Critical Miss: #41

[Colonel Alzheimer's]

I don't get the joke about the 'Trojan'. Next time maybe explain your jokes better.

 

[Rhino of Steel]

Gah! Trojan's aren't Greeks! The Trojans and the Greeks were enemies, there's this whole book about it.

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. Carry on.

Spot on, Troy was actually in good ol' Turkey. It's imperfect narative.

Which was colonized by the Greeks. Just sayin'.


In fact, Turkey was pretty much part of Greece until the fall of the Byzantine Empire, which was basically a Greek empire and not Roman even though it was technically the East Roman Empire, they spoke Greek and were Orthodox.

Not during that time. Asia Minor was colonized by Greeks after the time of the Trojan War and after the Trojan War there weren't any Trojans in that part of the world if you follow the stories. Not that they are really all that historical anyway but that is kinda beside the point.

As stated earlier, the historical Trojans were likely related to the Hittites or some other Indo-European branch from the east of the Bosporus. The similarities in gods and the like were just anachronisms inserted by Homer and other storytellers as the legend evolved over 400 years of oral tradition.

Even afterwards, you cannot really speak of Turkey being Greek, mostly just the western and southern coasts. The central and northern areas had combinations of Persian, Greek, Armenian, Kappadocian, and even Gaulic cultures (plus a few more that are slipping my mind at the moment). The Hellenization of these areas was slower than most of the other former holdings of Alexander.

Also, hydra bladder is awesome. Totally worth it even if the Greek/Trojan thing bugged me as a Classics major.

 

[Chris 'Chaos' Voce]

New Dante probably gets propositioned more than you think... in prison! XD

What's a condom?

Don't sleep with Onyx! He'll give you warts!

GENITAL WARTS

 

[Firia]

Those statues... what DANCE are they doing? xD They're stop motion dancing!

 

[dudeman0001]

I totally got the Trojan joke. Almost entirely because my first name is "Troy", but nonetheless, I still got it.

 

[The Random One]

Worse: New Dante Alighieri

...I was going to make a Dante Alighieri joke.

You just stole my only source of joy. I hope you go to your room and think about it very hard.

 

[Delock]

Worse: New Dante Alighieri

...I was going to make a Dante Alighieri joke.

You just stole my only source of joy. I hope you go to your room and think about it very hard.

I did, and I feel exceptionally happy now. Do you have anymore joy lying around? It was very good.

 

[ohgodalex]

Ho ho ho it's funny because they're female.

 

[Feralbreed]

Somehow this comic has just managed to get worse over time. This is so bad, and the trojan sub text pun was so embarrassing that I have to listen to don't fear the reaper just to get cooled down.. yes I so mad.

 

[CINN4M0N]

This comic is great. I love the main texts, the trojan remarks, and the lyrical references in every signoff.

Great work the two of you. Keep 'em on coming.

 

[matrix3509]

Hmmm, and here I am still not knowing whether "New Dante" means Dante from Devil May Cry or Dante from Dante's Inferno. Maybe I'm just slow?

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I must admit, I mistook Kratos' right arm for a pile of Hamburgers...

Good comic I suppose, been better though.

 

[Ghengis John]

Somehow this comic has just managed to get worse over time. This is so bad, and the trojan sub text pun was so embarrassing that I have to listen to don't fear the reaper just to get cooled down.. yes I so mad.

If you listen to don't fear the reaper to calm down you must be a frothing ball of rage. That song doesn't exactly scream soothing to me so your average mellow level has to be floating somewhere just under "moshpit".

 

[Feralbreed]

Somehow this comic has just managed to get worse over time. This is so bad, and the trojan sub text pun was so embarrassing that I have to listen to don't fear the reaper just to get cooled down.. yes I so mad.

If you listen to don't fear the reaper to calm down you must be a frothing ball of rage. That song doesn't exactly scream soothing to me so your average mellow level has to be floating somewhere just under "moshpit".

Well it's a good song.

 

[Shirokurou]

Great one.
And the classic Dante FTW!

 

[Luke5515]

Laughed until it hurt after simultaneously reading
"Cause he would mug us for crack"
and
"sometimes I weep at night"

 

[Lullabye]

The text at the bottom was hilarious. Well done.

What's a condom?

Oh Onyx... maybe when your older...

And in bed, with someone.

Maybe a girl.

Most likely a dog.

I think the new Dante has that "crack addict baddass" thing down. I mean,s seriously, if you saw him in a dark alley, you would shit yourself.
Also, Kratos, I thought you said I was your only love?.....[sub]You liar...[/sub]

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

The expression on her face while saying "He'll steal our money for crack" is cheerful enough to be totally creepy.

 

[Hiraeth]

Gah! Trojan's aren't Greeks! The Trojans and the Greeks were enemies, there's this whole book about it.

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. Carry on.

Spot on, Troy was actually in good ol' Turkey. It's imperfect narative.

Which was colonized by the Greeks. Just sayin'.


In fact, Turkey was pretty much part of Greece until the fall of the Byzantine Empire, which was basically a Greek empire and not Roman even though it was technically the East Roman Empire, they spoke Greek and were Orthodox.

Not during that time. Asia Minor was colonized by Greeks after the time of the Trojan War and after the Trojan War there weren't any Trojans in that part of the world if you follow the stories. Not that they are really all that historical anyway but that is kinda beside the point.

As stated earlier, the historical Trojans were likely related to the Hittites or some other Indo-European branch from the east of the Bosporus. The similarities in gods and the like were just anachronisms inserted by Homer and other storytellers as the legend evolved over 400 years of oral tradition.

Even afterwards, you cannot really speak of Turkey being Greek, mostly just the western and southern coasts. The central and northern areas had combinations of Persian, Greek, Armenian, Kappadocian, and even Gaulic cultures (plus a few more that are slipping my mind at the moment). The Hellenization of these areas was slower than most of the other former holdings of Alexander.

Also, hydra bladder is awesome. Totally worth it even if the Greek/Trojan thing bugged me as a Classics major.

Thanks for posting this before I could get worked up and get all my textbooks out to write out a response I'm a classics and archaeology major, so I felt your pain!

 

[Optimystic]

dante, dante's inferno or dante, devil may cry 's dante?

I got the feeling the exchange was between Devil May Cry Dante and Dante's Inferno Dante. (The latter being "New Dante.")