Captain Heroic has a showdown with Countess Influencia, but the former waitress isn't interested in going back to the diner — and she certainly isn't hearing his excuses! She has the city at her feet, and in her book, that's a win!
Fairmount City's top hero sees it differently. There's a big difference between trending and mattering. The Countess may be impossible to ignore... but that also makes her impossible to choose.
Cartoonist Showcase
If you're in the Columbus area, make plans to stop by the Billy Ireland Library & Museum on August 8th from 1-5 p.m. It's a free event, and I'll be there sketching and signing along with a bunch of my pals from the NCS.
Transcript
Captain Heroic faces Countess Influencia (formerly Hailey the waitress)
Panel 1:
Captain Heroic: You don’t have to do this! Come back to Ralph’s and —
Hailey: Oh! NOW you want to talk to me in the diner!
Panel 2:
Captain Heroic: Hailey, I stopped making content with you because I didn’t want to be part of using you for “likes.”
Panel 3:
Hailey: Problem solved. Now I’m using THEM for likes.
Panel 4:
Hailey: Everyone is watching me — praising me! I’m impossible to ignore!
Panel 5:
Captain: And that means you’re impossible to choose.
Ads creep into comic frames
I gotta be honest with you guys. I haven’t quite figured out how I feel about this.
OK, actually, I have. If GM offered the right amount of money, Evil Atom would drive a Pontiac. Often. 🙂
[Detroit Free Press] A young, handsome New York City firefighter had it all, including a loving fiancée whose daughter from a previous relationship adored him and his Pontiac Solstice GXP.
Then, tragedy struck and he lost his job and the two people he cared most about to a deadly fire – but he still had his car. So, he became an action hero and tricked out his Solstice with shotguns and other gadgets to save the lives of others.
If this sounds like a story ripped from the comics, it is. However, Time Warner’s DC Comics created this series as a paid product placement for General Motors Corp.’s Pontiac brand. DC, which will launch the six-issue series called Rush City in stores July 19, has already posted it to its Web site, www.dccomics.com. Read more.
