Chapter 17 | Page 2b: The Ol’ Battle Ax

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Brad Guigar

The #GuigarChristmasCountdown Rolls On

Every day until Christmas, I’m releasing a brand-new holiday single-panel gag — and this year’s batch has already included:

  • Overworked elves

  • Malfunctioning snowmen

  • Questionable reindeer behavior

  • And Santas who are absolutely phoning it in

Next week’s cartoons keep the absurdity rolling. If you’re counting down to Christmas with me… buckle up. We’re not even halfway to the weirdest ones. Catch them on Bluesky, Patreon chat, or the Evil Inc Subreddit.

TRANSCRIPT

Panel 1 (Later)
Hailey: “Come on, Rose! This is a big opportunity for me! Just tell me what Cap’s ‘usual’ is!”

Panel 2
Rose (from inside the storage closet): “Fine. He loves chicken soup — extra crackers — and a tall lemonade.”

Panel 3
Rose: “Say… do you think you could open the door now? There’s not much air in here.”

Panel 4
Hailey: “If you look in the corner, you’ll see an old battle ax.”

Panel 5
Hailey: “There’s no battle ax in— Oh.”

Panel 6
SFX: KRAKK

Panel 7
Rose (calmly): “Thank you!”

Convention Schedule 2010 — Update!

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Brad Guigar
More good news to pass along! All systems are GO for another trip to Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con! This has been a highlight on the convention circuit for me ever since I started going out there, and I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll get to go again.

Recapping my earlier announcement, I’ll be attending C2E2 in Chicago, making good on a six-year-old promise I made to get back into the Chicago area.

Rounding out the schedule thus far is the Calgary Comics Expo (in Canada, no less!), New York Comic Con in October, and, of course, Comic Con International in San Diego.

I haven’t ruled out If you’d like me to come to a convention near you, please write to the promoter of your nearest convention and ask them to have me appear as a guest. You’d be amazed at how much power an e-mail like that wields.

Right now, my tentative schedule looks like this:

Emerald City Comic Con
Washington State Convention Center
Seattle
March 13-14

C2E2
McCormick Place
Chicago
April 16-18

Calgary Comics & Entertainment Expo
BMO Round Up Centre
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
April 24-25

Wizard World Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia
June 11-13

Comic Con International
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, Calif.
July 22-25

Baltimore Comic Con
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Aug. 28-29

New York Comic Con
Javits Center
New York, NY
Oct. 8-10