Severed Ties ------->The current arc

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

Fuck it, let's go bowling.

[Paul Escobar]

Bowling in Dublin on Bloomsday.

[Pravus]

Straight...straight....Aw, curving...curiving......strike!

[Hungrywolf]

You guys are crazy.

[Bloodied Fox]

That's because we believe in nothing. It's exhausting

[Hungrywolf]

Probably not exhausting as my day was.

"Smoke'em if you got 'em."

[Pravus]

Mary Jae?

[Hungrywolf]

"I knew it, I'm surrounded by a#%holes!!!"

[ShannC]

You guys are crazy.

Thanks but flattery gets you nowhere.

That's because we believe in nothing. It's exhausting

Or rather, what we believe is what we thought we wouldn't believe which in the end turns out to be the same things decent regular people believed all along, but for other reasons.

What?

[Pravus]

I believe in Ice Cream and Apple Pie!

[Redcrow]

Yaaaaaaaaaayyy---Update!

Love the close-up panel.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

I remember there being some cool posts here, but the damn forum ate them. Oh well.

[Shadreorn]

"Black hole forum, black hole forum, come and wash away the rain. Black hole forum, black hole forum, won't you come."

[Paul Escobar]

I remember there being some cool posts here, but the damn forum ate them. Oh well.

I distinctly remember something about shrubberies.

Anyway. Nice page. I like the frame compositions. And I see Maynard's still not caring too much about the shenanigans and minor self-destruction of his roommates. Probably a healthy attitude.

But I wonder what this "other place" Ryan mentions is. He's got a look on his face as if he's talking about an opium den or a brothel.

[Shadreorn]

I thought he would be going to destroy the painting. That's what hit me first, anyways.

[ShannC]

But I wonder what this "other place" Ryan mentions is. He's got a look on his face as if he's talking about an opium den or a brothel.

Yeah, it seems like it could be something important. Seems weird that he's not saying what it is if Maynard's going to come with him any way.

It could as easlily be absolutely nothing though.

[Hungrywolf]

I remember there being some cool posts here, but the damn forum ate them. Oh well.

I distinctly remember something about shrubberies.

I remember something about cats, and bunkbeds, and underpants... though I think I added that last part.

[PortableNuke]

But I wonder what this "other place" Ryan mentions is. He's got a look on his face as if he's talking about an opium den or a brothel.

My first guess was a porn shop. He's going to make some really profane, giger-esque piece of art that will get him kicked out of school. With that I'm going to end my wild speculation.

[ShannC]

I really want to find out how this arc is going to end now. I don't know why, but I feel somehow there's not that many arcs to go in Severed Ties.
I mean, of course there had to be some sort of pause to introduce all the family members but now?

I predict that Ryan's situation is but a prelude to another arc, and I don't think there's an immediate solution for Evan either..
I think the anorexia thing will at least sort of stabilise with him accepting his illness. Whether that happens through a new confrontation with Cynthia, Ryan, or a tough doctor, who knows.

Or we get a disaster cliffhanger with Evan put in an institution and Ryan kicked out of school.

There's many many different possible outcomes now.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

Don't worry, The page'll be a little late, but it'll get done. I just want this story to end.

I'm having a lot of breathing problems because of the season, so I didn't get around to drawing this weekend. I was also gone for much of it, and I tend to play video games when I feel ill.

But just so no one gets their hopes up too much, ShannC is pretty much on the right track — some things will get resolved by the end of this arc, and other things are just the beginning. If anyone's wondering, the comic has a set ending, and it's planned to only be the final year in school. This arc takes place in the fall, so summer is when the comic itself ends. At the moment, there are only 3 more arcs planned.