Intermission – April 21 — Evolution Success

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Brad Guigar

Build-a-Baddie Returns (And It’s Bigger, Badder, and More Chaotic)

The last Build-a-Baddie Poll was such a hit, it spun off not one but two projects — a microfic and a 1,500-word short story!

So naturally… we’re doing it again.

Welcome back to Build-a-Baddie — the crowd-sourced character experiment where you decide:

  • The creature

  • The personality

  • The situation they’re caught in

I take your winning combo and turn it into a brand-new illustration.

There’s also a Wildcard section if you want to whisper your weirdest ideas into the void. No promises… but I will read them.

Voting opens this week on Patreon. Bring your best (and worst) ideas.

Transcript — Evolution Success Stories

A single-panel cartoon shows two bug-like creatures standing on a forest floor surrounded by large green leaves. Both have tall, thin, purple bodies with spindly limbs and antennae. The bug on the right has colorful, symmetrical butterfly wings with orange, black, and white patterns and looks relatively normal — an evolution success story The bug on the left has a strange, mismatched set of wings that resemble bold, graphic signage instead of natural wings. The wings are black with bright orange arrows and large words pointing in different directions, including “TASTY,” “HERE,” and “YUM!” with arrows directing attention toward the bug’s own body. The malformed-wing bug looks uneasy, while the butterfly-wing bug looks on. Beneath the comic, a caption reads: “All I’m saying is… it’s easy to be a fan of evolution if all you hear about are the success stories…”

To the right of the panel is a blue box that reads: “Intermission — The Evil Inc storyline will continue next week.”

Five to Pull / One to Pass: May 20

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Brad Guigar

As you hit the comic shop today, keep an eye on these ne’er-do-wells making big moves this week (complete with press-releasy goodness)…

—Amazing Spider-man #594
(Marvel)
Hunted as never before by a newly empowered J. Jonah Jameson–and you won’t believe JJJ’s new base of operations! – Spider-Man can’t find peace privately or in public! It’s time Spidey faced up to the truth behind his 24/7 mission – before it kills him!

—The Complete Dracula
(Dynamite)
The complete story of the Lord of the Undead–Dracula! For the first time in 112 years the tale that Bram Stoker intended to tell is told (including ‘Dracula’s Guest’!). If you thought you knew how it began or how it ends, you were wrong!

—Dark Reign Fantastic Four #3
(Marvel)
Forced to fight their way through time, Sue, Ben and Johnny have to defend the Holy Land in the Crusades, Conquer the Wild West and beat back the Nazis while Franklin and Val are busy back in the Baxter Building preparing for the arrival of Norman Osborn. All that, and the return of the Illuminati!

—Hulk #12
(Marvel)
After the senses shattering unexpected cliffhanger from last issue, The Defenders/Offenders War comes to an explosive end. The Hulk, Namor, Doc Strange and Silver Surfer have one last chance to save the women they love, but the Red Hulk, Tiger Shark, Mordo and Terrax aren’t about to let that happen.

—Thunderbolts #132
(Marvel)
A new killer joins the Norman Osborn’s terrifying team! Our crazed covert ops squad sets out to recruit one of the world’s deadliest fighters: the ruthless Wolverine foe known only as Mr. X! But first they must defeat him in single combat, and that’s easier said than done – especially when one of the Thunderbolts is hiding a deadly secret that could spell death for them all!

And one to pass…

—Final Crisis Aftermath #1 of 6
(DC)
Honestly… this is still going on?! Ugh… and to make matters worse, it’s about that bizarre Super Young Squad group that kicked this whole mess off. Pass.