Gone with the blast wave

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Sniper seems to be the more trained and organised of the two protagonists and often will point out how illogical any suggested plans are, but nonetheless ends up going along with them. While more sane and practical than his counterpart , he still like most of the soldiers in the city has a pessimistic, sarcastic attitude, and will sometimes do reckless things out of boredom. Still, for the most part, he is fairly cautious and is definitely intelligent. He even shows some concern for the lives of other Reds, getting angry at Pyro when it looked like he was being careless with lives of his squad Issue 36 and Issue While he seems more empathetic than Pyro he kills for the "challenge" and openly laughs at a crushed Blue soldier in Issue It was previously believed that Sniper's name is Porter, as seen in Issue 22, however that is false, as the story is not told from Pyro's perspective, and you can see Sniper asking the storyteller if he was sure he knew what he was talking about. The Sniper is quite skilled with his rifle.

Gone with the blast wave

It follows a group of soldiers fighting for reasons they're more than a little hazy about in a ruined city of a post-apocalyptic world. It "is not a very serious comic", having a lot of Black Comedy - the author advises you to "think of it as some kind of a parody" of more serious post-apocalyptic settings. Compare Romantically Apocalyptic. It doesn't update very often at all, but not so much because of Schedule Slip as because the author has decided not to try for a schedule - it's a side-project, and the update arrangements are unashamedly on a "whenever-I-feel-like-it" basis. Was on a hiatus for almost a year, returned with the author promising an update once a month, twice a month if the readers bribe him, then slipped back into hiatus with few sporadic strips since. After the End : The whole setting. Subverted in the April Fool's Day comic, in which it's restricted to only the city which was nuked in Ambiguous Situation : There's a war going on. There are sides fighting each other. We dunno; they just are.

Cloudcuckoolander : Pyro deserves a special mention for qualifying even by the standards of this setting. Pyro : Nope! Join the discussion.

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Sniper seems to be the more trained and organised of the two protagonists and often will point out how illogical any suggested plans are, but nonetheless ends up going along with them. While more sane and practical than his counterpart , he still like most of the soldiers in the city has a pessimistic, sarcastic attitude, and will sometimes do reckless things out of boredom. Still, for the most part, he is fairly cautious and is definitely intelligent. He even shows some concern for the lives of other Reds, getting angry at Pyro when it looked like he was being careless with lives of his squad Issue 36 and Issue While he seems more empathetic than Pyro he kills for the "challenge" and openly laughs at a crushed Blue soldier in Issue It was previously believed that Sniper's name is Porter, as seen in Issue 22, however that is false, as the story is not told from Pyro's perspective, and you can see Sniper asking the storyteller if he was sure he knew what he was talking about. The Sniper is quite skilled with his rifle. In Issue 2, he shoots off a Blue soldier's gas mask hose, then his filter, and then shoots open a drum containing noxious gas just because he was bored and killing the Blue with bullets was too easy.

Gone with the blast wave

Why do we fight? Bored: Sniper gets bored and kills a Blue trooper by shooting his respirator and a nearby gas canister. Pyro beats Snipers 1 min 27 secs by 2 seconds, winning his next lunch. Plane Goes Boom: Sniper shoots a Blue pilot though the head bringing the plane down on a squad below. Laugh at dead people: Sniper promises not to lecture Pyro on morals after laughing at a dead Blue. One of them shoots himself as a "way out". Flawed: The Yellows interrogate Sniper about how to escape the city. They threaten to kill Pyro but Sniper doesn't seem to care. Deux ex machina sic. Rest of the herd: Idaho is believed dead and West orders Charlie to take out the tank.

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War Is Hell : For a few characters, certainly. Crosshairs has his moments of madness but mainly acts as the straight man for Pyro. Another one when the squad discovers a the corpse of a Red which is set up as an Obvious Trap. Body-Count Competition : The Reds appear to be constantly using this as a way to amuse themselves. Similarly, Crosshairs and Pyro are ambushed by 3 Yellows. We don't call them Sniper and Pyro because that would just cause confusion. If you'd like to read, you'll have to go to the Gone with the Blastwave website, which, as the creator begrudgingly admitted updates "never" so it's a pretty short read which is really the only bad thing that can be said about the comic. The soldiers seem to take this sort of attitude towards each other. Turns out they ate a rat.. Pyro replies that the blast radius wouldn't be big enough. We Have Reserves : On a local scale. Behind the Scenes [ ] It was recently confirmed by Morr creator of the comic that Sniper's real name is Porter. Current Wiki. Get Known if you don't have an account.

It follows a group of soldiers fighting for reasons they're more than a little hazy about in a ruined city of a post-apocalyptic world.

Design-wise, using a very limited color palette. Comedic Sociopathy : In fact, if it wasn't for the prominent comedy aspect of the comic, you'd probably say that all characters were sociopathic soldiers. Driven to Suicide : Arguably the one point where it momentarily stops being black comedy and starts becoming a bit depressing. Help center. Post Apocalyptic Gasmask : The setting is pretty apocalyptic radiation and buildings appear to be in a state of disrepair. He wears fuel tanks, has a flame for a helmet insignia, and is mesmerized by the notion of the world burning. Due to the Dead : Subverted Trope. Was on a hiatus for almost a year, returned with the author promising an update once a month, twice a month if the readers bribe him, then slipped back into hiatus with few sporadic strips since. Crosshairs has his moments of madness but mainly acts as the straight man for Pyro. Insert Grenade Here : 52 provides the page picture. Want to read.