July 22, 2018 - Curse - page 31

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Jan

Mrs. Gryphon to the rescue! Cue epic dragon vs gryphon fight! /o/

On slightly unrelated news, I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed on Monday >.< I don't foresee it interrupting my art schedule (other than the day off for the procedure), but in case it does, that would be why :P

mooncat • 07/22/2018

Such mighty beasts, such an epic...battle. Hee

AlyxVixen • 07/22/2018

Not the face!!

McClaw • 07/22/2018

The dragon has the crown!

Kangaar Foxfire • 07/22/2018

I've seen this gag previously, and I've seen people laugh at it but I have no idea at all what it's in reference to. Someone please enlighten me?

Jan • 07/22/2018

@Kangaar Foxfire Go watch videos of cats fighting. If it becomes mano a mano, they end up standing in place and swiping blindly in front of them.

jprime • 07/22/2018

Well, Render, looks like I owe you an apology.

@Jan Having undergone the procedure myself in late 2006 (just inside the late '00s range), I wish you a comfortable, speedy recovery.

Spindizzy • 07/22/2018

@Jan, I'm not sure what kind of cats you were watching, but the cat fights that I've seen are nothing like that. When they get down and serious, it's a clench at the upper end, with teeth involved, and the hind legs are kicking hard with claws out. Fur literally flies. Not pretty. Not fun to watch. They may start out with a bunch of yelling, and some swats with the forepaws, but if one of them doesn't choose to back down, it gets real. Real fast.

JSStryker • 07/22/2018

@mcClaw it also has the rabbit if you look closely!

Kaelgren • 07/22/2018

tosses magic colour flag and squeaks Illegal flail maneuver! Blue Draggy may comically slap Gryphon wif a feesh!

Panther • 07/22/2018 • edited

Funny to see how the dragon teeth changes from the first panel to the second XD

But she/he's not very hurry to get back the hilts , apparently .......... What if she/he's here for another thing ?

Silverwolf • 07/22/2018

@Jan: I'd recommend IV sedation if you can tolerate it with a good oral/maxillofacial surgeon. First time I had that happen I was still awake with a sensation of time, but no pain. Curious, but not too traumatic, the doc talked me through it the whole time. Second time I needed a ligation, and he really zonked me out...from start to where the hell am I now?

soriac • 07/22/2018

Well, considering what comic this is, I would say this style of fighting is more destructive than any fight Godzilla vs Tokyo ;-)

P.S: good luck with the w-teeth. Mine were removed 20 years ago. Yes, wasn't nice, but sadly necessary, took a few days each (they got extracted in succession) before the pain dwindled, yay for pain killers, but after that you never have to worry about any problems with w-teeth again. ever :-) I think it was a good deal...

Katnik • 07/22/2018

Kittybird to the rescue ! And the dragon is wearing the crown {and} the King, one clinging to each horn. My dentist just used a strong local, the whole side of my head was numb the rest of the day - not really that bad. Paying the bill hurt worse than the procedure, and it put an end to the nagging toothache I'd been bothered with for a month. Good luck, and keep your chin up. ( Or wherever the dentist tells you to put it.)

ndrvr • 07/22/2018

That's not fighting, that's playing "patty cake" ^^. We're all safe...i guess.

@Jan i'm also a survivor of those wisdoms removed. Been lucky to have had more or less straight roots, only 2 root tips broke off and were left back in the jawbone, they'll degrade naturally as long as one rinses regularly for a few days with for example camoille tea or other antiseptic and anti-inflammatory liquids.

If the roots of yours are also more or less straight it'll go well. Twisted roots means one hell of a surgery.

Jan • 07/22/2018

@Silverwolf Yes, I'm getting IV sedation. Am actually more apprehensive about that experience than the procedure itself :P

@ndrvr My roots are twisted like hell, wrapped around the nerve and all. So it will be a complex procedure. Guess I'll find out in about 12 hours from now... meep! :E

Rocketroo • 07/22/2018

As a friend commented to me when I showed them the comic: "If everyone aways runs away when you show up, how would you know how to actually fight?" Considering that, this is probably the first fight either of those two have ever had.

@Spindizzy: It does depend on how experienced at fighting they are. Thinking about what my friend said (quoted above), it shows in my house cats, who maybe will swipe once or twice at each other in an argument then go sulk for an hour. VS the ferals in the neighborhood that can remove the hide off a badger.

@Jan: Good luck on the teeth. Dentistry has gotten better in a lot of ways than it was when my older brothers had to have surgery for same issue (I got lucky). Still if you aren't up for the next update we will all understand. Take it easy and recover first.

mike • 07/22/2018

just like a pair of sib cats

drakeye • 07/22/2018

the ultimate fight...its so brutal

dzamie • 07/22/2018

The dragon is wearing the crown! He's the new king! ...I think.

Anyway, hoping these two cuties make friends. Over a nice dinner of rabb- er, of fish.

ndrvr • 07/23/2018

@Jan Godspeed !

Spector • 07/23/2018

NINJA SISIES!

Matt • 07/23/2018

Tickle fight

Matt • 07/23/2018

@McClaw and the rabbit on the other horn

Kangaar Foxfire • 07/23/2018

@Jan, my experience with cats is the same as Spindizzy's. My mother, on average, kept 3-4 at a time and they were always fighting with the local strays.

Re wisdom teeth, they're one of the few parts of my body that worked right. Came through without the slightest drama, still there decades later. My sister on the other hand went through Hell and had to have them all removed.

Will be praying for you Jan.

Matt • 07/23/2018

This has been a hare raising week and a bad hare day

Kangaar Foxfire • 07/23/2018

Addendum: I was going to mention that if there's a creature that fights by swiping blindly at each other it's kangaroos. They each instinctively tilt their head back and reach out at their opponents.

However the gag wouldn't work because they also grab their opponent in a head lock and kick.

Jan • 07/23/2018

Just an update, I'm done with the wisdom teeth extraction and am home resting. Things went alright though there was a last minute change of plans with the procedure as the situation unfolded. I hope the pain and numbness will subside soon. Thank you everyone for the well wishes.

Katnik • 07/23/2018

@Kangaar Foxfire, on silly sitcoms you may see people get into a slap fight like this, played for laughs of course. It suggests they are too naive to actually put up a good fight. Three Stooges, not Jackie Chan.

M.Organ • 07/23/2018

Well, Jan, if you do something dumb, you can now blame it on having your wisdom teeth removed. ;-)

soriac • 07/23/2018

@Jan: good to hear the extractions went on without major problems. And yes, expect to live for the next few days on the maimum allowed dose of paracetamol/acetaminophen and make intimate friendship with ice packs, that's just natural, but if you keep the wounds clean (to avoid infections) you can live the comfortable thought that things will go constantly better from here and after a month or so noting will remind you of this anymore, well, except maybe a medical bill and some extracted teeth, if you decided to keep them ;-)

WB101 • 07/27/2018

Panel 5: The Smack-Talk

Gryphon: Stop right there! Leave those gryphlets alone you lizardy night-light... and you smell of pigeon poop!

Dragon: Well birdy-cat... you smell of elderberries and I toot in your general direction! Have at thee!

Dawn the DrMooID: Mooo! (Translation: "Savage!")

And the Bunny King: Beam me up Scotty!

@Jan Glad to hear that things went well for you. Take care.

drivernjax • 07/28/2018

@WB101 Just don't drink the elderberry wine. I hear it's got a killer taste. (See "Arsenic and Old Lace" for reference.)

Ephesus • 07/30/2018

I check nearly every day, nothing weird happens IRL. I take a break from webcomics for a week or so, you get your wisdom teeth removed. Well anyhow, I hope it goes well and you don't suffer much post-trauma stuff. I had to have practically half of my entire dentition replaced; trust me you don't want that to happen to you. One day a week, 4-5 sessions of 4h each, always followed by hours of numb jaw and unchecked drooling... plus burns and blood from the corner of my mouth. Because that damn assistant kept pulling on my mouth's corner too hard and tearing open small wounds, or touching my flesh with that pen-sized UV lamp they used to solidify the fillings but it overheated. So uhhh, yea - glad to see you pulled through that. Pun intended.

Welsh Rat • 07/30/2018

Nooo, leave Bunnikings alone!

Panther • 08/01/2018

Suddenly an awful thought in mind :

If the queen and guards finds the dragon (or if he comes at the castle for any reason) , i hope they won't think he's the king shapeshifted again (because the crown) ? ^_^"

ndrvr • 08/02/2018

@Panther me goes out to exchange city limit signs:

"Welcome to DragonLand. Population roastet so far: 42. Enjoy your stay!" ^^