Conflict of Interest

[The Wooster]

Conflict of Interest

A Tale of Forbidden Love

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[SpAc3man]

I didn't see that coming. Nearly choked on my drink too.

 

[Sewa_Yunga]

Okay, don't get this one... at all

 

[CleverCover]

The punchline made me giggle, and I think the way she sounded so dismissive in my head helped. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Me55enger]

Okay, don't get this one... at all

The joke, I believe, stems form the fact that Erin is breaking off the dating not because he is a giant praying mantis-alien, but instead works for Activision.

Hell, that would be a relationship killer in any scenario.

I will now resign myself to the realm of eternal unlove for exaplaining a joke.

 

[MetalMagpie]

Okay, don't get this one... at all

It's implying that being an Activision employee is worse than being a giant monster mantis.

Swap Activision for EA/Microsoft/company-you-don't-like.

 

[Veldel]

Great punchline it made me laugh


I wonder tho if they had kids would they go with the head eating

 

[MortisLegio]

It's only 8am and this has already been a highlight of my day.

Good job.

 

[TilMorrow]

Yeah I feel I'm a little lost on this joke. Unless it's something to do with Grey and Cory not welcoming their new insect overlords then I don't geddit.

 

[synobal]

The joke doesn't really work with a female, and a male preying mantis.

 

[Jhooud]

The joke doesn't really work with a female, and a male preying mantis.

Actually, for him, I suspect it would make quite a bit of sense to date outside of his species. Just sayin...

 

[Calcium]

A wise move in avoiding that relationship I'd say, especially because I believe Blorkesh is related to these guys: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/10144-Critical-Miss-Top-Five-Games-of-2012-3

 

[Laurents van Cauwenberghe]

Okay, don't get this one... at all

activision if evil, that'sa ll as far as iknow

 

[synobal]

The joke doesn't really work with a female, and a male preying mantis.

Actually, for him, I suspect it would make quite a bit of sense to date outside of his species. Just sayin...

That is another way to look at it. But I don't think it works outside the original joke, in that she is dating a guy from activision.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

People seriously didn't get the joke?

I'm lost for words


God, I love this comic.

 

[Renegade-pizza]

But Erin!! YOU get to eat his head after procreation. And your kids would have your hair and his razor sharp pincer-thingies.

 

[rayen020]

I can see an arc in my head where erin dates the Mantis and he's happy because he doesn't have to die after sex when dating human girls. Then after the first time in bed he says he works for activision. Then Erin goes crazy and kills him like normal mantis relationships. Final shot is Erin cubicle with the mantis head mounted on the cubicle wall...

But that's take like 5 strips and this is a good jioke3 for a single strip and it made me laugh and brightened my morning.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Ok that's funny and all, but what has Activision done lately to earn this?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

But Erin!! YOU get to eat his head after procreation. And your kids would have your hair and his razor sharp pincer-thingies.

I can see an arc in my head where erin dates the Mantis and he's happy because he doesn't have to die after sex when dating human girls. Then after the first time in bed he says he works for activision. Then Erin goes crazy and kills him like normal mantis relationships. Final shot is Erin cubicle with the mantis head mounted on the cubicle wall...

But that's take like 5 strips and this is a good jioke3 for a single strip and it made me laugh and brightened my morning.

Sorry to ruin this for you guys, but female mantis only eat the heads of their mates in captivity.

It's actually a disorder amongst the species.