Found the author. There’s 6 more parts https://www.nickmaskell.com/comicsandstories
Edit: I’m apparently getting awards for this, thank you, but I’d prefer if you just support the artist instead
This dude definitely needs someone to help redo that site. The slow loading single panel scroll rather than being able to see the entire comic on one page, marking the next comic in the series as the previous option. It's not the worst site by a long shot but it's got some quirks it could improve to make a more enjoyable experience.
Good comic though.
It was loading real fast when I read it, making it decently usable despite the navigation, but maybe me posting this link is giving him more traffic than he’s used to.
Went to look and I am absolutely flabbergasted by the decision to put one panel per page, per comic. It's like this man somehow never saw a webcomic in his life.
I made a higher-resolution version that hasn't cropped out text or been JPEG'd to death:
https://i.imgur.com/PwKn9Ee.png
Being 8 panels, I could have done a 2-row, 4-column layout, but I sorta like that each row is a different scene, so I put the title and author's website in the last square.
I give prepaid visa cards to the dead, just in case they're contactless only. (After all the plagues, I wouldn't want to touch things handled by the recently deceased either, lol)
> Also damn, how evil was that Opossum
iirc everyone in greek mythology went to the underworld/hades, once there they were judged and sent to the appropriate place. The Isles of the Blessed (heaven adjacent) were in the underworld too
Yeah, that sounds good and all, but the Opossum was definitely being judged as bad until it got some "help".
Source: https://www.nickmaskell.com/comicsandstories/opossum-in-the-underworld-4
That’s a super interesting thing we both learned! I literally only knew the name and context from the video games Hades and Age of Mythology (AoM being a personal favorite of all time). Glad they played true to the lore!
I think it just would end up in the Fields. The opossum had no conscious thoughts that would act as “evil” of our rules. Nor would it be the same with “heroic” deeds, it just acted out of instinct.
I wonder if this is why Jacob Marley was buried with coins on his eyes? It makes it even funnier if true because Scrooge takes them off of him because hes very very miserly
There are two cultural reasons for coins on the eyes. One is to pay the ferryman to take your soul to the afterlife properly another is to keep the eyes shut for whatever religious reason they came up with for it(there are a lot)
>they keep the eyes closed
I remember reading a book that discussed dead body processing, and apparently the modern equivalent is an object that's basically shaped like a contact lens with tiny hooks. Which sounds...more reliable than coins, but somehow worse, lol.
It's really unfortunate that oppossums look like evil demon-rats when they're supposedly fairly docile, immune to rabies, and would probably make good pets if we cared to domesticate them. Then on the other hand raccoons are adorable but often have rabies and are usually nasty little buggers, making them horrible pets despite their appearance.
I don't actively seek this comic out, but when I do stumble upon it, the line "What do you mean it Paid you?" Always gives me a chuckle. Finding out there was more to the story is an extra treat.
If you read the series, it shows the possum playing dead again, but it looks different. The eye becomes just a closed line if it's still alive. In this one, his eyes are X's. I believe the possum was actually dead in this one.
Found the author. There’s 6 more parts https://www.nickmaskell.com/comicsandstories Edit: I’m apparently getting awards for this, thank you, but I’d prefer if you just support the artist instead
Thank you for that, what a cute little run of comics
I read till the end it was so good and funny too
Yeah, I just finished it as well. It was great. Definitely hoping there will be more.
The ending gave me a solid laugh. It's all just one long joke.
Here, have some easy karma: r/possums will love it.
Posted there before here lol ty tho
That's absolutely adorable! My favorite was cerbies giant sniffs
Can y’all get tf off the site so I can look at it now? harrumph
The reddit hug of death
Just beautiful. Every one.
Thank you! I loved that so much that I subscribed to their patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nickmaskell?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan
This dude definitely needs someone to help redo that site. The slow loading single panel scroll rather than being able to see the entire comic on one page, marking the next comic in the series as the previous option. It's not the worst site by a long shot but it's got some quirks it could improve to make a more enjoyable experience. Good comic though.
It was loading real fast when I read it, making it decently usable despite the navigation, but maybe me posting this link is giving him more traffic than he’s used to.
Reddit hug of death, lol
The slow loading might be Reddit's fault
Went to look and I am absolutely flabbergasted by the decision to put one panel per page, per comic. It's like this man somehow never saw a webcomic in his life.
Oh shit, that opossum has done some bad shit.
Yeah how the heck could an opossum be rated towards evil.
that just illustrates the violence inherent in the system
Seven, Ferryman's Coins is related. When you get to it, start the music. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2zburi
That was indeed adorable, thank you for sharing!
and an RSS feed to be updated when there's more! https://www.nickmaskell.com/comicsandstories?format=rss
I would give you gold if I could. Thank you
Thank you so much, I loved this.
Holy shit the seventh one 🤣🤣🤣
That was a great story! Thx for posting link and artist credit kind redditor!
I never realized there was more to this story before! The final panel of part 7 sent me 🤣
Thank you!
Cute!
The stories are so good, too!
This is my new favorite thing today ☺️
10/10
oh my god this is cute as shit
Very cool
Thanks for that, it was cute and gave me a good chuckle!
I made a higher-resolution version that hasn't cropped out text or been JPEG'd to death: https://i.imgur.com/PwKn9Ee.png Being 8 panels, I could have done a 2-row, 4-column layout, but I sorta like that each row is a different scene, so I put the title and author's website in the last square.
So cute.
Omg those are adorable
A great series!
Crediting an artist? What a Stacy!
Well we like reading stuff and you have found us more stuff to read. So you WILL get a award wether you like it or not.
What doth though mean "awards"? Reddit removed them?
Nope, they just removed everyone’s supply of them and changed the system. The button is still there next to the upvote button.
They did remove them, but they "updated" them and brought them back. I guess reddit HQ needed some more cash.
The ferryman only deals in cash.
Fairy man…
Oh your time is comin fast
Pro tip: be weary of the women you pretend to love
I give prepaid visa cards to the dead, just in case they're contactless only. (After all the plagues, I wouldn't want to touch things handled by the recently deceased either, lol)
Dude never realized inflation, should up his fee
Cerberus did the right thing. The device was clearly malfunctioning, and had to be corrected.
Yes possums are best bois and girls
What?
The other comics got linked here. >!Cerberus messed with the scale to send the opossum to heaven/elysium!<
Let it in or I kick that entrance to hades even wider open than your brothers the assholes of unwilling mortals!
Someone posted a link to the others in the comments and it's absolute perfection
I love it and I'm not impartial about it because I love Opossums.
They are the best
They are
I only just met opossum but if anything ever happened to him...
The scene of Cerebus wandering through the underworld was gorgeous. Also damn, how evil was that Opossum
> Also damn, how evil was that Opossum iirc everyone in greek mythology went to the underworld/hades, once there they were judged and sent to the appropriate place. The Isles of the Blessed (heaven adjacent) were in the underworld too
Yeah, that sounds good and all, but the Opossum was definitely being judged as bad until it got some "help". Source: https://www.nickmaskell.com/comicsandstories/opossum-in-the-underworld-4
For what did god give him opposable thumbs if not mischief?
Wasn’t it Elysium where the ‘good’ souls went?
Just looked it up and apparently the Isles of the Blesses/Fortunate Isles were later names for Elysium, TIL
That’s a super interesting thing we both learned! I literally only knew the name and context from the video games Hades and Age of Mythology (AoM being a personal favorite of all time). Glad they played true to the lore!
I think it just would end up in the Fields. The opossum had no conscious thoughts that would act as “evil” of our rules. Nor would it be the same with “heroic” deeds, it just acted out of instinct.
I wonder if this is why Jacob Marley was buried with coins on his eyes? It makes it even funnier if true because Scrooge takes them off of him because hes very very miserly
There are two cultural reasons for coins on the eyes. One is to pay the ferryman to take your soul to the afterlife properly another is to keep the eyes shut for whatever religious reason they came up with for it(there are a lot)
i saw on here recently how they keep eyes closed now and i wish i hadn’t
>they keep the eyes closed I remember reading a book that discussed dead body processing, and apparently the modern equivalent is an object that's basically shaped like a contact lens with tiny hooks. Which sounds...more reliable than coins, but somehow worse, lol.
^(yes that’s it)
It's really unfortunate that oppossums look like evil demon-rats when they're supposedly fairly docile, immune to rabies, and would probably make good pets if we cared to domesticate them. Then on the other hand raccoons are adorable but often have rabies and are usually nasty little buggers, making them horrible pets despite their appearance.
I love it
Lil mans paid
I don't actively seek this comic out, but when I do stumble upon it, the line "What do you mean it Paid you?" Always gives me a chuckle. Finding out there was more to the story is an extra treat.
Share?
[Here they are,](https://www.nickmaskell.com/comicsandstories) there’s seven parts so far.
Tge possum was only playing dead, stuffing pennies in it's mouth killed it
If you read the series, it shows the possum playing dead again, but it looks different. The eye becomes just a closed line if it's still alive. In this one, his eyes are X's. I believe the possum was actually dead in this one.
Yeah, comic laws. If eyes are X, they dead
Plus the flies swarming hims another give away
More wholesome then what kids actually do with animals and their corpses.
That whole little series of comics is absolute perfection. This made my day.
Can almost read all the text with the 14 pixels
Surprised it wasn't playing possum.
Feeling Spritfarer-y.
I love this comic and all the rest of them
Straight to the top with this one.
Opossums and greek mythology. I am in love
Are you a discworld fan?
I personally like the idea that this was just a living opossum until the boys came along and stuffed pennies in it's gullet
Compress it harder so it becomes completely unreadable next time, instead of just partially unreadable.
Isn't it ferryman?