
Guest
After Zandra's dealings with Sam, I don't think she's in the mood for more rabbits, Pooka-flavored or otherwise. Betty's one "knight" that might find she needs a thicker suit of armor...
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13th Aug 2016, 3:10 PM
Guest
I really, really like that Black Betty found a person that remembers Sandra because of a "good deed" ($20) and not because she set them on fire on a rooftop or terrified them at night. : ) Good deeds do come around!
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14th Aug 2016, 1:28 AM
Tyria
Isn't that the exact kind of luck a Pooka would attract- the one unusual action of the lot?
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13th Aug 2016, 3:22 PM
Yoko Udoran
Let's hope she remembers all of the details instead of "ooooo *stab stab stab* time!"
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13th Aug 2016, 5:37 PM
O.B. Juan
I like how we can get a peek of the original house in panel 3 where this story all started.
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13th Aug 2016, 9:51 PM
that guy
Best plot twist ever "aren't you supposed to offer me drugs or something"
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14th Aug 2016, 5:24 AM
Revereche
Is Tomie still on good terms with Jack's skin mags? (a la strip 54)
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14th Aug 2016, 8:16 AM
euphewl
Is it possible to love Black Betty's character even more? She's so completely unpredictable.
She's heavily implied she has the capacity to be deliciously wicked - and I'm waiting for it (I know it's coming) - but then she is in a quandary, and so abducts a random human, kindly asks for advice, wholeheartedly accepts Emily's choice as her own - and then parts with "Let's hope you weren't a bad fool today" and leaves her stranded on the roof.
Perfect.
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14th Aug 2016, 10:10 AM
Pope William T Wodium
Could a kind soul link me to the comic wherein the $20 changes hands?
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14th Aug 2016, 1:35 PM
John
It was never actually seen to change hands, but it was offered here:
http://www.zebragirl.thecomicseries.com/comics/250
And then Emily provided Sandra with a distraction, and when we saw her next she had acquired some bling:
http://www.zebragirl.thecomicseries.com/comics/263
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14th Aug 2016, 2:23 PM
Christopher
I just made a archive binge to figure it out. Apparently that happend after the Halloween storyline.
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15th Aug 2016, 1:09 AM
Leorale
I remembered Emily! (Though I thought she was Black in the original art.) I was super pleased to see her again! :D
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15th Aug 2016, 1:34 PM
hrwilliams
You came over to join us at ComicFury! Lovely! Now I have a lot of catching up to do. Gotta refresh my memory. :D
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16th Aug 2016, 1:16 PM
Riverwolf
Cant keep this song out of my head
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Black Betty had a child (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-Lam)
She said, "I'm worryin' outta mind" (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone blind (Bam-ba-Lam)
I said "Oh, Black Betty" (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
She really gets me high (Bam-ba-Lam)
You know that's no lie (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's so rock steady (Bam-ba-Lam)
And she's always ready (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's from Birmingham (Bam-ba-Lam)
Way down in Alabam' (Bam-ba-Lam)
Well, she's shakin' that thing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Boy, she makes me sing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty
Bam-ba-lam
Huddie Ledbetter
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30th Sep 2017, 12:47 AM
Dave
And this pattern continued to recur over the course of Emily's life. It was a fairly normal one, as lives go, but every few years it would be interrupted by the occult. A supernatural entity would descend upon her, seemingly from nowhere, and pull her aside into an alley or a closet or someplace where they wouldn't attract attention. The reasons varied. Some desired a favor - never anything significant or costly, mind you, but always rather peculiar. Others sought her advice. Still others simply wanted someone to talk to, even if only for a few moments. In one notable instance, a Swamp monster pulled her aside to give her advice on how to catch the attention of a man who would later become her husband. No two creatures had the same reason for seeking her out; indeed, the only common thread was that not one of them meant her harm. For her part, Emily took these encounters in stride. Perhaps she had a unique ability to deal with the numinous. Perhaps, deep down, she desired a closer encounter with the unusual. But I think it more probable that her early encounters with demons and pookas left her sense of normalcy somewhat off-kilter. In any case, she went on to live a long, full, mostly normal life. Nobody in the real world gets a true "happily ever after," but some lucky few get something very close. Emily was one of the few.
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