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February 21st, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Hey… what is keeping that zombie’s guts from spilling out all over the place?
Great comic btw! I’ve spent most of my day reading it.
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 am
# Jon Pander Says:
February 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Gregor: “huh.. They should all turn themselves into vampires.”
Provided that there’s enough formula for everyone, that’s actually a rather good idea.
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BAD idea….
Well, considering that if they ALL turn themselves into vampires, what will they eat? They’ll starve and then become zombies in the end.
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I think what he meant is that they should turn into vampires, kill the zombies and then drink the formula to turn into humans again.
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:13 am
“I think what he meant is that they should turn into vampires, kill the zombies and then drink the formula to turn into humans again.”
After just a few days without any blood, the vampires get pretty weak, and after two weeks they can’t move. It would take over two centuries to kill all the zombies. There’s a decent amount of formula, but not nearly enough for any scenario along these lines to work.
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Why cant they drink blood bank blood???? Also there should be 4 or 5 humans left in space 0.0 at the new space station 5 more people for feeding on 0.o
But i really think all they need to do is get inside a building like fortnocks have the vampires defend it and keep the humans in a vault then keep a rotation going with the vampires for feeding and rest tactical choices =s
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Read any of the first 50 or so comments pages for my million times repeated answers to most of those questions. You make lots of incorrect assumptions based on faulty logic that doesn’t take into account the details of this story.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Actually I was meaning they all turn into zombies, go to somewhere the zombies might not be able to easily follow, like on a boat in the middle of the ocean, then use the formula to turn some of them back into humans.
Since, so far as I’ve seen, when they are not being controlled by a schaemiac, zombies don’t seem to have much interest in vampires.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pm
“It would take over two centuries to kill all the zombies.”
Bobby, I’m sure you have a wonderful, amazing plot line for this story, but reading the comments just makes me more certain that this story is just going to end with everyone dying one way or another… I should really stop doing that D:
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 am
I’m a fan of happy endings.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
Ebony: “Bobby, I’m sure you have a wonderful, amazing plot line for this story, but reading the comments just makes me more certain that this story is just going to end with everyone dying one way or another… ”
Wouldn’t be the first time that happened in a zombie movie 🙂
Bobby: “I’m a fan of happy endings.”
As are we all Bobby. As are we all.
Though for some of us, this statement is more applicable to massages than storylines.
Anyway, I’m sure whatever the outcome I’m going to like it. Now if you don’t mind I’m going to go out and get a massage.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
“Actually I was meaning they all turn into zombies, go to somewhere the zombies might not be able to easily follow, like on a boat in the middle of the ocean, then use the formula to turn some of them back into humans.”
Or better yet, why don’t all the humans and vampires move to the Azores islands? They’re far enough off the cost that a zombie’s acclimated sense of smell wouldn’t pick them up. There, the humans can prosper creating an agrarian society. The vampires would then continue the hunt against zombies and return to home-base for blood stock-piles.
Only challenge? Getting to the Azores. 🙂
It’s a good plan, but that removes so much conflict that’s needed in a good story. (Actually I bet this idea has been proposed before, and beaten down. But I’m too lazy to check the archives. =P )
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
But, see, YOUR idea of happy and OUR idea of happy may not necessarily coincide.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Rob: An island is a problem, because it’s already been shown that a zombie, while not able to float on water, can just walk along the ocean floor and walk onto the land. If you’re on an island, it’s not going to stop zombies from walking (or running underwater) to the island.
Main reason I said ‘boat’ in the middle of the ocean instead of an island in the middle of the ocean. Unless zombies float, or are controlled by a schaemiac, not very sure how they would be able to get on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Well, I guess the ending of the previous Last Bloody was a reasonably happy ending… If you discount the massive loss of human life.
The ‘Ginger Snaps’ series is an example of some truly unhappy endings. The fully happy endings usually belong to romantic comedies while unhappy endings are almost exclusive to the Horror and Thriller genres. The in-between endings can go as far as every ‘good’ character in the movie dying but ‘good’ still being considered the ‘winner’ or something similar to ’28 weeks later’ where you’re left uncertain on calling it happy or unhappy.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:30 am
JP: Ah, but see, the Azores are a very specific group of islands. I remember first looking them up when Math was talking about his smelling ability reaching 800 miles. IIRC the Azores are about 900 miles offland, so I doubt the zombies could smell them due to their extended lineage.
(Val->TFZ->Zombie->Another Zombie->Another Zombie->etc.)
Unless of course they can still smell underwater, which while unpleasant, isn’t outside the realm of possibility. I mean, this is a world filled with vampires and zombies. 🙂
February 24th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Rob: They can smell even through water or whatever, according to Bobby. Their smell ability is bound only by plot. I remember Bobby mentioning that when people started making claims about how people could have hidden from the zombies by being in submarines or whatever.
If you’re going by a completely scientific basis, scents simply can not travel the extent that Valerie, Math or Francis were able to smell. It’s not supposed to be scientific though. It’s powered by plot instead. It’s the same way that zombies and vampires are able to exist. They existbecause of the power of plot.
Basically, Word of God. Bobby says super vampire smelling can smell through insanely long distances – so they can. Period. Bobby says super sniffers can sniff out people through water – they can.
That’s sorta why I mentioned being on a boat in the ocean 🙂 Even if they can smell em, they wouldn’t be able to get at em now that they arent controlled by a schaemiac.
To be honest it’s all a moot point- Bobby has a clear plan for how the story will progress – we’re just discussing this stuff like this because…. we have too much free time on our hands. 🙂
February 24th, 2009 at 11:34 am
charles: “Well, I guess the ending of the previous Last Bloody was a reasonably happy ending… If you discount the massive loss of human life.”
Yeah, but those people who died mostly sucked anyway.
February 24th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
seconded.
February 24th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Thirded. All in favour, say aye.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Aye! Motion carried. Jon Pander is grand poobah of the comments board.
Democracy, ain’t it great.
February 25th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
kinda makes you want to be one of the vamps so you can help end the rest of humanity… sorry… i hate damn near all people lol
February 25th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Mac’s lost hs mind and he’s gonna butcher Grady! D:
February 25th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
An Actual Fan: “Mac’s lost hs mind and he’s gonna butcher Grady!”
Man… Bobby’s gonna kill you for giving away the twist surprise ending.
I bet you shouted out that Bruce Willis was a ghost in the movie theatres in the first five minutes during The Sixth Sense also.
the Van of Hocking: “sorry… i hate damn near all people”
Yeah – people suck.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Stragler zombie craving brains