September 10th, 2008
A Mother’s Intuition
Years ago, when I was a child, I remember being home from school during a snow storm. My mother became very agitated suddenly, pacing around and looking out the window. A few minutes later the phone rang; my dad had been in a car accident. He was thankfully unhurt, but since that time I’ve never doubted my mother’s instincts. Now, any time I’m worried about someone in my family I’ll just look to my mother. If she doesn’t seem worried then I know everything is okay.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Oh, wow. That’s not really what I was expecting, but… it seems right.
…I don’t know how to say it. This strip, and this comic in general, has the magic, indefinable ‘it’, and LOTS of it.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
My mother passed away 3 years ago, a week after my wedding, 2 days after i got back from my honeymoon and 6 weeks after being diagnosed. Up until she found out from the Dr. that she had a very short time to live, she all gave us hope that she was going to pull through. To this day, I think she knew from the start that she wasn’t going to make it…. But she wanted to make sure that she didn’t take away from the family celebrations….. Mother’s are wonderful! Thanks for such a great strip.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
So something in fact DID happen to townsen.
Oh no, do I have to wait to find out? Of course… :’(
I have to say, since I found this comic it consumes me more and more… I can’t continue my week until I read the ACC update.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Mother’s intuition is the strangest of phenomenons. On my worst days, mine will still call me on the phone, somehow knowing I need cheering up.
I hope Townsend shares the same outcome as your thankfully unhurt father.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
SUSSSSSSSSSPENSSEEE!!!!!!!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Oh no.. I hope it isn’t something terrible..
He is such a happy chatterbox character. :)
September 10th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Isn’t this beautiful? The drawings, the story, the nature? I can’t believe we can have this site to come back and get a piece of beauty each week. Thank you. From Spain, too.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Wow…
That hit me really hard for a web comic. I now once again can’t wait for next week’s update.
At the same time… I don’t want it to come. I’m going to be denying the inevitable for the next seven days.
~ Josh
September 10th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Mother’s Intuition. Can’t beat it.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
No! OMG why?! You’re killing me Smalls!
Also, I love the art of this strip <3
September 10th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
beautiful karl. danger, foreboding, beauty, sweetness all rolled into one.
as androc said, tacc has definitely got “it.”
great see you this weekend chum!
September 10th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Karl – great art and story line – you just keep bringing it . Until next week – ???
September 10th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
NO! TOWNSEN! ;-;
“Something’s happened to my Son.”
Maybe… maybe it was a Ice-cream! Yeah! Icecream happened to Townsen, yeah…
September 10th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
The power of a mothers mind is a devine thing indeed! Great work and great message my friend!!
September 11th, 2008 at 12:50 am
I am totally getting ready to boycott this strip.
Not really, but still. You don’t mess with the little fox, you just don’t! IT WOULD NOT BE NICE, YOU SEE!
September 11th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Her eyes are amazingly sad, and it’s beautiful.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:52 am
Burn her! BUUUUURRRRNNNNN HER!!!
September 11th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Maybe he just got the beJEEZUS scared out of him, and it’s sending her all kinds of crazy signals. You never know.
September 11th, 2008 at 7:02 am
beautiful and heart wrenching.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:29 am
… My mother has no such instincts. ^^; So I’m guessing neither do I.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:35 am
OH.
NO.
my gut just dropped. my eyes are hot.
this strip is too good, Karl.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Chills … I got chills with that last panel.
Not Townsen please …
September 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
if you’ve let anything happen to that dear sweet townsend, the mothers of the world are going to get you…
September 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Stupid comic… making me cry. Just lucky i’m not at work, and my girlfriend is upstairs…
Thank you Karl, this whole comic is beautiful and it’s an amazing gift that you bring us along to experience it.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
NOOOO TOWNSEN! If anything bad has happened to him, I’ll… I’ll… I don’t know what I’ll do…
September 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
A thought just occured to me… what if it ISN’T Townsen’s mother, what if it is another snow-fox family…
…what if.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I’ve known about TACC for a while but just got around to reading it today, and now I’m beating myself around the head for not reading it sooner! The poignancy of this comic leaves me speechless, and it has quickly become one of my favorites. Thank you.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hey, I just found this comic today, started at the beginning, read the entire thing, and I just wanted you to know, I am totally addicted. I can’t wait to see how this ends.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
What a touching story about your mother. <3
I hope Townsen is okay. Hurry with the next comic or the hordes will go insane!
September 11th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Madam, I may have questionable morals, but I am certainly, NOT a whore!
Oh … hordes … never mind …
I keep coming back to read this one. And every time I get a little misty-eyed when I get to that last panel. Heart-breaking.
Well done Karl! (Oh, and awesome job on Teen Titans Year One. That last issue was fantastic!).
September 11th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Father isn’t called Robert, is he? As in Robert and Clara Schumann?
What do you mean you don’t know who they are…
September 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
wow. this gave me goosebumps. seriously. this strip is so good. i can’t wait for next week, and i’m hoping that Townsen is ok…
September 11th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
“BANG!”
Surprise!
Icecream for Townsen! Yaaaay!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
A “holy” book is not the source of goodness. Nor is any god. The connection of a mother to a child, that is where goodness comes from. Because that is where the first unconditional caring comes from. If you take away the mother from a child then you take away it’s reason to be good to others. and if the mother doesn’t care, then the mother doesn’t care. and the child has that much less to look forward to. Or that much less to concern itself with caring.
Lovely the serial, Karl. Totally splendid.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Everyone assumes something happened to Townsen, but he has brothers right? I mean, sure, something could have happened to Townsen, but I seem to recall he ran into his brothers and then they were gone…. Maybe I just don’t want anything to happen to Townsen.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Wow, as always.
September 13th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Noooo! Townsen! You are breaking my heart, Karl.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:40 am
I discovered TACC this weekend and I’ve already introduced it to a handful of friends and can’t wait for this Wednesday’s comic. Thank you, Karl, for this amazing work. I would gladly pay for a publication of this work, and I am considering purchasing a print as soon as I can afford to.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
No, no, no, NO! The hunter was only a shadow in background. Us humans have such sh**ty eyesight, and Townsen must have seen him before he saw Townsen! A-and everything’s going to be OK, right? T_T
September 15th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Just do us all a favor and seriously damage whoever hurt Townsen Okay. Don’t wimp out and be afraid to hurt your evil creation.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I find it fascinating that you have captured people enough (myself included) that the mere thought of a character (you have only had appear what….less than a dozen times? maybe 8?) being in trouble has caused this much emotion.
I hate you Karl, draggin me into loving this and then making me wait a week to continue the story…course even if you did daily’s I would still be chock full of suspense. I hope you come down towards Pennsylvania so I can meet you sometime.
September 20th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
In your story about your own mother’s intuition, you mention that your father was “thankfully unhurt.” Please, please please let the same be true for our little Townsen… I don’t think we’d survive the heartbreak. :(
September 25th, 2008 at 3:38 am
i dunno where id be w/ out my mama
September 30th, 2008 at 12:57 am
There was a night the summer before I went to college where the fire alarm went off in my friends apartment building. We were outside for a while and I didn’t get home until much later than I’d planned. I walked in the door to find my mother awake. “Is everything alright? I woke to bells ringing.”
Just discovered the comic today. Wonderful.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:44 am
ooooh!mama wolf :>