This is the Friendship Fusion, in case you forgot.
Sorry for the wait and the quality, I just got back to school and am a bit distracted. Also apologies for the promise of faster summer updates that never happened, and the site redesign that is taking forever.
I usually follow my self-deprecating stints with Doing Better Things, so look forward to that.
Well as long as you still love us (mainly me) and keep out addiction alive, we still love you.
I’m loving the insight to Isaac’s powers and Max’s priorities
So….does this mean Isaac’s power is “jumps really high”?
No no no, he “jumps good.”
He’s got the spirit of a Gatchaman inside him!
He is Samarai Jack
Or Mario
We’ll know if Ollie starts throwing barrels.
I should do a fan made platform game.
for reference:
http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Enhanced_Jump
Who could have forgotten about the friendship fusion!?!?!
Poser readers!!!
I look forward to the possibility of one day seeing the Friendship Fusion actually work. In this setting an actual human mecha would work.
Maybe the gang aren’t individually mediums, but are kind of group possessed, allowing the Friendship Fusion to work.
Fun to speculate at least for a paper and dice RPG.
Max how dare you forget Isaac what the heck is wrong with you
Nah, as much as I hate to say it, school should have priority over comics. So you can get a job and lots of money in the future.
THIS could be his job, THIS could get him money.
But currently, it isn’t.
Hey, since you’ve linked it, in the Friendship Fusion page, Max has some red-orange flame stuff comin’ out of his eyes. Is that important, plot-related spectral junk, or is that just fire because he’s mad?
That’s just fire because he’s mad, haha.
I wish my eyes shot fire when I was mad, haha. Anyway, this comic is really great. I’ve been reading for awhile now, and I confess that I rather neurotically check this comic every day of every week hoping for the next page. Someone showed me Mr. Starchman and that’s how I got hooked. Will Starchy be in any future parts?
Yeah, all of the characters on the cast page are there all the way to the end.
Are you saying there’s going to be an end to this?
just looked at the cast page, and Isaac is looking pretty badass in that shirt/jacket
Is the camaraderie cannon canon?
I hope so.
I second this.
Well then why don’t I, boost you like they-”
“THE TEAMMATE TREBUCHET IS NOT FOR TRAVERSING DIFFICULTIES.”
Or: “THE COMPANION CATAPULT IS NOT FOR CROSSING OVER VICISSITUDES!”
“It looks pretty thin, I could just, y’know, knock it over for y-”
“THE RAPPORT WRECKING-BALL IS NOT FOR SMASHING FENCES!”
THE RELATIONSHIP ROLLERCOASTER IS NOT FOR OVERPASSING IMPEDIMENTS!
This comic is so full of memes, it’s delicious!
THE MANY MEMES ARE NOT FOR MAKING FUNNY COMMENTS!
Very true, Anony. The memes are srs business.
Maybe we could just combine our elements and –
THE X KUMEI FORMATION IS NOT FOR SMASHING WALLS!
…FYI it’ a reference to Xiaolin Showdown.
SCREECH
Perfect XS analogy is perfect! :3
Would Max have actually left him?
Because it looks like he was horrified with himself, but was getting ready to accept that Issac was dead.
It was a regrettable but necessary sacrifice.
Clearly it was an accident, Max just didn’t think it through. If things were different it would be an interesting dilemma. He already lost to Johnny.
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude INDEED.
And DAMN YOU ZACHARY you FINALLY showed us Isaac’s power and I still have no fucking idea what it is.
Isaac’s an airbender isn’t he
Gyatso’s spirit totally possessed him right
YES
Isaac’s way too serious to be Gyatso or Aang. Yangchen or Tenzin would be a better fit
And his hair is Tenzin’s inverse beard.
Oh my god
He’s a tool so I’m guessing that increases his natural abilities?
Tch! Medium; not a tool. :)
Both! A medium is basically a human tool.
So is a politician.
B’dum, TISH!
*Slow clap* Well played…
Panel 5: SURPRISE AERIAL HIGH-FIVE
Max’s bat disappeared in the third panel. Just a heads up. Comics amazing btw.
you just cant see it because his arm is up and convering it.
relax and enjoy the comic.
Oh. MAH.GOURD! Your jokes are as great as your artwork! Keep it up Zach!!
Is the Camaraderie Cannon canon?
For some odd reason I think Issac is some kinda bird beasty..or spirit bird beasty. I’mma thinkin’ his hair is his cockcomb, like a rooster… O.o
This would make sense if he has storm powers… I might have to change my bet from the hedgehog spirit theory to yours!
your comic is so awesome and funny! I really appreciate the time and effort it must have taken to do this because it is fantastic!
What digital painting program do you use? Do you have a tumblr?
His tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/paranatural?before=1320028004
Zack has indicated he used the freeware program GIMP before, I believe.
If you go through the archives and read the comments, he has answered before.
Yeah, I use GIMP. I don’t have a tumblr.
Dude, put a donations button on the page… You have a lot of loyal readers and i’m sure almost everyone would be glad to contribute a little to see your comic improve faster… I dream with the day you’re going to start posting two pages a week ):
Don’t know about donating more than a few dollars, but I would totally buy merch. You should contact TopatoCo, if you don’t know them they are the merch company for a lot of popular webcomics and the owner is an awesome guy.
If all his readers donated at least 1 dolar per week or even per month he would surely have some extra motivation D:
Yeah, I’d definitely buy merch too. I’d love an extendy paintbrush or even just a Ed plush. ;o
I would buy this in book format once there’s five chapters out.
Me too. Maybe I’ll put one somewhere when I finish redesigning the site.
Isaac just gets cooler and cooler xD
…so this comic is like… what? The product of the correct alignment of stars throughout the cosmos, drawing a connect-the-dots picture of a viking slaying a dragon with its own infant? Because what you’ve created is not simply awesome. It is perfect. Only one thing can exist in a state of perfection, as everything else is less perfect by comparison.
This comic is that one perfect thing.
As far as I can tell, there are three perfect things, this comic, order of the stick, and discworld.
I am so using that insult at work today.
Purple mouse, pink dog, smiling green slime. Love the details!
And a snake going through a fence
OR IS IT A TIME SNAKE?!?!
the time snake victorious!
A TROLLING MUDKIP? HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK!? 0o0
It’s not lowered quality! It’s a _stylistic choice_!
I KNEW ISAAC WAS SECRETLY BADASS. I KNEW IT.
Also I think Johnny’s power of unholy wrath classifies him as a worthy opponent. >u>
This is quickly rising to the top of my all time favorite webcomics. So quickly it rises. And I read webcomics like an alcoholic drinks. Don’t stop. Never stop. I laugh so hard when you update.
Ditto.
…
Is that a Mokepon avatar?
THAR HE BLOWS
I saw Johnny “the friendship fusion is a union of souls line” and I instantly thought of Kamina, I have found new respect for Johnny
What’s a Kamina?
… You hear that? That’s part of my soul dying…
Let’s kill it some more! I have no idea what a Kamina is either! Is it an anime thing I hate anime
If you hate anime, why are you here? BUSTED. c(o_o)/
This is not Anime. Counter-busted!
Oh God I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about
Johnny is the best bully ever. He doesn’t abandon his friends, gives change for a dollar, and always stays “Words before murds.”
Indeed.
Mr. Owl, how many comics does it take to discover the characters’ powers? The world may never know…
Oh, I love this comic so. :)
Everything about this page is wonderful, but I must give special props to that rat. He is positively CHILLIN’ right now.
I notice that it doesn’t look like Isaac is putting off any spectral energy from his megajump there. Is this because Mediums don’t display any flashy colors when they use abilities related to their possessing spirit?
Was I the only one reminded of Gurren Lagann with the comment about the union of souls?
“Manly combining is a beautiful thing! The act of two souls coming together, to form a raging inferno!”
No
Is it a coincidence that as we find learn of Isaac’s powers that Tropical Storm Isaac is bearing down on Haiti, Cuba, and Florida?
Isaac would seem to kick ass in basketball, if that rating murderabiltiy thing wouldn’t make him a terrible teammate.
Thank goodness I’m not the only one who thought of Paranatural when they heard about Hurricane Isaac…
It is a bizarre coincidence in more ways than you know.
“Isaac has a stormy sort of personality is all.” – a comment by Zack, chapter 3, page 7.
Sweet catch, N-Man. O.O
Now, WHAT IS YOUR PART IN THIS, ZACK? WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST FLORIDA?!
A great many pages ago, Isaac was preparing to smite a bitch (the first largish bat monster I believe) and his blue spectral energy was crackling in his hand. I believe it is fairly easy to assume from that (and heavily reinforced from this) that he has lightning powers.
What are you talking about? Isaac’s only good at competitive laundry.
Isaac is also a seething cauldron of rage, much like a tropical storm.
Clearly their is a entire anime where Johnny is the main character.
He is to hotblooded to not.
It was a crime that this comic didnt have a place in the Tvtropes Gush, so i went ahead and put it in. If you have any objections, tell me and I’ll remove it straight away.
It’s funny, I just went on tvtropes because you said that
woops posted to early –
It’s funny, I just went on tvtropes because you said that and found so many related pages. First, it’s very true that this happens often:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MundaneMadeAwesome
And it is one of many ways Zack avoids
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Infodump
and keeps the story moving. :3
And he was never heard from again.
I posted before I finished typing that and now I forget what it was I was saying about TV Tropes. ¬_¬
lol… he couldn’t even finish his sentence before tvtropes got him….
There IS a background in the second to last panel! It’s just blocked by that big white spirit behind them.
Haha, the ol’ spirit excuse.
Zack you didn’t post on Monday… I even waited to read that last page so I could read two in a row for once. o-o
Really sorry about that. School’s making things slow at the moment. There should hopefully be an update tomorrow.
One of the best parts about this comic is that ever update is made out of sheer perfection, so even if there isn’t an update when I check, I’ll still be able to read the page I read already and laugh at it. Zack, you are amazing, no matter what your update schedule is.
C:
…. its the 31st… T_T
Patience is a virtue, friend. He’ll update when he updates, don’t get frowny-faced about it.
It’s the end of the world as we know it . . .
Zac just moved back to college. He has to get used to a new class schedule, possibly has work, new room mates, etc.
Besides, he is a young man back in college and this is the first weekend. That was always a fun weekend for me.
I really really hope Johnny becomes a main character. He is glorious!
Dang, just realized that the ghost on Johnny’s head in chapter one is a healing one. You get a view of it on page 25 and it matches the one they give Max at the end of chapter 2. Suspicious.
Oh yeah, remember when Max landed on Johnny’s face, and he said it didn’t hurt?
This is, like, my fifth time looking at this page cuz I love Max’s reactions/expressions so much, and this time, when i looked at the page i had this thought.
“Where the HECK did that green slime blob come from!?”
Because seriously, I haven’t even seen it before!
Yeah I rarely manage to spot all those details the first time I look at a page.
I love this. I love you. STOP BEING SO PERFECT!
WAIT NO, DON’T.
TEACH ME YOUR WAAAAAYSSSS
Zack for Prez!
I want to hear his position on stale baguette control first, as well as an explanation of his dealings with radical racist spirits.
How come I didn’t notice the lack of a panel border down there? .-.
Why haven’t I commented before? I’ve been reading since the beginning, but I’m the kinda person who just doesn’t comment for some reason… but man, this comic deserves thousands of comments, which is why I’m here now.
Okay Zack, love the comic. Take all the time ya need on new updates! -she said as she grit her teeth in anticipation-
The friendship fusion is not a ladder, it is a union of souls.
–Mahatma Gandhi
Johnny’s face in that last panel. I love it.
Jmpin’
over!