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.”

Patreon: More Arch Bros!

As I announced earlier, I’ve started posting exclusive content to my Patreon page. This has included pages from my sketchbook, some single-panel cartoons, and prototype strips of an Evil Inc spin-off that I’m calling Arch Bros. Arch Bros takes the concept of Oscar and Oliver — two brothers… one a superhero and the other a supervillain — and puts them into a “civilian” family. It’s really turning out nicely. For the time being, only my Patreon backers can see the Arch Bros strips — as well as the other bonus content I’m creating — for as little as $1 a month. If you think you might be interested, here’s one of the Arch Bros strips you missed — and one of the single-panel cartoons. Click on the images to see the whole thing. ArchBros_3calvin_urologistAs I wrote when I posted that second one, I’ve got this weird feeling that I’m subconsciously stealing it from somewhere, but I can’t find it anywhere. And I couldn’t get it out of my head until I drew it. So at the risk of unconscious plagiarism… I’m sharing it with you today.