Chapter 17 | Page 2b: The Ol’ Battle Ax

The #GuigarChristmasCountdown Rolls On

Every day until Christmas, I’m releasing a brand-new holiday single-panel gag — and this year’s batch has already included:

  • Overworked elves

  • Malfunctioning snowmen

  • Questionable reindeer behavior

  • And Santas who are absolutely phoning it in

Next week’s cartoons keep the absurdity rolling. If you’re counting down to Christmas with me… buckle up. We’re not even halfway to the weirdest ones. Catch them on BlueskyPatreon chat, or the Evil Inc Subreddit.

TRANSCRIPT

Panel 1 (Later)
Hailey: “Come on, Rose! This is a big opportunity for me! Just tell me what Cap’s ‘usual’ is!”

Panel 2
Rose (from inside the storage closet): “Fine. He loves chicken soup — extra crackers — and a tall lemonade.”

Panel 3
Rose: “Say… do you think you could open the door now? There’s not much air in here.”

Panel 4
Hailey: “If you look in the corner, you’ll see an old battle ax.”

Panel 5
Hailey: “There’s no battle ax in— Oh.”

Panel 6
SFX: KRAKK

Panel 7
Rose (calmly): “Thank you!”

Bid to win Evil Inc original art




I’ve donated the original art from this strip (above), matted and framed, to benefit Frankford Friends School in Philadelphia.

The retail value of the art is $200, but they’ve started the bidding at $50, so bid now.

As with all my originals, I print the digital lettering and panel borders on a sheet of transparent film which is placed over the original. Matted and framed, the result is similar to an animation cell. Here’s some more info about the process.

Frankford Friends is an extraordinary school in Philadelphia and a very deserving organization for your charity dollars. If you’ve been looking for a good excuse to get an original, this is a win-win.