654 | Calm Down

DON’T TRY TO CONTROL ME, MOM!!! I’M A REBEL!

Sure-fire way to get grounded from use of the car and/or Lost Ones-seeking spaceship.

Gunner’s line in that first panel is so so casually cruel on so many levels.
1) He is directly ordering Zap, who from the limited information we have about their past seemed at least equal to if not superior Gunner in the hierarchy of their relationship.
2) He doesn’t tell Zap to kill the crew, but just glosses over it as if it was such an unimportant detail he couldn’t even be bothered (of course to him it is unimportant)
3) He just told Zap to kill his friends
4) He acknowledges that they are Zap’s friends and still sends Zap to kill them.
5) Zap and Gunner were friends in the past, but Gunner is kind of addressing Zap like one might speak to a dog. Even Efreem is getting more respect on this page (even if it is angry respect)

So…maybe I’m reading too much into this? But I feel like that line really sums up so much about where we are in the story right now; Gunner’s relationship to Zap, and Gunner’s personality.

ummm TL;DR? Gunner’s a jerk.

“Being evil by moonlight, winning armies by daylight, never running from a psychic fight, he is the one named Sailor Gunner!”

O.O…would that make Naveed Tuxedo Kitty?

Why you gotta leave us hanging like that?! …one week…I can do this

Interesting that Gunner’s mad about being “controlled” when all he’s been doing is CONTROLLING everyone around him, even Zap and especially Naveed.

Next time, on ZapBall Z: Gunner goes Super Sayan!

That’s usually the way it works. Those who want lots of power don’t take kindly to others exerting power over them.

I know! Sorry!

BUT!! In a few weeks you guys are going to get pages on Monday, Wednesday, AND Friday!!! So just hold on!

Yeah, Gunner. Controlling people is bad! :P

Jump on him Efrem. Hug him. And while he’s confused – stab through the neck, from BEHIND!

excellent.

Dueling Psi energy beams would be the best possible outcome of this. :D

I did say that, yes.

I don’t get how that sounds like a sexy joke? Is ‘magical boy’ a maneuver I don’t know about?

hahahaha. I made myself laugh.

Nooooo! I found this comic today Andreas it all up to this point! Why must I be hung from a cliff!?

On another note. Wow, you have some impressive drawing skills. I saw your first few of these comics and the difference is unbelievable

You have any plans after the finale? Any new ideas?

Awesome. Followed you on tumbler for updates!

Zap’s non responsiveness to Gunners implied order was scary. I don’t see any head-grabbing headaches of struggling against killing his friends from Zap in the future. I hope Reona doesn’t waste time trying to plea with him. Fight first talk later.

I think it’s going to start out with him trying to kill them as the “greeting”- and something’s going to happen.

Something tells me this is ALL according to Zap’s plans on things here…

As Gunner observed in http://www.zapcomic.com/2011/11/556-inside-joke/, Zap planned the demise of Daedelus all along and he played right into his plans. How does Gunner know he’s not playing into them, yet again, here… He doesn’t.

Sounds like a plan!

Billy to the rescue!

Dude’s got a serious perspective problem.

Deus ex Giant Squid

woah waoh waoh! I’m a modern girl. Don’t treat me differently than you would treat a dude! I haven’t been offended by you at all. No need to apologize.

Also, I’m like 30? So? Young lady not so much! Don’t freak out about it! I guess it’s funny you just now learned I’m a woman, though! That happens a lot, actually. :p

If any of your comments got flagged for review it was probably because we have it set to manually approve posts with swear words, just in case someone goes off on a rant.

Carry on my wayward son.

Step Five: ???
Step Six: … Profit!

;-)