Hairy Polarity and the Sinister Sorcery Satire - TFY #09-03 (HPSS.03)
Art by Johnathan Kolsch - © 2004 Revival Fire Ministries
First Published: December 14th, 2012
Part 2
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Commentators Jessica Andrew
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Urvy | So, are we back in the first page, or is the flashback thing over? |
Jessica | You'll notice, however, that this version of that panel has a great deal more censored vulgarities in it. I guess old Tim didn't want to turn off his prudish audience with the very first page. |
Sean | Aw shit... don't tell me we're starting over! |
Jessica | ...and the serpent eats it's tail. |
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Urvy | Now, Vulgarmouth's quoting that craptacular “Street Fighter” movie, the one with Van Damme. |
Jessica | "Of course!" |
Sean | His curses make no sense. They're all four letter words, so it looks like he's saying: "Cause you're about to fuck meet him". Sounds like one of those dating sites you see in pop-up ads all the time. |
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Urvy | She could said, “Supermus Smashious Brotherous!” and we could gotten something cooler, 20% cooler. |
Sean | Why even bother with the Bible quote? You already told us what happened. |
Jessica | I'll bet it looked a little something like this, too. |
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Sean | Great, another "Not a real Christian" explanation. They really keep hammering us with this excuse for all the morally corrupt Bible thumpers out there. |
Jessica | No true scotsman, indeed. |
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Urvy | Man, Ari sure kicks demon ass by splatting them with one hand! |
Jessica | And now we're ripping off the climax from the first Matrix film. |
Sean | Heavenly Guardian Defense! (Severe geek points for anyone who gets that reference). |
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Urvy | ”A cancer so deadly, little kids will be witches and fly on broomsticks and do stereotypical witch things!” Seriously folks, I doubt reading books will make kids cast spells, fly on broomsticks (which is impossible in reality), sacrifice animals and virgins, and all that jazz anyway. |
Jessica | It may be impossible to fly on a broom... but don't tell that to all of those idiotic college Quiddich leagues. |
Sean | So they know they're going to lose to God in the Apocalypse, but they're going to fight him anyway...why? |
Jessica | I guess they're just really, really, REALLY obstinate. |
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Jessica | That giant spider has the most boring job in all of Hell. It's almost as bad as those two other guys. |
Urvy | ”Wha? It's only a dream?” Again, more movie refs, and I thought that Titanic comic Tim Todd did was chock filled with references. |
Sean | Oh come on, you're making the Latin from Asterix look like Cicero! |
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Urvy | I wonder if Tim Todd has any commentary on medical science here... To him, I guess medical science is no alternative to prayer or something... |
Sean | Yeah, and look how well that worked out for Kara Neuman. |
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Urvy | Yes! The end of this comic! We are free from the insanity! |
Sean | Why wasn't Dr. Verbosi's faith real? I'm pretty sure that realizing he was about to spend eternity in Hell would be enough to make a convert out of anyone. |
Jessica | No, you see, there's a difference between believing and knowing. Why there's a difference is the wallbanger part. |
Sean | Oh joy, more of Minnie's slang. She about as convincing of a teenager as Abe Vigoda. |
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Urvy | Well, I can give Tim Todd credit, unlike Jack Chick, he does follow what is popular in the media and manages to get the references right. Still, while parody is fun and all, this was down right insulting to fans of Harry Potter. And the overkill of movie-line ripoffs and copyright-violating fluff just kills whatever message about Harry Potter being the devil and such. If I wanted parody and spoofing done right, I would rather watch a David Zucker movie or pull out a copy of MAD Magazine. Still, it was fun dissecting this comic anyway. I wonder, which book series will Tim Todd target? Twilight? Hunger Games? Game of Thrones? (I better be quiet, don't want to give Tim Todd any ideas.) It's an honor having me to join in on the fun! And it's a pleasure finding a scanned copy of this comic! Thanks, everypony! Now, off to Arkham City! |
Sean | I honestly did not enjoy this one as much as most of Todd's other works. Usually, these are of a "so bad it's good" level of quality. But this one tried to be funny, and all its attempts ended up falling flat on its ass. Oh, and as if that wasn't enough, he had the nerve to call this a "satire". No, "The Daily Show" is satire, this is just throwing out references and bad meta humor. And that's a shame, because this is the one where you want it to be hilariously bad. Sadly, this is what we got, take it for what it is. |
Further Reading ⇑
- Product page at Revival Fire Ministries
- ⚜ Vintage Page
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