Chapter 17 | Page 3b: Hot Stuff

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Brad Guigar

Today’s page takes us back to Ralph’s Diner, where Captain Heroic proves—once again—that nothing rattles him… not even a surprise soup bath.

Hailey is mortified, Captain Heroic is dripping, and somewhere across the diner, Yazmine Velour is livestreaming the whole thing as heart emojis rain from the internet. It’s a small moment, but one that says a lot about who Cap really is—and why people can’t help falling for him.

Transcript

Panel 1
Hailey (distraught that she has dumped hot soup on Captain Heroic): Omigod Omigod Omigod…

Captain Heroic (turning to another person eating at the diner): Excuse me. Would you hand me a napkin, please? (The person hands him a napkin)

Panel 2

Hailey: I’m so sorry Captain Heroic, sir. I didn’t mean to — {sob}

Panel 3

Captain Heroic (handing her the napkin): Here. Please don’t cry.

Panel 4

Captain Heroic (continues): Most of my first impressions involve disintegration rays. And actual impressions. In concrete.

Panel 5

Captain Heroic: This was far more pleasant — not counting the bay leaf in my shirt.Yazmine Velour (as she livestreams the interaction from the other side of the diner, a torrent of heart emojis flow from her phone as the audience reacts): Omigod Omigod Omigod

After Dark

This week's commissioned MicroFic delivers exactly what you’d want from a pairing between Dynasty and Father Christmas.

  • Yes, he lives up to his name.

  • Yes, Dynasty knew exactly what she was doing.

  • No, the North Pole will never be the same.

I also posted the Goblin Girl MicroFic from the Monster Girl poll — and the response was so good, I might need to make these poll-powered MicroFics a recurring thing!

Harvey Award Memories

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Brad Guigar



Y’know how you look at a photograph, and get hit with the realization that it’s a photograph that you’ll always look back on and cherish?

This is one of those photos.

It’s the Halfpixel crew, Kris Straub, Dave Kellett, me and Scott Kurtz, enjoying a cocktail before the Harvey Awards ceremony at the Baltimore Comic Con last Saturday night.

For those of you scoring at home, that’s (left to right) a Vodka Gimlet, Corona, Whiskey Sour and a cropped-out Rum-and-Coke.

Our book, How To Make Webcomics was nominated for a Harvey, but it lost to the Jack Kirby biography — which is very close to losing a Christianity contest to Jesus.

So, no, we were far from disappointed. Especially since Kris, Dave, Scott’s wife Angela and I got front row seats for our buddy Scott’s triumphant performance as the emcee of the evening’s events. Being able to enjoy Scott was one thing, but I gotta tell you, I took great enjoyment in watching Angela watch Scott. The pure joy emanating from that woman was simply spectacular. She couldn’t have been more radiant.

I will be posting items relevant to the Harveys all week at Webcomics.com, so be sure to check back to see the animated intro that Scott and Kris prepared for the evening and excerpts from Scott’s performance.

Besides that amazing evening, the entire show was phenomenal for me. Baltimore and Emerald City are two conventions I try to never miss, and I was reminded of why that was last weekend. I had people in from of my table from the start of Saturday until darned near the end, and I was sketching and greeting as fast as I possibly could to keep up. It was exhausting and exhilarating and thrilling. I met tons of new readers and saw lots of old friends. It was probably one of my happiest convention experiences ever.