Scary Go Round 2: The Squeakuel
October 28, 2009 5:04 PM Subscribe
So the webcomics institution Scary Go Round has ended. No need to cry, because John Allison is now bringing us the new sexiness that is Bad Machinery. It's the story of two schoolgirl sleuths and three schoolboy investigators, attending Griswalds Grammar School in Keane End, Tackleford. Start here.
If you don't read John will have a panic attack.
Meet Enviro-Cat, now in t-shirt form.
Oh, and the old characters from SGR aren't all gone, it seems that Ryan and Amy are still around.
If you don't read John will have a panic attack.
Meet Enviro-Cat, now in t-shirt form.
Oh, and the old characters from SGR aren't all gone, it seems that Ryan and Amy are still around.
Double
This post is about bad machinery, not the end of Scary Go Round. Also note that I link to there in my post.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 5:17 PM on October 28, 2009
This post is about bad machinery, not the end of Scary Go Round. Also note that I link to there in my post.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 5:17 PM on October 28, 2009
So how long until Shelley's back this time?
posted by jtron at 5:25 PM on October 28, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by jtron at 5:25 PM on October 28, 2009 [2 favorites]
It's the story of two schoolgirl sleuths and three schoolboy investigators...
I never read SCR but I've been reading this since day one and I have no idea how you found this out. It's just some schoolkids talking so far.
posted by DU at 5:29 PM on October 28, 2009
I never read SCR but I've been reading this since day one and I have no idea how you found this out. It's just some schoolkids talking so far.
posted by DU at 5:29 PM on October 28, 2009
I have no idea how you found this out.
I took it from the cast page.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 5:32 PM on October 28, 2009
I took it from the cast page.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 5:32 PM on October 28, 2009
Yeah, this really isn't a double post.
posted by boo_radley at 5:51 PM on October 28, 2009
posted by boo_radley at 5:51 PM on October 28, 2009
YAY AMY AND RYAN GOT MARRIED
I mean this is an interesting new tack for Allison to take by fast-forwarding a few years, essentially forcing progress on the rest of his cast as insurance against his obvious inclination to just tell stories about Shelley being loopy.
(YAY)
posted by mightygodking at 6:14 PM on October 28, 2009 [1 favorite]
I mean this is an interesting new tack for Allison to take by fast-forwarding a few years, essentially forcing progress on the rest of his cast as insurance against his obvious inclination to just tell stories about Shelley being loopy.
(YAY)
posted by mightygodking at 6:14 PM on October 28, 2009 [1 favorite]
I've been following this, and Allison's taking his sweet time making something happen. So far, it's been sloooooow.
posted by dortmunder at 6:22 PM on October 28, 2009
posted by dortmunder at 6:22 PM on October 28, 2009
I've been following this, and Allison's taking his sweet time making something happen. So far, it's been sloooooow.
Are you kidding? In today's (October 28, which can't be separately linked yet) episode, some tea was spilled! And a typewriter was unearthed! That is some excitement!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:42 PM on October 28, 2009
Are you kidding? In today's (October 28, which can't be separately linked yet) episode, some tea was spilled! And a typewriter was unearthed! That is some excitement!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:42 PM on October 28, 2009
I am uncertain as to whether it's actually necessary for us to have another post about this, since that last one was so recent, but I love John Allison, I love Charlotte and Shauna's hair, and it's possible that one of my tweets is what prompted him to get around to putting up the cast page, so I'm not going to sweat it too much.
posted by Caduceus at 6:47 PM on October 28, 2009
posted by Caduceus at 6:47 PM on October 28, 2009
True, there's not much of its parent's "sexy fun" in the strip so far, but I'm liking that Allison's willing to consider quiet moments and class disparity. He's clearly got ambitions beyond relating the endless adventures of a bunch of eternal twenty-somethings; considering the immense amount of entertainment his work's afforded me in the past few years, I'm more than willing to sit through a few months of character establishment to see what he has in mind.
posted by Iridic at 6:53 PM on October 28, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 6:53 PM on October 28, 2009 [1 favorite]
Not a double, but still too early to revisit this particular webcomic universe, since we are still not quite past Chapter #0.
And otherwise I'd be posting about the secret identity of Lolbat in PvP, the Saturday Sci-Fi story in Sheldon, changes in Bellen's character design, the pre-announced retirement of Little Dee next year and the dozens of Girls With Slingshots crossovers...
posted by wendell at 6:59 PM on October 28, 2009
And otherwise I'd be posting about the secret identity of Lolbat in PvP, the Saturday Sci-Fi story in Sheldon, changes in Bellen's character design, the pre-announced retirement of Little Dee next year and the dozens of Girls With Slingshots crossovers...
posted by wendell at 6:59 PM on October 28, 2009
And since Scary Go Round was actually Allison's second webcomic, after Bobbins (also featuring some Shelley, I recall), this is actually The Threequel, Electric Boogaloo.
posted by wendell at 7:04 PM on October 28, 2009
posted by wendell at 7:04 PM on October 28, 2009
I just love everything the Englishman has done and I love this too. I can't say I'm surprised that his readership is on the downswing, as we haven't even seen any Bad Machinery yet. Fickle. They'll be back. Shelley too I'm sure, wonder if those are connected; maybe he's just lost Shelley's audience? The reveal of Mrs. Beckwith was a total squee moment for me, I have such fondness for all his characters. I'm gonna go buy a tshirt now.
posted by ulotrichous at 7:27 PM on October 28, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by ulotrichous at 7:27 PM on October 28, 2009 [1 favorite]
Since we are still not quite past Chapter #0.
What you say is kind of fair, but it is worth mentioning that we are actually at Chapter #1, check the font page.
Also, in about 24 hours I will totally do a lolbat post if you don't :p
posted by The Devil Tesla at 7:31 PM on October 28, 2009
What you say is kind of fair, but it is worth mentioning that we are actually at Chapter #1, check the font page.
Also, in about 24 hours I will totally do a lolbat post if you don't :p
posted by The Devil Tesla at 7:31 PM on October 28, 2009
It is a pretty slow story so far, but I am enjoying the change in artistic direction from Scarygoround. Somehow neater and more mature looking than it's predecessor.
posted by robotot at 7:38 PM on October 28, 2009
posted by robotot at 7:38 PM on October 28, 2009
I never read SCR but I've been reading this since day one and I have no idea how you found this out.
he set it up in the closing chapter of SGR...
posted by russm at 8:28 PM on October 28, 2009
he set it up in the closing chapter of SGR...
posted by russm at 8:28 PM on October 28, 2009
We haven't even seen any Bad Machinery yet.
hay JOHN ALLISON here is some BAD MACHINERY for you
posted by The Devil Tesla at 10:02 PM on October 28, 2009
hay JOHN ALLISON here is some BAD MACHINERY for you
posted by The Devil Tesla at 10:02 PM on October 28, 2009
"What is the process by which moth balls are removed from moths?"
posted by RussHy at 4:13 AM on October 29, 2009
posted by RussHy at 4:13 AM on October 29, 2009
Maybe I'm wrong and this post was too soon. It seems that Destroy History is gonna be the new sexiness.
(for the confused, that comic is a follow up to his panic attack blog post.)
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:31 AM on October 29, 2009
(for the confused, that comic is a follow up to his panic attack blog post.)
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:31 AM on October 29, 2009
If it's less twee than SGR--and sometimes SGR could be more twee than Hello Kitty riding My Little Pony over a rainbow bridge made of Care Bears--I might Allison back in my daily webcomics reading.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:08 AM on October 29, 2009
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:08 AM on October 29, 2009
I've been following this, and Allison's taking his sweet time making something happen. So far, it's been sloooooow.
Aye. I got a lot of entertainment of the years from SGR and Bobbins, but BM is just not happening for me. Sure, he could be still setting the story up. And yes, John Allison is a man who thinks about his craft a lot and wisely. But I've just stopped reading, thinking I'll come back to it in a few months to see if anything has happened. Because thus far nothing has happened and it hasn't been very funny.
posted by outlier at 7:18 AM on October 29, 2009
Aye. I got a lot of entertainment of the years from SGR and Bobbins, but BM is just not happening for me. Sure, he could be still setting the story up. And yes, John Allison is a man who thinks about his craft a lot and wisely. But I've just stopped reading, thinking I'll come back to it in a few months to see if anything has happened. Because thus far nothing has happened and it hasn't been very funny.
posted by outlier at 7:18 AM on October 29, 2009
Because thus far nothing has happened and it hasn't been very funny.
Seinfeld made millions on this very formula for 9 seasons.
posted by explosion at 8:43 AM on October 29, 2009
Seinfeld made millions on this very formula for 9 seasons.
posted by explosion at 8:43 AM on October 29, 2009
Seinfeld made millions on this very formula for 9 seasons.
Speaking of Seinfeld
posted by Phssthpok at 9:20 AM on October 29, 2009
Speaking of Seinfeld
posted by Phssthpok at 9:20 AM on October 29, 2009
I enjoy this new series, so far.
"Left eye cries shampoo, right eye cries conditioner."
It's kind of like poetry. I could say that line all day.
posted by redsparkler at 9:46 AM on October 29, 2009
"Left eye cries shampoo, right eye cries conditioner."
It's kind of like poetry. I could say that line all day.
posted by redsparkler at 9:46 AM on October 29, 2009
I'm not sure you can call scarygoround.com "sexy" per se, not on this internet anyways.
posted by jeffburdges at 10:06 AM on October 29, 2009
posted by jeffburdges at 10:06 AM on October 29, 2009
Holy Cowabunga!! "Bad Machinery" has just lived up to its name using a very defective satellite.
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:56 PM on November 2, 2009
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:56 PM on November 2, 2009
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