At Evil Inc, even labor negotiations can spiral out of control — especially when “hard bargaining” takes on a whole new meaning. Cassie Cruz just realized that the conference room she prepped for Dr. Muskiday’s… unconventional solution… is already booked for a high-stakes union negotiation. Unfortunately, it looks like Doctor Threat and the henchpersons may have already reached an agreement.
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Transcript
Panel 1
Cassie Cruz (angry):
“We are NOT having an orgy at our desks!”
Dr. Muskiday (calmly defensive):
“Of course not! I stocked the conference room with mattresses and lube.”
Panel 2
Cassie Cruz (panicking):
“The conference room?! Doctor Threat is scheduled to negotiate a new contract with the henchpersons’ union in there!”
Panel 3
Cassie Cruz (looking toward a slightly open door):
“Where’s Doctor Threat?”
Dr. Muskiday (matter-of-fact):
“I believe that’s him in the middle of — erm — ‘collective bargaining.’”
(Sound effects from behind the closed conference room door:)
“Hhh hhh”
“Plap Ngh Plap Plap”
“Hngh hhh”
“mmf mmf mmf”
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A three-panel comic set inside an office at Evil Inc.
Panel 1: Cassie Cruz, a professional woman with short brown hair, red glasses, a white blazer, and a low-cut yellow top, stands beside her desk looking furious. A small pink “emotion cloud” with a skull icon floats near her head, indicating anger. She shouts that they are not having an orgy at their desks. Standing nearby is Dr. Muskiday, a short humanoid with a fly’s head—large red compound eyes, small body, and lab coat—who calmly explains that he already prepared the conference room with mattresses and lube.
Panel 2: Close-up on Cassie clutching her head in alarm. Her expression is wide-eyed and panicked. She exclaims that the conference room is supposed to be used for an important union negotiation between Doctor Threat and the henchpersons’ union.
Panel 3: Cassie and Dr. Muskiday stand in a hallway facing a slightly open conference room door. Cassie asks where Doctor Threat is. Muskiday gestures toward the door and awkwardly suggests that Doctor Threat is inside, in the middle of “collective bargaining,” implying something sexual. From inside the room comes exaggerated, comic-style sound effects indicating vigorous activity: heavy breathing (“hhh hhh,” “hngh”), rhythmic “plap” noises, and muffled sounds (“mmf mmf”). The implication is that the union negotiation has devolved into an orgy inside the conference room.
Shortpacked! book in preorders

My Blank Label pal David Willis is wrapping up preorders for the first
Shortpacked! print collection.
That means it’s time to mobilize the BLC Army and give the guy a Big Push before preorders end Monday. Swipe this text and blog it, post it in forums, and spread the word.
Willis is a veteran of over ten years of daily webcomic production. His work is phenomenal and is going to appeal to a wide range of readers. If you have a blog, it’s a good chance many of your readers are already very familiar with his work.
About the book: Crammed with extras,
Shortpacked! Brings Back the Eighties collects the first hundred strips of Willis’ popular webcomic,
Shortpacked! into a 140-page keepsake volume. Most of the strips are accompanied by his own commentary, providing witty insight and background to the comics.
Additional features include
Shortpacked v1.o, the early strips that you can’t find anywhere on the Internet today, and pages from the never-before-seen
Shortpacked! Employee Handbook. Throw in a rollicking foreword by special-effects genius
Greg Killmaster, and you have to ultimate must-have for fans of this webcomic veteran.
You can
preorder the book until this Monday, May 14.
The preorders are being handled through PayPal, but Willis is making special arrangements for people who are more comfortable using checks, money orders, and promises of sexual favors.
Email him for details.
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