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.
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Yes, he lives up to his name.
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Yes, Dynasty knew exactly what she was doing.
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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!
I am opening up
preorders for the fourth volume of the Evil Inc Annual Report —
IN COLOR!
That’s right, colorist
Ed Ryzowski has gone back into the archives and colored the strips leading up to the beginning of his tenure with
Evil Inc, allowing me to offer a full-color book. Here’s a
sneak peek at a few of the pages.
At 104 pages, the book collects all of the strips from April 2007 to May 2008. However, this is not simply a collection of comic strips. Rather, I take the individual panels of the strips and lay out a continuous graphic novel. Since I do a storyline-driven comic, it reads smoothly from cover to cover, and since it’s based on a daily humor strip, reading it in one volume lends it a rapid-fire sense of humor.
The book can be preordered for $15. A limited-edition Artist’s Edition (“AE”) Vol. 4 can be bought for $30. A
Value Pack of all four books can be bought for $48 (saving you $10). A
Value Pack with an AE Vol. 4 is $63 (again, you save $10).
And for the first time ever, I’m offering a
SUPER VALUE PACK of Artist’s Editions of all four
Evil Inc books for only $95 (you save over $20)!
These books will be ordered by the end of May and will become available by mid-June. Artist Edition books will begin shipping shortly thereafter.
