V10 – Pg35
Bread and Circuses
I’m also reminded of the scene in History of the World Part I when they tell Mel Brooks, “Sir, the peasants are revolting!” and he replies, “You said it. They stink on ice!” Well, the Romans kept the peace by handing out free wheat to the poor and providing other delights and distractions. We’ll see if this works out for them. Looks like Jordana’s dad is not distracted. In fact, he seems eerily focused.
– Gary
Page 35?! This issue is turning into a beast. It does need the time though to set up the new world that the characters now inhabit. I think there’s about four or five more pages to go of this one.
You may or may not have noticed, but I’ve been going back and making covers for the older issues and setting up some ‘Previously In VANGUARD’ pages, to help readers keep on top of the story. As well as this, I’ve been trying to format the comics so that they can be uploaded to Comixology. Issue one is live and two and three are currently being reviewed by the staff at Comixology. I’m hoping they’ll be given the thumbs up soon.
– Dan
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“Panem et circenses”. “Bread and circuses”. We’ve seen the circuses, now here’s the bread.
Trust men, the circus has just begun!
Expecting Poison
Poison? That’d be pretty dark for a live reality show… It could happen here though!
I would expect that from the actual Kardashians, maybe… Certainly that bitch Khloe.
poison, glass, or razorblades in the cake. I wouldn’t eat anything they offer.
Nah too…. basic.
I’m thinking Micro Explosives, a Mutagentic agent, maybe something radioactive….
Oooo! Or some sort of compound that make people go into an insane feeding frenzy after a short delay… Like once the cameras are off.
“Why are you poaching our stuff? If you want something to eat look around you. There’s plenty of food.”
Man, that’s some dark shiz! You’ll just have to see how it all plays out.
Oh… crap
Genuine Horsemen of the Apocalypse have looked less terrifying than Ginny in that first panel.
She’s certainly a bit of a bringer of war.
Yes, let them eat cake wasn’t said in any way other than sincere. If there is no bread there was cake then to feed them. Yet it has been taken as a cynical response.
I’d expect poison, or some other crap they’ve put in those cakes…or at least the cook spitting in them thinking they were for Ginny.
That phrase “Let them eat cake” was in circulation for a while and shows how out of touch the decadent aristocracy can be. While Marie Antoinette certainly fell into that category, scholars believe the quote was misattributed to her, as she was only nine or ten years old when Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in this questionable autobiography Confessions.
That being said, I’m so looking forward to see all of those fuckers end up like Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution. She may not have deserved to die, certainly not like that, but I can’t say the same for Ginny and friends. I’ve read that some guy killed her, raped her dead body and then paraded her head on a pike while wearing a moustache made from her pubic hair.
Just desserts?