Chapter 17 | Page 11a: Pants on Fire

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Brad Guigar

It’s time. Sixteen Evil Inc characters have entered the arena.

Only one will emerge victorious in the most prestigious, highly scientific, completely serious tournament of the year:

Today we begin with the first match-up of Round One. Your job is simple:

In each match-up, choose the character you think should advance.
Feel free to tell us why in the short-answer field!

You can base your decision on anything you like, including:

• Which is the better Evil Inc character
• Which character is your personal favorite
• Which would win in a fight
• Which is the sexier character
• Which would come out on top in a “Team-Up”
• Anything, really… just have fun!

There are no wrong answers.
Only controversial ones.

I'll post some of the best comments here!

Miss Match vs Giggler

White-hot perfection versus unpredictable chaos.

Does calculated allure dominate?
Or does wild-card energy pull the upset?

VOTE NOW: https://go.evil-inc.net/Matchups_1a_EiWebsite

Pants on Fire

You know that moment when someone says, “There’s nothing to fear,” and suddenly you smell smoke?

Yeah. That.

This week’s comic continues the fallout from Dr. Muskiday’s completely safe, absolutely under-control Project SMILE. As promised, the emotional-transmission clouds are only temporary…

…assuming you got a regular dose.

Which, as it turns out, Giant Tess did not.

And when a mad scientist insists there’s nothing to worry about — while his nose stretches like a certain wooden boy — you can practically hear the phrase pants on fire echoing through the lab.

Transcript

Panel 1
Giant Tess: How long are we gonna have these clouds over our heads?
Dr. Muskiday (as Pinocchio in the cloud): There’s nothing to fear.

Panel 2
Dr. Muskiday: A regular dose lasts only for a couple of hours.
Giant Tess: OK… OK…

Panel 3
Dr. Muskiday: Sigh …and that was a little more than a regular dose.

Panel 4
Dr. Muskiday: I’ll start working on an antidote.

Alt Text

Four-panel comic featuring Giant Tess, a muscular woman in a teal superhero suit with a “G” emblem and orange cape, standing beside Dr. Muskiday, a small fly-headed scientist in a lab coat. In the first panel Tess worries about pink storm clouds with lightning over their heads while a Pinocchio-like figure appears inside one cloud saying there is nothing to fear. In the second panel the cloud figure explains that a regular dose only lasts a couple of hours, and Tess responds uncertainly. In the third panel the Pinocchio nose grows long with leaves on it and dynamite appears in the cloud as he sighs and admits the dose was more than regular. In the final panel a chainsaw appears in the cloud and Dr. Muskiday says he will start working on an antidote while Tess looks determined and the fly scientist looks uneasy.