Chapter 17 | Page 11c: You little weasel

Supervillains have battled… and now the superheroes step into the ring.

The votes are almost in for Part One of the Evil Inc March Match-Ups, and things have gotten heated.

Last week’s bracket pitted some of the most notorious Evil Inc supervillains against each other in a completely scientific, highly prestigious, and absolutely-not-made-up tournament of fan opinion.

Voting for Part One is wrapping up soon — so if you haven’t weighed in yet, now’s the time!

Find out how YOU can vote:
https://www.evil-inc.com/march-match-ups/

And don’t worry if your favorite villain doesn’t survive Round One. The tournament continues Monday with Part Two: Superhero Edition, where your favorite caped crusaders will face off for bragging rights.

Next week I’ll be posting the official results of the Supervillain bracket, along with some of my favorite reader comments. Some of you wrote absolute gold... like this:

“Miss Match is the more well-rounded...okay, that sounded better in my head. We've seen more of Miss M...uh...that's not better. She's more fully developed...dang. Why is this so hard? Okay, well, I know why it's hard, but explaining myself is also more difficult.”

I’ve even drawn an NSFW bonus scene inspired by one of the match-ups, so you’ll get to see how that particular rivalry plays out behind closed doors… 

Evil Inc After Dark: New Artist Editions

Over on Patreon, I’ll also be posting another batch of NSFW Artist Editions.

These are inked versions of some of my spicier illustrations — the kind where you can zoom in and appreciate every questionable life decision made by the characters involved.

Today's comic

Tempest thought the report was solid.

Count Spurlock… disagreed.

After finding a couple of errors in the hench mortality numbers, Count Spurlock storms up to Tempest ready to vent his frustration, but then reacts when he thinks he sees Tempest levy a classic insult...

“You little weasel!”

But Tempest quickly points out an important detail.

He's not a weasel.

And the little creature floating above her head? Also not a weasel.

It’s a ferret.

Which, when you think about it, actually works in Spurlock’s favor — because ferrets are famously good at ferreting out problems.

Tempest smoothly reframes the whole encounter as helpful oversight, promises to pass along his corrections to corporate… and watches as the Count leaves feeling completely satisfied.

Meanwhile, the ferret above her head celebrates the successful spin with a lollipop.

Project SMILE may be exposing everyone’s thoughts… but Tempest is proving that interpretation is everything.

Transcript

Panel 1:
Count Spurlock: “I found a couple of errors in the bench mortality numbers, and— HOW DARE YOU!”
Above Tempest, a weasel appears in her emotion cloud (an aftereffect of Project SMILE).

Panel 2:
Count Spurlock: “I am not a weasel!”
Tempest: “That’s no weasel! — It’s a ferret!”

Panel 3:
Tempest: “I knew you’d ferret out any problems in that report! I’ll be sure to pass along your corrections to corporate!”

Panel 4:
(No dialogue.) Spurlock walks away proudly. A lollipop floats in the emotion cloud about Tempest’s head.

Alt text

Four-panel office comic featuring Count Spurlock, pointing angrily, and Tempest, a young woman with short hair, seated casually at a desk chair. In panel one, Count Spurlock stands beside her, saying he found “a couple of errors in the hench mortality numbers” and then shouting “How dare you!” He has seen a weasel in Tempest’s emotion cloud (an aftereffect of Project SMILE). “I’m no weasel,” he insists. Spurlock points emphatically toward a small fluffy creature perched in Tempest’s cloud while Tempest gestures upward and protests, “That’s no weasel! — It’s a ferret!” In panel three, Tempest raises both hands innocently and tells him, “I knew you’d ferret out any problems in that report! I’ll be sure to pass along your corrections to corporate!” In the final panel, Spurlock walks away proudly while Tempest reclines smugly in her chair. A spiral lollipop now floats in her emotion cloud.