Chapter 17, Page 18a: Emotion Cloud Chaos

Doctor Muskiday’s latest crisis runs screaming through the lab — but the real problem is waiting quietly in a cage.

Project SMILE's emotion cloud chaos continues to spiral out of control as Holo-Clone Miss Match discovers that Doctor Muskiday’s “bad news” isn’t a situation… it’s a somebody.

Evil Inc After Dark

Meanwhile, over in Evil Inc After Dark, we checked in on an intimate moment between Lightning Lady and her favorite minotaur before shifting back to EiAD #79 — in which Mixtape is thrust into the midst of a plot schemed up by a trio of Miss Match haters!

Coming up next, we’ll swing back around to Lightning Lady and Angus…

Transcript

Panel 1:

Narration: Shortly afterwards… in Doctor Muskiday’s underground lab…

Doctor Muskiday is shown running through his laboratory, shouting “Oh, no! Oh, no!Oh, no!Oh, no! No! No! No! No! Oh, no!”

Holo-Clone Miss Match, as he rushes past: “Musky, darling, what’s wrong??”

Panel 2:

Off-panel voice: “Him? Oh, he got some bad news.”

Panel 3:

Holo-Clone Miss Match, walking to the small cage that held the lad rat at the beginning of the story: “Really? What’s the bad news?”

Panel 4:
Rat, with a pink cloud covering his entire head: “I am.”

Alt Text

Four-panel “Evil Inc” comic set inside Doctor Muskiday’s underground laboratory. In the large top panel, Doctor Muskiday runs frantically through the lab shouting “Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! No! No! No!” Holo-Clone Miss Match, wearing a tight white blouse and maroon pants, stands in the center asking, “Musky, darling, what’s wrong??” In the second panel, an unseen speaker says, “Him? Oh, he got some bad news.” In the third panel, Holo-Clone Miss Match approaches a small animal cage and asks, “Really? What’s the bad news?” In the final panel, a lab rat sits inside the cage with a large glowing pink emotion cloud completely covering its head and replies, “I am.”

Hey Comics — Kids! Should Disney Buy DC Comics?

In the latest episode of “Hey Comics — Kids!” my two boys discuss the news that Disney is considering purchasing Time-Warner. And that, of course, means that Disney would own DC Comics. Since the House of Mouse already bought Marvel Comics back in ’09, that would bring both major comics publishers under one roof. It would open the door to crossover TV shows and movies, an increased budget for DC franchises — and maybe even a superhero-themed theme park to rank with the Star Wars park that Disney is currently imagineering. But should they? The view from a 12yo and an 8yo might surprise you. Listen: Hey Comics — Kids! Episode 2.