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73. Mark of an Idiot { February 17, 2005 }
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1 | Scottish Weebl says:
Thats friggin' hilarious :D
2 | SABERinBLUE says:
Ah, the Arbiter finally appears. Nice!
3 | DEADREAPEROFBRUTES says:
LOL WOOT ARBITER LOOKS COOLER EN BETTEN THAN MC IN HALUBABIEZZZ
WOOT THIRTH POST
4 | Zaburos says:
Well,The Arbiter looks serious...but yeah, that's how he is...It is a pretty funny strip...
5 | Cloud Tribal says:
The Arbiter looks a little bit sad in that strip. o_o
6 | Stuntmutt says:
A 'friend of a friend' once spent a maths lesson tattooing the name of his favourite heavy metal band on his arm with ink and a compass point. It read -
IORN MADDEN
7 | ansomble28 says:
Nice comic, pretty funny. Although I friggin hate that stupid Arbiter with his perfectly articulated human words and lame looking armor. But, that's just me. LOL
8 | A random mad halo fan says:
At last,we got covies.
And i gotta say they look fricken good,can't say same thing about the joke of this strip.Nah,(turns whining off).WOOT!!!
9 | CovGirl says:
=D! Finally the Arbiter! He looks good, but sad...
Maybe the Brute who gave the other elite a tattoo was Swedish and spelled mom as "mor" :)
10 | Mr. Elite says:
XD!!!! ROFLSFHTIJWM! I wuv it!
11 | Lord_Halo99 says:
WOOOT!! funny! thats a good version of the Arbiter Gruntsbane!
12 | Beasty says:
OOOOOH!!! Arby's shiny! nice work!
13 | Xerro says:
I think the arbiter looks like he's so bored he's about to fall asleep. But he looks so cool.
14 | Elite Leader says:
Wort? I never got a tattoo for any reason and I won't get any "tattoos" especially from those brutes!
15 | Falcon says:
YYYEEEESSSSS!!!!! The Arbiter is FINALLY HERE!! WWWOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!! Great job, guys! We got the Arbiter by popular demand!
Don't worry, mrsmiley, we won't whine. We're happy for now! ;)
YAAAAAAHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Keep these awesome comics coming, Gruntsbane! YAAAAAHHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!
16 | Cpl. Dickgozinya says:
Sweet. Did he get his money bak?
17 | Covie_Lover says:
Man, he looks depressed. Kinda funny though. He he
18 | mrsmiley says:
You probably wouldn't look too amused either if you had a 'mark of shame.'
19 | Dirge says:
lol that's really funny
20 | Twojaw says:
YES. Finally. ARBITER STRIPS. We love you. :):) Pretty funny, too.
But see. When the Arbiter got the mark of shame? He thought it was really a chocolate chip cookie tattoo. When people told him what it was, he hunted down Tartarus to get his money back. :D The End. XD
21 | Ryley217 says:
Nice I love the way you did the elite and the arbiter, they look very awe-some!
22 | Hellfirefanatic says:
Lol! That's funny!
23 | Keyes says:
Very nice. The Arbiter is finally here. Nice job with him.
24 | Yayap and Zuka says:
coo strip yo!
25 | SuperDragonYoshi says:
HORRAY!! THE ARBITER IS HERE!!! HE'S THE BEST OF THEM ALL!! (Arbiter>Chief) Though I still can't figure out why he looks so sad, The Arbiter should be happy he's in this week's strip! YOSHI!!
26 | HALO117 says:
r u saying that the arbiter the better than the master chief superdragonyoshi? cus the chief kicks ass too. well anyway yep, the arbiter is finally in one of the strips (what took so long?) the strip was pretty good :)
27 | Jaxx says:
lol, good one!
28 | chocolatemassage says:
this comic sucks
29 | nutty professor says:
How dare you say that.
30 | Etoli says:
Yay! Not only are covies back, but you brought the arbiter in, too! Great humor, by the way--I must admit I laughed. ;)
31 | fleagirl21 says:
LMAO!!!!! Very cute GB!!!!
32 | Tryan Shootamee says:
don't cha just HATE when that happens
33 | Sh4dowSn1p3r says:
Damn it Chocolate the "comment" system isn't for flaming the almighty Adminstration... THINK COMMENTS
But nice job GB I laughed so hard when I saw it a school and a bunch of teachers looked at me...
34 | Jman says:
W00T!!1! 34TH POST!! Sheesh.
Great comics ya' run here.
Tried to do "sarcasm" in html format around the w00t thing, but I guess the forum here took me too literally and won't show it. Oh well. Funny funny.
35 | Uruk hai Army says:
We want more arbiter!!!!!
We want more Arbiter!!!!
S**w Chibi Spartan!!!!
We Wamnt More ARBITER!!!!
36 | Grishnakh says:
wort wort wort! nicely done, gruntsbane, nicely done.
37 | Makoz says:
Dude i love the arbiter!Keep em coming.
38 | Jimmy says:
LOL GREAT COMIC GUYS
39 | Arbiter says:
haha! nice one! but the arbiter looks realy sad. i feel sorry for him.
40 | One-Chief-Army says:
where's chief?
...HI...:P
41 | straight_arrow says:
wow this was a great comic! I CANT BELIEVE THE ARBITER IS FINALLY HERE! HE's WAY BETTER THAN CHIEF!i laughed so hard my i hurt my stomach! my dad almost had to call the doctor. ARBITER IS SO HOT! i always have a bottle of lotion around when i play the arbiter levels. you should do a arbiter spin off comic!!!! ;)
42 | sparkie says:
w00t! Phunny!
43 | Poli says:
giggidy giggidy fun
44 | Wannabe Master Sgt. Johnson says:
that normal elite is DEFINITLY an idiot.......KICK HIS A$$ ARBITER!!!!!
45 | whatever says:
what the heck is with u idiots? its just a comic. how old r u? 9?
u guys need to lay off the sugar.
46 | the putride elite says:
this comic is the best you have put on this site.... keep it up!
47 | cheif master says:
how was halo made!
48 | arbiter lover says:
huh.... arbiter is hot! when i play the levels.. i just can't help but tell my brother to look at my player and i could stare AT HIM FOR HOURS! i know.... im obsessed:)
49 | JDawg says:
Nice strip I have one word to describe it-OMGWTHLMAOLOLBBQ
50 | arbitruary says:
hey i do that too! so i can look at the arbiter! i watched him for like 6 hours once! i love his design its awesome. i think grustbane has done well to get it's likeness. ive been reading this comic over and over for hours not. i cant get enough of the ARBITER! HE ROCKS! sometimes i wake up in the morning and turn on the xbox and play aribiter levels and just watch elites and stuff.
51 | runty lime on xbox live says:
THE ARBITER IS FINALLY HERE! I Didn't get the comic but I LOVE That ARBITER!
52 | xxctlxx says:
ya its funny.... um runty just for you to get it um watch the cut sceen on single player (first level and it's the amrory) "there is no greater punishment"
53 | Spartan058-HaloGeeky says:
*this is not an advertisement board*
54 | Tryan Shootamee says:
hey cool! Spartan058-HaloGeeky,
I checked out your group! It's so awsome!
55 | One-Chief-Army says:
Your group sounds fun Spartan058-HaloGeeky...let me check it out...
56 | gonna beetonmee says:
GAH! My socks!
57 | Normal Phobic says:
Wicked... The covenant rock... The other Elite is awsome, as is the Arbiter. but... I think the arbiters armour is a little, well... round. Elites are about spikes. But, brill Arbiter anyway!
Your awsome.
58 | Somebody says:
Whoa!... Tha arbitrer looks just awesome!!!! Man! keep up the great work, AWESOME
59 | The Gruntanator says:
Man... reading these is great...wish i could do something like this...but to freaking lazey WHOOOHOOO 62nd!!
60 | The Arbiter says:
Cool... That is awesome! I think you should alternate between strips of MC and Arbiter, that way fans get the best of both. But who am I to offer suggestions, I'm no-one...
61 | The Grunt says:
the arbiter rocks man! be your friend???
62 | One-Chief-Army says:
where's chiefy? the arbiter has some of the funnest levels. but the chief if more fun to play. when you're the arbiter, you're don't really feel like the charactor. but when you play the chief, you feel that you're acually are chief.
63 | heretick says:
that is funny lolololololol hor lolol i get it hahaha
64 | iceravenVI says:
yay under 100th post!
Arbie looks so sad. depressed. feel sorry for him. it's heart wrenching. so cute yet so sade looking...sigh.......
65 | Arbiter(the first one on this site to have this name) says:
hey... are you makeing fun of me?!
66 | Arbiter(the first one on this site to have this name) says:
hey... very funny.
67 | HaloFighter02 says:
Poor Arby!
68 | DOUGHBOY says:
FUNNY, MORE LIKE HILARIOUS IM GLAD YOU GUYS PUT THE ARBITER IN ONE [IT CAME OUT GREAT!]
69 | DOUGHBOY says:
hilarious,im glad to see the arbiter in one [it came out GREAT!
70 | Halo 2 nerd says:
lol
hes an idiot the elite.....=)
71 | Grunt=duh duh duh says:
Good strip, dumb elite probably the same one in the banshee in Outskirts for the glitch, Hint: don't get in the banshee until after you gat it through the tunnel.
72 | bumm says:
AM I THE ONLY DANG PERSON WHO DOESN'KNOw what to saaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy
73 | bumm says:
AM I THE ONLY DANG PERSON WHO DOESN'KNOw what to saaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy
74 | YoPlait says:
LOL! I bet those Brutes would be funny to see too.
75 | YoPlait says:
BTW the arbiter DOES have a nice arse. It's hard not to stare.
76 | Leevan D. says:
nice drawings man, like the heads, helmets esp.
get sum more up man
77 | eliteghost01 says:
the funny thing about this comic was that i was the tatto artist who gave the other elite the tatoo (i was in a brute costume)
oh yeah, and post 48 you're weird. the arbiter is a freakin alien for chrissakes. geez
78 | master cort says:
lol that was so funny
79 | misinformed grunt says:
I think that there should be more arbiter 'toons, does anyone else??? BTW, AWESOME DETAIL
80 | blaz says:
we need people with more iq... man..
81 | PinoySlasher92 says:
yea nice drawins i need 2 noe how 2 do dat ....but da only ting is i dont get it
82 | me says:
best comic on the page
83 | halofreak44 says:
Well obviously the Arbiter did NOT get his money back. that is why he looks so sad!! Btw excellent comic!!!! I laughed for about half an hour!!!
84 | the arbiter says:
I belive there should be more arbiter comics. so I agree
85 | Hot n' Sexy Elite says:
i thought this one was funny but some of my freinds didn't get it... dumass's.
86 | mooching sack of death says:
the arby is so cute....*sigh*
87 | rolo zantamee says:
this a lesson to all the chrilden... never get a tatoo... especially from a brute...
because brutes are dumm lol
88 | sgt dan says:
um, so let me get this straight it will be "rark of rhame"
89 | Tarturus says:
Yes. I, Tarturus, have placed the mark of shame on the Arbiter, and..............*Silence is generated as the Arbiter slices me in half, and takes the money out of my wallet.*
Arbiter's 1st apperance. Good job.
90 | Lt. haverson says:
brutes are the worst tatoo artists in the universe.
91 | Zio Matrix says:
Finaly. Arbiter comic. And it's a good one too.
92 | Moe Lester says:
Look at my name.... it means something...
93 | Small-Z says:
2nd funniest one
94 | ArbiterCreluv1 says:
I know its late saying a comment but,I saw it like three months ago, and I laughed very hard it was good. I LOVE the Arbiter. I will get the figure when it comes out too. How bou't you guys?
95 | MJOLNIRKID says:
*whispers to arbiter to slap the f'er elite*
96 | Doubl3 H3lix says:
Arbiter looks cooler with the suicide armor anyway!
97 | Boba Fett says:
why does no one ever think about pink sword elites,no one even knows that its the highest rank higher than the heteric.
98 | Killev rewon says:
I'm gonna buy the figure when it comes out.
99 | The Arbiter says:
That tatoo cost me 50 human dollars! I found your secret banana stash, Tartarus. I have your wallet, too. By the way MJOLNIRKID, you found a fraud. We were cruising in Truth's Phantom.
100 | nicolay says:
nice one!
101 | SpecOps says:
The Elites look better! That's, Smiley and Gruntsbane! You finally started to Arbiter groove!
102 | arbiter says:
nice arbiter i have been waiting for him yeayeayea lol
103 | The arbiter says:
how many arbiters are there? oh, and im the one that found that bannana stash! and that tatto cost me 60 human dollars not 50! you arbiters are frods! im the real one!
104 | dude gg says:
I thought it was ccccccccccccooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllll and u finnaly brought in the arbiter and u should do these more often.
105 | The arbiter says:
sorry for that mishap there, i wanted people to know that IM the real arbiter, anyway, do i look fat in that strip?
106 | Inda 'Nolamee (Arbi Gal) says:
oooh Arbi, Arbi, Arbi...my poor Arbi. Do not worry my dear friend, the Brutes are fools. *Blows a kiss to the Arbiter* (even though I'm a tomboy) ^_^
107 | Morpheus says:
The Arbiter is so hawt(a little hotter than MC If i may say so.) He make me weep with joy. Comic's good too.
108 | Masterchief evil says:
lol. nice
109 | bungie says:
Man thay are relly dumb man!!!!!!
110 | Half-Jaw, Zawaz says:
Zawaz:A Brute gave ME tatoo. He spelt cat C-A-T. every grunt knows you spell cat K-A-A-T.
111 | haloman630 says:
The Arbiter is like " this guy is an idiot" and I'm like "so, you've been skipping the cutscenes in halo 2 hun?"
112 | .x.COMIT.x. says:
Wow, nice comic, i love it.
113 | enoch says:
this comic is cool like me
114 | caboose_180 says:
this comic is cool like me
115 | caboose_180 says:
this comic is cool like me
116 | spartanwolf24 says:
The brutes should give the abiter's money back.
117 | grunts kik ass says:
i dont get it lol(im not slow jus young)
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119 | TheArbitress says:
Aww, poor Arby :( *hugs Arbiter* ^_^
*Kills Tartarus and gets the Arb's money back*
Sorry this is late, are there any more Arbiter comics ? (I saw this one a while ago)
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