BONE CHINA pt.8
Oh look, ANOTHER ‘mystery villain’! Who can it be?…well, there’s more important things to focus on, so let’s forget the Troubleshooter for a while. He/she/it/they will be hanging around.
In other news, Byron Wilkins, the “old fart” behind 1977: the Comic, recently wrote a very kind article about SCAPULA over at the Webcomic Alliance site. Check out his review in Webcomic Alliance’s Pick of the Week and gasp in amazement…some folks actually LIKE this comic?!
Next week: Scapula gets drunk.
~sigh~ Knew she was too good to be true. Wonder if he’ll just flat out shoot her when it finally comes to light. Or maybe it’ll spawn the return of DEHD-man.
Some things aren’t always what they seem. Will he shoot first or ask questions?
And what brings up the topic of Darkevilhelldeath-Man?…
Well….. That’s what happened last time he broke. He was a gimp for a cyborg sock-puppet. Or maybe this time will be worse…..
Be interesting to see how capable Sharkmouth and his mooks really are. They might have a criminal empire and the necessary deformity-based nomenclature, but are they capable in a fight now that Seal Sakuro’s been clubbed, sealed up and put on ice? I guess you’re just going to keep walrus guessing until next week? Don’t fib; we sea lion for what it is.
Sharkmouth! Not a bad guess, either! He’s always been a capable mobster, and Lord knows how far his influence spreads.
As for Seal Sakuro, he’s been clubbed before…perhaps he’ll be back in action, slicing folks’ heads off again?
Knock yew on yer ass – if you stand real still and let me rev up this deuce and a half and pop the clutch.
You know your lingo, Ol’ Gui! Now let’s see y’all conversate with this here boy ’bout bird-doggin’ some hot floozies, knowhatimean?
…okay, I don’t really know any lingo.
Just between us boys, deuce and a half was a 2 1/2 ton army truck and it had a manual transmission, hence it had a clutch and you could rev up the motor and slip your foot off the clutch pedal and all the torque of the engine would launch the truck with a great amount of power and gigungous destructive potential. Lemme’ guess – bird-doggin’ = point out hot floozies = hoochie mamas
slip me some skin, cool daddy.
You win this round! The only slang I think I’ve got a hold of is Nadsat, and that’s because I’ve seen A Clockwork Orange about a million times.
Real horrorshow, O me brothers.
Something tells me that Homophobe has a bad habit of setting off the sprinkler systems in buildings when he walks past them.
Bone China must have the cleanest clothes in town, given how flakey she is.
I’m going to have some more tea and less puns. XD
I saw that movie when I was a mere pup, in the mid 1900’s. Very disturbing for a young lad. I have stayed away from milk bars ever since.
I know the “Secret”, I won’t ruin it for others… ha ha ha ha….. Hope the Palooza is going well m’friend
The Secret is that she has a wiener.
No, wait, that was “The Crying Game”. Although maybe I could steal that plot…
Why, whoevere could this Troubleshooter be? For the life of me, I can’t seem to figure it out?
Your guess is as good as any! The Troubleshooter will be revealed later; for here and now, let’s enjoy the party and Scap’s impending inebriation!
Damn, A! You may have dropped a bomb on us. Anyway, you’ve got us thinking real hard. Nice way to throw some extra excitement into the mix.
More exciting that trying to guess the Hobgoblin’s identity for decades on end? That’s right, the secret identity was…a FASHION DESIGNER!
Hey, maybe I can steal that plot twist, too!
Just don’t wimp out and take advantage of my money, time, and reading ability just to make Ned Leeds the bad guy. I was like…wtf?
I even bought the special issue years later where the original writer of that arc says he was kicked off the title before he finished telling the tale. I didn’t like the reveal he did, plus I hardly knew who the guy was supposed to have been.
I’ve got more faith in YOU, though. #heavychainsofpressure
I tend to avoid any Goblin storylines in the Spideyverse; they often get pointlessly complicated, and I think Norman Osborn has been so overexposed that I actually groan whenever he appears.
Regarding ol’ Hobby, most everybody who wears that costume ends up dead, so it doesn’t really matter much if he’s someone you like or hate. They all end up smashed like a pumpkin!
I miss The Rose too. I’d like to see how he’d look drawn by you.
Either you want us to believe she is the person behind the screen, watching Scapula..
.. or it actually is her.
You tell me! MWA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!
Hmmm…maybe I am better off stealing “The Crying Game”.
… and discovers the dark secret of his new Girlfriend?
Strange how some people tend to be nowhere to be seen, as soon as the guy with the dyed blue underpants is swinging into action, isn’t it? Do I smell something similar hereabouts with that charming goth lady? I think I am.
Haha: “Psst, Scapula?” – “Not jet…”
Scap’s paranoia levels are already sky-high, and chances are if someone is out of the room he suspects they’re up to no good.
But you know what? Scap’s paranoia has kept him alive! This is a dangerous world!
When you’re a spastic paranoid control freak with a yellow stripe the size of Utah, the only quality you have that might be positive is the paranoia.
…and when you’re a spastic paranoid control freak IN Utah, the only quality you have is a harem of wives and a creepy cult-like family!
Well, that was just wrong on so many levels. Sorry, Utah!
Oh shit…she is the mole?? Poor Scap…just when I thought he might get some action.
Mole in a hole…will Scap get action in a hole…and why did I make that dirty joke before you or George did?
Heh heh heh! I was thinking the same thing XD
Waaaitaminnit, Jenn’s ALSO got a pretty dirty mind! I’ve seen those chinchillas!
[ahem] I INVENTED the dirty mind! I would have said just THIS had it not already been said! [smirk]
Aw, man!
Is poor Scapula gonna have to change his FB relationship status AGAIN?!
🙂
It wouldn’t matter. He has no friends on there anyway! HAW HAW!
I think this is way too obvious for what is being implied to be correct. Red herring?
It’s always the one you least suspect…unless when it’s the most obvious person. Right?
Ah, I hate righting this cryptic crap. C’mon, folks, Scap is about to get wasted!
Yes, you’re obviously implying that Bone China is behind the group, but she’s shown no penchant for high-falutin’ langwidge, so she may indeed be a red herring–or should that be a white herring??
All I can say is this: no matter what color the herring, you can NOT cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with one.
I mean, cut down a tree with a herring? IT can’t be done!
This seems classic bait and switch, it’s true. I’ll actually be surprised if Bone China really is linked to them.
Stranger things have happened!
Also, your website seems to have disappeared from Google’s search engine! Travesty.
Huh…so it has! Any troubleshooters out there want to answer this one?…I mean, not the Troubleshooter, but any Google savvy smart folks?
Okay, never mind, it’s back up again. A little meta data here, a little Google requesting there, and we’re back on track! Thanks for pointing that out, Reikenbach!
Party off, Scap! I think Troubleshooter’s view must be foggy on his side, too! Scapula…closest rival..? Somebody really needs some screen cleaner!
It’s hard to clean a monitor properly! I laughed too hard at something with a mouthful of salad and I still can’t get the vinegar wiped off my screen.
In case no one has said it, you draw an awesome fat man. And it’s hard to draw us.
Oh, come now. If you ever want fat people reference, look no further than HomeTown Buffet…you’ll never want to eat a single piece of fatty food again!
Well, what can I say? I’m so looking forward to the awesome faces Scapula will make while totally blitzed!
Be careful what you wish for: a pathetic, forty-year old drunken man with a skull face may not be as funny as expected…
Or maybe it will be friggin’ hilarious. HAW HAW!
You wanna talk about Blitzed? Scap shoulda been at my sister’s wedding! Scapula woulda felt right at home in the limo… tiger stripped seats and neon lights, champagne, scotch, red bull… oh wait, that woulda been more Hypnausia… (or hypnausiated)…. Anyhoo…. what’s that Bone China up to? Weed smoking, email-checkin’, alcohol pushing, goth cutie.
Sounds like Bridgett has yet to completely settle down from that wedding party!
Tiger striped seats (real or imitation fur? Were Tigger or Hobbes hurt in any way?!), neon lights, tons of booze…yeah, Hypnausea would have had a grand old time (especially if the bridesmaids were around and sloshed!).
Your description of Bone China is pretty much a description of any girl I liked or dated back in college.
You called it, Dada… I am still trying to come down from that crazy weekend. Gah… so fun.
They were fakey fur… I suspect that Tigger plush toys were harmed (not Hobbes… cause they never MADE any)… and, OMG… so much booze in the limo… no kid! You don’t know how many empties went by when we exited the vehicle! Hypnausea would have been ALL over it! The only thing that was missing was a bubble machine and a bottle of absinthe.
Cute Goth girls, eh? black lippy an’ nails, ripped fishnets… with Morrissey t-shirt?
Now I’m just thinking of the Get Fuzzy strip where the cat calls a woman who was wearing artificial fur a “Muppet killer”. Cartoonists are a goofy bunch.
As for the Bubble Machine, go watch the best movie ever, Robot Monster.
The looming drinking contest has reminded me of that scene in LOTR when Legolas and Gimli are have a drinking contest, and when Legolas is starting to get tipsy, Gimli falls over. I laugh every time I think of it. Ha, ha!
I’m going to lose all of my fanboy cred by saying this: I have never seen any Lord of the Rings movies. Not a single one (no matter how many times my friends badger me about it).
I suppose one of these days I’ll have to sacrifice the 15+ hours needed to watch them, but frankly, I don’t have much respect for Peter Jackson after what he did to King Kong. That’s just my opinion.
Okay, now everybody rag on me about this (I’ve also never seen a Twilight movie, but I think I’ll be forgiven for that)!
I…I don’t know how you live with yourself. Just watch them, okay? It will be totally worth it.
Oh, I know who it is! It’s…
God Goo Guod!
That sounds like some sort of stuff Hypnausea would have in his arsenal. Probably during that whole Cthargtl thing he did. I mean C’huckie.
God Goo Guod…I almost thought you were paraphrasing Inverto for a moment!
Not that either Dog Doo Doug or Inverto would be bad guesses, despite the fact that they’re both dead.
…it seems.
Scap could very well out-drink everyone else at the party in terms of quantity, the real question is, would he survive it?
Possibly. He is surrounded by young people, and we all know how much booze those little whippersnappers put away!
Kids these days, with their sockhops and hotrods and hula hoops…pfah!…kids…
I want to point out how yer party scene reminds me of every goth club I tried inhabit during my younger days
You’re probably thinking of the earlier scene that took place in the goth club. This is just the afterparty that takes place at a goth’s apartment…it’s a truly evil gathering!
The madness continues! I don’t know why I haven’t subscribed to this comic. Scapula is fantastic. I recently told a newbie to study your style. Corruption of the young, man.
PAM IS BACK! HOORAY HOORAY!
Keep on corrupting the children of America with comics! The spirit of Fredric Wertham must live on!
That’s our quest, Aidan! Corruption thru comics. So mote it be done. 😉
Hey, in a recent DrunkDuck QuackCast they called me a CGI Goddess. Good thing I’m so modest. 😉
Hey, if you’ve got it, flaunt it. Hell, if I ever got a compliment like that I’d slap it right on my webcomic’s banner.
I really should, considering both my series at Drunk Duck lost the DD awards to a lesser artist last year. Delicious.
Ok so SHE’s running off to *ahem* “check her e-mail” when Scapula’s gang of rivals are… hmm… Ok ’nuff said.
Yes, and I’ve been so busy I’m only just starting to get caught up with you again. *sigh*
Another awesome story unfolding.