He probably suspected it ever since he saw Max suddenly floating upwards over the fence while holding the bat towards the sky. That is probably also why he took the bat and tried beating the scooter with it.
“Maybe i activate its powers by beating something with it.”
You can see him sneaking out of the river in the background. He’s got to make it to school on time too. ;D But this also means TWO people witnessed the previous events.
Not necessarily. You can still be incredibly feminine with stubble. It just isn’t *~*traditionally*~* feminine because everyone assumes we’re supposed to be as hairless as little kids. :U
Nooooo!!! D: It’s Robinsong! Robinsong’s the evil twin! I’m just sittin’ here minding my own business, whereas he’s on his fast track to becoming a villain!!!
Chapter 1 Page 64 – Issac explains that a near death experience, prolonged exposure to supernatural phenomena, and a high diet of citrus can lead to seeing shades. Is Johnny about to see shades?
If you look in the flash back behind Johnny in the last panel, you’ll notice that the sphinx is there, he wouldn’t be able to see the sphinx, as evidence in page 23 in chapter 3.
It’s either he can see them, or Zack was a little lazy.
epic! it was hair gel after all. so he’s not bleeding. so he’s good. but he also saw all the lightning stuff…so that means…..is he gonna turn spectral!??!
Ollie’s shirt gives the amazing illusion to look like a straight pattern and show the fact that people don’t want to spend so much time making lines because who does.
And to top it all off, max’s sister was a figment of his imagination. I wouldnt be surprised, we havent seen hide nor hair of her since just before the first day of school began.
“Gasp Le!” This means that if Max’s imaginary friend who is also his sister that has the same cloning powers as the racist whale frog finds the artifact plunger with the non-imaginary racist whale frog that has the same cloning powers as the imaginary friend who is also Max’s sister then the inevitable uniting of powers will bring about the fruition of our Lord Zacthulhu’s plan to evaporate my brain.
in the first two panels (especially the first one) “clothing” could just as well spell “nothing” as we cant see the c and the l is perfectly placed behind isaacs hand and the panel border
I have a theory I HAVE A THEORY that Johnny dies, his ghost goes BACK in time, and that is the ghost that Isaac is in Mediums with, and that is why Isaac’s hair is all spikey on its own.
Those have to be some of the best portmanteaus of all time, though, and I fully intend to incorporate them into my regular vocabulary. Somehow.
P.S. I know you’ve mentioned before you use a free program to vectorize your lineart after you scan it in (or something like that) – what program do you use?
This page is so epic! Just one little thing: the last panel shouldn’t show the Sphinx of Games in the background because Zack shouldn’t be able to see him :)
that hair gel sounds like something from portal. awesome crushed moon rocks = death. is his hair gel made from moon rocks? maybe Johnny will even leave some prerecorded messages.
Zack, a lot of people have been asking. Is that sphinx there in Johnny’s flashback thingy a mistake, or was he able to see the sphinx as well due to his head injury?
And if he did really see the sphinx, it probably looked like a shade to him. Hard to tell from the way it’s coloured, though…
Hm…
I just read chapter 1, page 60 again. Spender has yellow spectral energy, but it looks like his powers may be black and white light based. When he had his hand on his sunglasses, it looked like he was gathering energy for a hyper-beamesque attack.
Black and white energy beams from the eyes, because he’s a medium? Someone earlier said he might be like Cyclops, and though I said earlier I thought they were Spender’s tool, I’m retracting that! Someone else also said that each lens might have a different power, but my theory is each eye has a different power, possibly light and dark? Like, he’s only possessed by one spirit, the two colours thing is just its power.
Okay, that’s a big leap that came from what might have been just a stylistic choice by Zack, but I’m still putting it out there!
Well, I did NOT see this coming. So did Johnny not blink the whole time, or did Max and Isaac just didn’t catch Johnny blinking?
Also, non-spectrals can’t see spectral aura, right? So Johnny saw the cloud and the lightning and Max using his magnetized bat, but he didn’t see Isaac’s specsmacking the Sphinx, right? Right?
P.S.: AWESOME PAGE! Remembering Ollie’s previous quip “words before murds”, combined with “nerderers” makes it seem like Ollie switched “nerd” and “murd” around! XD
*HERE TO JOIN IN ON THE SCREAMING*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I just realized: this is (at least) Johnny’s second paranatural encounter! First, a doctopus latched on to his head, and now it turns out he saw spectral powers right in front of his eyes… while in a (presumably) near-death state!
Throw in citrus fruits into his diet and we’re golden. Or, as Collin would say: yellow. Spectral!Johnny is-a-comin’!
Watch out, he has ALL CITRUS RELATED-SUPERPOWERS. By speaking the magic word CHATSEM, he gains all the powers of the citron, hermandina, Australian round lime, tangelo, sweet orange, etrog, and mango (which isn’t a citrus fruit, but just wants to be popular).
“I just saw a bunch of pink clones of that guy in a pink field creating magenta weather! Oh and speaking of which how was everyone purple for a few seconds”
That’s the Johnniest alt-alt-text I can come up with.
Haha, most of the flashback behind Johnny in the last panel is Isaac being awesome, but I suppose that’s obvious because that’s all he really saw.
…I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this. Meh, I’m tired.
Paranaturalist – did you totally read the TVtropes entry for Paranatural? I just updated it to have the “You gotta have blue hair” trope shortly after reading Zack’s comment! XD
This is gonna be running gag with you, isn’t it? All we need now is for Zack to draw Johnny wearing a pirate costume and boom, instant Ascended Meme! (Which I can then add to the Memetic Mutations page! XD)
(i’ve got to change my name sometime XD) yes! you will see people walking the street with blue hair with green stripes and pink polka dots and not even knowing why :D
So you’re joining the dentistry club aka “the Tooth Fairies”? Iiiinteresting…*scribbles down notes*.
It seems you’re jumping from club to club, first toying with the poor emotions of the Journalism Club, then plotting with members of the Activity Club, and now sneaking into the Tooth Fairies. Does this have anything to do with the plot you formed with the Activity Club, Maxwell?
Oh dear. You’ve caught us in the act. Guess I should fess up.
Right after I make a swing by Sarcasm Anonymous and we join forces with Blue Hat Fanatics, the Activity Club should be able to takeover Mayview, and get a decent editorial for the school before the town’s reading level drops into the negatives.
The french comments are my favourites because I don’t bother to check what they mean they just seem so polite and out of place compared to the to the others.
One thing I have to say about this. Johnny obviously heard them. Even when Issac was doing his small battle cry. So would that mean he heard them talk to the Sphinx? If Suzy actually meets Johnny, I think Collen will be out of a partnering job.
Wait…haven’t Johnny and Ollie already witnessed Isaac using his weather powers? If they’re part external, then how come the two of them weren’t more freaked out that he used wind powers to get over the fence on page 13? My impression before was that they thought he jumped it somehow since they couldn’t see his powers—which would still be kinda freaky, but not AS freaky as using weather powers to do it. Unless the dust cloud his wind picked up sort of obscured what Isaac was doing anyway, either leaving them clueless or causing them to think the dust tornado was coincidental or something. Sorry, I don’t mean to sound nitpicky, it was just something that occurred to me.
I’d assume it’s because it’s less conspicuous than using obvious weather powers. Perhaps he just used a “wind” power when jumping which, if used correctly, could be considered “normal looking” and Issac would then just be considered an abnormally high jumper.
They saw him jump real high w/ a dust cloud, Isaac boosted himself with a gust of wind. Johnny also saw Max boost out of the yard and Isaac’s lightning kick. He’s seen some freaky sights and is mad ‘spicious.
He didn’t catch the full display the first time, but he felt the scooter get pulled out from under him. He did, however, see when Max showed off his magnet powers to Isaac. Ambiguity w/ what Johnny saw/didn’t see will be cleared up as the comic progresses.
Connors’ thoughts:
– It stands up so much works as a helmet!!! (Also cartoon characters should always be able to fix their hair). Worlds most badass hair gel. B)
– Best text below the comic.
– PLOT TWIST. Let’s hope he winds up attributing this to being confuzzled from head trauma. Or let’s hope not, cause it makes the story way better. :D :D :D :D
– This page rocks.
Nah, I wouldn’t assume so. Isaac had said that his lightning can be seen by non-spectrals, and what’s in the background in the last panel implies that the lightning was the only thing he saw. Oh well.
Zack, I just want post and tell you that I think the way you reveal information incidentally and then use it for critical developments is masterful. You are a seriously talented writer and every single piece of this comic has been a joy to read.
It’d actually be pretty cool and in-character for that to happen. I mean based on what we’ve seen now, Isaac is starting to give me the creeps for reasons I can’t explain. I mean he quoted the Hulk there has to be something there.
But yeah I’ve always loved the butt-monkey finally snapping under all the undeserved hate they get like seriously give the poor kid a break.
So I wasn’t the only one. Phew… Yeah, I agree with you there. Also, in a couple of Zack’s artwork in his DA account, you can see the Paranatural Activity Club minus Isaac (the one used as his current FB banner, the long white one where there’s the PA and Journalism Clubs as well as Max’s other friends). No Isaac, so… foreshadowing?
I sure hope Zack (if this is his plan) pulls it off well. An “Et tu, Brute?” situation is quite difficult to do, but when done right, it hits you where it hurts the most.
Oh geez, I hope this isn’t the case. Isaac is just about the only official member of the Activity Club I don’t want to throw out a window (seeing as Max is not an official member yet). Isabel and Ed seem to be just in it for the carnage and Mr. Spender is particularly bad at explaining things even by most fictional mentor standards. I realize they will probably get better developed as time goes on, but it would still be weird if they get considered the good guys and Isaac isn’t. Heck, Max doesn’t even seem to like any of them very much, whereas he seems to be bonding a little bit with Isaac.
Isabel and Ed’s lack of responsibility is really what bothers me. I mean, I realize that they’re twelve, but when you’re the only thing standing between most of the afterlife and oblivion, you’d better have a better excuse for why you aren’t doing anything than “I want to go eat lunch”.
There’s a distinct possibility that the reason that Mr. Spender isn’t telling Isaac everything because of something like this, and if/when he finds out he will go off the deep end. Like mediums never survive their spirits recovering to full strength, and instead they just “pop” like a zit. The thought’s kind of scary.
I don’t quite follow this line of thought. All I’m seeing is indicators that he knows something’s up and wants to know exactly what – and probably use it himself. Like he took the bat to try to figure out what the heck Max did with it.
But he clearly (especially with the panel fix) isn’t even seeing Shades yet, so he’s not spectral right now. As far as we can see, he’s just becoming another ‘investigator’ character that the spectrals will have to be careful around, like Suzy.
I had a dream about this comic last night, but it wasn’t a very happy one.
Basically, Johnny got a whole bunch of powers from some mysterious entity, pretended to be buddy’s with the Activity Club (secretly working for Suzy for some reason or other), and then wound up snapping, destroying basically the whole town and then teleporting to some remote jungle somewhere.
If we may speculate a bit more, Paranatural will all end with a fight between Max and Johnny at the ruins of the school, mirroring their first fight way back in Part 1. Only this time Max will get the upper hand, and Johnny will seem to explode in a blast of light. Everything seems to have turned out fine, only for an epilogue to show Johnny is alive, and merely teleported to the Yucatan peninsula.
Oh, and something about a love triangle, (probably got that from reading Zack’s guest comic) but I’m not sure who was caught up in it. Nor did I really care amidst all the screaming and explosions.
Amazing just like always, and oh shit!!! Johnny saw everything….. That’s no good (or is it)
He probably suspected it ever since he saw Max suddenly floating upwards over the fence while holding the bat towards the sky. That is probably also why he took the bat and tried beating the scooter with it.
“Maybe i activate its powers by beating something with it.”
It is said that once Batmanigrn has been drawn, it cannot be sheathed until it has tasted battle.
*BONK*
JOHNNY IS OKAY!!!
Now I’m just wondering about Mr. Garcia.
You can see him sneaking out of the river in the background. He’s got to make it to school on time too. ;D But this also means TWO people witnessed the previous events.
OG Mr Garcia is so crazy! Ty for noticing thisssss
Thats alright they can buy him off for half a dollar
I had such a hard time finding him sneaking out, haha. Panel 3, for anyone that’s looking.
that aint good iddit
Also didn’t notice this at first, but it looks like someone else was watching them in panel 3, looks to small to be Ollie….
oh gods that might be mr garcia…
HE SAW EVERYTHING TOO!?
Nah, he’s just leaving his river home
Mr. Garcia’s like a naiad, only with less femininity and more stubble.
Isn’t that a redundancy? I mean, less femininity IS more stubble.
Not necessarily. You can still be incredibly feminine with stubble. It just isn’t *~*traditionally*~* feminine because everyone assumes we’re supposed to be as hairless as little kids. :U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzZsdL-EGwg
Specifically from 0:54 to 0:58. Its them sexy feminine legs yo!
A CHALLENGER APPEARS.
I’m talking about me. I’ve got Johnny’s face.
SO DO I! :D
Sooo… which one of us is the evil twin?
We’ll have to shoot both of you, just to be sure
Nooooo!!! D: It’s Robinsong! Robinsong’s the evil twin! I’m just sittin’ here minding my own business, whereas he’s on his fast track to becoming a villain!!!
(In reference to the Gravatars, of course of course)
Hey man, if it saves us both being killed, I’ll take the bullet. I just wish there was a way to prove I’m not evil…
Hmm… do u like pie?
’cause if you like pie, then you can’t be evil.
…And, by extension, won’t need to take a bullet. :)
But one of us has to be an evil twin, so does that mean only one of us can like pie? What if one of us lies and we both say we like pie?
Ooooh! A tough situation. Someone would have to ask “If I asked you if you liked pie, would you answer yes?”
well, if someone asked me if I liked pie, I would definitely say yes. So that must mean… YOU are the evil twin!!!!
ARRGH!!! I’VE BEEN DISCOVERED!!!! (says pirate!Johnny)
(or, should I say, PIE rat Johnny?!)
*rimshot*
XD
But…everybody likes pie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr2zDGCg3T4
True, true.
Well I’ve got Johnny’s….. name in a speech bubble! And as we all know, speech bubbles are cool. So, ha!
CURSES!!! I should’ve done that. ;_;
darnation, you win this fight Paranaturalist….
Darn it I should have thought of that as well!
Meh. This week’s gravatar is an extreme close-up.
Just like the last one.
If anybody want’s to see my old ones and my rejects I could maybe post ‘em.
DUN DUNDUN
This page is just…this page.
And Johnny’s dyed hair really is a crash helmet? That has to be the weirdest case of a WMG come true that I have ever seen.
So, the misspellings of “defibrillation” in panel 5 and “there” in panel 10. Typos or intentional?
At the very least the ‘theer’ one is intentional, to make it rhyme with here. Defibrillation might not be, we’ll have to see what Zack says.
Oh. Yeah theer was intentional. Lemme fix the other one.
Can’t typo what you don’t type!
Chapter 1 Page 64 – Issac explains that a near death experience, prolonged exposure to supernatural phenomena, and a high diet of citrus can lead to seeing shades. Is Johnny about to see shades?
I don’t think so, issac had just explained that normal people could see his electric powers….. Johnny was just faking and saw the whole thing
If you look in the flash back behind Johnny in the last panel, you’ll notice that the sphinx is there, he wouldn’t be able to see the sphinx, as evidence in page 23 in chapter 3.
It’s either he can see them, or Zack was a little lazy.
OR BOTH!
*fiesta music*
Oh. Overlooked that.
Aww. :( Darn it (was looking forward to Spectral!Johnny). Oh well. (:
He just needs an orange now.
Grammar & Spelling Police Department says:
Defibrillation, not defribilation
liquefies, not liquifies
Of course if the characters are supposed not to pronounce these words right, then carry on, citizen.
Oxford Dictionaries: “Liquefy can also be spelled liquify, with an i before the f: both are correct, but liquefy is more common.”
Also, “theer”.
Theer was intentional
Haha, love the word nerderers. Great job Zack
epic! it was hair gel after all. so he’s not bleeding. so he’s good. but he also saw all the lightning stuff…so that means…..is he gonna turn spectral!??!
Nah man, Isaac said his powers are half extraneous maternals or whatever and they can be seen by non spectrals.
Gimme dat skin.
so how did Johnny see the sphinx?
I guess Zack doesn’t know how to use Photoshop that well.
So he can wear it. Like a fancy suit.
Gross.
Ollie’s shirt gives the amazing illusion to look like a straight pattern and show the fact that people don’t want to spend so much time making lines because who does.
Reminds me of the show “Chowder”.
Con…
…cur’d.
I wouldn’t want to draw that every week…
PLOT TWIST!
Johnny is going to team up with Susie, calling it now
Even bigger plot twist! Johnny and Susie are both going to become spectrals and form an anti Paranatural activities club.
Supernormal activity club?
XD
Johnny and Suzy are anything but normal. A supernormal club needs to have Cody in it.
What if they made a club full of weirdos who DON’T see ghosts and spirits? :L
Their club advisor will be Max’s Dad.
Oh dear, I would LOVE to see Max’s Dad in villainous club-advisor mode. Awesomeness.
Throw in some cool shades / Evangelion overtones and you’d be set… well, not set per se. Ridiculous. Ridiculous is the word I was looking for.
They’re normal by Mayview standards.
Nooooo! No Spectral Suzies!!
Also they are siblings
DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!!
and Mr. Garcia is their father!
And the entire pizza is their mother. Well, *was* their mother.
But then he the whole pizza! D:
Oh, and Max’s Dad turns out to be a robot.
And to top it all off, max’s sister was a figment of his imagination. I wouldnt be surprised, we havent seen hide nor hair of her since just before the first day of school began.
Except when Max came home at the end of the 1st chapter and when Max came downstairs at the beginning of this chapter…
…*GASP* meaning that there are CLONES of his imaginary friend!
*le gasp* So the imaginary friend has the same power as the racist whale-frog?!
DUN DUN DUUUUNNNN! What a tweest~
“Gasp Le!” This means that if Max’s imaginary friend who is also his sister that has the same cloning powers as the racist whale frog finds the artifact plunger with the non-imaginary racist whale frog that has the same cloning powers as the imaginary friend who is also Max’s sister then the inevitable uniting of powers will bring about the fruition of our Lord Zacthulhu’s plan to evaporate my brain.
We should seriously start having a Comment of the Week Award.
We could take votes.
Concur’d.
Quelle merveilleuse idée!
On a scale of yes to no…
…YES!
Aw man, the “agreement” and “affirmation” memes have already been taken! Uh, uhhh…
STOP BEING EVIL!!! …oh wait, wrong Paranatural meme…
Umm… A Perfecshbluh Comment Award?
On a scale of yes to no…
I agree with Paranaturalist.
When I said it was hair dye, I didn’t actually expect it to be hair dye…
Its most likely blood. Jonny is likely just playing it all cool like with a dumb excuse
No, it’s hair-dye. Zack wouldn’t lie. /nods
in the first two panels (especially the first one) “clothing” could just as well spell “nothing” as we cant see the c and the l is perfectly placed behind isaacs hand and the panel border
I love Johnny. <3 I hope he becomes a spectral!
also the evangelion reference in your latest vibe guest comic. u da man zack. u da man.
Hahahaha okay I want to comment now.
I have a theory I HAVE A THEORY that Johnny dies, his ghost goes BACK in time, and that is the ghost that Isaac is in Mediums with, and that is why Isaac’s hair is all spikey on its own.
Freaky.
Sadly debunked. Ghosts can’t possess people to make them mediums.
OOOOHHHHH CCCCCRRRRRUUUUUUDDDDDD::::
Panel 3.
Mr. G.
Oh dear.
Oh deary-me. D:
HE RISES
Mr. Gar-Cia! -Cia!
Mr. Gar-Cia! -Cia!
Mr. Gar-Cia! -Cia!
Mr. Gar-Cia! -Cia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWzcCA-kFy8
Oh no Oh no Oh no no no no no no no no no!
What have I done…
The world. You just killed it. I hope you’re happy.
Please just be hair dye, please just be hair dye…
It’s hair dye.
Impakt Krimson Deluxe Hair Dye, to be precise! :)
Hair Dye de l’impact de Luxe Crimson est le colorant meilleure coupe de cheveux!
I called it like a chapter ago! He is totally gonna be a spectral! Sadly for Max, I bet he will be a friend soon enough
Those have to be some of the best portmanteaus of all time, though, and I fully intend to incorporate them into my regular vocabulary. Somehow.
P.S. I know you’ve mentioned before you use a free program to vectorize your lineart after you scan it in (or something like that) – what program do you use?
Inkscape
Oh, awesome! Thanks for the info, I was wondering for a while.
“Nerderer” especially. I actually was looking at the comments in the hopes of finding other people to agree with on this point. :)
Satanishenanigans and nerderers are now both contestants for my new favorite word.
Jeez, I kept reading it “Nerders” at first and I could not figure out what the second portmanteau was.
Well at least he didn’t call them nerf herders. That’d be going too far.
What? Bullies cant be nerds too?
This page is so epic! Just one little thing: the last panel shouldn’t show the Sphinx of Games in the background because Zack shouldn’t be able to see him :)
Nice blur affect in panel 1! Also, “nerderers” is a hilarious word and should become part of standard English.
Wow, Johnny really catches a lot of breaks, doesn’t he?
Well, looks like someone else to interroga- I mean interview IN THE NEVERENDING CRUSADE AGAINST THE ACTIVITY CLUB.
You are not human. You are some sort of robot. Made to cause annoyance and nosy-ness.
EVACUATING THE SCENE.
omg
Max mentioned Satananigans, and Suzy showed up. Coincidence?!
NO.
Hahahaha
Nerderers.
Yes, this is a good word.
Concur’d
that hair gel sounds like something from portal. awesome crushed moon rocks = death. is his hair gel made from moon rocks? maybe Johnny will even leave some prerecorded messages.
Johnny can’t be a spectral. A big part of his charm is that he’s a perfectly normal weirdo.
I was hoping for Johnny to become a tool after Max and Issac beat the holy hell out of Sphinx but this is OK too.
Johnny already IS a tool.
Okay that was horrible I’m sorry
Zack, a lot of people have been asking. Is that sphinx there in Johnny’s flashback thingy a mistake, or was he able to see the sphinx as well due to his head injury?
And if he did really see the sphinx, it probably looked like a shade to him. Hard to tell from the way it’s coloured, though…
Hm…
Looking at the final panel…
What sphinx?
I edited it out.
you edited out my favorite part D: not really, but that was my proof that Johnny was gonna be a spectral
Haha, I’m actually very happy that Johnny isn’t a spectral! He’s amazing as-is.
You DO know how to use photoshop? aww man, now my theory is bunk.
FRIDGE LOGIC.
Ret’conned! :P
Probs spelled that wrong.
I just read chapter 1, page 60 again. Spender has yellow spectral energy, but it looks like his powers may be black and white light based. When he had his hand on his sunglasses, it looked like he was gathering energy for a hyper-beamesque attack.
Black and white energy beams from the eyes, because he’s a medium? Someone earlier said he might be like Cyclops, and though I said earlier I thought they were Spender’s tool, I’m retracting that! Someone else also said that each lens might have a different power, but my theory is each eye has a different power, possibly light and dark? Like, he’s only possessed by one spirit, the two colours thing is just its power.
Okay, that’s a big leap that came from what might have been just a stylistic choice by Zack, but I’m still putting it out there!
I still think the website logo is showing all the tools and the glasses are there because they are his tool.
I wonder what happened to Ollie’s hat.
And why is he bald?
Shaved by wolves
So… would it stand to reason that his shirt is plaid because it was plaided by wolves?
Tartaned by wolves?
Taken by wolves
Well, I did NOT see this coming. So did Johnny not blink the whole time, or did Max and Isaac just didn’t catch Johnny blinking?
Also, non-spectrals can’t see spectral aura, right? So Johnny saw the cloud and the lightning and Max using his magnetized bat, but he didn’t see Isaac’s specsmacking the Sphinx, right? Right?
P.S.: AWESOME PAGE! Remembering Ollie’s previous quip “words before murds”, combined with “nerderers” makes it seem like Ollie switched “nerd” and “murd” around! XD
The latter, I suppose. Yes. Yes. Yes. In that order.
:O The author of a webcomic replied to my comment! This makes history! It’s official: I am now hemidemisemifamous! Yaaaaay!
Also, thanks for clearing up the order of your “yes”es; I would’ve never understood it otherwise.
Maybe Johnny was blinking at the same time as Isaac and Max.
He knows how to blink LIKE A NINJA.
this bat is totaly out of context.
so’s this comment.
Cool avatar though.
oh man Johnny saw the whole thing! What’s his bully brain gonna tell him to do?
I’ve heard that nerderers are the number one cause of death in low population density areas.
I was not expecting it to actually be hair dye.
Zack, hurry up and put some merch out so I can throw my money at you.
Gonna sell hair dye
Eh. I’d buy it.
First you need to research hair dye that liquifies on collision
Impact Hair Gel!
johnny might become a spectral cause they said u can become one if you have a near death experience
thats true, but johnny didn’t actually HAVE a neer death experiance, he was pretending the whole time……… hopfully he eats alot of citrus
srs question, Zack:
Are you ever going to have guest artists on this site? Just curious. :)
I don’t think I’d ever do it out of necessity, since I’m not really planning on taking a break anytime soon. I might do it for fun some time, I dunno.
Good. Guest artists are silly. Only Zack-art is acceptable to mine eyes.
Even when Zack is a guest artist?
You’ve made a paradox! Aaaaaaa *swirlies* *too lazy to find actual dialog*
*HERE TO JOIN IN ON THE SCREAMING*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
but Zack IS a guest artist if you don’t think about it
Damn you made me think about it.
I just realized: this is (at least) Johnny’s second paranatural encounter! First, a doctopus latched on to his head, and now it turns out he saw spectral powers right in front of his eyes… while in a (presumably) near-death state!
Throw in citrus fruits into his diet and we’re golden. Or, as Collin would say: yellow. Spectral!Johnny is-a-comin’!
Watch out, he has ALL CITRUS RELATED-SUPERPOWERS. By speaking the magic word CHATSEM, he gains all the powers of the citron, hermandina, Australian round lime, tangelo, sweet orange, etrog, and mango (which isn’t a citrus fruit, but just wants to be popular).
Oh man, I forgot Issac had a bruise on his face. So the whole past couple of pages I thought he was blushing like an anime! -face palm-
I think that was just dirt, from tussling with the Sphinx.
“I just saw a bunch of pink clones of that guy in a pink field creating magenta weather! Oh and speaking of which how was everyone purple for a few seconds”
That’s the Johnniest alt-alt-text I can come up with.
Haha, most of the flashback behind Johnny in the last panel is Isaac being awesome, but I suppose that’s obvious because that’s all he really saw.
…I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this. Meh, I’m tired.
Wait. Does Johnny dye his eyebrows, or does he dye his hair to match them?
He dyes his eyebrows.
What color is his undyed hair?
Probably green.
nah, man. it’s totally blue with green stripes and pink spots.
HOW’D YOU KNOW
Canon.
This got awesome while I wasn’t looking.
lol xD awesome.
Word of God!
Paranaturalist – did you totally read the TVtropes entry for Paranatural? I just updated it to have the “You gotta have blue hair” trope shortly after reading Zack’s comment! XD
So YOU updated it?! I was going to do just that, but I saw somebody else already beat me to the punch! :(
You win this one, G0vnah! But seeing as it was I who started putting examples of Webcomic Memetic Mutations from Paranatural…
I saw that. Nicely enteried. :D
Oh btw, return of Pirate!Johnny.
This is gonna be running gag with you, isn’t it? All we need now is for Zack to draw Johnny wearing a pirate costume and boom, instant Ascended Meme! (Which I can then add to the Memetic Mutations page! XD)
HUZZAH! Between that and your take on Johnny’s haircolor, this would be the best canonical material-related trope… stuff… EVER! :D
(your take on Johnny’s haircolor in reference to suspicious’s comment, not yours.)
(i’ve got to change my name sometime XD) yes! you will see people walking the street with blue hair with green stripes and pink polka dots and not even knowing why :D
Interesting….*makes note of blackmail material*
I dunno, man. Magical children creating clouds and lightning? Seems pretty normal to me.
By this town’s standards, a fat creep breaking-and-entering once a year to leave presents behind would be considered NORMAL.
Except the once-a-year thing. That’s just WRONG.
Unfortunately Mr. Plittmunn moved away last year. Did someone do something similar in Baxborough too?
Sure. And I’m a Tooth Fairy.
So you’re joining the dentistry club aka “the Tooth Fairies”? Iiiinteresting…*scribbles down notes*.
It seems you’re jumping from club to club, first toying with the poor emotions of the Journalism Club, then plotting with members of the Activity Club, and now sneaking into the Tooth Fairies. Does this have anything to do with the plot you formed with the Activity Club, Maxwell?
Oh dear. You’ve caught us in the act. Guess I should fess up.
Right after I make a swing by Sarcasm Anonymous and we join forces with Blue Hat Fanatics, the Activity Club should be able to takeover Mayview, and get a decent editorial for the school before the town’s reading level drops into the negatives.
That was our evil plot all along.
Um…hello. My name is Time Eels…and I use sarcasm…
Is this another case of snark attack? Do we need to close the beaches again?!
Yes. But seeing as a snark is a hybrid of a snipe and a shark, we don’t have to worry. Snarks mostly eat small fish and beach-dwelling invertebrates.
Do you take donations or random gifts of cash?
I would gladly give him a shoe. Does that count as currency?
I cant help but wonder what the exchange rate on shoes is.
Sur le marché des fantômes, des chaussures coûter un bras et une jambe…
Ce n’est pas une blague. Mais – là encore – beaucoup d’entre nous ont des appendices à revendre. ^_^
Not at the moment. I’m working on setting up donation wallpapers.
Are we to assume then that once you set up the donation wallpapers, shoes WILL be acceptable?
I will only accept shoes.
YES.
awesome :D
Concur’d
Je suis d’accord à deux reprises.
The french comments are my favourites because I don’t bother to check what they mean they just seem so polite and out of place compared to the to the others.
Je vous remercie, mon bon monsieur. :-)
Concur’d. Keep it up, Fantôme Françaises! ^_^ Uhhh, merci beaucoup! (Ha! I know how to French it up a bit!)
For once my surplus of shoes will come in handy.
Shoes for the Shoe God!!!
Socks for the Sock Throne!
great page
Je suis d’accord.
That’s from chapter 2 isn’t it. Nice avatar. :D
En fait, c’est du premier chapitre, mais je vous remercie.
“Satanishenanigans” oh lord.
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One thing I have to say about this. Johnny obviously heard them. Even when Issac was doing his small battle cry. So would that mean he heard them talk to the Sphinx? If Suzy actually meets Johnny, I think Collen will be out of a partnering job.
Wait…haven’t Johnny and Ollie already witnessed Isaac using his weather powers? If they’re part external, then how come the two of them weren’t more freaked out that he used wind powers to get over the fence on page 13? My impression before was that they thought he jumped it somehow since they couldn’t see his powers—which would still be kinda freaky, but not AS freaky as using weather powers to do it. Unless the dust cloud his wind picked up sort of obscured what Isaac was doing anyway, either leaving them clueless or causing them to think the dust tornado was coincidental or something. Sorry, I don’t mean to sound nitpicky, it was just something that occurred to me.
I’d assume it’s because it’s less conspicuous than using obvious weather powers. Perhaps he just used a “wind” power when jumping which, if used correctly, could be considered “normal looking” and Issac would then just be considered an abnormally high jumper.
They saw him jump real high w/ a dust cloud, Isaac boosted himself with a gust of wind. Johnny also saw Max boost out of the yard and Isaac’s lightning kick. He’s seen some freaky sights and is mad ‘spicious.
wait did Johnny see Max’s magnetic powers, or did he only see Isaac’s becuase when Max did his powers Johnny was kind of rolling.
He didn’t catch the full display the first time, but he felt the scooter get pulled out from under him. He did, however, see when Max showed off his magnet powers to Isaac. Ambiguity w/ what Johnny saw/didn’t see will be cleared up as the comic progresses.
Oh, thank you for clarifying
if he ends up having powers to, that would be HILARIOUS!
Connors’ thoughts:
– It stands up so much works as a helmet!!! (Also cartoon characters should always be able to fix their hair). Worlds most badass hair gel. B)
– Best text below the comic.
– PLOT TWIST. Let’s hope he winds up attributing this to being confuzzled from head trauma. Or let’s hope not, cause it makes the story way better. :D :D :D :D
– This page rocks.
Oh noes. OH NOES. A typo? I NEVER POST TYPOS.
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HAH! YES! MY SECOND FAVORITE CHARACTER IS GONNA BE A SPECTRAL.
Nah, I wouldn’t assume so. Isaac had said that his lightning can be seen by non-spectrals, and what’s in the background in the last panel implies that the lightning was the only thing he saw. Oh well.
Aw.
But he did just have a near-death experience so…You know, that could be a thing.
INTERESTING.
STRANGE, ISN’T IT? (EVERYBODY, TALK IN ALL CAPS! :D )
Tinfoil hat time, Johnny. It’s the only way to keep them out of your head.
Tinfoil – keeps the spectrals out and the voices in.
Zack, I just want post and tell you that I think the way you reveal information incidentally and then use it for critical developments is masterful. You are a seriously talented writer and every single piece of this comic has been a joy to read.
#Concur’d
Goshthanks :D
Has anyone else mentioned how Isaac’s totally giving off friend turned future arch-enemy vibes like this whole chapter?
I mean the whole club’s got some serious morality issues but man.
Yeah, I’ve been feeling that a bit, too…
It’d actually be pretty cool and in-character for that to happen. I mean based on what we’ve seen now, Isaac is starting to give me the creeps for reasons I can’t explain. I mean he quoted the Hulk there has to be something there.
But yeah I’ve always loved the butt-monkey finally snapping under all the undeserved hate they get like seriously give the poor kid a break.
So I wasn’t the only one. Phew… Yeah, I agree with you there. Also, in a couple of Zack’s artwork in his DA account, you can see the Paranatural Activity Club minus Isaac (the one used as his current FB banner, the long white one where there’s the PA and Journalism Clubs as well as Max’s other friends). No Isaac, so… foreshadowing?
I sure hope Zack (if this is his plan) pulls it off well. An “Et tu, Brute?” situation is quite difficult to do, but when done right, it hits you where it hurts the most.
Oh geez, I hope this isn’t the case. Isaac is just about the only official member of the Activity Club I don’t want to throw out a window (seeing as Max is not an official member yet). Isabel and Ed seem to be just in it for the carnage and Mr. Spender is particularly bad at explaining things even by most fictional mentor standards. I realize they will probably get better developed as time goes on, but it would still be weird if they get considered the good guys and Isaac isn’t. Heck, Max doesn’t even seem to like any of them very much, whereas he seems to be bonding a little bit with Isaac.
Isabel and Ed’s lack of responsibility is really what bothers me. I mean, I realize that they’re twelve, but when you’re the only thing standing between most of the afterlife and oblivion, you’d better have a better excuse for why you aren’t doing anything than “I want to go eat lunch”.
There’s a distinct possibility that the reason that Mr. Spender isn’t telling Isaac everything because of something like this, and if/when he finds out he will go off the deep end. Like mediums never survive their spirits recovering to full strength, and instead they just “pop” like a zit. The thought’s kind of scary.
the thought of someone popping and spilling some kind of spectral goo everywhere is simultaneously gross and very interesting oh my god
I knowingly check this almost daily with the knowledge it hasn’t updated, and then I see the page and don’t care xD
Glad I’m not the only one :)
^
Nice detail there, Zack. No chimera in the last panel’s background.
Only after people pointed it out. -_- haha
Zack, i love how well constructed is this page! Really diggin the color storytelling on panel 09.
I am a big fan of your work!
I guess someone not so special is going to become a spectral now, won’t he? It’s gonna be a party
I don’t quite follow this line of thought. All I’m seeing is indicators that he knows something’s up and wants to know exactly what – and probably use it himself. Like he took the bat to try to figure out what the heck Max did with it.
But he clearly (especially with the panel fix) isn’t even seeing Shades yet, so he’s not spectral right now. As far as we can see, he’s just becoming another ‘investigator’ character that the spectrals will have to be careful around, like Suzy.
Investigator?
…roll for SAN check.
But Johnny’s already in the Nixon numbers for sanity, isn’t he?
Wow. This page sure struck up a ton of comments!
About 225 if I might say so myself. Maybe.
227! currently
You didn’t count your own comment! Also, there’s now 229.
230! :D
with my comment, 234 :D as I post it, of course.
Of course, of course. :)
*gasp!* a break in the uhh number comment thingys…..262
270! Yay!
Tomorrow’s Friday! :DDDD
You know what Friday means, right?
IT MEANS UPDATES!
I had a dream about this comic last night, but it wasn’t a very happy one.
Basically, Johnny got a whole bunch of powers from some mysterious entity, pretended to be buddy’s with the Activity Club (secretly working for Suzy for some reason or other), and then wound up snapping, destroying basically the whole town and then teleporting to some remote jungle somewhere.
And I was there. And scared.
This plot sounds really familiar somehow. Oh, wait a minute! That’s the Judas Contract plot from Teen Titans, isn’t it?
*shrug* I don’t have TV, so I wouldn’t know. Perhaps.
*le gasp*
hey now, don’t go posting spoilers for pages that haven’t happened yet
i mean very interesting do go on
If we may speculate a bit more, Paranatural will all end with a fight between Max and Johnny at the ruins of the school, mirroring their first fight way back in Part 1. Only this time Max will get the upper hand, and Johnny will seem to explode in a blast of light. Everything seems to have turned out fine, only for an epilogue to show Johnny is alive, and merely teleported to the Yucatan peninsula.
Woah. That would be cool. Wonder when the fanfics are gonna start popping up?
This comic needs no fanfics! It’s too perfect to change!
Oh, and something about a love triangle, (probably got that from reading Zack’s guest comic) but I’m not sure who was caught up in it. Nor did I really care amidst all the screaming and explosions.
Between who? Oh, let me see. *throws darts at wall*
Lets see…between Hissing Pete, R. J., and that doll-eyed girl who showed up a few pages back.
Man, Hissing Pete gets all the ladies.
It’s all dat hissin’, yo. Dem ladies lurve it!