Succubi (Sinfest)

Sinfest is a webcomic written and drawn by Japanese-American comic strip artist Tatsuya Ishida. The first strip appeared on January 17, 2000. A new strip is published often (usually daily) on the Sinfest website. In this online comic series, are a pair of Succubi characters generally known as The Devil Girls.

For further information on the series in general, please see the article at Wikpedia.

The Sinfest Succubi known as the Devil Girls. Permission to display an image of them is being requested.

The Devil Girls

The Devil Girls are a pair of bisexual succubi; like almost all female characters in the Sinfest universe, they are unnamed, but they are distinctive in that one has long magenta hair and the other has somewhat shorter blue hair. They are sometimes seen accompanying the Devil or working for him to corrupt his clients. They are not his only aides but these two are most prominent; unlike most of the Devil's girl servants, they have horns and pointed tails identical to his own. Slick called them androids, and the Devil did not disagree; in one strip, he repairs a separate girl.. Their role is usually to expose the lust of the characters, usually Slick, in an amusingly stereotypical way.

Appearances in the series

They first appeared to tempt Slick into abandoning a temporary abstention from vice by performing sexually in front of him; since their antics were deliberately staged, it is unclear whether or not their apparent lesbianism might be simply an act to promote prurient interest. However, in 2007-09-16's strip, little hearts float above their heads as they fondle each other while Slick is not even noticeably watching, suggesting genuine romantic feelings. 2008-05-05 and 2008-08-17's strips depicts them sharing a bed, and the former strip further depicts them responding to "the dyke signal" (part of a running gag where characters respond to a specific signal ala Batman), a somewhat clearer indication of their sexuality.

Snatch-O-Gram

This was a series that ran from September 10, 2007 to September 16th, 2007. In this series was the very first appearance of the Devil Girls in Sinfest.

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Sinfest Nights 6

On October 19th, 2007, the Devil Girls appeared in the last panel of this day's strip to offer Slick a weekly Lust-O-Gram. Which he refused.

You Had To Be There 13

On November 3rd, 2007, as part of an ongoing intermittent theme called You Had To Be There, the Devil Girls made an appearance. In this strip, the two are talking about appearing in front of someone and teasing them in different ways before ending the strip with a pillow fight between the Devil Girls.

Eight-Legged Freak

This was a single shot panel that ran on July 14th, 2008. The strip transforms the Devil Girls into the Kanji symbol for Demon, but the word Succubi is written below it.

Expand My World Series

During the first week of strips in January 2009, one of the Devil Girls was the focus of the week. During this period, called Expand My World, she was spending her time teasing Criminy. During that time, it would appear that he endeared himself to her for calling her "a delightful devil-person". At the midpoint of the series, Seymour appeared to try and "save" Criminy from the Devil Girl. At the end of the series, Seymour and the Devil Girl faced off, she causing Seymour's halo to burst into flames. As she was going to toss fireballs at him, Criminy stopped her saying that she "wasn't always a Devil Girl". She did take pause at that and held her attack. In the next panel, the other Devil Girl appeared, and took her away from the situation with the comment, "You were teasing nerds weren't you?" The last panel showed the first Devil Girl with a confused expression walking away with the other, and Criminy asking Seymour if he was alright, to which Seymour looks towards his burnt halo with tears in his eyes and bemoans, "My Halo..."

Interfering With Destiny

For the January 18th, 2009 Sunday Comic, the Devil Girls made an appearance. In this color strip, the pair were involved in interfering with Slick and Monique being brought together by God. The January 21st, 2009 comic continued the conflict between Monique and the Devil Girls having them all run past Squig before preparing for a pillow fight in front of him, and then starting to go at it. The fight continues in the January 23rd, 2009 strip as well. During this time Jesus appears to speak with Squig for a moment before moving off to end the fight. Then on the January 24th, 2009 strip, Jesus appears to bring the pillow fight to a halt by using the powers of grace and blessings on the Devil Girls. In doing so, one Devil Girl's outfit becomes quite proper from her previous outfit. However attempting to use his powers on Monique fails and he is somewhat confused as the strip closes.

Aw Hell

The pair of Devil Girls appeared again in the February 3rd, 2009 strip. Still being under the effect of Jesus, the pair are playing patty-cake as the Devil comes into the frame. He sighs a bit at what is happening before turning to look at Monique and saying that at least this one wasn't changed, to which Monique is indigent as the strip ends. In the next day's strip, February 4th, 2009, The Devil sets to work undoing what Jesus has done to the Devil Girls. He transforms the short-haired Succubus back into her normal appearance easily enough. However, when he attempts to transform the long-haired Succubus to her normal self, that attempt fails as the strip ends. The next day's strip, on February 5th, 2009 continues this series. The devil is shocked that the transformation didn't work. So he then has a drink of something called Haterade, casts a massive spell on the Devil Girl which causes her hair to become flame-like in one panel. In the last panel, the Devil is sitting on a chair being comforted by one Devil Girl as it would appear that he has managed to return both girls to their normal appearance. The February 6, 2009 strip focused on Monique attempting to prove to Squig that she was not a demon. This did not work well. The February 7, 2009 strip began with the Devil in a quandary. The long-haired Devil Girl was not completely returned to her normal self, and the Devil asked the universe what powerful force could have done this! The last panel shows Crimmy sitting under his tree and peeking about. The final strip in this series, the full colour February 8, 2009 strip showed the Devil leading the Devil Girls on a series of revenge attacks on the side of good. However, throughout this entire panel, the long-haired Devil Girl is not really enjoying any of the events in the strip. At the end she replies to the other Devil Girl's comment of it being fun with, I guess so...

Babygotback Mountain

The Devil Girls appeared in a one-shot strip on February 20th, 2009, This was a series of scenes from a movie called Babygotback Mountain. The two of them were dressed in their usual bikini outfits with the addition of some cowgirl pieces. The hairstyle of the long-haired Devil Girl was altered as well. The panels show a lesbian encounter and at the end one Devil Girl says that no one would understand our forbidden love. To which Squig comments "Yes we would!", giving a thumbs up.

Time To Get Busy

There was a passing appearance of the Devil Girls in the March 7th, 2009 strip. The Devil went to get the Devil Girls to help him to shake up some of the other characters. But Fuchsia wasn't with the other Devil Girl and in one panel was shown communing with nature. In the last panel Blue looks at Fuchsia and wistfully comments that she looks so happy. It should be also noted that this is the first time one of the Devil Girls has been named. That name being Fuchsia.

Reversion

The colour March 9th, 2009 strip detailed the attempt of the Devil to return Fuchsia to her normal self through several different methods. These include having her in a classroom, feeding her apple pie, putting her in a hospital, placing her in a native american ceremony, having the Devil preach to her and finally the Devil using his powers on her. All of this resulted in what looked like a return to Fuchsia's normal actions, but in the last panel, she looks wistfully at a butterfly.

Gypsy 'nique 5

The colour March 15th, 2009 strip involved Dominique, Fuchsia and Crimmy. The story starts with Dominique dressed as Gypsy 'nique walking through a forest. She comes across Fuchsia hiding behind a tree and looking at something. We then see that Fuchsia is spying on Crimmy. Dominique challenges Fuchsia and mentions Crimmy's name. Fuchsia then peppers Dominique with questions about Crimmy. Before they can be answered, she freaks out and runs away squealing. Then Dominique walks over to Crimmy and tells him that he has a "secret admirer slash stalker from hell".

Pimptopia Needs Bitches

The March 16th, 2009 strip revolved around the appearance of a UFO. It landed beside the Devil Girls as they were playing patty-cake. An alien appeared from the ship holding a sign that read Pimptopia Needs Bitches. In he final panel, the Devil is holding a gun to the alien's head and says to him, "Step off punk."

Approval

The March 22nd color strip had two appearances of the Devil Girls in it. One panel showed them looking at something Slick wrote and laughing at it. The second showed them both hugging Slick in approval after he goes ranty in the previous panel.

Intellectual

In the March 23rd strip, Fuchsia dresses as a bookworm and walks by Criminy, talking loudly about how much she loves books and how she wishes there was someone out there who shared in that interest. The series continued in the March 26th strip. Fuchsia still is dressed as a bookworm during this strip. She is once again spying on Criminy when Squiggy finds her. He makes a "sit on mah face Sailor Moon" comment to her. Her response is to turn evil and blast him in the face with a fireball. The final panel shows Slick who says "Someone's cooking bacon..." In the March 28th, 2009 strip Criminy then gives Fuchsia the book "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me" by Stuart Smalley, which causes her to gush "He cares!". The colour March 29th, 2009 strip showed Fuchsia gifting Crimmy in return with a book from hell entitled Devil Nerds, which attacks him at the end of the strip.

Evil Eye 2

In the March 31st, 2009 strip, Fuchsia, who is back to her normal attire, prevents Lil' Evil from giving a butterfly the "Evil Eye", saying that it was a "magical shape-shifting changeling". Lil' Evil didn't share her perspective.

Sinfest Nights 7

The April 9th, 2009 was a stylized strip of Crimmy and Fuchsia in a library setting. Fuchsia is dressed as a librarian who tells Crimmy that the library is closing in ten minutes and he should check out whatever he wants to. Crimmy doesn't get the hint and runs off muttering about his library card...

Day in the Life 9

The color April 12th, 2009 strip followed Crimmy through a day in his life. In panel 4 Fuchsia is watching him from behind a tree. She makes another appearance in the final panel of the strip, still watching Crimmy from behind a tree.

Nerd Puppet 2

The April 16th, 2009 strip showed Fuchsia defending Crimmy against God, but at the end of the strip she runs away crying in realization of what is happening in her world. ((Comment from TeraS - I think this was probably the most heartbreaking strip I have ever read in Sinfest))

External links

• Sinfest.net