29 Responses to “#256 – Art”

1. Lauren Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 8:17 am

   Aw, Maria….

2. Max Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 8:23 am

   I say, is that a vagina? Ingenious!

3. Rei Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 8:28 am

   Someone looks quite a bit like LS here!

   The facial expressions here are so spot on–if that makes sense. It’s great to see this side of Lena. She looks, dare I say, like a hardass! Nothing like the kind, ever *patient* Lena we’ve seen so far. I love it!

4. Sooz Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 8:44 am

   I love Maria so much!

5. francisco Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 9:12 am

   wait, if lena is simon, who is crazy painkiller-addled paula?

6. Ole Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 10:25 am

   It takes balls to admit she hadn’t done it. I couldn’t have done it in front of that kind of jury. I would have claimed it to be my idea.

7. ThunderEcho Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

   Just posting to say that Maria looks pretty hot in that second panel.
   Overall, some of he best art I’ve seen from this strip yet!

8. Z. Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

   I’m so glad I didn’t have this sort of interview to my college. Blargh.

   and I agree, maria looks sooo cuuteeeee.

9. John k Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

   I love the first panel composition, and as always, the color is just marvelous!

10. Bee Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Johan? Bjorn? What did those boys do? xD
    Ahh, Maria, poor dear.

    <3 Lena.

11. Alley Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    AWE. I literally squeed at Maria in the second panel. WAY to cute.
    And the judges are fabulous. Four totally different looking people. Loovve it!

12. Abby Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Ahahaha..im laughing so hard at this. Poor maria…but who was it that drew it then? For some reason i cant shake i feel it was something Anders did and their stuff got mixed up, ha ha.

13. Bruce The Great Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    Abby have you read the comic? Bjorn did it when he sent it in.
    Also, maria has some big hair in that last panel xD

14. Xtine Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Oh no!

15. Eric Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Man, oh man, young Maria is just totally cute! It’s really fun to see where this is all going

16. Miss Holly Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Abby, Anders and Maria haven’t met yet! This is a flashback to high school/pre-art school days.

    I like to imagine Maria’s face is saying “What the hell, that idea was stupid, I would never actually do that” rather than merely “Oh no esteemed jury I could not possibly lie to you…”

17. theshortcake Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    that guy in the middle looks like the guy that punches maria later, the one who went out with yumi….??

18. That John Guy Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    Renee, long time reader, first time poster…..I just wanted to say that the comic looks absurdly beautiful the past couple of weeks. I’ve always been a fan of your artwork, but lately it’s even better.

19. Miss Holly Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    @theshortcake Nah, that guy was blond wasn’t he? He does have a similar douchey look, though.

20. theshortcake Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 1:17 am

    @miss holly: yeah, thats what i meant, its just odd that he looks similar… shifty eyes, lol

21. Happypeepeehead Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:37 am

    I guess I missed out on this process by getting my BFA at a non art school. I don’t think I would have been ready for this after high school. Reading it makes me very nervous.

22. eggnut Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    I love Anders despite his faults but it’s great getting to see more of Maria!

23. Darnok Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Oooooooh my… This is going to end up in either tears or furiousness…

24. Ren Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Rofl the guy next to Lena DOES look like he could be a relative of ass man

    I am curious as to where this conversation goes…I mean we all know that the end result is Maria actually getting into the school. She must impress the admissions team so much that they overlook the fact that she isn’t the vagina perputrator.

25. Tess Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    My friend from Ireland told me about this strip and I’ve just devoured the entire thing in one sitting. Which is upsetting since I’m supposed to be up early for work tomorrow. It’s too good.

26. Abby Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 12:57 am

    @ Bruce and @ Ms Holly

    I have read the comic, i just dont remember seeing bjorn do that, and i also am not the only person who was confused about it, it would seem since at least one other person asked about wether her brother did it or not.

    Im also aware she hasnt met anders yet, i was just tossing around the idea that some artwork got switched around on accident, because i didnt remember bjorn doing it.

    =)

27. staz Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 1:22 am

    “I like… …art?”

    Oh man, that was totally me at art school.

28. handgunman Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am

    ummm, i thought that she was with anders when that happened?

29. elisa Says:
    December 4th, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    in italy, around the venice area, “mona” is a bad word for “pussy”.

    *the more you know*

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