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.”

Transcribe this comic!

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Brad Guigar
You may notice a new logo over the comics starting today — ones that look like the one to the right. When you click the “TRANSCRIBE THIS COMIC” button, you get taken to a place in which you can transcribe the comic.

It’s really easy. You simply write down the words from each panel and a little description if necessary.

And I really need the help! The transcription function hasn’t been active for a long time and I have a lot of comics to catch up with.

Having transcribed comics means that when someone uses the search engine under the comic, you can find comics that include the search terms.

As an example, here’s how today’s comic would be transcribed:

[[Desdemona looking out window in Evil Atom’s office]] / Desdemona: Why change the name to “Villain Zone?” / Evil Atom: It’s a good move. Oculore doesn’t have name recognition. He doesn’y have an identifiable face. Or a face.

Desdemona: But why now? And why the bid ad push? / Evil Atom: Of COURSE! He’s hired a marketing team!

Evil Atom: Where’s MY marketing team? / Desdemona: Working overtime on the Gorgon case.

[[Scene changes to Samantha addressing a press conference, with a large creature, Gorgon, standing behind her in a suit.]] / Off-camera voice: Can you comment on the reampage through the downtown area? / Samanth: No thanks necessary. Seeing the city grasp this chance for renewal is thanks enough.

Don’t worry if you can’t fill in a specific name or event. I approve all of the transcriptions before they go live, so I can fill in any blanks.

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