Well, after my sophomore attempt at stand-up comedy (you can hear it detailed on this episode of Plus-Two Comedy), I finally steeled myself for another trip to the microphone. And since I didn’t stink too badly, I’m happy to share it with you.
This was a nice event — put on by a couple of really excellent comedians. It was a comedy showcase stage in the back of a gaming room at Jester’s Playhouse, an awesome comic shop in Northfield, N.J. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling mix-up, there was a gaming event taking place in the same room that caused a constant background murmur throughout the show. That wasn’t optimal. And the audience was… intimate. But the comedians were top-notch, and the experience was one that I’d gladly do all over again.
So here it is, an expanded 10-minute monologue from Your Favorite Cartoonist. If you’re a longtime reader of Courting Disaster and/or Tales from the Con, you just might hear some familiar phrases.
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.”
