THE JEMINI KILLER pt.6
I’m gearing up for some mighty big work for the new year; that means more SCAPULA comics, of course, along with trying to find a decent printing service to get you all those book collections I’ve been working on! 2013 is going to be huge for Scap and his villainous associates, and I hope you’ll all enjoy the surprises.
…like this one. Cliffhanger!
Man, she is just NOT having a very good day…
She’s not going to have a good night either! Well, maybe next Sunday will be better for her…maybe…
Ew. My stepbrother had boa constrictors when we were growing up and those things gave me the creeps feeling them on my HANDS. On my face? yeah, I’d just pass right the frak out, I’m tellin ya.
I’ve only handled snakes once or twice, and the only thing I was ever really worried about was them defecating on me. Yeah, a limbless scaly killer is one thing, but a hot steaming dump on my clothes is something I never want to deal with!
…or just listen to Alice Cooper tell about a very unpleasant incident with snake poo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYejQb2Bmvo
Wowie. Just like full contact pro rasslin’ without the fakery ( oops, did I spill any frijoles there ). Trog does his Big Bite and K-Sam shakes it off and goes for her finishing move. Sammie’s Smooth Snap and some outside interference as Trog’s snake partner, ———-, throws her for a snakey loop. Jemini leaves the ring and runs into the Heel driving his death machine. Join back with us after this commercial break.
Kind of a sad statement on pro wrestling when a wacky comic is more believable! If anyone out there is offended by that, just remember that the world of make-believe is AOK. I wouldn’t be a comic artist if I thought otherwise.
You also reminded me that Throgor’s python is unnamed. Hmmm…howzabout….Monty?
Python called Monty… never heard that one before.
Jemclone sure seems to be quite athletic for someone tied to a lunatics bed for some stetch of time. That’s adrenaline for you.
Maybe, VinnieMus, Vinnie for short.
I dunno, I always wanted to name a snake Bugsy for some reason.
Cue “Yakety Sax”. Poor Jem-clone is going to have burned off quite a lot of fat from all this running.
At this rate, the bloodthirsty, villainous criminal masterminds (since she has two of them) may get a little sympathy from the fans and genuinely make “damsel in distress” this time. Maybe. With a little luck. And another couple of scrapes. Yeah.
As always, great art, and fantastic use of shading to convey the battle madness and put Jem-clone in the headlights.
Now we need Benny Hill to run in and pat Jackie Wright on his bald noggin, then get chased by a bunch of girls and random pedestrians. Ah…comedy gold.
Thank you kindly for your compliments, and if anyone out there is getting tired of the near-scrapes and cliffhangers, well…tune in next week.
For any who were placing bets, I’m calling the fight for Sam, with Throggy disqualified for outside interference.
Unless, of course, Throggy’s devolved in wholly different and disturbing ways, and that’s his new tail (I refuse to speculate on it being any other appendage).
Hey, if the ref didn’t call it, it didn’t happen!
…and no, Throgor does not have a chimaera tail. That would be silly, to say the least (and yucky, to say the most).
Well, I guess Jemini can’t survive from so many sexual predator.
Unless a miracle.
A Christmas miracle might be in store! Joyeux Noel!
I love Christmas Miracles… I’m expecting Santa to sail by on his sleigh and swoop Jem up… maybe toss her onto the lsland of Misfit Criminals… and all will be well.
And yes, Joyeux Noel. That’s French!
Would Santa save ANY of these naughty, naughty, naughty children? If anything else it might be the psycho ‘Futurama’ version of Santa, who blows them all away with a bazooka.
“You’ve been VERY naughty!”
Psycho killers, qu’est que c’est
Run run run run run run run away!
Am I wrong, but is this Jemini clone just a sliver of her butt-kickin’ original? Poor girl’s probably lost a year of her duplicated life in panicked flight! And I must commend you on your absolutely stunning art here, Aidan! Senses-shattering, no less!
Hey, Jemini has two Talking Heads!
Is this Jemini more of a coward than the original? It’s easy to see that, but let’s do a little history check: the real Jemini certainly did her share of hauling ass (and that’s a lot of ass to haul) in the GANGWAY storyline, depending on whether or not the tide of battle was in her favor.
The duplicate, initially, was every bit as fierce as the real deal, as seen in SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLES FEATURE. As for what happened to her killer’s edge…well, maybe a year of getting pampered and smothered by Knuckle Sam’s wuvey-dovey demeanor makes you soft and delirious.
…and thank you again for your kind compliments. I get too wrapped up in my geeky rambles to sometimes remember to be courteous!
I think her constant running, in these circumstances, proves she might yet be one of the saner of this lot.
PS: Mark, you have awesome taste in music!
Great installment, Aidan! I’ve been staring at the detail on that coiled snake in Panel 4 for four days (that’s why it took me so long to comment). I don’t know about that driver, but “fat ass at 2 o’clock” is how I used to communicate with my best friend when we were out girl-watching. 😀
Man, I wish we had gone to the same college. No one I knew back in the day quite enjoyed Big Beautiful Women as much as I did!
I try to avoid excessive details these days, but in the snake’s case I kind of felt the need to really sell it. Snakes have gorgeous colors and textures, and this python just seemed like it needed some extra care. Hey, if you’re going to show a slithering beast strangling a woman’s face, you can at least make it look pleasant!
That is the cutest snake in the world of comics IMHO. Yes he’s a vicious killer and hanging around a savage mutant cannibal, but AWWWW! He just wants to give hugs! The emergency ward’s gonna have a lot of business tomorrow…. “What’s on the plate, Charlie?” “Several severe beatings, one case of snakebite, someone got throttled, couple animal bites, black eyes, skinned knees, ice cream tub to the face…..” “And a partridge in a pear tree, with a concussion, got’cha.”
And Tony’s back! Man you just CAN’T keep a good thug down (unless you shoot him in the face, blow him up, break his neck, or otherwise outright murdalize ‘im). Well, it’s gotta be said. As far as Jemini’s clone goes? Worst. Night. Ever.
I’ve been loving the cliffhangers, brawls, and in general sheer butt-kicking going on, and it’s kind of hammered home Jemini’s character nicely: she’s the mastermind, and she’s only really courageous with a gun in her hand. Hate to say it, but I believe that makes her pretty stereotypically american…… having spent the last few years in various european countries, I’ve found that most over here are pretty brave with a hunk of pipe or a bike chain in hand. (I’m okay either way but God Almighty I prefer a rifle over the lot….. why yes, I do bleed red, white, and blue, thanks for asking! Hehehehehehehe)
Protip (since I haven’t dropped any of these in a while!). Never get into fisticuffs with germans, giant angry women, mutant freak cannibals, or dapper english people. Just trust me on this one folks. I speak two from experience and two from common sense!
I guess mad dogs and Englishmen have something else in common than going out in the midday sun: they also scrap like sonsabitches!
I would feel pretty embarrassed to have to go to the hospital on account of someone throwing a tub of ice cream at my head, but I guess that’s still better than the snakebites or concussions.
As for Jemini, well, maybe she’ll find a rifle in the middle of the road.