Chapter 17, Page 24a: Impossible to Choose

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Brad Guigar

Captain Heroic has a showdown with Countess Influencia, but the former waitress isn't interested in going back to the diner — and she certainly isn't hearing his excuses! She has the city at her feet, and in her book, that's a win!

Fairmount City's top hero sees it differently. There's a big difference between trending and mattering. The Countess may be impossible to ignore... but that also makes her impossible to choose.

Cartoonist Showcase

If you're in the Columbus area, make plans to stop by the Billy Ireland Library & Museum on August 8th from 1-5 p.m. It's a free event, and I'll be there sketching and signing along with a bunch of my pals from the NCS.

Transcript

Captain Heroic faces Countess Influencia (formerly Hailey the waitress)

Panel 1:

Captain Heroic: You don’t have to do this! Come back to Ralph’s and —

Hailey: Oh! NOW you want to talk to me in the diner!

Panel 2:

Captain Heroic: Hailey, I stopped making content with you because I didn’t want to be part of using you for “likes.”

Panel 3:

Hailey: Problem solved. Now I’m using THEM for likes.

Panel 4:

Hailey: Everyone is watching me — praising me! I’m impossible to ignore!

Panel 5:

Captain: And that means you’re impossible to choose.

Evil Inc Kickstarter — Vol. 9, The Ruby of Ragnoor

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Brad Guigar

Evil Inc Kickstarter

The Evil Inc Kickstarter campaign has begun! I’m really excited to announce the launch of the ninth Evil Inc graphic novel!  If you already know the drill, head over to the Kickstarter page and check out the rewards. There are a couple of Early Bird rewards that offer free shipping to US addresses and reduced shipping prices worldwide — but those are limited, so act fast!

If you haven’t seen an Evil Inc graphic novels, you owe it to yourself to check them out. They’re not the usual comic-strip collections. Instead, I take the individual panels from the daily strip and I lay out graphic-novel pages. I add some panels that you haven’t seen before, and the result is it continuously narrative graphic novel that’s a completely new reading experience —  and to be honest with you, a lot of fun

Evil Inc Kickstarter

  • PDF of the book so you can read it on your tablet
  • Print edition of the book — regular, signed, or Artist Edition (in which I draw something inside the book just for you)
  • The original art from an Evil Inc comic strip
  • Commissioned illustrations
  • You can even get the earlier copies of the Evil Inc graphic novels 1 through 8 that you might not have in your collection yet

Thank you in advance for your pledge — and for your help in spreading the word on social media!

Evil Inc Kickstarter

What’s in store

Artistically, this volume represents a period of time when I think I was starting to hit my stride as an illustrator. I’m really proud of the visual appeal of these pages.

And the stories? The book is peppered with short standalone story arcs — like these moments between Captain Heroic and his son…

…and stories about Cap and Miss Match when they were a young couple…

Plus… longer storylines with driving plots like the heist of the Ruby of Ragnoor

When the mystical Ruby winds up in Miss Match’s hands, a mis-worded wish has unintended results!

And, throughout the 112-page book, my dumb sense of humor.