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.”

Kickstarter update

Thank you so much for your outpouring of support for my Kickstarter campaign! I’m really excited to be so close to funding so quickly! A few of you have asked for an option to buy all eight books and get all eight PDFs. It’s something I should have thought about to begin with! But it’s an easy fix, so if you were someone who wanted that option, it now exists! EIv8_Kickstarter_chart_NEW
Also… I originally set a limit of 25 for the package of all eight books, but that limit got met so quickly that I realized I may have underestimated the demand for this reward. So I’ve re-set the limit for 50. If you wanted all eight books — but were prevented from ordering it due to the limit — you’ve got a second chance! Thanks again for your encouragement and support. If you haven’t shared your support of this campaign through Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr/etc., please consider doing so. It really helps! Here’s the URL to link to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guigar/evil-inc-annual-report-vol-8 We’re past the halfway point, and quickly getting to the point of Stretch Goals. If you have an idea for something you’d really like to see offered through this campaign, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line! I’d be thrilled to hear your ideas!