1000 Thank Yous, 1000 You’re Welcomes
This past Thursday, we commemorated one huge milestone for Looking For Group with another; on our 1000th page, we see Richard’s face for the first time.
Over the years, there have been solid hints about Richard’s origins, secret motivations, and that there’s deeper meanings to some of the seemingly random things he says. “For Pony!” for example, has seemed like something meaningless Richard said to undermine Cale’s battle cry for the past 958 pages. But now that we see he had a pony in his youth, maybe “For Pony” really meant something to Richard. If that is his real name!
I’ve said it before, but I’ll repeat that even though I’m a Blind Ferret employee and an LFG shill (oh the things I’ve shilled! Our award winning board game, Orphans & Ashes! Our new super comfortable Cale’s Athletic Garment! The Dnah-ducational Dnah-phabet t-shirt!), I’m been an LFG fan for longer. I don’t have insight into what’s happening in the comics. I probably could get it if I asked, but I’d rather find out like my fellow fans.
I especially love that this page (and the pages before it) pose more questions than they answer. If Richard is the doll’s name, what is Richard’s name? Or is Richard a doll with this boy’s soul? In Great Pain, Greater Gain, the NPC tale about Pretty, Pretty Unicorn, why isn’t anyone concerned about Regyna? What happened to her?
We might get a few answers before Richard gets his purse back from that damn dolphin and the group gets the Kethenecia, but these are questions we’re going to need to wait years to get. You might be bummed by that, personally, I’m just that much more excited about the years of LFGs and NPCs to come.
For now, we look back. Here are the top comments for the first half of July, 2016.
NPC 22-11
Alot
And on the second floor, the INTERNET CAFE.
gagaplex
Okay, here’s one: To Serve Manus. Wait. It’s… it’s a cookbook, a cookbook!
Angel D. Figueroa
So…what, in addition to building the same town over and over without questioning why, they’ve also been printing thousands upon thousands of books over and over without ever reading any of them?
LFG 997
Galileo Figaro
It reminds me of the time I got lost looking for my corpse back in my WoW playing days…
I had fallen from really high on a very precise branch and when I missed it the second time around, I had no way of going back up…
My cousin hasn’t let me live it down ever since… It was nearly a decade ago…
Mr. Random
True, but I thought we established that your boyfriend is kinda stupid.
Bea
I still can’t get over Stranger wearing sandals with socks.
Minh Duong
Where was this bit of wisdom when I was younger and needed it?
NPC 22-12
DVS BSTrD
Pssshhh please. Everyone knows palm reading is just a silly superstition.
Boris “BoroFreak” Grigorov
He’ll teach D’nah all the knowledge he’s got left.
Mike Fang
Oh thank heavens, someone from the outside. You have no idea how much some people owe in overdue fees.
TDA 125
Ivory Bill
My grandfather served in WW2- He’s still alive.
He was a radio officer aboard an LST, which wrecked twice off the islands of Japan.
I guess I now know why.
Rick
they say history is written by the winners. Dick proves it is written by the survivors, who stand at great distance with a telephoto lens….what does not draw Dick’s attention does not Fwoosh
LFG 998
TheCollector222
Oh my god I love her!
Amber
Book 35 – Page 966 – Richard says that his sister’s name was Regyna.
Book 28 – Page 777 -Richard declares to protect Cale from the Archmage “”By the House of ASHENDALE and OUR stewardship of balance.”” (suggesting that he is part of the House of Ashendale)
Book 6 – Page 153 – The Lizard Judge of Richard’s trail questions / threatens Richard with “”To be what you once were. Does that sound pleasant Lord ASHENDALE?””
While his mother’s name may be Regyna Ashendale. If we are to believe the details dropped by Richard and the Judge, his sister’s name is definitely Regyna Ashendale.
Catastrophic Mastermind
Well, now we see that the smart ass runs in the family!
Rookie Deadmeat
A rose by any other name COULD be a Vortex of Terror.
Maybe “”terror”” is too strong…
It’s not really terrifying or terrorizing; in fact her demeanor isn’t particularly “”terror inducing””.
Indian Burns! ..I hate those.
Yes! “”Vortex of Indian Burns!!””
NPC 22-13
Galileo Figaro
Dnah: “”I want to try my hand at learning in order to get a better grasp at the situation of my people, as they seem to be quite a handful and, quite frankly, I could use hand from somebody with as hands-on knowledge as yourself.””
Leftie the Handhog: “”…You know, it’s puns and shit like this why our people don’t hang out with each other anymore.””
Dnah: “”…But you’ve gotta hand it to me that they’re neat?””
Leftie: “”I WILL SLAP YOU WITH MY FACE!!”””
Speedy Marsh
These Hand bound volumes are old and delicate. I’ll have to ask you to wear a glove.
Alkazar
Now they can twiddle their thumbs.
LFG 999
soilent
warning: userbase confused.
Drew Jacomet
I have been reading this comic for years. I can honestly say I did NOT see that coming.
Jonathan Cox
after nine hundred and ninety nine pages
we finally find the phylactery
wonder if he’ll kill it
cpc65
♫ 999 pages of LFG on the wall. 999 pages of LFG. Put one up, what’ve you got? 1000 pages of LFG! ♫ ~ Thursday should be interesting
NPC 22-14
Rycan
Congratulations! You’ve learned just enough to figure out that you don’t know anything!
Here’s your Bachelor’s degree.
squirrelyone
Bill: “”Socrates. The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing.””
Ted: . . . that’s US, dude!
Bill: Oh yeah!!
Dnah then throws the Left into a time travel phone booth and they go to a water park.
squirrelyone (con’t)
The Left forms an unlikely bond with Htcib, who was already in the booth and is dealing with the oddity of time travel with the greatest of ease. They all take a quick pit stop to botch a rescue of princesses Cale and Richard before gathering up the rest of their extra credit team: Stranger Beeth-oven, Benny of Arc, Krunch Genghis Khan, Archmage Freud, and . . . um . . . Abraham Lincoln.
After learning from Dnah’s little brother that he has ditched General Sooba, Dnah sends the rest of the group to the mall and goes to the water park to find her and haul her away. Seventeen civilians were mauled in the process, but Dnah is successful! However, our other heroes have been locked up in prison. Happily, Dnah is able to convince Pella – er, Mom – to be the getaway driver in a fabulous jailbreak, culminating with the distraction of Dnah’s angry, insecure guardian, Lord Stoll, via a hidden audio recording: “”And now, opening for the Tauren Chieftens – JAZZ FINGERS!””
With all the historical adventurers gathered together once more, Dnah is able to present an impressive and entertaining report to the Left Hands Friends of the Library, proving that Rights can in fact learn, and do not need to all be sent away to Oats Construction Academy. Now freed to study literature and art, Dnah is approached by the facilitator of this adventurer, the man who delivered the time travel phone booth in the first place to help with this literature review report, Tim. Tim has freed the princesses! Cale and Richard join Dnah’s band, and together Jazz Fingers changes the course of history for the better. It will align the planets and bring forth universal harmony!
But what adventures did the Left have with Hctib the Kid in the aftermath? We’ll never know for sure. But the warmth in our hearts suggests something beautiful.”
TDA 126
clogboy
“At least people are getting exercise. Can’t believe though that Nintendo’s stocks rose by 25% because they re-invented geocaching.
Pikachow casts EXTINCTION”
Mr. Random
“It’s basically been a week. One Week.
Pokemon spread fast.
I only wonder how long it’ll last.”
P. Stein
A friend entered a business building, wearing a suit, looking all important at his phone, so people just assumed he worked there… while he entered to catch a jigglypuff.
LFG 1000
Minh Duong
“Imagine all the people,
Living life in [purse].”
wierdw2
i get it now. Richard literally carries around his baggage, in a convenient pink bag.
now, what connection do baggageverse sis and lord have with the shriveled up corpse in the secret tomb seen in (i think) book one?
Josse Karhu
No one noticed it is page 1k? =)
I want to thank writer and all others involved at this point for making this comic for us. It has been fun whole way! 🙂
Catastrophic Mastermind
Ok… Well… Did not expect that for one. (Have been hoping for it for a LONG time, but did not expect THAT!) Secondly, I would like to thank you guys, the entire LFG team for 1,000 documented pages of condensed, pure AWESOME! This is hands down my favorite comic of all time! ^_^
Now then, Theory Time!
To edit my least theory, what if in order to keep the figment of his sister in existence he needed two separate ties? One for the brother she knew and loved in order for her figment mind to be able to process the new reality as being something she is able to exist in, and the doll must serve as a connection to the current Richard (with gem and all) in order to power or fuel, or what have you, to actually have her exist. So, she needs the vision or figment of young Richard to have a stable “”reality””, and the doll to have her be able to exist.
Or (theory two)
This is all a subconscious act of Richard’s mind trying to deal with his memories returning while battling with trying to keep the Warlock magic. That or this is where his memories have always been.
Aitsuki
He had a pony!!!
NPC 22-15
alexandre
– Wait what did brought us together?
– Our hatred of the foot clan, turtles took care of them though
Predreus
Out of all the NPC series, I like this one the best
Jason Reeves
Thus began the great Arms Race
It’s been a huge week for LFG, and a great 1000 pages. Be excellent to each other, everybody!
-Costello