GANGWAY pt.17
Not one person in the crowd of spectators does a thing to help. This happens all too often in the real world, where people wont even call the cops to report a person getting mugged or attacked (the only thing worse is when they decide to film it for YouTube…OY!). If any of you have any good “witness” stories be sure to leave a comment.
How’s that for a cliff-hanger panel, dear readers? Don’t you DARE miss next week’s installment, where, you guessed it: SOMEONE DIES!
Well, if Dugong is as good with a pistol as most people, he probably aimed for Jemini and instead shot the cop that saved his life.
The .45 automatic was developed to give military officers a gun with sufficient hitting power to stop a close attacker in his tracks. The M1 Carbine was developed because the military found that most officers couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn from the inside with a .45. Pistol shooting, especially in anything but a sight-down-the-barrel stance, is trickier than Hollywood makes it look.
Shooting a gun at a fundraiser with two cops just makes him the smartest boss ever.
Look at all those pig words. Someone pulled out the Thesaurus.
Don’t have any witness stories. Only one that comes to mind is the famous one in NYC where the woman was killed and all the neighbors heard it but none did anything about it.
Cliffhanger indeed. Very nicely done. I love the last panel! the colors and feel I get from it is masterfully done. kudos my good man…
@Hoomi Oh boy…we’ve got a gun expert here! I’ll have to refer to you next time I shoot someone (in comics, that is…in comics…).
I guess if you’ve been a criminal as long as the Dugong it means you’ve shot a few guns in your time…the thing I’m wondering about now is how the hell he got his fat fingers on the trigger.
@evandenoob Agreed. Completely f’ing stupid (unless he claims it was in “self defense”, but even that might be stretching things). I guess stupidity isn’t exactly an anomaly in SCAPULA.
@Beaman No Thesaurus needed. As I mentioned in a previous post I’m an amateur zoologist, so I have all those useless terms floating around in my head where my more important memory should be (did I pay my taxes?…ah, who cares).
The witness story you’re referring to may be the one mentioned in “Watchmen”, but I’m not sure. I’m sure NYC has more than a couple of those incidents.
@Roland Thank you very kindly! Red is the color of violence…or Kool-Aid.
i love the action in this
I was in college, waiting for my girl to come out of her dorm, and this chick pulled her car up front, hoped out and ran inside for a sec. Her friend, lowered her seat back and went back to sleep with the car running.
This guy was walking past looking shifty to me so I kept my eye on him. Suddenly, he jumped in the car and took off. I guess he noticed that he had a passenger, so he slowed down and shoved the girl out. She fell on the pavement while the car was in motion, scraping herself up pretty bad.
I was the only one outside, so I dashed over to help her. Ahe was bleeding everywhere, but I got her some assistance from the dorm night-people.
The cops came asking questions, trying to get some sort of ID for the assailant. I told them I could do ’em one better, and I drew a pic of the guy (I had watched him intently anyway before he struck).
To make a long story even longer, the cops ended up catching that guy based on my drawing identifying him to the public.
Yes, I live a strange life. That’s why I draw comics about behaviorally-challenged children. 🙂
If he shoots one of Gemini’s heads, what would happen to the other?
@Praveen Thank you very kindly! I checked out your artwork as well; very nice paintings!
@George WOW!!! Did everyone read that?! That’s freakin’ AWESOME!
I’ve always wondered if cartoonists could ever use their, uh, “powers” for the side of good and righteousness, and George has proved it. Bravo, good sir.
I remember my dorms being filled with lowlifes and crooks, although sadly I have no stories about righting justice against these ne’er-do-wells (just staying in my room and trying to turn up my music so I couldn’t hear theirs!).
@evendenoob The other head would probably still live, assuming she doesn’t bleed to death. I’m not a doctor, nor am I the expert on Dicephalus Dipus, but that’s my first guess.
The second guess is that two more heads would grow to replace the one that was lost. Hey, works for the Hydra.
Heh… I live in Arizona. Guns are practically a state religion here, though not nearly as much as it seems they are in Utah, where my in-laws live. I’m not really that much of an expert, but if you do have any questions, I very likely work with someone who knows the answer.
Awesome comic as ever, but I love that last panel! Very Frank Miller-esque.
I’ve never been witness to a crime in progress, but I’ve seen plenty of what happens afterwards. I live and work in some rough neighborhoods in Baltimore and Southeast D.C., respectively, and when I think I’ve heard of the craziest stuff something always comes up that outdoes it.
“The only crime I’ve ever witnessed was when my mother had her house painted turquoise w/ a melon trim” — my wife
@Hoomi Either Utah or Texas, the holy land of the heat-packing, red-blooded American! Thank you for the advice.
@David The aftermath of a brutal crime is sometimes more horrifying than seeing the crime itself. Most fights/assaults only last a few seconds then BOOM!, they’re gone. However, seeing a person suffering (or dead) just lingers…or at least that’s what the evening news chooses to show the most (along with woefully inaccurate sketches of the suspects…we really need to get George in the police force, drawing them hoodlums!).
I never really got into Frank Miller, but a number of my readers seem to like him (despite what he may have done to the Spirit in that poocrap movie). I should probably give his run on Daredevil a try.
@jynskie Ha! Nice…she should really do a webcomic of her own!
George that is great. My only problem is that they would probably end up arresting Fred Flinstone instead of the real perp.
Hmmm … something tells me that Dugong might not be as bad a shot as the stereotypical villain! 🙂
@Bearman FLIIIIIIIIINTSTOOOOOOOOOONE!!!! If he gets sent to jail he’ll really “have a gay old time!”
@SpilledInky Hmmm…guess we’ll have to wait ’til next Sunday to find out if you’re correct. 🙂
At least Fred is already accustomed to wearing orange. 😀
Man! I should have waited another week before catching up with this strip–now I’m stuck with the cliffhanger, too.
@George …and bearskins. Mwa ha ha.
@macsnafu Annoying, ain’t it? Well, rest assured, next week something happens without a cliffhanger: SOMEONE DIES!
I guess a regular knife is not enough to kill a whale. She should have used a harpoon.
@mehdi Women should ALWAYS carry harpoons in their purses. It’s just not safe walking the streets at night without one!