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.”

Custom LEGO minifig kit

Custom LEGO minifig kit
This is our custom LEGO minifig kit. It includes a clear gloss primer (to help the paint adhere to the plastic figures), acrylic paint, a paint well, small brushes, and several minifig parts I found on eBay. I also included a soldering stand to help with the detail work.
So, my younger son turns eight this week. He’s been after me for a while to help him make custom LEGO minifigures for the characters that are unavailable from LEGO (or hard to find). This is what I came up with. I found out that I could buy a bunch of random LEGO minifig parts on eBay for a really good price. So bought a bunch of heads, torsos, hands, arms and legs. Then, I picked up some acrylic paint, a paint well and some small brushes. I’m using a clear paint primer to try to get the acrylic to stick to the plastic (and then protect it when it’s dry). I organized them in a crafter’s box with adjustable compartments. Finally, since I have no illusions as to who’s going to be working alongside him during this, I picked up a soldering stand. It’s a weighted stand with a magnifying glass, a small LED light, and two adjutable alligator clips. I figure this will make it easier to hold the small parts steady while we paint those teeny tiny details. I don’t think we’re going to give Evil Inc arch-henchman David Oakes a run for his money anytime soon, but I’m really looking forward to the time I get to spend with my kid letting out imaginations run wild. I’ll be sure to post some of the results here as soon as we get our first attempts done.