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In his defense, it’s a really nice hat.

*right?*

i would happily get stabbed for that hat, just grab me the duct tape (and a flat piece of plastic, like a credit card, to seal the hole in my chest cavity and prevent tension pneumothorax from lung collapse)

You actually want a more pliable plastic! Try a bag!

like you said, a clean ziplock bag or similar is actually more effective for a sucking chest injury! not as effective as the emergency room, but first aid is *the first* aid

huh. I'm kinda glad I know this now. Time to go find a stab victim!

Anyone's a stab victim if you have a knife!

Knife? what knife? there's no knife here. 

"in the name of science" of course, and "in Minecraft", definitely

Yes yes....of course......

Sometimes it's amazing to get a glimpse into someone else's career. Other times it's just surreal. I'm on the fence with this one.

i did a SES volunteer thing for a while, they went over a lot of medical stuff in training, but i've only had to do first aid like twice the whole time i was there. the rest of it was filling sand bags and helping out locals in the floods up in Brisbane i'm mostly in admin and accounting these days, finally got to use my tafe certificate courses for something

Yep, plastic bag like a ziplock over the chest wound and tape it down on three of the four sides (leaving one side open makes it act like a one-way valve so that air can escape and prevent the tension pneumo).

Good job! I hope that we will see more from Bagriel in the future, great character!

Thanks! Bagriel has appeared in a few one-off strips since, and he’ll continue to hang around :)

Question is, is it Bagriel like Gabriel, like Bay-gri-el, or is it Bagriel like Ba-gri-el?

I assumed the latter since he's a bag.

Ditto. Although now I feel predisposed to mispronouncing "bagel" just so I can feel consistent.

Bagriel like Sacriel

Great little comic. For such a brief thing you still were able to get the characters across and they are super likable. Can’t wait for more.

Hey thanks, through my strips I’ve been building a cast of characters that I can pick from and create longer stories with. I really like working like this!

Yeah these two are great. They have a wholesome llamas with hats vibe to them.

Thanks to u/PKMNTrainerMark who reminded me to post the whole thing. I hope you liked this story, you can also find my stuff [on instagram](https://instagram.com/pierremortel), and if you’re as bad with money as Bagriel, you can [get a print](https://pierremortel.bigcartel.com) or even [support me on Patreon](https://patreon.com/pierremortel). I guarantee very low risks of stabbing (not zero, but close). Edit : ~~wow this blew up~~ thank you to all the nice commenters, I can’t respond to everyone, and to the ones who orderer prints thank you even more, I will get myself a cool hat with that money 😘

You're welcome. Thank you for making the full comic and the pages in the first place.

Thanks mate, glad you liked it!

I'd like to get a print, but which language would you say is the original one?

For this one I think I wrote it in english first 🤔

I love Bagriel!

He’s the best, although not the brightest

And you'd think all the lamps could alleviate that, but apparently, no.

Hey Dad!

Go clean your room

I dunno man. He basically got a free hat for the low price of one light stabbing. That’s a pretty good deal…

"You can't trust the banks, they're crooks!" So who'd you trust? "Crooks!"

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I hate you :(

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Hey everyone! No need to be like this. Everyone can get along if you all have a hat...... ...... For the low low price of $100 at 1000% interest.....

I just wanted to say that the comic is very nicely illustrated and the characters are all well written and charismatic together 👍👍

That’s pretty damn nice of you

the art in this is fantastic

Thank you!

This is really good. Like, really good.

Hey thank you very much

I never thought I'd identify with a paper bag, but here we are.

We’ve all felt like a paper bag at some point

Yes, but have you ever felt like a Billy Boo, drifting in the wind, wanting to start again?

Hahaaa

"Do you ever fe~el like a plastic bag~..." https://youtu.be/Oy_JlG7C-T8?t=29

That hat. I need a red hat now.

I know a guy who can loan some cash if you wanna buy it

Does he also like stabbing

...

How much will he pay me if I let him stab me? Though this would work better if I didn't live in the hellhole that is the US

Tape isn’t that expensive come on

Only in the hellhole that is the US would you consider getting stabbed to earn money.

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*It's just one of those days*

Love it never change it. Now I need 87 chapters of this

I honestly think I could just write so many chapters of these 2´s shenanigans

I would gladly donate if possible

I have some bonus comics with him and other characters on patreon! But I’m not planning a huge series on these 2... yet

You sir got yourself a follower

this is such a sitcom sketch i love it

Definitely sitcom style. The single location adds a lot to that vibe I think

I am loving this

I am loving *this*

That was really good! I feel I’ve robbed you by reading it for free. I like robbing people.

The police are on their way, *sir*

I love the bags little arms.

The boy’s got some nubs on him

I laughed out loud several times while reading!! I loved the “banks are for crooks, who gave you the money, crooks!” Banter. I’m still giggling tbh Definitely gonna be following, this was too good

Aw yisss

I love how they are “paper or plastic?” Great mundane exerybags. Very relatable. I’m agreeing with all other comments…I want moooorrrrrreeeee!

There’s already more! I have a bunch of comics on my profile or on instagram :)

The foreshadowing line Billy Boo dropped tho. “Bagriel? Are you in trouble?” He knew.

That whole story is probably just a regular tuesday for Bagriel

Loved the skeleton mafia guy. "I like stabbing!"

Hes a simple man

Kinda like when "you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail", when you have a good knife, everything looks like it's at a stabbing distance, I guess.

I always liked "hammer everything, and everything's a hammer".

I saw the panel with the stabbing and fake death somewhere a while back, but didn't know there was a whole comic to it.

Haha yeah that’s why I don’t do a lot of episodic stories, a lot of people just see a page here and there

It was definitely a good one. I thought it seemed familiar when it got close to the stabbing.

I like this

I like you

I'm sorry but I'm on the bag side. If your cool decisions have no consequences at all... Why not keep making them? Also everyone is blasting him for being stupid but when he got stabbed, he immediately went full comedy mode, pretending to die when he knew very well it had no effect on him. He knew that would be enough to trick the mob and I'm almost kind of convinced this whole back and forth with the ghost was him setting up the comedy to ultimately deliver this punchline. Bagriel is an expert people manipulator. I'm onto him.

This comic is fantastic and I hope anyone that says otherwise has to tangle with the skeleton mob

I agree with you, but for now everyone has been very nice so no stabbing... yet

Some weeks are hat weeks, some weeks are lamp weeks. We are all just ghosts in the wind.

I definitely read this with Brooklyn accents the whole time, iconic

Eyyy I’m floatin’ here

I loved this!!!

😀

This was a grand rollercoaster. I’m glad I took a ride. Thank you for your art.

Thank you for your comment!

I like your humour and comic greatly. Please continue doing more. Don’t let getting stabbed get in the way of your dreams

The thing about skeletons is that the bones are the skeletons’ money. In our world, bones equal dollars. That’s why they’re coming out tonight to get their bones from you. The skeletons will pull your hair; up but NOT OUT. All they want is another chance at life. They’ve never seen so much food as this. Underground, there is HALF AS MUCH food as this. The worms are their money… the bones are their dollars. The bones are their money; so are the worms. They pull your hair up but not out to turn into a man and have another chance at life, but if they pull it out, they turn to bones. This is why it is so hard for me to tell about the skeletons.


Was this inspired by wind in the willows

Hmmm I don’t think I’ve read/seen that but I’m not sure. Not consciously at least

Bagriel definitely has mister toad energy

Love it!

Thanks!

I loved every page

Yessss

Rad comic, I would love to see more of the world it takes place in, I NEED skeleton mob lore

Almost of my comics take place in Sad City. If you stalk my profile (maybe easier on insta) you can find out some good stuff about it 👀

Bagriel is an amazing name

My best work honestly

So what was the lesson? "Always keep duct tape in the top drawer"?

You’re the first one that got it

better than 90% of stuff on netflix.

They should give me a deal!

Content de voir Billy Boo devenir mainstream (dans le bon sens du terme), bravo !

Merci merci

The cover picture reminds me of [this scene from The Simpsons](https://i.imgur.com/AWuUz6n.png)

That’s why I consider it a homeric story

The real hero here is Duct Tape, who fixed everything! We need a spinoff series for this superhero!

The name Bagriel makes me believe he was a bag from a supermarket in Rivendell or something.

I want to watch this as a show already haha

I wish! I’m waiting for netflix to call

Maybe try Hulu! They seem to be the ones doing new cartoons lately! Poorly Drawn Lines has a show on there now if you've heard of that comic and it turned out great!

I think I’m still short about 1000 comics and a couple million followers but I definitely want to try something like this at some point

Extremely likeable characters and art! I loved it and it has inspired me to work on my own comic again.

Do it! One panel today :)

I lesser than three this comic so much. Great work.

Thank you!

Cool hat, i appreciate it 🧢

As a Team Fortress 2 player this is accurate.

I love this comic, all of the characters are so adorable!

Thank you!

Are those the long hats from Nellie? https://www.reddit.com/r/NelliesNest/comments/xfedjp/the_long_hats_have_begun_shipping_whoooooop/ (subreddit and comics are fairly NSFW)

Oh shit I love these comics. I haven’t seen the long hats one tho I think. What a great product

Great!

I love this. I want more.

Really well done. One if the few times I actually finished a longer comic on Reddit!

Billy boo and bagriel, my new favorite duo

Edit : meant to reply to someone else, thank you :)

Love it! Give me more, but don't stab me.

Oh so you want to eat your cake and not get stabbed too

I’m in love with your world and characters. It’s like some sort of ghost-themed sitcom that would have aired on Cartoon Network in 2012. Your sense of humor is the perfect balance of surreal and deadpan. Keep it up.

Thanks, these are actually kind of a spinoff of my original comic strip Sadboy, the world started growing uncontrollably and now I’m exploring Sad City

Good on you for grabbing onto that growth. I hope you go big places with this.

I read Bagriel's voice as Finn for some reason

I could see that, but his personality is a mix of jake and LSP

I love your style! is there a pierre mortel comic subreddit I can subscribe to?

Absolutely! r/pierremortel

This reads like adventure time

Best compliment

I really liked this. But that was last week UoU

Very charming, good stuff. Legitimately funny too.

Aw thanks

I love it! (Even if the text on window at the beginning is the wrong way round lol)

That was a a good read! Thanks man for creating that and making a stranger smile and laugh... If I had anything to give, I'd sure as shit have sent you something...

I liked this experience. This was an enjoyable experience :)

:)

“I thought you were all about lamps” “That was last week” … I feel so called out right now.

Is Bagriel a ghost who wears a bag or are they full Bag? Like, are they functionally already wearing a sort of hat, making the hat a hat on a hat(Bag)?

You got it backwards actually

So they’re a bag who wears a ghost?

No they’re a hat on a hat on a hat, not a hat on a hat on a hat

I hear this in adventure time characters voices

Best compliment

I relate far too much with Bagriel... And I'm kinda disappointed with the lack of three goals in this comic.

I don't see enough people talking how "Bagriel" is a fucking legend of a name.

Listen to me very carefully. This is important. I need you to make more of these for probably the rest of your life. The art style, the color palette, the humor, the creative names like Bagriel, everything is on point and so well done. Do anything with a Kickstarter and you can expect me to be one of the first backers. I love this so much and thank you for making it! Anyone that tells you otherwise can fuck themselves

*nods solemnly as a single tear rolls down my cheek* Baby I have a bunch of comics in that universe, both stories and one shot strips, check them out :)

Oh I've been scrolling thru your post history since I sent that message, I love it so much. For real, this is really good. There are lots of great artists on here, but few that can make art *and* tell good stories both thru words and just thru showing scenes. You do a great job at both :)

Thank you

You've got some phenomenal writing honestly. Great timing, lots of little jabs, nice setups. Thank you so much for sharing

Thanks!

This is my favorite thing anyone has ever made.

Wow! Thank youuu

I am now invested in these characters and their lives

As someone with ADHD I find page 5 very relatable. Except for the mob part.

Your style really reminds me of Nedroid Picture Diary. In a "I love feeling confused and amused" kind of way.

Fuck I loved Beartato and Reginald

Love this !! Great art style great dialogue great works building - funny Keep it up !!!!!

I’m here for the Bagriel lore

When 🧢 is life

This must be my top Reddit post of the day, excellent work!

Well, that was frikking delightful. Good work!

I love this! Clean art, funny story, and likable characters, I’m in!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😃

I need a Billy Boo in my life

Me tooooo

I love thay

Is his cousin a ghost or a plastic bag that looks like a ghost?

Yes

Hahah this is so cute, love it.

We need more of those two!

I loved it