Standing Oration
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January 20th, 2010

Standing Oration

Alternate Title: ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’

42 Abominable Comments!

  1. Dan

    I do like that cat with the squishy face. And looking forward to someday seeing this cowardly prince!

  2. Taylor

    Am I not humble?
    Oh wait.

    Can’t wait to actually see the prince.

  3. noah

    so confused

  4. Joe D.

    He… He scared the kitties -_-

  5. Twilite

    I want to shnuggle the fat one. He sho fat. =) Love the update as usual!

  6. Tigerlady

    Ooooh this made me laugh. And yay for seeing the kitties again! I’m mildly confused, but intensely curious to see this king. I’d like to see how this “tell me you love me!” part will go with his citizens. Quite well, I’m sure. Excellent as always, Karl!

  7. speedwell

    He’s not fat. Long-haired cats sit like that and they look like little shag untrussed chickens. :)

  8. arkady62

    Prince John? He just needs a little love…

  9. Snowpea

    Insecure King is insecure… LOL

  10. i-hate-socks

    this strip doesn’t displease me!

  11. Shadowclad

    Splendid portfolio you must have. Animals. And architecture.
    This story is starting to simmer – can’t wait for the reveal(s).

  12. Kar

    Part of me wants to know what city this is in so I can move there and live in a classic Greek temple. The more rational side wouldn’t want a ‘king’ that nuts. Or a palatial castle wtih such bad security. Seriously, those could be kitties with laser beams on their heads or in their mouths!

  13. Marina

    Love the feline political commentary! Cats rule!
    Maybe not, but in this city it might be an improvement.

  14. Cesare

    I love cats, or . . . do I hate them? I have 3 and it seems to be a daily thing . . . y’know, whether one of them is snuggling with me while I watch Lost or if I stepped in some little cat token left behind early in the morning . . .nice strip btw . . .

  15. Matt

    This update… PLEASES me.

  16. Razor

    Gulp. Something tells me that Hanish is *skkkkkkkt*

    I love the 4th panel, though, where the cats are looking at each other like “What the?”

  17. jon

    Oh, but you ARE great, karl!

  18. Adriano1977

    Boy, I’ve been waiting for this follow-up for forever, and had been wondering if you’d forgotten all about it since when you expressed your new year proposition’s for this strip, Mr Kerschl: Happy happy happy to see you delivered! If I am not mistaken, this will someday tie into the prophecy Charles was told a long, long time ago! I’m enjoying all about this strip, and may I take the chance to beg for a new Charles squishy… ?
    :-)

  19. Lyon

    AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!

  20. lancol

    Nice job. These are great; Keep up the great work!

  21. brightshade

    And you got their ears so perfectly — listening to the king in panel 3, and then each other and then flying back as his majesty loses it…

  22. noah40

    the abominable charles christopher, with apologies to gary trudeau?
    it’s still my favorite webcomic :)

  23. John K

    He sounds like my kind of king… One from the Mel Brooks school!

    I also just love the cats, cant wait to see more out of them.

  24. Nigel-63

    … thank you Karl, just brilliant – set up, pacing, design – lovely… (oh, and now I feel a ‘man-crush’ coming on)…

  25. Rob T

    This king sounds like a Grade A jerk.

  26. Esn

    Somehow, this reminds me of Charles II of Spain (the ultimate tragic example of genetically inbred, pampered, unfit royalty):
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain

  27. McGehee

    This could be getting a little too close to contemporary domestic politics. Fortunately, the prince could be just about any modern politician.

  28. Maxine

    Even the ever-egotistical cats feel that they have nothing on that speech.

  29. Matt

    Hilarious.

  30. Jonboy

    I cant help but think the king is going to be a very obnoxious, chubby little boy.

  31. Argent Stonecutter

    AUGH. Those jump-cuts kill me. What’s happening to CC?

  32. Tomas

    Greatest. Strip. Ever.

    Great that you retook the cats-on-ledge-and-spoiled-somebody thread.

    That’s Hagia Sophia, no? Excellent, excellent…

  33. Niroot

    I’m also very intrigued by where this city might be roughly set. The architecture does have a Byzantine appearance. :D

    Another wonderful instalment. :D

  34. Garrett Williams

    What did the patron say after strangling the bartender?
    “His draft… DISPLEASED me.”

  35. Argent Stonecutter

    A priest, a rabbi, and a lawyer walk into a bar…

  36. Sarah

    I was just rereading the archives the other day and it’s amazing how much I’ve forgotten of the story. I didn’t realize this city was the one the lion referred to when giving Charles his quest, or this is the prince/king whose name he needs to get. I’m extremely curious how the humans will be handled, since so far they’ve never been fully shown aside from a shadow and whatever they leave behind. I’m also curious why the prince’s speech bubbles are square while everyone else’s are round. At first I thought it was a difference between a human speaking and an animal speaking but it doesn’t seem to be the case. I wonder too just where this city is, since it seems kind of Middle Eastern but so many of the animals that are nearby aren’t from that climate, unless it’s just an imaginary city. Very curious!

    I also love the cats. :D

    I’ve never commented before but I’ve been reading for a long time and it wasn’t till I reread the archives that I realized how wonderful and brilliant the whole comic, art and story included, really is. Thanks so much for making it! I absolutely can’t wait for more. :)

  37. Denaya

    Hanish has failed me for the last time ….

  38. Ali S.

    Ah, now we get to see the king…who wants to reign supreme over all man and creature…look at CHARLES!!! O_o

  39. Ardid

    Thank you. Your comic is amazing!

  40. Ruby

    haha! “Pfft please.” Great.

  41. nelvin

    hahahaha`i need a oration

  42. gizelle

    ang tanga m nmn walang kwenta ang binigay m bobo

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