first!
hah, everything became clear!

I love it! I don't mind that the plot isn't perfectly consistent; the story is still awsome, and that's what really counts.

Hear hear! Works for me.

Awesome! So that's how it is. The poor diseasoid! I wonder if she is actually kidding herself that he owes her. Doesn't make much difference either way! Diseasoid probably isn't fooled. She sort of reminds me of Calvin, the way she's yelling.

Damn! That girl is terrible!

Well thanks for making me dislike your comic. You really didn't need to change the way the story goes. But you did it anyways. Nice job. It's like you just didn't give a damn at all.

LOL xD
I loved it! x]

I prefer this version of how Skadi met Diseasoid better. :)

well that explains everything!! :)

wow. I feel like I should apologize for the rude people that feel the need to post comments.
I'm glad you have fun writing Skadi. I have fun reading it :)

Oh my goshness. Can I just say that I love this comic. I don't care if the story changes. It's FUN and it makes me giggle every week without fail!

Baby Diseasoid is just so damn cute. Dumm Wednesdays are the best.

Baby Diseasoid made me go Awwww... A little anti-climactic for an ending to a story arc, but I liked it.

Settledown #6 - it's all in good fun. Stop being so naive!

Really though, I don't know why some people are making such a big deal about some continuity issues. Sometimes ideas change and you have a better grasp / idea of how things happen/ed.

As long as it's a good FUN story, I'll stick around to read it :-) Great work Katie and Luke!

This comic is clearly the work of some dark necromancy! Skadi would NEVER show compassion! It is un-Conan-ly!

Definitely cute (especially Diseasoid's eyes in 3 and 4) but I much preferred the first origin story story. The last two comics in this arc were a little too 80s sitcom "everybody in the show grew up together" retcon for me.

RRRGH I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU MADE AN ALTERCATION TO THE SERIOUS NARRATIVE OF SKADI

THAT WAS A HUGE AND EPIC LORE AND YOU ARE ENTIRELY DISREGARDING IT HOW COULD YOU I HATE YOU FOREVER

I think people need to calm down a bit. It's an awesome story regardless.

another kick ace story! these things flow so smooth i feel like i'm watching a cartoon on tv. i like the top panel alot with the pink clouds.

Fishyboy, thanks for the support. Yet, I don't think anyone is genuinely upset about the story changes except for Jeremy Kuehnau. .....and Jeremy seems to have a gripe about every comic on this site (if you haven't noticed).

Chronic complainers are a bit of a double edged sword, though. On one hand, it's nice to have someone who cares enough (and has enough free time) to scrutinize every aspect of your work in immensely detailed diatribes. On the other hand, the negativity tends to spread and effect the audience in a way where they think the general dissent is bigger than it really is.

I guess you take the good with the bad, though.....and both negative and positive comments are greatly appreciated. We're glad that MOST of you enjoyed this little flash back episode.

It was wonderful! Truthfully, i was getting a bit worn on Skadi, but this was a very nice change of pace that i have become unworn.
I feel this is more like the changing of a spoken story over time rather than a blatant continuity break. even if it was. Skadi is a legend!

Now it would be nice to see if Skadi meets her evil sisters in her adult years :)

lolling at the autistic morons whining about the continuity

It's over already? Oh well, adult(?) Skadi is just as fun as Lil' Skadi :D

You should do ANOTHER completely different origin story of how skadi and diseasoid met directly after this one, just to mess with those "continuity" dorks.

man, constrictions to continuity is what killed all the superhero comics in the first place, I reckon.

THese are great skadi comics as always, baby diseasoid is super cute and funny, in a pathetic way. and lil skadi has nice spaghetti arms and legs, just like a real teenager. And the way that she makes him serve her, it's like a groo comic, but even COOLER and FUNNIER.

keep it up guys

Oh my god dats da funky shit!!!

What?! Skadi, being KIND? I guess she was young and didn't know better. Baby diseasoid is soooo cute!

Oh me, oh my, I am so utterly sorry for making my opinion known about a comic. For as many gripes I have about the comics, yours was one of the few that I also posted several positive comments about.

A lot of you guys, you are right, this isn't a huge, epic, serious novel that is going to be published, at the same time, I do take my time out of the day to read the comics I do enjoy and Skadi was one of them.

There really wasn't a reason to just go out and change the story, except you suddenly got an idea in your head you wanted something different for your characters.. And if that was the case, if you had EXPECTED your characters to change over time, if you had want to be able to go more in depth with your story, then you shouldn't have written something that would totally go against the rest of the story you had written. And whats worse is, you don't even TRY to fit in your alternative vision of Skadi in with the rest, you could have easily still included the slave trade and stuff and yet you just fucking ignore it.

I enjoy your comic, but I didn't enjoy the fact you just changed the story on a whim. It was annoying. You don't like my comments, then don't read them. Publishing stuff online means you'll get criticism.

Let me write out a prescription, take two chill pills and call me in the morning.
Let me guess, big fan of George Lucas?

Sorry, I didn't know only praise was allowed in the comments section.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Read about it, Jeremy, and then talk.

COOBBRRAAA!!

It isn't my fault the author of Skadi made such a fucking stupid ass mistake. This just goes to prove writing requires more forethought then most of the guys here at Dumm Comics want to commit.

Jesus, Jeremy. you really just don't get it, do you?


This is a cartoon comic. made for people who love cartoony fun and comedy, not you uptight nerds who need everything to be literal to accept it.

These comics are not "Written" like the pointless crap you must like, which most likely also misses the point of comics.

They're drawn. By cartoonists. a cartoon is a medium that nerds like you seem to not like or understand. so just go read your Bone and star Wars comics and stay in your blinded, boring, literal world.

Too bad you're not getting your money's worth from any strips in the Dumm lineup, but there are more constructive things you should be doing with your time and energy.

You're being more a jerk than a critic.

Awww they've been together for a long time!

"You should do ANOTHER completely different origin story of how skadi and diseasoid met directly after this one"

i love this idea!

... maybe diseasoid just escaped to go with the slave trader rather than be Skadis´ slave. As usual, Skadi went after him to "save the poor beast".

I like lil Skadi, but I´m happy my grown up Skadi-babe is going to be back. Or is she?

and I f'n love this strip. Great job Katie and Luke and all the guest folks too.

A comic with a story that is constantly in evolution with the creators is bound to have some shifts in continuity over the years. I can't think of a single comic from either marvel or dc that hasn't had a million retroactive continuity changes. Now, while I wouldn't wish the nightmare that is two or more different running continuities onto this comic, I think I can say with a fair amount of reason, that the occasional change here and there is perfectly fine. If you ask me, a comic that remains so rigid in its ways that it can't change a story here or there, for the sake of cannon, will suffer in the long run when it comes to the story as a finished work.
Also, look at any dvd these days: How many of them have alternate endings, or deleted scenes? Whether one way or another is better, will be left to the fans and time to decide, but the point is, change can be a good thing.