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.
Here’s an interesting summation of the 90s from a comics perspective.
[COMICBOOKBIN.COM:] The 1990s was an incredible decade for comics. More people were buying and reading them than ever before and, in turn, more new publishers and new titles came into being. We had the formation of the superstar independent in Image Comics and the birth of the still unequaled VALIANT Universe, a high water mark in storytelling, as well as a host of others trying to imitate the two. Gimmick covers and variants were all the rage, but we loved them and (don’t tell Marvel) we still do. We were all going to be rich because the generic hot book of the week was going to be the next big thing. Well hindsight is 20/20 and with that in mind, let’s chart the Ten Most Important Comic Books of the 1990s. Read more.
I have to admit, I was somewhat surprised at the author’s pick for Number One.
