140: Kent Montana and the Reasonably Invisible Man Lionel Fenn

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He's out of sight...and out of his mind!

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Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

A funny one! Are you not amused? ARE YOU NOT AMUSED?!

X-Rachel

Zero Zeller

FancyShark

Kirkie is a name you give to a pet turtle you keep in a bathtub

gellaho

Would it help to know that he is dead?

FancyShark

Good

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

It brings me some comfort, yes

gellaho

You'll notice "comedy" is not listed as a specialty

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Ladies and Gentlemen, and those that lieth betwixt..........We got him.

gellaho
FancyShark

If Jim Henson and Mr. Food had a baby

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Looks like he wrote a lot of licensed tie-in novels

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

That picture makes him look like hes about to do LSD and jack off in the desert to summon a new girlfriend.

FancyShark

Nothing as illustrious as the Wild Wild West novelization

gellaho

Another person with long plans, afraid of Kent Montana

gellaho
FancyShark

Do barons do that?

X-Rachel

Is he literally a baron too..?

gellaho

Yes

FancyShark

He's a Scottish lord

X-Rachel

Okay i guess

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

The one I keep beside my bed to make me feel like a genius every morning by comparison? No, nothing that good

gellaho

Excuse me?

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

What

Fucking Americans trying to write British humor

FancyShark

You can't hide behind British-isms with that one, Lionel

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Okay if you werent dead, Lionel, I would kill you for that. Not just being mean to Willie Nelson but also the homophobic slur.

X-Rachel

sigh

gellaho

Milo them gets an erection

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

I bet Willie Nelson could kick your ass, he knows martial arts.

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

I bet Willie Nelson as he is right now could kick Lionel's ass

gellaho

Gretchen, aka slut #2, also went to Yemen

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Especially as Lionel is right now.

gellaho

Where she saw Elvis or something

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Good news, Lionel wrote a book about how to write good

My bet is Paul, because it's 1991 and Lionel wants to be British so much

FancyShark

I really forgot how loathsome all of Lionel's characters can be

gellaho

Kirkie needs her stuff

X-Rachel

I want this

In an ideal world that book wouldn't exist but i would somehow have a copy

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Look, Milo. Sometimes you have a cocaine girlfriend, and thats fine. But you have to know when to let go and find a non cocaine girlfriend, someone who likes you for reasons other than "You have cocaine."

OR just a different girl that likes cocaine.

There are lots.

FancyShark

Some are even named something other than "Kirkie"

gellaho

Kent Montana deals with a mom bomb

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

I know its a real hassle to find one that likes cocaine and dislikes paying for it enough to bone down, but thats the price you pay for being a shithead.

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

That was almost comedy

Maybe

Good job Lionel

FancyShark

Lionel even ruins a Looney Tunes premise like "mother trying to blow up son"

gellaho

Writing.

Is hard.

X-Rachel

You fool, you just invented Don diebel

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Don Diebel doesnt have cocaine.

Hes too cheap.

gellaho

Alex Scarrow brought in to guest write this chapter

gellaho

You don't have to read it, just be aware of the length

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Eat a whole fucking barrel of asses.

gellaho

I can tell you what happened: a woman almost got attacked by the invisible man

Rivetingstuff

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

REASONABLY invisible no less.

gellaho

Next chapter, Lizzy Howgath, the older woman with an undefined secret, is accosted by a gasp American

GDC

An American who says mayhaps is the most dangerous kind

gellaho

Dove

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Shut the fuck up Lionel.

Shut the fuck up. Dove?

gellaho

Lionel gets distracted before actually telling the reader anything

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

The bastard, dinner? WITH HIS WIFE?!

Tom, Boy Detective (Retired)

lol I think I'm glad I'm missing this one

gellaho

Back to the bar, where the policewoman walks up to him. There's also something very strange about a ladel

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Was...........that a sexual thing or just a cooking thing? Lionel, im so confused.

FancyShark

Hi, @Tom, Boy Detective (Retired) !

gellaho

She tells him that her feet hurt for some reason

X-Rachel

His mother was expert in artillery and poisons but very ignorant of cooking implements.

gellaho

Then the lights go out and someone screams again

Tom, Boy Detective (Retired)

Hey everyone sausage doesn't know how to fuck ladles! Let us all point and laugh!

gellaho

Kent doesn't have the resiliency of a Hardy Boy

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

The most boring head trauma ever described.

gellaho

And then he leaves, so

gellaho

That was pointless

Time for more wacky names

gellaho

It's just great female characters all the way down

X-Rachel

My fagometer is off the fucking charts

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

this came out in 1991

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Who knits sweaters for a budgie?

Also bulldogs are great.

I dont like Etta very much.

gellaho

The cheese riots!? So wacky!

gellaho

Hooker surprise

gellaho

Angus Dean, ex-Army, wishes he could have had soldiers as courageous as this stumbling drunk

gellaho

That "Ten steps. Thump." thing happens a couple more times

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Could really have done with her in Checks notes, the Falklands war and oppressing the Irish.

gellaho

Lionel hitting all the classic gags

X-Rachel

Haha so classic what a day

gellaho

Three paragraphs later

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Hey Lionel. Do you think heeled shoes with no heels are easier to walk in?

gellaho

It'd be fantastic to know what's in the bag, Lionel

gellaho

It's been fifty pages since it was introduced

X-Rachel

Sure, there were a lot of british soldiers in high heels in sudan in the 80s

gellaho

Guess Lizzy's got whatever "the stuff" is

gellaho

Angus decides to completely change his life for this drunk stranger

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

"Um........you just conked him. Its drugs, dude. Hes my dealer, you just fucked me out of free cocaine."

gellaho

And guess what, they need to see Kent Montana

gellaho

Why? Who knows!

FancyShark

Sorry, had to eat. I miss anything of note?

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

No

FancyShark

Cool

gellaho

Kent got beat over the head again

There were a couple more slurs

And now Angus Dean found true love with the woman he was hired to stalk

X-Rachel

But for him, that is tuesdaah fine, how are you?

gellaho

Meanwhile

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Oh right

They're in this book

gellaho

The invisible man flashed these old women

gellaho

You probably have some questions

I have no answers

Instead, Kent takes the other fake hooker to his cozy hotel

gellaho

It's cozy, you see?

Cozy.

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

So is the invisible guy not that invisible? Like the Predator? Is that why you can still see his dick?

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Well the cozy bisexual bar is a surprise

FancyShark

I'm sure Lionel meant for it to be outrageous

gellaho

Lionel Fenn breaks new comedic ground

FancyShark
gellaho

Manic pixie police hooker

gellaho
gellaho

This book is 50% the word hooker

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Her eyes blinked so rapidly his hair nearly blew back off his forehead

FancyShark

Lionel's Word of the Day calendar is a napkin with the word "hooker" smeared on it

gellaho

She starts hyperventilating about looking like a hooker

gellaho
gellaho

Before bizarrely coming onto him

FancyShark

I take offense to the idea sharks perv out on dolphins

Tom, Boy Detective (Retired)

If porpoises didn't want to get eaten by sharks they shouldn't have wait what the fuck am I saying

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

They do, but it is rude to air that dirty laundry here

gellaho

The other policewoman shows up to say she saw the invisible man's dick

FancyShark

Lionel, stop this

gellaho

Onto Part 3

FancyShark

Name it and Claim it

gellaho

Mr Smith sits in his above bar room, thinking about Yemen

gellaho

He's the invisible man, who would have guessed

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

I think I understand how Shark feels about Bicycling Through Time and Space

gellaho

Then he starts manically screaming and playing the guitar

FancyShark

oh

So he's the singer

gellaho

Indeed

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

The one that made the pigeon an insomniac

gellaho

The singer with the fakest name of them all

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Nope

No

Try again

FancyShark

That isn't a name. That's a keyboard malfunction.

gellaho

His dick is invisible once again

FancyShark

"It's not invisible! It's just very small!"

gellaho

That was a solid three pages for that chapter

And section

Onto Part 4

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

I hope his dick is haunted

FancyShark

You're overpromisng, Lionel

gellaho
gellaho

Gotta ask what "The Secret" was

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

In a different author not so impressed with themselves, id say there was some missing pages.

Lionel would think this shit is funny tho.

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Was it his dick?

It was his dick wasn't it

gellaho

Back in Kent's hotel room, the policewoman Janice brushes her teeth with her finger. Like a crazy person

gellaho
FancyShark

https://youtu.be/qRCBViNVDFQ?si=XM8fLGTH2zVput0h

gellaho

Janice sleep fights

gellaho

He is beset by the lead inspector

gellaho
gellaho

He's a big fan

FancyShark

These characters all seem carefully designed to have zero conflict

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Oh right conflict

gellaho

Pointless things happen, he leaves

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

That's what this story is missing

gellaho

Surely

gellaho

Surely? Surely! Shir-surely; surely: surely, surely surely surely

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Surely's a funny word if you think about it

gellaho

Meanwhile

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Lionel's trying his best, which is tragic

gellaho

If the zombie was right

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Lionel, your fingerblasting jokes are stale.

Do better.

gellaho

Gelid

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Welsh people are always chuckling madly.

FancyShark

I was going to joke earlier that Dargren's name doesn't make sense. It's probably Welsh. But I didn't because even I knew that was a hack joke.

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Its why they have names like Llanfairpyllgwyn.

gellaho

Glitter memories

FancyShark

Which does nothing because clothes don't have veins

gellaho

He gets very mad he couldn't make his jacket invisible

gellaho
FancyShark

See? Even Lionel knew that plan was dumb

You suck at this, Racine

gellaho

Later, he gets very mad that the bartender sees his mood lighting

gellaho

His Christmas mood lighting

FancyShark

He is a mighty Welshman

gellaho

The barman vows revenge

gellaho
FancyShark

I assume Eddie's revenge will be to not pour him a full glass

Hell yes on the new title, @gellaho

gellaho

I'm pretty sure Janice had some kind of learning disability

FancyShark

Are we sure she wasn't the one getting repeatedly conked?

X-Rachel

Sorry I was playing mahjong, what did i miss?

FancyShark

Nothing, really

The invisible man is the singer they alluded to at some point

That's about it

gellaho

Lionel is completely losing his grasp on the language

X-Rachel

Perfect

Lol

Like he ever had a grasp on the language

gellaho

"Sorry. Reflex"

"I wish"

FancyShark

"Trusting himself not to immediately go for her throat"

gellaho

What the fuck does that mean

Are her tits out?

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Sorry, I was pulled away. How many noses have been licked?

FancyShark

None

But a leg has been squeezed

gellaho

The other cop gives Kent a lap dance to announce a murder

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Lionel is the worst type of horny

FancyShark

Yeah. He's Brooke horny.

X-Rachel

But a worse writer, which I thought was impossible

The art is better though, in that there is none

FancyShark

I think I'd rather be stuck talking to Lionel. Mostly because he's dead.

X-Rachel

Yeah I'd rather be trapped in his coffin than brooke's office

gellaho

A thief sneaks up to the invisible man's room

gellaho

This guy happens to be the bald guy who chatted up Lizzy ninety pages ago. He has not been mentioned since

Stan then passes out hiding in a closet

FancyShark

Horror

gellaho

Racig then assaults him musically

gellaho

Racig is very inconspicuous

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

RUINED! MY METH LAB! RUINED!

gellaho

White-bellied Wife-stealer was the name of my bad boy country album

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Hey I have a white belly, Lionel. Fuck you.

gellaho

Anyway, Stan's dead

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Oh my god no

Stan?!

He was the best of us

FancyShark

NOT STAN!

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Everyone knows the wives in the park are free to take.

FancyShark

Take a wife, leave a wife

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

DAMN IT STAN YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE LIKE THIS

gellaho

Huh

gellaho

You'd think that thing about the alien would come up at some point

Or that woman he was involved with in that book

GDC

So on the island being an orphan is a...job?

A Brendan for Christmas

Did this book get a plot while I was gone?

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

No.

I think its erased the plot from a couple other books tho.

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Yeah you gotta go to Orphan School, get a BFA in Orphan

FancyShark

There is less narrative in the world since this book was written

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

So hard to find a school with an Orphan program. And forget getting a PHD.

gellaho

F- pun, Lionel

FancyShark

Janice is doing her own thing

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Die in a fire, Lionel.

gellaho

Nipples

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Yay nipples.

But dude, if you confused eyes and nipples, you need to read more.

gellaho

Oh, no! The flower girl is gone

FancyShark

Oh no!

Who?

gellaho

I think I've skipped everything about her

FancyShark

Ah

Oh no!

gellaho

She sits outside the bar selling flowers and is poor

X-Rachel

Aerth dies again

gellaho

Mary Shweet

FancyShark

She would have starved anyway. It's a bad business model.

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Its a bad side hustle. Better off giving blowjobs tbh, people love blowjobs and dont really care either way about flowers.

X-Rachel

Enough of your FF7 fanfic

gellaho

Damn you, the sun!

FancyShark

"Damn you, Sun, for robbing me of my wretchedness!"

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

You know youd read it. Especially right now when its up against Lionel.

gellaho

Anyway, she's dead

FancyShark

Really want us to know how horrible her death is, don't you, Lionel

gellaho

Back to Kent's mother

FancyShark

Lionel, I don't know how you botched this running bit, but you did. And seeing you try to keep it going is depressing

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

RIP Flower Waif, we didnt know you existed because you were boring.

FancyShark

Like, you clearly are trying to do something like the Nately's Whore bit from Catch-22. But you screwed up the setup and you've utterly failed to stick the landing

Sorry, I'm hoping my lecture reaches the dead man before the end of the book

gellaho

Janice out here getting confused and wanting her nose licked

FancyShark

Why is the nose licking thing still happening

Is this how Lionel flirts?

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Because Lionel wants it

You don't use six pen names without something shameful, and two X-Files novelizations, to hide

gellaho

Apparently, these two are only fake hookers now

gellaho

In spite of the earlier assertion that this was the first time they've done this, and they hated it

Velo Was A Ghost The Whole Time

Lionel doesn't want to read Lionel's shit book

gellaho

Kent gets tired of their buffoonery, and ponders how best to murder them

gellaho
FancyShark

Lionel was obviously a psychopath because of the nose thing, but I'm surprised it took this long to admit it

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

The first relatable thing this asshole has done.

gellaho

Nodded warily at the lack of nipples

gellaho

Just repeat words, eventually it'll count as a joke

FancyShark

Okay

There are filibusters that have more substance than this book

gellaho

Lacking in the hooker department, though

Hookers.

Verified Pervert FlippantSausage

Good point Army Guy, soldiers should have a union.

gellaho

Time to snort something