Progress in Research: Chapter Three, Page Twelve

Maureen gets a few aural slices of life at Gnosis College before getting on the trail of her quarry.

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Maureen manifests Diana the Huntress…

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), Diana the Huntress

…only with a shotgun microphone rather than a bow.

Progress in Research: Chapter Three, Page Ten

The climax of a spiritual experience.

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I googled “fucked up church signs” looking for pendant pictures for these posts and Jumping Jehosephat did I find lots. There might be one for every occasion. At least, there certainly is one for this one.

Found here.

Progress in Research: Chapter Three, Page Eight

Maureen rigs up homebrew surveillance.

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I don’t know exactly what could accompany an image like this, so I’ll fall back on that old standby, the demotivator.

Found here. May the force be with you!

Found

Progress in Research: Chapter Three, Page Four

Maureen goes in search of cooler tools.

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It reflects a curious shift in culture, that whereas the word “passion” in ordinary English speech suggests something hot and sexy (“Dick and Jane were burning with passion for one another”) or at least enjoyably engaging (“Fred has a great passion for model trains”) the Latin noun from which it is derived, passio actually means suffering. Hence the meaning of “the passion of Christ.” It did not mean his interest in either Jane or model trains.

The forces of justice finally catch up with a notorious troublemaker

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), The Arrest of Christ

I fear I have little to add on the matter of the Passion of Christ, except for an apocryphal story about Oscar Wilde. Wilde was given for his Greek examination at Magdalen College the exercise of translating viva voce from the Passion according to St. Matthew. As Wilde was a brilliant classisist he was able to translate with great ease and fluency, so much so that a few verses in he was halted by his examiners.

“Thank you, Mr. Wilde. That is quite sufficient.”

“Oh please, do let me go on,” begged Wilde. “I want to see how it ends.”

Chibi Maureen and Publication editions

As Lon’s splendid pinup came a little to early in the month to accompany this month’s announcement of the publication of collected editions, we have a change of pace in bespoke art for the announcement. I present Chibi Maureen, with our heroine represented chibi style by artist and professional dominatrix Nic Buxom, whose engaging webcomic about, well, being a professional dominatrix I encourage you to check out.

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And as it’s the end of the month, we now naturally make available collected editions of Progress in Research, Chapter Two. We have our usual direct downloadable versions in Comic Book Archive, PDF, and .mobi e-book formats: