BONE CHINA pt.3
SPECIAL UPDATE: I WILL BE AT WONDERCON THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. This is a last minute arrangement, but I will be sharing a table with Nic Caesar and the Scary Art collective, selling prints, caricatures and signing copies of SCAPULA: Sinister Monster Doom Legion.
If you are attending Wondercon in Anaheim (March 16 – 18), you can find me at table AA – 117. I hope to see you fine fanboys and girls there!
“Llama” cigarettes? Seriously?
Hey, some folks are too cheap to afford brand names like Camels (besides, Llama cigarettes have that fine, smooth taste of burning alpaca hair).
For more strange alternatives to popular brand names, go to the soda or cereal aisle of your local supermarket.
Well #$%^ me running….. She stayed to the end of the page. And she’s… laughing.
I’m skeered boss! T’ain’t natural whut been done here!
I think I like this girl. I don’t see her surviving to the end of the chapter tho.
Well, THERE’S a positive attitude! She made it to the end of the page, I’d say her chances of surviving the story are quite well!
I’ve never come across the phrase “skeered”, but I may have to start using it.
Wait, Scap is having a fairly normal conversation with someone he can relate to?
Waiting for the shoe to drop…
You never know. I may just throw you all a curveball and turn this into “The Crying Game”…or maybe she’s really Babirus in disguise!
This is one of my favorite scenes so far. I like it when Scapula gets into a conversation with people, and it’s nice to see someone not instantly repulsed by him. I don’t think he’s used to it either, so he tries to force everyone away at the beginning to keep himself from being hurt later on.
I like Bone China (even though I keep thinking her name should be China White for some reason. Must be all those nights hangin’ in Miami with Raul on that boat.). I hope she’s not laying a trap for our villain. He could use someone to talk to who’s not gonna judge him an idiot.
I leave it in your hands to continue this thrill-ride.
And, by the way, I hope to swing by WonderCon on Saturday (I’m not but 20 minutes away), Maybe we can bump heads.
Cool, man! Yeah, I haven’t been to Wondercon in a long, long time (since I have long since left San Francisco), but this one-time deal in Anaheim should be interesting.
Writing conversations for Scapula is always fun, but this one was especially nice because he’s talking with someone who doesn’t intimidate him (as opposed to Jemini) or he isn’t trying to manipulate (as opposed to the other villains).
“China White”…maybe she’s into drugs? She’s certainly a hard-core smoker, but who knows what other addictions she may have. We’ll learn soon.
scap..socializing with someone..from the opposite sex?..without it being awkward!?!?!?! …. must have gone to a paralel universe again.. i realy need to stop doing that when im drunk wel time to fix this *gets a couple of crates*
It’s certainly been a long time since he’s talked to a woman who wasn’t a gang leader, so it’s got to be a nice respite. Maybe he’s drunk? Maybe she’s drunk? Maybe we’re ALL drunk!
well after i landed in a reallity where squid was the dominant spiecies i realized this was real, but its kinda nice that scap has actual social skills, eventough if he ever made a real friend i would be afraid he would quit crime O_o
I confirm or deny nothing (actually, I deny wearing women’s lingerie…and I’ll keep on denying it, no matter what everyone says!).
I love Scap’s expression in panel 8. I don’t think he’s ever looked like that before.
awwww… He looks nice.
Glad you enjoy! Scapula smiling is pretty rare (maybe he’s afraid it will crack the plastic?), and Scapula giving a genuine smile of happiness is even rarer. The planets must be aligning!
now thats my kind of chick. healthy wieght, pale, smoker, gothy style.
GO Scap GOOO
Jim
Atta boy, Jim. Healthy pale smokers are always a treat in this day and age!
Goths, too.
NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!
Fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…and a black skeleton uniform!
Someone seems to like Scapula!? It must be a sign of the Apocalyps! What’s next? Rain of fish? Rivers turning to blood? Teen girls realising Twilight is crap?
Liking Scapula brings about the Apocalypse? Maybe every character in this comic knows something we don’t, which is why they’re all mean to Scap! It’s a conspiracy to save the earth!
As for teen girls realizing Twilight is crap…the fad will end soon. And then be replaced by an even crappier one.
Goths do seem to be everywhere and nowhere all at once, though.
Scap looks like he’s gained a little muscle tone lost some weight. Or just sucking in his gut due to the presence of another. Either way, he looks a bit less doughy.
“Goths do seem to be everywhere and nowhere all at once”…that is poetic. Like, goth poetic. Egad! You’re one of them!
Scap’s still pretty chunkified, but it does sort of look like he’s been working on his arms a little. At this rate he’ll have those bulging biceps in, oh, forty years.
Well, does Scapula get laid at the end ?
You’d be surprised how many people read the Sunday comics and wonder if the characters got any action.
I’ve looked at all the Sunday Comics, trying to find some action.
I have now a posttraumatic stress disorder, your fault.
Wait a minute… a girl NOT repulsed by Scapula and his moobs?!? What kind of parallel universe is this anywhoo?!? o.O
It’s one of those freaky-deaky “Twilight Zone” deals…but what’s the twist? Did he go back in time and meet his mom? Is this a world of his own creation? Or will he finally realize this is all…a webcomic?!
I’m waiting for Rod Serling to pop out of the background.
Maybe Scap’s skeleton mask appeals to her goth sensibilities?
…or maybe it’s them sliced-up arms and manly beer gut! He’s got his mojo workin’!
Could love be in the air?!
(Or maybe that’s just wax / plastic fumes?)
🙂
PHEW! There’s something in the air…a whole lot of second-hand smoke! Who’s going to drop dead first?
Ha! Bea Arthur. I love(d) her! Hey, she was a Marine… couldn’t you tell?
And I agree that Scap’s expression is priceless in panel 8. Bone China and Scapula… made for each other… I mean they have so much in common. And already they’re talking about making furniture together… love at first sight if you ask me.
Why, all of the Golden Girls were in the special forces…they knew several hundred ways to kill a man, then gossip about it.
As for the non-golden girl, is Bone China really a match for ol’ Scap? Will they be a pair, or will he end up paralyzed? Tune in next week, same Scap time, same Scap channel!
Wow! I’m impressed. They’d make a cute couple. Gosh they almost already do. ;`)
Isn’t fictional romance the ginchiest?
In absence of the ever cheerful Lady Jenn allow me to note that Bone China clearly has either an appreciation for the macabre borderlining on obsessive, zero survival instinct, or is so jaded a nuke would probably rate a 2.2 on her ‘interesting stuff’ meter.
Either way, it’s nice to see that Scapula isn’t the only emotionally crippled lunatic out there.
I’m quite sure Jenn will bounce back in no time (if there’s one thing this comic preaches, it’s that you cant keep a villain down!), and when she does she’ll happily inform us about Bone China’s weapon of choice!…whatever that may be. Secondhand smoke? Stonewall apathy? Killer mascara?
How do you shock a goth? Quick, someone, snappy answer time!
Taser.
Alternately, hugs. Works every time.
I am a long time reader, but I don’t comment very often (or at all? Maybe I forgot to!), anyways, I always really liked this comic. I tend to forget about it and then come back months later with a nice chunk of content to read.
I’ve always felt really bad for Scapula, he’s really misunderstood in a lot of ways and the way people treat him makes my heart bleed for him. It’s nice to see a character being introduced that can have a civil conversation with him, without it resulting in a psychotic break, being kicked in the nuts or whatever. I really hope this is a recurring character, even if it’s just a friend.
On a side note, why is he so shitty with wax mannequins? You’d think someone who could sculpt clay so damn well wouldn’t have a problem with wax sculpting.
Thanks for commenting, Jeremy! I totally understand about ‘taking breaks’ from SCAPULA; maintaining viewer interest in a once-a-week strip can be difficult at times, but I do what I can. I suppose it makes no difference whether or not people read the stories week-by-week or all at once, as long as they’re reading and commenting (and buying the books…snee snee…).
I’m also glad that you sympathize with Scapula. One of the great joys about creating comics is seeing readers identify with the characters and even caring about what happens to them (I think more than a few people would come after me with a sledgehammer if I ever killed off Toxsick).
Scapula is just right now learning how to work with mannequins, so he’s bound to mess up a lot. As we saw back in his (brief) classroom time, he didn’t do so well with make-up the first time around, but eventually grew into it.
I’d like to verify that I don’t actually do anything on Dumm Comics, I just like to hyperlink to another great community.
Wow. Sounds like a match made in heaven, or should I say a match made an a monster themed wax museum.
Oh, come now! Who wouldn’t want to be married in a wax museum? Imagine tossing the bouquet and having it land in the hands of the Wolf Man!
I think Scap’s gotta good idea. I’d go to that.
Hell yeah! What else does San Francisco have in the way of monsters?
Quick, people, another snappy answer is needed!
See you fall over women and they are repulsed by you. You ignore them and they won’t leave.
Hmmm, you might be thinking about children.
…or cats.
Cats sounds like it too.
WONDERCON UPDATE: I will be there Saturday and Sunday, but NOT Friday.
Just thought you’d like to know. Go about your daily routine!
Something’s melting in that museum, and I don’t mean wax!
Cue the sitcom audience: “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ow!”
Things are definitely “heating” up…heh heh..
Woot!
I like this new direction for Scap. I know he’s meant to be the greatest loser ever, but even a loser has his small victories and comforts.
Definitely! I mean, he’s got to have a victory every now and then. Would people keep reading this comic if he failed no matter what?
…actually, yeah, they would. You people are a buncha’ sadists!
Love the dialogue exchange in the 1st 5 or so panels plus expression and posture in panel 1
Nobody expects the Span–er, never mind. I see that somebody did.
Carry on!