Little green God of Agony comic

[ArielRacing]

Hello.

Since by the end of the week the comic will be finished, are there any plans to release it in paper?

Thanks

[Moderator]

That's been an option from the beginning, but hasn't been discussed in more formal terms at this point in time.

[GNTLGNT]

...I can see it being a "one shot"....

[CCAL]

been really enjoying this...impatiently waiting for tomorrows episode!!

[mstay]

Does it end on Friday? I haven't read the story before so I'm in the dark. :eek2:

[Moderator]

I believe that will be #24 which is the final one--have lost count. :blush:

[GNTLGNT]

I believe that will be #24 which is the final one--have lost count. :blush:

...here he be!...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yg4L0vUoALI/TO_Fj6UwiII/AAAAAAAAD_c/aNkimweW73U/s640/Count+Sesame.jpg

[Dana Jean]

This story has been fun to follow. I would love for it to come out in comic book format. I have the book it's in and I'm waiting for the comic to finish up and then I'm going to go to the story in the book and see how it reads that way.

[fushingfeef]

Fantastic finish today! I was confused for a second because I didn't have my browser open for full widescreen, so some of the panels were cut off and it didn't make sense. I figured it out!

Thank you Denis Calero for your wonderful creation, and thank you SK for letting us see this for free online! This was a really cool event!

[Spideyman]

Just finish reading the Little Green God of Agony. Magnificent - it was extremely true to the book story. Think I'll take a complete viewing again over the weekend. Thanks go out to Stephen King for allowing us this experience on the SKMB. Thanks to Denis Calero for making it so special. This playground is the best!

[carrie's younger brother]

[QUOTE=fushingfeef;556006]Fantastic finish today! I was confused for a second because I didn't have my browser open for full widescreen, so some of the panels were cut off and it didn't make sense. I figured it out!

Then maybe you can explain it to me, please. I have read the last installment a few times and just don't get it.

[GNTLGNT]

Then maybe you can explain it to me, please. I have read the last installment a few times and just don't get it.

...To quote from the book in which it was published(A Book of Horrors-St. Martin's Press)..."The Little Green God of Agony" is a tribute to the classic monster and old dark house stories....."Monsters are real", says King. "and ghosts too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.".....

[CCAL]

good quote Giant. I had to step back a sec and then the light bulb came on. talk about a 'gotcha'-absolutely loved it! thankee Sai King. the master's pen strikes again

[MemnochTheDevil]

Am I the only person that has no idea what happened? I don't get it. So the "rev" cast the pain out (the little green ball), it attacked other people in the room, then someone steps on it, and it disappears. Who died? The rich guy or the rev or someone else? I was ok with that story up until page 23 or so and then it was like WTF? Please, someone take 5 min to explain the ending to me. It would be a great help.

[bryantburnette]

Am I the only person that has no idea what happened? I don't get it. So the "rev" cast the pain out (the little green ball), it attacked other people in the room, then someone steps on it, and it disappears. Who died? The rich guy or the rev or someone else? I was ok with that story up until page 23 or so and then it was like WTF? Please, someone take 5 min to explain the ending to me. It would be a great help.

You pretty much got it. The problem you're having is not your own; it's simply that what works in prose doesn't always work when translated into another medium, and I think that's what happened with this adaptation.

For the record, Rideout died; Newsome did not.

[OldDarth]

No Memnoch - I'm with you. I don't remember the story so without it as a reference, it almost seems like there is a missing page between 23 & 24.

With respect to the artist who posted here, knowing the story should not be a pre-requisite in order to understand the comic. I enjoyed the story up until page 23 but after that it is unclear what happened. I can't even be sure of which order to read the last page.

[GNTLGNT]

...the Rev expired, but the "pain" did not...

[carrie's younger brother]

...To quote from the book in which it was published(A Book of Horrors-St. Martin's Press)..."The Little Green God of Agony" is a tribute to the classic monster and old dark house stories....."Monsters are real", says King. "and ghosts too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.".....

I've read and reread the ending to the strip multiple times. Let me get this straight, the LGGofA came out of Andrew Newsome and went into someone else in the dark? That's it?

[fushingfeef]

Okay, massive spoilers here:
At the end, here's what happens to each of the characters:
Rich guy Andrew Newsome has been cured (look at that smile on his face).
The Reverend Rideout has died, presumably heart strain from performing this "exorcism" of sorts.
Kat/Katherine MacDonald, Newsome's nurse, has learned that pain really is real and tangible, in short she has learned that she didn't know everything about pain that she thought she did. She also learned that unreal things can be real. This is the most important character arc of the story!

Jensen (Newsome's personal assistant) has sprayed himself in the eyes with pepper spray.
Melissa had the Little Green God of Agony start to go into her body through her eye, but had it knocked out by Kat, who then stomped on it to kill it.
But in the very last panel we learn that it has not been killed, and is alive, and is sitting on Kat's hand, in the dark. This is just a classic "BOO!" cliff-hanger ending to a scary story.

[Spideyman]

Okay, massive spoilers here:
At the end, here's what happens to each of the characters:
Rich guy Andrew Newsome has been cured (look at that smile on his face).
The Reverend Rideout has died, presumably heart strain from performing this "exorcism" of sorts.
Kat/Katherine MacDonald, Newsome's nurse, has learned that pain really is real and tangible, in short she has learned that she didn't know everything about pain that she thought she did. She also learned that unreal things can be real. This is the most important character arc of the story!

Jensen (Newsome's personal assistant) has sprayed himself in the eyes with pepper spray.
Melissa had the Little Green God of Agony start to go into her body through her eye, but had it knocked out by Kat, who then stomped on it to kill it.
But in the very last panel we learn that it has not been killed, and is alive, and is sitting on Kat's hand, in the dark. This is just a classic "BOO!" cliff-hanger ending to a scary story.


:y::y:

[Gerald]

Thanks, fushing feef.

I have never read the original story. I only got the part of Kat 'learning' a lesson, since that was what a lot of the earlier exposition was about.

I wish they somehow had found a better way to do the ending, apart from that I liked it. Thanks for posting it for free.

[carrie's younger brother]

Okay, massive spoilers here:
At the end, here's what happens to each of the characters:
Rich guy Andrew Newsome has been cured (look at that smile on his face).
The Reverend Rideout has died, presumably heart strain from performing this "exorcism" of sorts.
Kat/Katherine MacDonald, Newsome's nurse, has learned that pain really is real and tangible, in short she has learned that she didn't know everything about pain that she thought she did. She also learned that unreal things can be real. This is the most important character arc of the story!

Jensen (Newsome's personal assistant) has sprayed himself in the eyes with pepper spray.
Melissa had the Little Green God of Agony start to go into her body through her eye, but had it knocked out by Kat, who then stomped on it to kill it.
But in the very last panel we learn that it has not been killed, and is alive, and is sitting on Kat's hand, in the dark. This is just a classic "BOO!" cliff-hanger ending to a scary story.


Got it. Thank you! It's pretty much what I thought. I'm still disappointed by the story though. Fushingfeef, may I ask: did you get this all just from reading the comic or did you read it in short story form as well?

[fushingfeef]

I haven't read the short story, this was all in the comic.

[CCAL]

that was my understanding of the story as well fushingfeef. but I was disappointed in the visual representation of the last panel...but thats just my own thinking and I'm not the expert certainly. it is artistic expression so I cant boo-hoo that. overall I totally enjoyed it

[carrie's younger brother]

I haven't read the short story, this was all in the comic.

Like I said, I got the gist of it. I guess I am not a comic fan...at least beyond Casper, Archie, Richie Rich, etc. :biggrin2:

[MemnochTheDevil]

Thank you!!! I appreciate the thorough synopsis.

[GNTLGNT]

...Bob nailed it, and was much more direct than I-I was attempting to lead the horse to water, so to speak...

[OldDarth]

Yes, thanks Bob. I had pieced it together much as you laid it out. The preacher dying in the midst of all that commotion really muddles the clarity of the ending.

[Todash]

Okay, massive spoilers here:
At the end, here's what happens to each of the characters:
Rich guy Andrew Newsome has been cured (look at that smile on his face).
The Reverend Rideout has died, presumably heart strain from performing this "exorcism" of sorts.
Kat/Katherine MacDonald, Newsome's nurse, has learned that pain really is real and tangible, in short she has learned that she didn't know everything about pain that she thought she did. She also learned that unreal things can be real. This is the most important character arc of the story!

Jensen (Newsome's personal assistant) has sprayed himself in the eyes with pepper spray.
Melissa had the Little Green God of Agony start to go into her body through her eye, but had it knocked out by Kat, who then stomped on it to kill it.
But in the very last panel we learn that it has not been killed, and is alive, and is sitting on Kat's hand, in the dark. This is just a classic "BOO!" cliff-hanger ending to a scary story.


Oh, wait ... I thought (and I read the story before the comic) that Rideout had his own all along and that it came out of him when he died, and that that was the one crawling onto Kat's hand. I couldn't decide if he'd known something like that would happen or not. And now I am not sure what the heck happened. :biggrin2: