A relationship built on trust sounds great in theory — until you realize your “honest thoughts” and your “honest words” might not exactly match. Now that Dr. Muskiday’s emotion-broadcasting clouds are gone, Miss Match is ready to have a very honest conversation with Captain Heroic… for better or worse.
Moore College Comics Expo: A Full-Circle Moment
The Moore College Comics Expo was an absolute blast — I had a fantastic time talking comics with students, sharing ideas, and soaking in the energy of a new generation of creators.
But the highlight?
Seeing my former intern, Asia Simone, absolutely thriving.
Her latest sequential work includes projects like Baby Garfield and Adventure Time — and you can check it out here:
https://www.asiaillustration.com/home/sequentials
Even better, she’s already paying it forward — mentoring another rising talent, Jules, who was also at the show assisting her. Watching that kind of creative lineage take root? That’s the good stuff.
Quick Check-In
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Transcript
Panel 1
Lightning Lady: (To Miss Match as she hustles out of the office) Hey! Where are you going? Now that Muskiday’[s invention isn’t broadcasting our inner thoughts… this is the PERFECT time to tell Iron Dragon that we were close to accepting his inner-office orgy suggestion! (Hee hee!)
Panel 2
Miss Match: I gotta call Cap so we can discuss that waitress.
Panel 3
Lightning Lady: You haven’t discussed her yet?
Miss Match: No
Panel 4
Miss Match: No, but our relationship is built on trust and honesty. We should address this.
Panel 5
Lightning Lady: Why did you wait so long?
Miss Match: What —? And talk to him with that PINK CLOUD over my head?!
Panel 6
Lightning Lady (gently puts her hand on Miss Match’s shoulder): So… you’re worried your honest thoughts might contradict your honest words?
Alt Text (Detailed)
A six-panel comic set in the Evil Inc office.
Panel 1: Lightning Lady, a blonde supervillain in a blue-and-yellow costume, calls out to Miss Match, who is rushing out of the office. Lightning Lady excitedly says that now that Dr. Muskiday’s invention is no longer broadcasting their inner thoughts, it’s the perfect time to tell Iron Dragon they were close to accepting his “inner-office orgy” suggestion. Miss Match runs past, looking determined.
Panel 2: Close-up of Miss Match, a brunette in a red-and-orange costume, saying she needs to call Captain Heroic to discuss “that waitress.” A small inset shows a blue-tinted imagined scene of Captain Heroic interacting with a waitress.
Panel 3: Lightning Lady asks if Miss Match hasn’t talked to him about it yet. Miss Match replies, “No.”
Panel 4: Miss Match explains that their relationship is built on trust and honesty, and that they should address the issue.
Panel 5: Lightning Lady asks why she waited so long. Miss Match reacts defensively, saying she couldn’t talk to him while a pink emotion cloud was hovering over her head broadcasting her thoughts.
Panel 6: Lightning Lady gently places a hand on Miss Match’s shoulder and points out the contradiction: Miss Match is worried her honest thoughts might contradict her honest words. Miss Match looks surprised and slightly flustered.
A quick storyline note…
Right off the bat, let me clear up some confusion that new readers may have had with Tuesday’s strip. The two characters in the last panel are call-backs to an
earlier story arc that became somewhat iconic with Evil Inc readers. They are representative of VIMA — the Villainous Idiom Management Agency.
Now, about this story. I’m judging from some of the posts on the Shoutbox, forum, Facebook, MySpace, etc., that some of you are getting a little confused by my non-linear storyline. 🙂 And that’s OK. 😉
Telling a story in a daily comic-strip format is kind of a challenge. I’ve only got so much time each day to tell you a little bit of the plot — and try to make it interesting and/or funny enough to keep you coming back tomorrow.
And sometimes, like now, I’ve got a story that ultimately relies on my ability to ratchet up the suspense and then hit a momentous climax (which, incidentally, comes in Thursday’s comic). Part of the art of building suspense is knowing how much is enough — and how much is too much. There is a tipping point at which too much suspense tend to deflate the climax.
Some of you have gotten a little thrown by not knowing what happened to Commander Heroic, Oscar, Muskiday, and Haynus — and, I promise you, those questions will be answered. The non-linear plot was kind of a necessary evil (as if there’s any other kind in this strip). If I had put that stuff earlier in the storyline, it would have taken far too long to get to tomorrow’s revelation.
So, as I’ve been saying all along, stay ‘tooned! All of your questions will be answered in due time.
Thirdly, the memorial service was for the Evil Inc company itself, which has been destroyed. This is spelled out pretty plainly in the first panel of Tuesday’s comic. I’m seeing that a few of you spotted some other clues in the backgrounds of some of the other strips this week. Stay ‘tooned. 🙂
Finally, I need to apologize for the appalling lack of super-villain-related posts in the blog as of late. Between preparing for Comic Con, attending it and recovering from it, I’ve had my hands full merely updating the comic on time. And, for the last couple weeks, a lot of my spare time has gone to designing the third Evil Inc graphic novel — which is close to three-quarters of the way finished. Just wait ’til you see the mega-cheesecake cover on this one, fanboys and fangirls. Members of the
Fan Club can see it now. ‘Nuff said. 😉
Suffice it to say, I’ll get back to covering the best in super-villain news and reviews in this space withing the next few weeks. Be sure to use the blog’s
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