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Tasset · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 16

I particularily liked the Burning Bush vs. ... the Bhudda Tree? I forget what kinda tree he sat under... but yeah.

Just got that one.

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Sam the Eagle · Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 2276 Location: 192.168.0.1

mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 15441 Location: under the bed

i think, in this case, jesus and buddha are stand-ins for their respective followers. despite professing love, they spend so much time and energy tearing into each other, they leave the field open for the devil - who offers a lot more fun in the meantime.

i mean, who doesn't want to listen to devil music?
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11133 Location: Unknown Kaddath

Michael · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 10429

I hear he plays a mean fiddle

Drui · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 541 Location: 'Jersey :}

Second to last panel...
Am I the only one creeped out by that leg? FEET DON'T DO THAT NATURALLY. ><
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Sojobo · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 2393

Awwright. Don't get me wrong, I like this comic. A lot. But it just feels like it had more potential than it ended up utilizing. It could be... tighter.

Like "Infinite Love Beam," "Enlightenment Ray," "Healing Hand Power," and "Third Eye Blast" were all perfect, but then "Jesus Kick" and "Buddha Punch" seemed to dilute the... purity... of the idea a bit.

Also, the conclusion could so easily be referencing Satan tempting Jesus in the wilderness and Mara tempting the Buddha under the Banyan tree... but it seems to miss just slightly by not allowing a panel of reaction time from the Enlightened Two.

I dunno. I'm being picky, I realize, but it just seemed so close to the edge of masterwork without quite getting there.
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Mini J · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 1123 Location: Toronto, ON

To me the Jesus kick and Buddha punch were clever. The fight started all lofty and very religion-focused but turned into a knock-down brawl at the end. Much like I find religious debates do, going from discussion of religious ideas to just name-calling (a verbal brawl, basically).

While I don't know if that's what Tat had in mind, that's what I see in that.
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MellowFish · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject:

That's what I got from it also: the degeneration of their conflict into physical violence.
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Azmoten · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 2207 Location: St. Louis

Jesus Kick should be a fatality in Mortal Kombat. Even though I haven't played a Mortal Kombat in like five years, it would still be cool.
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