Crude and Feckless — Page 4
You know Dianetics was dreamed up by some weirdass demon. LRH just took the credit.
Furcas in Western demonology is a fallen angel who took up a teaching post in Hell as a professor of the dark arts, along with rhetoric, philosophy, astronomy and logic. Seriously. You can read about it here. I like the idea that a demon, whose career is ruined in the private sector, winds up in academia to pay the bills. I so relate to that.
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PANEL 1
Fetch turns to Fiona and the other squatters.
FETCH: Look, I sympathize, but this is my home and —
VOICE: [off panel] FETCH! Is that you?
PANEL 2
Fetch squints. KNOB appears, arms outstretched as if about to hug.
FETCH: Who?
KNOB: It’s me, Knob! From demon school! Remember? Class of ‘02!
PANEL 3
Fetch looks perplexed, Knob still ready to hug.
FETCH Ah…?
KNOB: Knob! Yer ol’ pal! We took demonology together! Remember old Furcas? What a bore! Boy, we gave that old man a hard time! Hahaha!
PANEL 4
Fetch looking embarrassingly clueless, Knob sweating. Tara blows smoke.
FETCH: Er… Um… Eeee…?
KNOB: We were in alchemy, too! And pyromancy! And mentalism! Phrenology?
Devolution? Dianetics?
TARA: Nice to see it’s not just your family you forget.
Fetch turns to Fiona and the other squatters.
FETCH: Look, I sympathize, but this is my home and —
VOICE: [off panel] FETCH! Is that you?
PANEL 2
Fetch squints. KNOB appears, arms outstretched as if about to hug.
FETCH: Who?
KNOB: It’s me, Knob! From demon school! Remember? Class of ‘02!
PANEL 3
Fetch looks perplexed, Knob still ready to hug.
FETCH Ah…?
KNOB: Knob! Yer ol’ pal! We took demonology together! Remember old Furcas? What a bore! Boy, we gave that old man a hard time! Hahaha!
PANEL 4
Fetch looking embarrassingly clueless, Knob sweating. Tara blows smoke.
FETCH: Er… Um… Eeee…?
KNOB: We were in alchemy, too! And pyromancy! And mentalism! Phrenology?
Devolution? Dianetics?
TARA: Nice to see it’s not just your family you forget.
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