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.
Blank Label Comics garnered 11 nominations in the 2006 Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards, which were announced yesterday.
Starslip Crisis, by Kristofer Straub, took 5 nominations — Outstanding Newcomer, Outstanding Black-and-White Art, Outstanding Use of Flash, Outstanding Web Design, and Outstanding Science Fiction Comic.
Kris earned a sixth nod for his writing on Starslip Crisis, Checkerboard Nightmare, and Modern Humor Authority.
Wapsi Square, by Paul Taylor, earned two nominations: One for Outstanding Black-and-White Art and another for Outstanding Character Art.
Shortpacked!, by David Willis, got two nods: One for Outstanding Comedic Comic and another for Outstanding Web Design.
Ugly Hill, by Paul Southworth, was nominated for Outstanding Character Art.
Voting for the Webcartoonists’ Choice Awards began on June 12 and will end on July 10. The winners will be announced July 17.
