Bands Vs. Awards: Montage!

Oh man, I’m sorry that this one is so late!

Updates from me: VanCAF was amazing (and hello, any excellent new people that met me and/or picked up a book there!) and my living room is in mailout mode with the Kickstarter packages.

…and Zero seems to be the only one to bring an official date to BAND PROM, since he’s married.

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I was going to say “There’s Zero! And his husband!” but Kathleen beat me to it.
They probably didn’t appear in the previous comic because they were offscreen, straightening each others’ bowties.
Bowties are cool. That’s why I own 36 of them.

When I did the page with his wedding, a friend said “Zero married his Player 2 version!”…and I still think there’s something very accurate about that.

You own 36 bowties :O
I wanna bowtie!

but the real question is: are they gonna make out in the bathroom or what?

…only if Coco consequently catches them.

-G.

Can Roy play an instrument?

It’s Zero who’s Roy, and the other guy is Rex — but I bet even their friends and family in-universe are constantly mixing this up!
…I’m just going to declare it canon that Rex happens to play the trumpet, but really hasn’t picked it up in a while.

Where is comic? It’s monday already!

Aw, I know — I feel really bad about it. I’m behind on everything right now, and it’ll be a day late.

Hey now, let’s not pressure creators to the point where it’s no longer fun for them to work on their own projects.
George R. R. Martin didn’t even get to do a cameo in his own show because of pressure to pump out the next Game of Thrones book.

Aw, it’s ok and I’m ok! I really wish I had the next one ready, and I’m looking forward to getting back on schedule.

I’m just now noticing the dejected-looking bartender. Man, I kinda want her to get a whole strip on her own — the only tone-deaf person in the BVBverse? “Yeah, music’s just noise to me.” “NOOOOOOO!”

-G.

She looks like she might be zero’s cousin (or player three variant), at that!

1. Adventures of This One Bartender Who’s Really Indifferent to Bands Comix would often feature fun-looking band antics just barely visible in the background, ignored by the protagonist.
2. I like the idea that your “Player 3” = someone who resembles you, but a different gender

So after years of reading and enjoying your comic and world, my lurker tendencies were somehow suppressed enough to post something. Very weird.

I guess what I want to say, is that you are pretty awesome. Your comic strikes a chord with me on so many levels. I enjoy the band dynamics and the pursuit of music as expression of self. I don’t normally read things so lighthearted and saccharine, but this comic is perhaps beautiful because of the saccharine sweetness. I was very addicted when I started reading it, read it so many times that it appeared in my dreams. Your art is also pleasing to the eye, although I will admit that in a few comics I find Honey or Turpentine somewhat scary lookin’.

One thing that I may like less than the rest is that almost every single character is on the lgbt spectrum. And I guess it’s fairly reasonable in universe, especially considering that they are musicians. And it’s not even that I dislike it, so much as it seems overwhelmingly slanted. Tho guess I don’t really pick my partners based on gender, and that’s an even weirder slant. And it is a counterpoint to traditional media, where alternate orientations get little to no positive representation. So it’s still good. Doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of your comic at all, just a little gripe:P

But yeah you are really great, and I really enjoy the work you do on BVB, it is definitely one of my top few webcomics if not my favourite.

Take care.

Your little gripe is one of the things I love about this comic.

Hey, thanks — I’m glad you like it, and that you decided to comment.

I’m gonna take the opportunity to post some of my thoughts on the LGBTQ representation in the population of the comic. I think it’s essentially a mix of in-universe and meta. In-universe, yeah, we’ve got a bunch of musicians and creatives and counterculture types where you might expect a slightly higher proportion in the crowd — but, beyond that, I think there’s a lot of Gathering On Purpose. Their corners of the local music scene seem to have this strong queer-leaning element where people meet each other and like each other and socialize and collaborate and then you’ve got a party with little to no straight guests. I think Turpentine made some really deliberate choices about the bandmates/pals she surrounds herself with, and the choosing was mutual.

In a meta sense, tho: absolutely, it’s overwhelmingly slanted! LGBTQ characters are who I’m most interested in writing about, and, hey, this is my pet universe that contains more than a few stylistic reality-bends.

ohhhh Turps and Honey keep drinking, huh. I think something’s gonna happen in the bathroom and they’ll take along time and come back just before they announce their category.

“Good thing I’m here & I’m on ya”?? The innuendos continue and I’m all here for it!

Also these past few dozen pages have been so increasingly gay and I love it. I, too, yearn to drink with my rivals-to-lovers crush in the bathroom