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:
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.”
Taking stock of super-villains
Mephisto: Is there a villain that holds the spotlight as firmly as Mephisto this week?
Let’s look at the tally:
• Presents MJ and Peter with a no-win decision: Their marriage or May’s life.
• Single-handledly retcons Spider-Man’s recent history: No more marriage to Mary Jane and no more public unmasking.
• MJ gets to remember everything. And live with the pain. Which Mephisto feeds on.
• Oh! And just before throwing the switch, he shows the couple the daughter they’ll never have.
Mephisto scores a perfect 10. The only thing he
didn’t do was give Peter a purple nurple.
— Brad Guigar
(If you have a suggestion for “TWiV,” please e-mail me.)
