THE JEMINI KILLER pt.7
The chase may be over, but this storyline still has a few more surprises for you. Be here next week to find out what the REAL Jemini has been up to…
The chase may be over, but this storyline still has a few more surprises for you. Be here next week to find out what the REAL Jemini has been up to…
The Heel and his death machine motor on after accomplishing their brand of Evil. The darkening between panels seven and eight draw me into the sadness being felt by Knuckle Sam. Drat empathy, anyway. ( Sniff, sniff. )
That was a beautiful recap of my ridiculous comic…man, I love how you readers are so much more poetic than I’ll ever be! Sniffle…
You underestimate yourself, my friend. Your poetry flows from the tips of your pens. ( maybe it’s from your manipulation of artsy software ). In any case, without your talent how could we be inspired to comment? Hope your hat still fits after all that.
PS. Duel of the Monsters is quite funny. Nice work.
Somebody is clamoring for Christmas presents, ehhhhh? Well, maybe if you kids do your homework and brush your teeth early you can open ONE present before Christmas, how’s that?
But seriously, thank you very much for your kind words. It’s extremely humbling to know that people out there in the big wide Internet can appreciate what I do, and your reading my work makes it all the more special. Many thanks again.
Talking about presents – I hear that Sanity Clause has a copy of Famous Monsters for a certain cartoonist type. Gentlely drop me an email and you too can hear about this rumor.
Chico Marx wanted me to give you this message: “That’s-a crazy! There’s is-a no Sanity Claus!”
Oh, HELL NAW!!!
You can’t do this to me, Casserly. Nobody harms my Juicy Booty but main characters! I saw dude’s face behind the windshield. C’mon, Scap, we’re goin’ on a mission of raw vengeance (and maybe pick up a couple of Cinnabons).
haha George “juicy booty”
These characters resurrect more than Kenny so I think we have not seen the last of her. haha
George, buddy, there shall be vengeance and it will be in your honor! We will not abide by this aggression (or however that Bush/Lebowski quote goes), and the slaying of duplicates will never be forgotten!
They can take out duplicate Jeminis, but they can never take…OUR FREEDOM!
Wait… “our” duplicates? You mean you guys got one and I didn’t? Dammit, why do I always miss out on the good stuff?!
An important note for those of you who bought duplicate Jeminis as Christmas presents: PUT SOME AIR HOLES IN THE BOX, FOR THE LOVE OF BABY JESUS, OR THEY WILL SUFFOCATE!
They’ll NEVER take my FREEDOM! I have it locked away in a box, stored inside a vault inside of another box!
Does anyone else remember the SNL skit where Al Gore keeps repeating some business about a “lockbox”? Maybe that’s where he keeps HIS FREEEEEEDOM!
dang! clones got it rough
I’ll say! Ever see a movie called “Parts: The Clonus Horror” (later plagiarized as “The Island”)? Okay, I only saw it on Mystery Science Theater 3000, but it’s still pretty messed up.
Hey! I think I saw at least part of that movie… up to the point where they put tubes in some guy and sucked out the red kool-aid running through his veins… then we all laughed and changed the channel.
I don’t remember that part; honestly, it’s not that great of a movie. Good idea, poorly executed (which probably explains why it was plagiarized…I’m serious, check out the huge lawsuit that happened when “The Island” was released).
Still, I would only recommend “Parts: The Clonus Horror” if you have Mike Nelson, Tom Servo, and Crow accompanying you.
Y’know, I kinda knew this was coming. I figured it was going to go badly. But watching both Throgor and Sam lament makes me realize that this one really came to a huge and sudden crash. It was kind of a huge emotional up: fear, rage, tension, then BADUMP, done.
And you know what? That’s astonishing. I love that! You’re a brilliant storyteller. Thank you.
I don’t think I could have hid the fact that the Jemini duplicate was going to die (the title is “The Jemini Killer”), but I didn’t think that would hurt the story much. I think suspense will always beat out shock in terms of story-telling (although shock does have its value), and that’s what I was aiming for. I’m glad you got that (and for those of you who think it sucked, you’re entitled to your opinion as well).
Dear me. These days a lot of Scap characters seem to be getting put down for good.
Still, I guess two heads too many considering the real Jem is still out there. It had to happen sooner or later. Pity the end was so brutal and horrifying for the clone. Considering she went through a year of psychological torture stuck in a crappy apartment beforehand, she might have deserved a kinder end for her trouble.
That is true. There were many different routes that could have been taken. I don’t regret going with this one, but yeah, it’s kind of hard to see ANYONE end up hunted, alone, afraid, and BAM! Dead.
But let’s wait and see what the real Jemini thinks before we pass judgment…
It’s just fake Squishybutt. But it’s still sad to see Sam all sad. Sigh.
Maybe this story was more about developing one character instead of killing off another?
Or maybe I’m just a hack!
Well, at least you’re an entertaining hack!
Aww, shucks!
I’m normally not a big fan of “the same panel repeated”, but that was PERFECT. Wonderful emotion without motion.
Hey, thankya kindly, Michael! I should really do more of the ‘Akbar & Jeff’ technique of using the same panel sixteen times in a row.
If you copy the Dinosaur Comics technique you could save a lot of time but the story telling would suffer, more than Knuckle Sam is doing now.
I’m still trying to learn drawing techniques from “xkcd”…
I had to look that one up. Nicely played, old bean. Same with the Night At The Opera.
First you run us over with that first violent panel, Aidan, and then you back up and run us over again with those emotionally charged final panels. Kudos, brother, very well done!
Muchas gracias (pardon my French) and glad you enjoyed, Mark!
Ignore the huge grin on my face. My heartstrings are tugged. Truly.
Sam’s gonna need some comfort….
It’s going to take a LOT of ice cream to cheer up her sad heart…
Are we SURE she’s dead? People have survived being hit by cars before. And if Jem-clone’s past damage is any clue (surviving a lab explosion, etc) then she might be tougher than we think. Might not be dead, just unconscious.
You do make some very good points, and it’s just now making me realize how completely bloodless this vehicular manslaughter was (not even a visible bruise on her!)
But alas, no, she is dead. She’s a stiff. Bereft of life, she rests in peace. If she hadn’t been nailed by a car she’d be pushing up the daisies. She’s run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This…is an ex-Jemini.