All right, everyone... son had some specialist appointments this week that ate up several days (among other errands.) No worries, he's doing well. Just consuming. Next comic features a sister that tends to be over the top, so her panels are pretty labor intensive. With most of my work time getting sucked out of this week I'm going to have to push this off until Tuesday. I got 3 or 4 panels done, but obviously, not 100% done at this point. I was pushing to get it up late, but I don't think that's going to be possible. I'm super proud of these last several comics, and the same for the current one. You'll like it. See ya Tuesday. :) Small preview 
The Magnificent 7 Pt-2
165 thoughts on “The Magnificent 7 Pt-2”
Plot twist: Ginger lives in a one-story house.
plot twist: seven sister communicator ALSO a bath toy.
Plot Twist: Someone enjoys Grape-Nuts
I think you’ve missed the point… What better way to hide the pole than to attach the switch to a box of cereal that’s never going to be touched?
But, they’re good, especially hot!
No they are NOT they are road gravel
Hidden camera voice over: “We’ve replaced Bob’s regular breakfast cereal with aquarium gravel. Let’s see if he notices.”
Dog gone, this hear cereal is loads better than what mah dear ol’ MA used to make me Fer breakfas vitals back home in Seapord, Maine. Mmm hmm. I shure do miss mah momma. And this here tastes like it’s gots loads o vidamins an mineralds.
“Victuals”, which is pronounced “Vittles”.
Dammit, if you’re going to make fun of hillbillies, get it *RIGHT!!* ….also, grape nuts are really good for you, but horrible for your teeth.
Plot twist: What about Bob?
They are good, you just have to (1) let them sit and soak in the milk for a few minutes before eating and (2) dispense about 25% less into the bowl than you would any other cereal; being small and compact it takes less volume to make up a meal.
Nah, just microwave them with the preferred white liquid for about a minute. They soften up real good then and become like Müesli, a decidedly un-hillbilly breakfast.
Hve them cold, replace the milk with plain Vanilla yogurt.
Hey! I love Grape-Nuts!!
plot twist: trashcan was two days from retirement
Plot twist: we just call in some giant eagles and save ourselves the trip
Plot twist: You’re all just my failed clones.
That’s pretty impressive considering Ginger is older than you.
Plot twist: that van is actually one part of Vehicle Voltron!
Plot twist: It rained that night.
Plot Twist: Rustled Jimmies are only part of a balanced breakfast for Harambe. And he’s dead now. Are you HAPPY, you monsters?? ARE YOU???
Plot twist: Yes.
I dassint care what Mickey don’t likes, I’ll eats it up somtin good.
Ugh. You make me happy to not have to say, “What about Bob?”
Baby Steps to Seven Sister Smackdown…
yeah an open sun roof might be a good idea of you’re going to do that again
I’m guessing Ellie is gonna end up with a really short haircut.
Well, the sunroof’s open now. Permanently.
BAMF stands for bad a** m***** f*****
It’s also a muffled thud.
It’s also the sound Nightcrawler makes when he teleports…
Beef and Mushroom Frittatta?
Considering she is Ellie’s sister I’m not surprised that Ginger has a bat pole, is dressed like Kim Possible, and can break the law of gravity. Also, I really hope she took that kid out of the bath; pretty sure she did though and a word of advice to her husband. When your wife can reverse on a pole in a different position the last thing you need to be conserned with is a lie, she is a keeper! Oh and plot twist: since no one else has called it, I claim first! With the committees approval of course.
He stays home while she goes off on adventures.
He stays with the kids while Ginger goes Black Friday Marauding.
He must get to crack a lot of skulls down at Kensington Motors.
He did bag himself a Buckingham woman, so I can see that. one thing that can br said about being with a Buckingham is that your life won’t be dull.
No.
Are you sure? I’m still waiting for a reply from Mr. Blue.
How am I sure that you aren’t me in disguise with a wicked haircut?
You just have to have a little faith. ??
That’s something that I’ve been lacking a bit in the past few months.
Then believe in the me that has faith in the faith that you lack will faithfully someday soon faithfully come back to you and renew your faith! I believe in you.
Listen, Mr. Blue. Don’t believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!
What in the world did I just start?
I DON’T…know….
Something that has to do with Gurren Lagann. This is turning out to be a sweet day, its not everyday that I confuse mr. blue!
Thay Anonymous was me, Redguard! I forgot to in my name!?
Should mR. Blue ask about Gurren Laagan? Or should he just say it?
Just think Megas XLR, but more Japanese.
Our drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!!!
mR. Blue did quite enjoy Megs XLR.
I didn’t see the telltale glow, but I’m pretty sure the hole is an advanced version of an Aperture Science Portal. Ginger could slide through the floor and out the ceiling all day if she wanted to, before switching the exit point to the desired location; in this case, the portal above the Minivan of Doom.
…and the sound Nightcrawler makes when he teleports…
…and I replied to teh wrong comment…FML
My two cents, even though I’m not even one of the regulars, let alone on The Committee: the sheer comedic punch in the actual first comic is helped by its succinct brevity. Small but perfectly formed. I vote that it stands as first, as is.
Oh this is going to get good.
As an aside, may I recommend the soundtrack for this Seven Sister sequence be “Push it to the Limit” by Paul Engemann
Bonnie Tyler’s “I Need a Hero”! When that came up in Saints Row III I was alternately frantic with excitement and doubled over with laughter.
Voltron Theme would be good as well.
How about, ” We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister?
Too obvious, might I suggest “Overdrive” by Lazerhawk.
I will take that as a solid alternative.
I’d go with ‘Ghost Division’ by Sabaton.
NO!!
“Primo Victoria” is being reserved for when the sisters arrive at the event and come through the door i unison.
After considerable consideration the committee has decided to allow this.
Well, who gets “Ride of the Valkries” for their solo?
Tarragon, of course.
Who would get “Who made who.”
Is anyone else horrendously distracted by the implication that she may have left Amper unattended in the tub? Maybe the dialog that he just needs pajamas alludes to the fact that she at least pulled him out before dashing away but man, super hung up on this. It’s a huge parenting no-no.
Child death by drowning due to parental neglect doesn’t seem like a direction this comic would take. Everything I’ve seen about Ginger so far implies NOT a horrible mother.
Yeah, you’ll note that she changed her clothes into the Kim Possible outfit, so surely she took the kid out of the bath too. Remember, she’s the responsible one. We’re just supposed to make the connection, not require a panel devoted to drying a naked kid.
I completely agree, but your avatar picture robs you of all objectivity. :)
Objectivity? Immaterial. We know from the last time they all got together that she’s always right and probably the only one who can kick butt on all of the sisters.
Good catch all the same!
Nope, she took time to change clothes and dry her hair. The kid is fine just naked.
Nah. She’s got the wherewithal to adopt Tag and take care of him, she’s got the wherewithal to take Amper out of the tub and at least set him on the floor wrapped/swaddled in a towel.
I doubt that kid is Amper anyways. So far as I can figure out, Amper is the one with &, Tag has #, Percy has % and the one in the bath is Asperand (sort of looks like an @ on his face? http://shotgunshuffle.com/comic/every-other-generation/#.WVMuTBPyvFQ ). Getting pj’s on Amper is probably the only thing she didn’t manage to do before flying outta there
Amper = Ampersand. Also known as this here symbol: @
An ampersand is actually “&”
“@” doesn’t have any real official name, typically called the “at sign” or “at symbol” or sometimes the “commercial at”.
Please, please look up the word Asperand.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/asperand
As per your suggestion, I submit the following (most importantly the last sentence).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign
“The at sign, @, normally read aloud as “at”, also commonly called the at symbol or commercial at, was originally an accounting and commercial invoice abbreviation meaning “at a rate of” (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 = £14). In contemporary use, the at sign is most commonly used in email addresses and social media platform handles. It was not included on the keyboard of the earliest commercially successful typewriters, but was on at least one 1889 model[1] and the very successful Underwood models from the “Underwood No. 5″ in 1900 onward. It is now universally included on computer keyboards. The fact that there is no single word in English for the symbol has prompted some writers to use the French arobase[2] or Spanish and Portuguese arroba, or to coin new words such as asperand,[3] ampersat[4] and strudel,[5] but none of these has achieved wide usage.”
The talk page for that article actually has a whole lot of amusing debate regarding the subject, with some contributors getting quite worked up! *ha*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:At_sign
For the love of all that is good and holy, look it up! For the children!
Who will think of the children?
Didn’t someone ask about that already? Just go and play punk rock girlfriend with Rev. Lovejoy to keep him from playing with his trains.
So asperand is @ and ampersand is & …….learned something new today :)
Glad to learn that obscure detail, BUT text in comic said “Amper” not “Asper”. So the author glitched.
Why can’t she be talking about a kid other than the one she was interacting with on-screen?
Ampersat is an alternative name for the ‘@’ symbol. It has some ‘In the beginning …’ internet cred behind it.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ampersat#English
More trivial information at this link on ‘asperand’ & ‘ampersand and their origins:
http://editingmonks.blogspot.com/2010/02/ampersand-vs-asperand.html
aww I thought I had it all straight and perfectly defined in my head but now I’m confused again :'( those darn alternate names
thanks for the extra definitions though. I love random trivial info
Replied one level too deep … meant to indicate the author didn’t glich, just used the diminutive of an alternative form.
The real trick is that Ginger managed to do a 180° straight out of the garage and build up enough speed to knock a municipal trashcan that far. :D
Looks like a Dodge Traverse Experimental Series. It’s powered by a Mr. Fusion and can go from zero to 115 in 1.21 seconds.But when it hits 88 miles per hour, that’s when you really start to see some $#1t.
Could just be a side-opening garage, where you back out parallel to the road, then pull forward to go down the drive.
Could be, but it’s more likely that executed a j-turn in an impressively short distance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-turn
Isn’t that more commonly know as the bootlegger’s turn?
Not exactly. Bootleggers turn is initiated while going forward. J-turn is from reverse.
Also J-turn may explain why she would hit the garbage can. Since she wouldn’t have a lot of room to build up speed before turning there would be some lateral movement to deal with.
“Honey, how long have we had the remotely-triggered hidden pole room? And while I’m on the topic, who’s this fat kid who keeps calling here asking about your website?”
Oh yeah, “Men in Black” in the Chinese restaurant scene.
Yoooo! Gimme some of them Fatty O’s. I need to utterly destroy my upper palate.
Ginger’s hair is also breaking the law of gravity.
Is there any law that the Buckingham Sister’s won’t break?
Have they broken the law of probability yet?
Wait for it. Because it seems that Tarragon does it continuously.
it’s not. honestly. her hair flipped up when she did the pole reversal.
Ginger Possible! I, for one, cannot wait to see what fresh horror Cinnamon’s sequence will be…
It will either be a bar, ditch, back alley, graveyard, toxic waste dump, or something involving a toilet!
She will escape into the back alley from the toilet of the bar at a toxic grave dump.
Oh my God, that would be awesome! Rusche, for the love of God and by Grabthar’s hammer make it so!!!!
Ack, no offense, but it seems to me that you guys might be mixing up Juniper with Cinnamon.
Whoops, our bad! Got a little too happy with that reply. ?
Can you imagine a dish where you mixed juniper and cinnamon? Blech…
it might require jasmine rice
Nah if I was Tolkien about Juni there’d be a good measure of alcohol and fornication involved. Cinnamon is just doing creepy cinnamon stuff.
I’m not sure that Tolkien wrote any fornication.
It’s in the Silmarillion. Somewhere in the back.
Dunno, that souds like something George R.R. Martin would. But I’ve nevet read the Silmarillion so what do I know?
That’s the other reason I went to the library today.
I just checked it out of the library.
I’ve been waiting to see Juniper’s ditch ever since the birthday party!
Plot twist: Cinnamon has managed to breed one ratanchula large enough to fly and for her to ride. Her entry cry will be, “FLY, MY PRETTY! FLY!”
I could see that and the Wicked Witch of the West’s theme would play in the background!
Juniper’s the easy one to remember, in my experience – I’ve encountered juniper flavor more prominently and more often in booze than any other form.
Awsome
Great comic!
I’m experiencing solar discontinuity. Have hours passed since Ellie pressed that button? Or was that queue from ‘LoveCon’ set entirely inside a building?
Also, I don’t think you’re getting the security deposit back for that lease.
Dang, Rusche! You were busy this weekend! Awesome comic!
ty :)
Still Alive: https://youtu.be/Y6ljFaKRTrI
How does Ginger fit with the plan to summon desperate singles?
I think the seven sisters are just supposed to keep the men occupied until more other ladies get there.
Well, okay then. As their mother I want them to live upright and moral lives.
Wait, keep them occupied how …? I may no longer approve.
panel 11 = yaaaaaaay
That “I lied” got one hell of a laugh out of me.
That said, if the reaction to the communicator call is “onwards…to BATTLE!” then the guys at the meet-up are about to receive all kinds of unexpected female attention (and some of them will probably be into it too)
…isnt it irresponsible because one of these 7 is married?
you sure she’s married and not just dating?
I’m pretty sure when you’re with a guy for a decade, move to Arizona to be with him, and have three kids together a preponderance of the evidence says you’re married.
Unless it’s a very long and elaborate con…
Yessssssssssssss…BRING ON THE SEVEN-SISTER CARNAGE!!!
…it’s been WAY too long. :D
Clever making the Grape Nuts the trigger. No one would ever open the secret passage accidentally.
It’s biometrically encoded to her fingerprint.
I also am triggered by Grape Nuts. I open the box, no grapes and no nuts. What’s the deal?
How about naming it, “Snowflake Crunch” instead? No two are alike.
That’s funny, because the snowflakes I see lately are all the same…
Can you describe them?
Yeah, whiny ass Sjws who cry about cultural appropriation, misogyny, proper pronouns, racism while being racists themselves, straight-heterosexuals-cis-white males, and safe spaces.
So…… Are we gonna see this 5 more times with each sister?
You think I live in a two story house with a secret passage? That’s so sweet.
It’s one of the nicest ditches in Florida! :D
I’m going to guess that you live in a place that’s not exactly court mandated, but has a court appointed fiscal supervisor for your basic living expenses. I can’t think of the proper terminology. But who knows why your mother accepted Juniper’s suggestion of “ditch”?
Although, I’ll just speculate that the constant pawn shop pawnnings might explain a bit of the ability to keep yourself in booze and cigarettes.
Ah, Mr. Blue, sir? It…it was ANISE who suggested Juniper lived in a ditch.
Yep, you’re correct.
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, Batmom!
Keep mashing that vote button, people! These sequences are gonna be epic!
I’m taking it, the baby has grown up quite a bit compared to the cast page.
A-flagellatin’ that F5 button!
Direct channel from garage to living space? How have they NOT died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning?
Dude, they’re in Florida. It’s a safe bet that garage is ventilated year-round. Even if it’s not, for all we know the tube is.
Why would they keep the car running in a closed garage?
You know, I’m halfway wondering if Anise’s hair design was supposed to look somewhat devilish.
That’s single… Husband and a kid
Wow. One vote takes us from 5944 to 236.
I HAVE THE POWER! !!
With one vote, from 154 to 152……..
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Hey, Chris. Tuesday is July 4th.
Take the day off, hug your kids, burn a burger or brat or two and enjoy the holiday like any other American.
Post the next update on Wednesday and enjoy yourself!!
And… we’re back to Ginger being my favorite.
great comic
………..Shades of Kim possible?
husband: imokwiththis.jpg