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To be fair, the first chapter is really rough in terms of both the art and the writing. The second and third chapters are strikingly better and much more consistent.
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Feb 3, 2013 20:51
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Couple interesting hints here: - The Doorman was expecting "someone else": who else knows about this? Isaac implies, by referring to Max as the "new kid", that the other Activity Club kids also know about the Doorman. But for some reason I don't think that's who the Doorman was expecting. - Isaac's vow was not sworn "without cause", which means Isaac may have lost control of his powers or used them too enthusiastically in the past and regretted it. This also ties in with how confident Isaac was about how he could "totally destroy" Ed and Isabel. He didn't take it well when Max teased him about calculating whether or not he could take the kids in a fight, either. - Same with "You have seen the damage a lightning bolt can do", actually.
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Feb 8, 2013 16:04
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I dunno. I think this comic is a bit too light-hearted for something that dark to turn up. Who knows though - we're still in the early stages of the comic. But from what I can see, by the time Paranatural ends, those will have been the major conflicts and questions that will be resolved or answered: -The excessive supernatural activity in the city -The time snake in Max's Tool -Max's grief over losing his mother Frankly, my money is on the comic ending with Max coming to terms with his mother's passing.
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Feb 15, 2013 17:47
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Also as nice as he seems, I'm not sure Doorman is on the up and up. 2 pages ago he was calling for 'Master' not 'young master' asking if they had succeeded and last page he told us he was expecting someone else. I bet you "Master" is another spirit/ghost/whatever they call it in this comic. The Doorman clearly interacts with them regularly, given his immediate mild amusement at Isaac's "human"-ness by referring to him as the shortcut. It's only amusing/unusual because Doorman is familiar with non-humans - otherwise it'd just seem normal to him.
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Feb 15, 2013 20:07
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Given the bat is glowing in the last panel, I'd wager it's the spirit possessing his Tool and not another entity. That was weird as heck though. This also puts Max's vertigo and room-spinny from the previous page in perspective. Guess he wasn't just hamming it up. quote:She should. Would if she could. The comedy your ignorance breeds is wasted on my ears. Well, not my ears, exactly -- Given that the previous panel was Doorman reacting with extreme shock and then mumbling something out, and that our original introduction to Doorman was him expecting someone else, not Isaac, I'd wager "she" is whoever Doorman was expecting. "Ignorance" probably means Doorman doesn't get out much and is pretty much confined to that mansion - also supported by the first panel in today's page where he mentions that he's in hiding for his own and others' safety. quote:From which speaking esoteric languages won't protect you. And I wasn't referring to my faction, although you do underestimate us. That second sentence actually makes me reconsider my prior speculation that "she" was the person/spirit Doorman was expecting. Hmm... The first sentence is probably referring to Doorman requesting that Spirit!Max not tell Isaac about this. Doorman switched into an esoteric language so Isaac wouldn't overhear, I bet. There's potentially another reason for this, but I don't think we have enough information to go off yet. Back to that second sentence, "my faction" and Doorman's group, and whoever "she" is, there's at least three groups of hijinks going on here. And whoever Spirit!Max is affliated with isn't a major player yet, even though the spirit is obviously dangerous enough to command fear and respect. quote:Rolling tubes of screaming children, each as worthless as this sanctimonious fool's approval. If you must be pious, boy, choose a proper priest. So we can conclude whoever is speaking via Max right now is very pragmatic and amoral. Not necessarily evil (though potentially so) but clearly contemptuous of ideas like justice, honor, and protecting others. I wonder what the announcement will be. Twice-weekly Paranatural? Kickstarter? God I hope so 
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Mar 1, 2013 16:02
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Ha, now that I look at the solution that's a fairly elementary cipher he used. What he did was invert each letter to draw only the negative space in each letter. He put a bit of a twist on it, but it's still pretty classic. No wonder that was solved so quickly.
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Mar 2, 2013 03:08
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MikeJF posted:So I guess the policy will be ciphered stuff and speculation is spoilered? Eh, I wouldn't spoiler speculation. That just gets messy really quickly.
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Mar 2, 2013 18:12
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Meowjesty posted:Give the man a prize!  scarycave posted:Voting's nice but what's this tidbit about a "cousinhood"? I'm betting rival gang of kids trying to clean up the city. Activity Club vs. the Cousinhood, go!
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Mar 5, 2013 15:25
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New comic. Blah blah. "Grudge process" sounds pretty interesting. "Spiritual linguistics" suggests that he likely could communicate with Doorman, or anyone else who speaks that language.
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Mar 15, 2013 15:49
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Fried Chicken posted:I think we are kinda glossing over the fact the dude just caught a bolt of lightning and disposed of it like it was NBD. He didn't even shift to dodge or catch, just calmly accepted and got rid of it, with all the drama of going to the store for milk. Turned it into light, if the glow coming from his hand is any indication. And I think there've been hints in the past too that Mr. Spender has Light-based powers.
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Mar 19, 2013 04:16
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New page since no one posted the link. If it was just bullet-time, how does that explain everything being in apocalyptic-future mode?
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Mar 23, 2013 16:44
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Huh, I was expecting someone more evil/ominous/scary. This guy is just a big goofy lug. 
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Mar 29, 2013 17:19
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It's a new strip! Looking forward to the sparring.
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Apr 12, 2013 23:02
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kidcoelacanth posted:Next title page is up. I'm excited already I hope Isaac's going to learn how to Suplex in this chapter.
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Apr 22, 2013 06:12
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Bigger pages! Ominous foreboding spirit! Weaponry! I'm so hype for this chapter. Looks like we'll have some big fights.
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Apr 26, 2013 16:51
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There seems to be three people in the store - who's minding the register?
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Apr 29, 2013 15:18
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My only beef with Zach's style is those really awful fringe bangs that Max's family and Mr. Spender have.
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Apr 29, 2013 17:17
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I hope Isabel's grandpa owns a bowling alley.
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May 6, 2013 19:14
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PleasingFungus posted:I think we knew that already, but I'd have to go check. I don't think it was explicitly mentioned, but it's implied with how Ed and Isabel show up to Max's house in their jammies at the same time. Isabel wouldn't have gone out of her way to pick up Ed otherwise when responding to a distress call.
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May 14, 2013 00:06
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http://paranatural.net/chapter-4-page-9/ That's a one-piece suit, too - peep the zipper at his waist.
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May 24, 2013 16:14
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So far this chapter we've seen an ominous spirit, Max at games & pizza night with his family, Isabel and Ed after training, and Mr. Spender getting ready for bed. Isaac is up next, and I have a feeling that Isaac is going to run into the spirit from the chapter's opening. And given that last chapter Mr. Spender insisted to whoever was on the phone "there are no monsters in Mayview", I have a feeling that Isaac is going to stir up some trouble and run into another group of spectrals. Probably tying back into the title page, with "PLAYER 2 START". Last chapter Isaac also mentioned that he'd seen "others in those weird suits", and we see Mr. Spender's zipper onesie both on today's page and on the title page. edit: I don't know how I missed the summary on the title page for Chapter Four: "Max and the Activity Club investigate supernatural activity in Mayview's backwoods on orders from Mr. Spender's superiors."  I guess?
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May 24, 2013 19:33
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Tollymain posted:I think it slammed shut on its own. Looks like it, since the door was opening inwards, not outwards. But what was he doing with his arm?
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Jun 3, 2013 19:13
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Oh, I got tripped up by the perspective there. Man, it's been three days since the last page 
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Jun 3, 2013 19:19
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Spender has been sweating for the last couple pages. I wonder what he's trying to hide.
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Jul 5, 2013 15:45
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I wonder when Mr. Spender's cast page picture is going to be updated with his light-shurikens.
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Aug 2, 2013 20:26
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kidcoelacanth posted:Please note Dmitri smirkin' away in panel 6, after the lightning claims. He was in Panel 3 looking like he was about to jump in and intercede. He walks away smirking in Panel 6 after seeing that Cody is taking care of it.
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Aug 17, 2013 02:40
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No, I think that's the first time yeah.
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Aug 19, 2013 16:21
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Fight scene on Friday most likely, can't wait!
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Oct 7, 2013 16:30
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New page: http://paranatural.net/chapter-4-page-45/ I love those lil doggies.
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Oct 14, 2013 16:02
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I wonder if "THE" spirit was Max's Trashdrago. If so this would also explain why a spirit of that strength is being stored at the school. It also explains why Spender was surprised at seeing Max's black aura - before stopping and reminding himself that black auras are pretty common (so it probably isn't even the trashdragon, right?). I don't think Spender knows yet what Max's powers are like or who his spirit is.
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Oct 18, 2013 15:00
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I rear back my heavy head, and howl: updaaaaaaate
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Oct 28, 2013 15:15
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We'll probably find out on Friday after Garcia dresses down Max for being careless about his powers.
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Oct 28, 2013 19:41
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While we're looking at old pages of Paranatural, I wonder if Max is fighting off possession here. The eye glows look familiar.
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Nov 6, 2013 06:20
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skoolmunkee posted:It also took me way too long to realize that the building is probably Isabel's grandpa's house. Look at all those spectral energies though! Almost certainly - look at the guy in the background on the fourth panel. That's a trainee.
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Dec 2, 2013 17:05
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I'm almost positive this fight scene is a reference to a fight manga, possibly Holyland? I've seen that particular punch -> kick -> punch exposed face move before.
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Dec 6, 2013 15:50
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Splicer posted:Well the most recent comic makes it sound like there's something else that at least Isaac feels could account for it. We already know Isaac had a big outburst sometime in the past that he's trying to atone for. Probably has something to do with him being very confident that he could beat anyone in the club in a fight.
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Jan 8, 2014 23:24
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Max: Ness Isabel: Paula Ed: Jeff Isaac: Poo
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Jan 26, 2014 05:23
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Captain Oblivious posted:I'm honestly inclined to suspect the barrier exists (at least in part) to keep things in, like Scrapdragons "faction" (which of course begs the question, what are they factionalizing over?) and the implicitly existent factions working against him/it. Pretty much everything is pointing towards Something being contained in Mayview, yeah. I would have laid bets on it being Isaac's spirit (explaining why Spender wants to keep him somewhat hidden and out of the loop) if not for Spender mentioning in this very comic that Isaac has been outside Mayview before.
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Level Slide posted:I liked the awkward silence and Spender's equally awkward apology when he accidentally revealed how Max's mom went out. Max did look pretty upset when Spender went all EVERY LETHAL DISEASE. I thought that was more Max being upset at a flippant response about Spender forgetting a detail that could have killed Max. I don't think we've gotten any confirmation about how Max's mother died yet.
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