I thought Pumpkin was a nickname as opposed to her formal name. I was uncertain on gender, but since I assumed Pumpkin was a nickname I was also leaning towards girl for that reason.
Pumpkin’s cheeks have G’s, so looking at the cast page, from left to right their cheek markings are G U N S H and I guess the Perfect One is supposed to be O’s where she’s blushing. So I guess the eldest sister must have T markings, to spell out GUNSHOT or SHOTGUN if you SHUFFLE them. Suddenly the comic’s title makes a little bit of sense.
I think it’s due to Rusche liking 70s/80s music references (Shotgun Shuffle is a song by KC & the Sunshine Band) and he wanted a comic name that he could get the domain for and didn’t want ${COMIC_NAME}comic.com/net/org but the whole actual name.
I don’t know if the fact that if you shuffle the order of the sisters’ birthmarks you can spell out shotgun is something he decided on immediately or later as a point in that direction as well.
I gotta say – not that it wasn’t good to begin with – but after having read the whole comic I can’t help but nothing how much the art has improved since the first one. Amazing!
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Really, no one came back to comment on the very first comic? That’s kinda sad…
Oh well, guess Ill do it!
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Oh wait… I didn’t actually say something important! Crap…
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I considered it, but realized the temptation to post something that might turn into a spoiler would be too great.
Also: I used to think Pumpkin was a boy this far back.
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I thought Pumpkin was a nickname as opposed to her formal name. I was uncertain on gender, but since I assumed Pumpkin was a nickname I was also leaning towards girl for that reason.
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Not with that waist line.
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You suck asswipe
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Pumpkin’s cheeks have G’s, so looking at the cast page, from left to right their cheek markings are G U N S H and I guess the Perfect One is supposed to be O’s where she’s blushing. So I guess the eldest sister must have T markings, to spell out GUNSHOT or SHOTGUN if you SHUFFLE them. Suddenly the comic’s title makes a little bit of sense.
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Omg your are right
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you sir deserve a nobel or something!
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I wonder if Rusche has ever considered redoing any of his earlier strips, just for fun.
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Considering the time it takes to draw current comics, I’m guessing that’s a “one of these days” sort of thing for him.
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Read through the whole lot and now wish to comment. :P
Oh the “MOOM!” gambit. How I smite thee!!
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Moom?
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Why is this called “Shotgun Shuffle”? From what I can tell, nothing to do with shotguns.
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I think it’s due to Rusche liking 70s/80s music references (Shotgun Shuffle is a song by KC & the Sunshine Band) and he wanted a comic name that he could get the domain for and didn’t want ${COMIC_NAME}comic.com/net/org but the whole actual name.
I don’t know if the fact that if you shuffle the order of the sisters’ birthmarks you can spell out shotgun is something he decided on immediately or later as a point in that direction as well.
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*inspirational speech about first comic*
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I gotta say – not that it wasn’t good to begin with – but after having read the whole comic I can’t help but nothing how much the art has improved since the first one. Amazing!
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notice* Gee… two comments and one auto-correct related typo each.
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Thank you.
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Noticed this when I was trying to find something unrelated.
Pumpkin here is flat, at the con arc she’s started to grow, and with the latest patreon stuff, she’s kinda exploded.
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Because Pumpkin is a teenage girl, and apparently breast sizes explode relatively quickly in that family. Ellie comments on this during the Con arc.
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The first Patreon arc (now all posted to the main site) covers an answer to this question now.
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lewl
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This makes me so happy.