Comic #139: Ana Halah Balablah (Patreon)

Originally published: April 20th 2008.

Oh my god, I completely forgot about this comic and I remember creating it like it was yesterday. My favorite thing about this comic is the first 6 panels. It was also my favorite thing at the time of creating it. I think I assumed that the initial joke of this comic was far more relatable then it ended up being. That or I just failed to make it land properly.

The blood elf language was always pronounced by voice actors with a hard American sounding "R" (rhotic R). This made it sound to me like Americans trying to pronounce a non-native language. The fact that it was a fantasy language made the idea that they were "saying it wrong" funnier to me.

Also, that 6th panel is an inside joke between myself and a friend. It's a reference to Star Wars Episode 1, where Anakin is speaking Huttese to Sebulba in a similarly American accent. We used to say different versions to each-other (and still do). SABANGO MANGO DANGO SEBULBA, CHUMBA WUMBA BUMBA SEBULBA, etc. The final like by the NPC is a Klingon greeting.

As to the ACTUAL joke in the comic, many people would be PVP enabled on the Isle of Quel'Danas. They would sit flagged close to the daily quest NPCs and would be accidentally right clicked by poor players trying to accept a quest, and what you see in the comic would literally happen as the guards would attack them.

I'm pretty sure I drew the guard in the second to last panel to look like Cloud from FF7, but I can't be entirely sure.