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!
For those of us who have been working in the comic-strip business for the past several years, there has been no truer friend in journalism than David Astor. (
That’s him, second from the left, in the photo above. Sitting right next to Johnny Eyebrows.) As the editor in charge of covering syndicated content for
Editor & Publisher, a trade magazine for the newspaper industry, his column and blog updates reached a significant number of print media decision-makers.
And his support of webcomics has been second to none.
It was evident when he and I shared a panel at NYCC in 2008. He could always be counted on to help spread the word about anything from the launch of a new comic to a new book to a webcomics charity event to aid the victims of a disaster.
At the beginning of the year, Astor was laid off from his position at E&P. Not only does this mean that the coverage of comics in general at the mag has dropped precipitously, but it means that our friend found himself in a particularly tough situation.
Luckily, Astor can do a whole lot more than cover comics. He’s an extremely skillful humor columnist, and the
Huffington Post, clearly eager to take advantage of the talent that the E&P tossed aside, has added him to its roster.
So go and reacquaint yourself with an old friend to the webcomics community… and enjoy some very insightful humor along the way. You’ll want to hit that RSS feed and add it to your bookmarks. He really is just that good.
