Chapter 17 | Page 14b: First-Date Tension

In today’s Evil Inc, Yazmine Velour pitches a viral strategy built entirely on first-date tension — because nothing hooks an audience like awkward chemistry and unresolved feelings. Unfortunately for Captain Heroic, his real-life situation may be trending in a very different direction…


Commissions: Get on the List

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I’m opening a limited number of commission slots — first come, first served. (And vice versa)

Patreon backers get first crack, then I’ll open whatever remains to the public.

Get in touch here — https://www.evil-inc.com/contact/

If you’ve ever wanted to direct your own Evil Inc moment… this is your shot.


November Collection: No Subscription Required

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Inside:

  • Evil Inc After Dark #79

  • A Monster Girl Poll

  • No Nut November cartoons

  • The EiAD Double Crossed eComic ( (46 pages)

  • A sneak peek at the upcoming Udders book

  • And spicy commissions featuring Cassie Cruz, Miss Match, and Captain Scarr

Dip a toe in… and if you like what you see, there’s a whole ocean waiting.

Transcript

Panel 1
Caption: “A little later…”
Captain Heroic: “I can’t believe we’re having this discussion!”

Panel 2
Yazmine Velour: “The video of you and the waitress did monster numbers! —but we need to come back with something big before we miss our moment!”

Panel 3
Yazmine (off-panel): “I was thinking about a public break-up scene…”
“—really torture your shippers!”

Panel 4
Captain Heroic: “Break up?? We’re not even dating!”

Panel 5
Yazmine: “I like the way you think! There’s no tension like first-date tension!”

Panel 6
Captain Heroic (thinking as he looks at his phone): “There isn’t? Try last-date tension.”
Phone text from Miss Match: “We need to talk.”

Webcomics Weekly Podcast, Episode 17

Check out the latest Webcomics Weekly Podcast, featuring Scott Kurtz, Dave Kellett, Kris Straub, and myself. If you get off on cartoonists talking shop, this is a must-listen. You can follow the RSS here.

Show notes from Episide 17: Muppets are rad. We don’t want to critique your webcomic. We have a new hotline. Leave your question, message or tip at: 214-717-5487. When you started your strip, did you know who your characters were, or did that develop along the way? Good ideas are a dime-a-dozen. Reinventing your strip: starting over as you go. If you start your new strip by breaking the fourth-wall, Kris will murder you. PANEL FIGHT! New Readers page: important or unimportant? We reveal the entire podcast was just an intervention for Kris.