Monster in closet

[UncleMonty]

Well dang... I can see the Dec. 30 and Jan. 1 comics, but the Dec. 31 strip won't load for me.
Weird.

Yep, me too. There's about a half-dozen days now scattered among the three strips that simply won't load on either Netscape or IE. What browser do you use?

Oops! Sorry to take so long to post a reply. I have both Mozilla 1.75 and Firebird 1.0, and sometimes use Konqueror or Epiphany just to try 'em out. I can't use Internet Explorer because they don't make a version for linux. Since all of these Gecko-based browsers are more "particular" about how web pages should be coded, I've become accustomed to little oddities. I just shrug and go on browsing. In this case, whatever was quirked got unquirked - I can now view that page in Mozilla without any trouble. Maybe it was a server hiccup? They do that.
Considering the date, I imagine a lot of folks were hiccupping...

Sh'Dold aquaintansh be fergot an' never bra' to mind, we'll share a cup o' kindnesh yet for auld lang shyne...

[Mad Mike]

Possibly it may be a red herring. It could be that the "rats" and bogeymen are either related or have societies that interact with each other. Even as an outcast, Squidge would be a traitor to both if he didn't make an attempt to scare Colin and Quentin.

He would be useful to Quentin though.

It occurs to me that the bogeyman could be the point man, opening a hole for something else bigger and/or meaner...this may be his way of redeeming himself for his earlier failure.

Quentyn better not turn his back on the closet just yet.

[DracoDei]

Do the Jar Jar Boogie

Well, he sounds a bit like Jar Jar, but in his 'natural' form he looks more like Golum... and both do tend to snivel muchly.

[Squeaky Bunny]

But Squidge's "precious" isn't a ring, but a ring-tail.

(watching 'Flight of the Navigator' It's hard to picture PeeWee Herman as an intelligent spacecraft)

[Mad Mike]

But Squidge's "precious" isn't a ring, but a ring-tail.

(watching 'Flight of the Navigator' It's hard to picture PeeWee Herman as an intelligent spacecraft)

Actually, it's hard to picture PeeWee Herman as an intelligent ANYTHING.

[Traxer]

The Squidge's dialogue to someone else too that I can't place my finger

(Very strange, watching the FotN too and wondering the same thing.)

Traxer 8)

[Squeaky Bunny]

Well he sounds a lot like Jar Jar or Gollum or possibly Gurgi. If there's more I can't think of them at the moment.

(Mad Mike. If you used a smaller icon you wouldn't have to crick your neck like that.)

[Mad Mike]

Hey, it's better than my first one. That one was just mean-looking!

[Starcat5]

You know... the more I think about it, the more I think the little guy is a red herring. I just don't see this guy EVER coming up with anything that can scair this cub, or being able to pull it off if he ever DID! I think this is his 'First night back on the job', and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Sharuuk]

You know... the more I think about it, the more I think the little guy is a red herring. I just don't see this guy EVER coming up with anything that can scair this cub, or being able to pull it off if he ever DID! I think this is his 'First night back on the job', and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I think I agree with you. BUT......given Quentyn's discription of "physically weak as a kitten" how could Squidge manage to chip his way thru what appears to be some 8-10in of solid stone flooring so quickly and without the sound of his efforts being heard by SOMEone in the house? Raccoons have VERY acute hearing!

Shaaruuk

[Kerry Skydancer]

You know... the more I think about it, the more I think the little guy is a red herring. I just don't see this guy EVER coming up with anything that can scair this cub, or being able to pull it off if he ever DID! I think this is his 'First night back on the job', and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Yep, and confirmed by today's strip. He might turn out to be useful, though, eh?

Waterstone is... cement? Mortar? Adobe?

[Squeaky Bunny]

Not quite a red herring. Red herrings just throw you off track of what you are after. Squidge just happened to show up, but he did point out the access to Colin's room, AND he did confirm that the 'rats' were more than an illusion.

Nessie has Her Oggy and now Colin has Squidge as a sidekick. (Just as long as he doesn't start singing "C is for cookie")

Waterstone sounds almost like rock dust and something that barely binds it together. Any liquid would disolve it or close inspection detect it.

[Mutant for Hire]

Waterstone could be the local name for limestone.

This is very interesting. Cute red herring I have to admit. And I think that Colin has a much better sidekick than Nessie does.

Also the pieces are starting to come together here. Colin apparently was a fearless rat catcher. One gets the feeling that he's ticked off something below and something below is striking back.

Patching up the hole is the first step in this business. The second step will be going into the tunnels below to find out what's been threatening Colin.

Looks like the Questor is in business.

[Mad Mike]

Actually, I'm not sure patching up the hole is the smartest thing to do - I'd set some sort of trap to see if I could catch (or at least see) whatever was coming up. Also, how did the hole get there in the first place? What made it, and who patched it? If Squidge had to break the patch to get through, then it stands to reason that whoever or whatever is using the hole is sealing it up after every use.

[Squeaky Bunny]

It would be better to put the plug back in and let whatever made it think that they are yet undetected. Squidge knows about what is underground and can help Quentin with the information he has.

Both 'pets' have their merits. Oggy can fly, but Squidge might be able to if he sucked helium or ate the mother of all burritos.

[DracoDei]

Well, in the real life analog to this situation, the detectives thinking would also include among the possiblity that the informant is just trying to get a payment for his info, and might be making stuff, when he doesn't have anything,b but knows that there is a strong demand. IE perhaps Squidge doesn't know anything, but has figured out enough from the conversation that he THINKS he can make up a yarn about the 'creatures' and get a few more cookies out of the bargain in exchange for . Underworld (or underground...) sources can't always be trusted...

[Sharuuk]

Maybe. But Colin said that Squidge wasn't the one scaring him and while Squidge may be a P.I.T.A., his species seem to be basically cowards relying on scaring kits and not too bright adults for sustainance......I think Squidge is truely frightened of what's down in the tunnels. It was mentioned earlier that Colin was probably a fearless rat hunter, but these things, whatever they are scared him badly.


Shaaruuk

[Squeaky Bunny]

Even though he is scared of the bad bad things down below, Squidge can still mimic one of them and gather inteligence. Also, How will Flint react to Squidge's presence? Will he jump to the conclusion that he is behind Colin's problems?