Page 214 – Gimmick
May11
No one ever accused Kyle of being a genius but he had some good ideas, right? Right? XD I just about died reading this page, it was so damn funny. The first panel is an ode to a certain X-man telling Professor X off. Panel 5 has a nod to a wonderful film starring Kurt Russel and Kim Catrell. Panel 9 is all kinds of funny. One of the most fun pages I’ve ever drawn. 😀
Back to the comic, Kyle’s right: Sun NEEDS a good ring persona, but as she realized, she aint feeling them. Back to the drawing board, as they say. Next update: things pick up as Sun meets her next teacher, Akira Superstar!
We know what ring name Sun goes with, but do YOU like any of these gimmicks ? lol
This page really needs a spew alert. Expelling a carbonated beverage violently through one’s nose is not only painful, it plays merry hell with the keyboard. I loved it.
Very Sharp Voting Incentive! Love it! it’s like pastel or oil.. I don’t know..
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Panel 1: is kyle saying Steve Austin as.. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin..former king of the ring, Master of the middle (Censored), Raising Hell. Stone Cold Stunner?
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Panel 4: is that ah? DoA? Dead or Alive gimmick,? or ah? Mortal Kombat character Tanya?
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Panel 5: is that Shi? from a comic book character?
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Panel 6: hahah! Pirate.. Pirate of the Carribean gimmick.. I remember Paul Birchill used that gimmick and failed.
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Panel 7: ah? What gimmick is that? Goth?
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Panel 8: Lara Croft? or Crimson Viper (Street Fighter 4)
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Panel 9: Samoan wrestler.. Jimmy Snuka (Superfly), hmmm.. The son of Jimmy Snuka, isn’t getting a push in the WWE.
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Panel 10: Lumber Jill..heheheh..
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Panel 11: If Sun used this gimmick, I’m sure we’ll end up with the Hell’s Belles.. ehhehe.. Red Wine!..
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Panel 12: Elektra.. hmm..
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This episode is funny.. hheheheh.. I really Sun if she said to Kyle “Kurosu!”
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I hope we can see like this structure in the future episodes.. 12 panels.. This is the only episode which had a 12 panels in it.. COOL!
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Ah? My Mistake on Crimson Viper gimmick.. it’s 2003.. no Street Fighter 4 yet..
Sorry!
Peace!
We know what ring name Sun goes with, but do YOU like any of these gimmicks ?
Sun cosplayed as Elektra, is cool! I mean Gimmick as Elektra is cool.
Heh, Champagne Supernova is awesome.
I’m partial to Lumber Jill, though the finishing move name is lame. The pirate gimick could work, but not with that costume. I do really dig the Elektra outfit, though. I would have just suggested ‘Assassin’ as the name to go with that.
In panel 3, Sun looks a lot like Sidekick Girl, from… Sidekick Girl
This page, by far, was the most fun I had while writing this story. Thanks for the kind words.
This was a nice surprise. Fun and funny. And yet it touches on a big issue. No, a HUGE one. I’m glad Sun stepped back a bit to get some perspective.
I’m also nicely surprised not to hear and butt pad jokes LoL
Doc, sorry to surprise you like that, you were an unfortunate casualty. XD
Hey MGC, glad you liked the Voting Incentive. I’d been meaning to do it for a while and is part of the new Sun advertising campaign. 🙂 Panel 7 is Goth, but the rest of the panels weren’t based on anyone’s particular look except for Elektra. I’ll have to ask Justin if he thought differently when he wrote it. Glad you liked Elektra and Champagne Supernova, as well as the 12 panels. Whew, it was a rough one! Probably won’t be another 12 panel for a bit. 😉
bd, I completely agree with you, especially since I’m a huge Oasis mark.
Zodo, you’re not kidding about the lame finisher, the Wong Lumber. Kyle’s thinking out of the box, yet along cliché routes. It’s kind of a funny place to visit, his mind, but I don’t know that we could handle the experience.
Kayo, hey, good point! I don’t always get to read Sidekick Girl, but when I do I always enjoy it. I always thought Brooke and Illumina shared some characteristics too. 😉 Now only if they had an RSS feed….
Justin, I think this is the funniest page we’ve done as a collaboration.
Hey Champ! Yeah, in pro wrestling a gimmick can make or break you. Plus, it should be one that you can live with. I wasn’t going to go nowhere near the butt pad jokes, yet one can never tell what Snowy will say. 😛
Actually a couple of those aren’t bad gimmicks, but they aren’t Sun. Panel 7 looks like Jeff Hardy’s sister, a jungle chick might be cool, and Elektra isn’t bad. Honestly they have more personality than most of the generic divas in WWE. But Sun works better as we know her, and fortunately she doesn’t have to have a “Ringmaster” or “Terra Ryzing” phase before she gets to be who she is.
Heh, she should have went with the Elektra costume. 🙂
Champagne Supernova cracked me up. Genius.
*cackles for 15 minutes straight*
Justin, you are a magnificently funny bastard *applauds*
Ha! This was great! I’ve often wondered how the wrestlers came up with their shtick – it sure beats pulling something out of a hat, or having the marketing department assign you one. I can just see a bunch of stuffy accountant types discussing what demographic needs better representation to attract the 14 to 22 year-olds… Heh… “Weak, me hearty”… Kyle’s lucky she respects him, otherwise he’d be in intensive care…
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Has Sun kept in touch with her Mom?
Oy to the ‘Ringmaster,’ ‘TerraRyzing‘ days. XD