GANGWAY pt.5
The undignified end of the Halloween Gang. I liked them, honestly (I wouldn’t have named them after my best friends if I didn’t), but they never really developed as characters within the comic. That’s usually a sign to writers/creators that someone needs to be jettisoned, and it looks like our friends in the monster masks just got the axe (or steely-jawed dentures).
I thought back on them a bit and finally realized that they never really worked in the series. Think about it: Scapula commands respect from NO ONE, and is a completely friendless outcast. There’s really no reason why anyone would allow him to be in charge of a gang (unless he paid his troops really, REALLY well, which I’m pretty sure he doesn’t). Why wouldn’t these guys have already beaten the hell out of their dorky employer and stolen all his stuff? And what’s the deal with gas prices these day?!
So there you go: I, as the sole creator/writer/artist of this series, confess to my creative faults. The fat has been trimmed. Plus it’s always nice to see central characters get killed off, so I thought I’d ‘Gwen Stacy’ these idiots just to show how much of a meanie Sharkmouth Massanti can be…hey, crime’s a dangerous business, kids!
Of final note, the Three Stooges are very funny.
That next-to-last frame is an AWESOME panel! I even let a few drops go when I saw that guy comin’. 🙂
Aaaaahhhhhh!
Not really a gang of wise guys, eh?! 🙂
Who says they are dead. I heard gunshots but don’t know who got axed? Plus can you start referring to them as the 3 Stooges as it seems that is what they are and not goons..haha
@George I’m sure Hank would have no problem with Sharkmouth; he’d probably just steal his steely dentures and show him who’s in charge!
@SpilledInky What do you expect from a bunch of knuckleheads? Of course, we’ll have to wait and see what happens with the new ‘Stooges’ movie before we decide whether or not they SHOULD be axed (the new stooges I mean, not the good old ones).
@Bearman Nah, they’re dead. I’m not one for cliff-hangers! 🙂
Cliff Hangers???? CLIFF HANGERS?? Every week is a damn cliff hanger. Draw faster man!!!
You know, after drugs and guns, vibrators are the third leading cause of mob violence. By the way, I agree with George. I absolutely love that second to last panel. It jumps off the pag… er… I mean screen!
Alas, poor Scap-goons. I knew them, Horatio. Fellows of infinite jest, and most excellent “red shirt” status…
@Bearman Don’t rush me, ya little whipper-snapper! Ah got the ache in mah bones!
@David Oh, man, thank god for Elliot Ness, otherwise the dildo mob would have spread across America and really shook things up!
@Hoomi That’s beautiful…sniff…
Hmm, “red shirts”…are we talking Star Trek or the Bloods?
*sniff* Farewell, Halloween Gang! I’ll always think of you as the gangland version of Curly, Larry and Moe.
The Original Star Trek red shirt status, of course.
That’s the problems with goons: They’re such…goons. Man, things are getting ugly.
I kind of liked those guys =)
@UnReal Maybe Sharkmouth could be Shemp? Eeep eep eep eep!
@Hoomi Of course. 😉
@David As Mr. Burns said, “I prefer the hands-on touch you only get from hired goons”. And things will steadily get uglier, indeed!
@Chris W It’s their last hurrah. Honestly, they haven’t done or said a helluva lot in the series until just now.
Hey, maybe people will like Scapula more if I kill him off! It could work!