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#120 - Helvete Björn!

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

You can now friend your favourite characters. The drama continues on Facebook…

I got some news. I am going to be a little detached from the comments for the next while. My friend Alex will be moderating things and keeping an eye out for all of you. She can handle most things. If you have a question you’d like to ask me just send me an email. Have a lovely day!

31 Responses to “#120 - Helvete Björn!”

  1. Dain Says:

    This is funny, I like Bjorn’s face :)

  2. Keaton Says:

    This page made me laugh! XD Oh, Bjorn. I love his “What?” expression in the last panel.

  3. Annabeth Says:

    hee hee hee. That’s just awesome.

  4. Annika Says:

    of course Anders and Maria are getting back together, you can´t name a comic
    Anders ♥ Maria
    if it is going to be anders and tina and maria and björn ;-)

  5. katie Says:

    hehehe you suave prince of thieves you bjorn! also annika..the heart IS a broken one, so maybe things never work out between anders and maria duh duh DUUUUH

  6. Chris Says:

    god damn yooooooou!

  7. streever Says:

    Renee: I hope it isn’t bad news :( ! See you back soon.

  8. Chuck Says:

    Is Bjorn saying “I want to be with you ’cause there are no better options”?

    That’s not love… I dislike guys like Bjorn, have seen plenty of them.

  9. Olga Says:

    I don’t like Bjorn solely because he had her pay for his train ticket because I didn’t have money on him… it just screams adult mooch. boo!

  10. Alexander Says:

    Actually Anders Still DOES love Maria …

  11. Mary Says:

    haha awww… I love this comic.
    Neither do I know where it’s all headed, but I know that so long as Rene is piloting this story I’m in!

  12. Voortman Says:

    I missed some subtlety in this strip, apparently…

  13. Ashley Says:

    I am with Voortman. I am way too dumb for this strip right now.

  14. Equine potamuse Says:

    Björn-haters, take heart! His profession of love is pretty clearly a joke.

  15. kasha Says:

    the subtleties are lost on me too, guys.

  16. Onomah Says:

    I think that I may have missed something…on the other hand, I really like the expressions on this page. It’s so hard to pick my favourite panel! I like the second to last one…hmm or the third one…or the last one….

  17. Brendan Says:

    I’m really the only one that realized the wordplay? Maria isn’t a “single” person right now, is she? She’s pregnant!

    Very cute, very clever. Well done as always :)

  18. Madonna Says:

    I think maybe she damns him because he’s kind of tearing her between the two of them, Bjorn and Anders. After all, it IS Anders’ kid, and I think it’s safe to say she still loves him in her own Maria way, but then again, there’s Bjorn who she has this history with and an obvious attraction to, and probably also loves in her own Maria way.

    Thus, damn him. Hahaha.

  19. Elizabeth L. Says:

    Is it a pun?

    “single” as in not taken?

    (Yeah, I might be reading too much into this, but hey)

  20. Nobilis Says:

    I just found this webcomic and I am totally hooked. I am SUCH a sucker for difficult love stories.

  21. David D Says:

    My theory on the strip is she’s saying “Goddamn You” because he’s basically acting way too nice for the whole situation. She’s saying something which could quite potentially have started a bit of a shit-storm and Bjorn just lets it slide off his back and counters by saying something really sweet. My girlfriend is like this with me, she’s just a little too sweet and understanding, it makes me feel like I don’t deserve to be with such a great person :P

  22. xfoo Says:

    i think Bjorn chose to misinterpret Maria’s question in order to annoy her

  23. Kenya Says:

    My husband is quite fond of puns. The ones I get right away make me groan, the ones that take me a minute get the same response as the last panel. :)

  24. Ashley Says:

    As I was stuck on the highway last night in my broken down car, I figured this one out. Stupid no more.

  25. Rene Engström Says:

    I’m cheating and reading the comments when I told myself I wouldn’t. Now I have to say that even though that is a particularly great pun, it was by no means intentional. I was going to silently take credit for it, but that would feel wrong. Great pun though, in many ways. Thanks for all the high fives and claps though. You guys are the best! :)

  26. streever Says:

    Yea, I think you guys are over-thinking this :)

    It is a clever pun in the end, but I do think that the original goal was just that Bjorn was being WAY too sweet for Maria :)

  27. Bluebird Says:

    Rene, I love the Facebook profiles for the characters! What a great way to give us even more insight into the situation!

    I’ve said before that your characters are very realistic. Giving them Facebook profiles adds to the realism even more! I can’t wait to see what comes of this.

    **goes back to Facebook stalking**

  28. Pete Says:

    Aaaagh! Now I have to wait to get the rest day by day! Just finished reading through the archive in a single sitting. This is definitely going on my daily reading list. Some of the best characterization I’ve seen in a long time, combined with wonderfully expressive art=happy Pete. Even if it did keep me up way past my bedtime

  29. Equine potamuse Says:

    Uhh… Would this be a pun in Swedish?

  30. Rene Engström Says:

    Equine. No. It wouldn’t.

  31. Peter Potamus Says:

    What pun? There isn’t a pun in the text.

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