They say all you need is love… but nobody ever said it had to be part of a company-wide initiative approved by Dr. Muskiday.
After yesterday’s emotional-cloud chaos, Dr. Muskiday has a solution — and let’s just say it’s less “scientific breakthrough” and more “HR nightmare waiting to happen.”
According to Muskiday, the only way to overpower the micronanos is to flood them with a stronger emotion than anger.
And that emotion is…
LOVE.
Dr. Muskiday is doing his absolute best to frame this as a team-building exercise.
With benefits.
Iron Dragon is on board — and he came prepared. (And he's prepared to come.)
But will the gang go along with it?
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Transcript
Caption:
The next morning…
Lightning Lady:
I thought these clouds were gonna dissipate!
Catnip:
Doctor Muskiday thinks he has a solution…
You’re not gonna like it.
Cassie Cruz:
We gotta flood the micronanos with emotions.
Giant Tess (angry):
No problem. I’m plenty mad already!
Holo-Clone Miss Match:
There’s one emotion more powerful than anger: LOVE.
Dr. Muskiday:
Before you say anything… just think of this as a team-building exercise.
With benefits.
Iron Dragon (holding a box containing, lube, lace and sex toys)
Exactly! It’s like a “trust fall.”
But horizontal.
Detailed Alt Text
A wide, single-panel comic labeled “The next morning…” shows a group of supervillains gathered in an office area at Evil Inc. Several characters have floating pink “emotion clouds” above their heads—visual representations of their feelings caused by Dr. Muskiday’s Project SMILE.
On the far left, Lightning Lady (a blonde woman in a blue-and-yellow costume) gestures in frustration, saying she expected the clouds to dissipate. Next to her, a curvy woman in a tight black catsuit — Catnip — leans forward, explaining that Dr. Muskiday has a solution that won’t be popular.
Cassie Cruz (a confident woman in a business outfit) stands near the center, explaining that they need to “flood the micronanos with emotions.” Around him, multiple characters display different emotional clouds—confusion (question marks), anger (red symbols), and even a skull icon—hovering above their heads.
Giant Tess, the superhuman resources manager, responds angrily that she’s already full of rage. Dr. Muskiday’s holographic assistant counters by declaring that love is a more powerful emotion, with the word “LOVE” appearing large and bold in the panel.
Iron Dragon tries to convince the group that this should be viewed as a “team-building exercise… with benefits.” In his arms is a box containing lube, lace and assorted sex toys.
In case you don’t follow me on
Twitter (or if you haven’t Liked the
Facebook page for Evil Inc), you may have missed that I helped launch the first-ever Patreon-exclusive podcast,
Surviving Creativity, with Scott Kurtz and business manager Cory Casoni. In fact, we just uploaded
our second episode and it’s a doozy.
In our first episode,
we spoke with Patreon creator Jack Conte. And hearing him speak so passionately about this project made me want to jump in and see if I could apply what he was talking about to my own comic.
So here’s the deal. First off, absolutely nothing is changing about Evil Inc. I’ll still be doing a daily comic strip, and you’ll still be able to read it at evil-inc.com.
But, now
you’ll be able to sign up to support the comic directly through Patreon.
It works like this: You set a pledge level, and every month I create daily comics, your account is charged at the amount you set. You can even set a cap amount to ensure you never get charged for more than what you expect.*
And the more you pledge, the more rewards you’ll receive. Here’s a breakdown:
- $1/month: Cool backers-only activity feed with behind-the-scenes photos, work in progress and coupon codes.
- $5/month: Everything above PLUS a free subscription to the monthly Evil Inc digital comic.
- $10/month: Everything above PLUS access to a weekly, exclusive hour-long video hangout.
- $20/month: Everything above PLUS you get entered to win a monthly raffle for the original art to an Evil Inc comic strip — your choice, based on availability! AND every time I print a new graphic novel, you get one free (plus shipping charges outside the U.S.).
Sound interesting?
Go sign up now!
This is a work in progress so if you want higher reward levels — or is you have any ideas for cool rewards, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
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* The Pledge Cap is really for creators who don’t do daily content. For example, at Surviving Creativity, our backers are charged every time we post a new podcast. It’s a weekly show but we could conceivable post more than that. Your donation cap would prevent you from getting charged more than you’re comfortable with in that scenario.
And the more you pledge, the more rewards you’ll receive. Here’s a breakdown:
