04/19/2015
I’m already anticipating some readers getting angry that Scapula didn’t bring a firearm (especially after recently looting a crate full of weapons). To them I say, guns don’t kill people or make interesting comics, people kill people and make interesting comics…okay, I couldn’t think of anything clever.
How will Scapula escape from this one? Find out on Tuesday!
Well, now he has a knife too if he can show enough backbone to pull it out and return the favor.
And honestly, how does Scap NOT have a gun on him all times by now? Stupid isn’t even the proper word here.
Here’s hoping his backbone ISN’T showing after that last hit!
That actually went about as well as I thought it might…
Just without exploding clowns and groovy psychedelic colors…no, wait, that’s what I thought.
I believe the logic is similar to why Batman stories are easier to make interesting than Superman stories: if a simple pull of the trigger can make problems go bye-bye, what’s the excitement unless EVERYONE can do that? I do like that Scap is aware of his disadvantage in close combat….. becoming a clearer tactical thinker, that boy! I really dig this guy’s armour by the way.
From my own limited experience in fighting, always assume any melee weapon can be thrown to harmful effect, and make good use of cover. From Jenn’s notes (via her son Jack this time): Any weapon you are unfamiliar with should be assumed to be wielded with expert efficiency, dangerous at any range, and treated as though it were poisoned and/or boobytrapped with explosives. Do not attempt to handle any weapon you are not proficient with unless you are desperate, and be careful assuming form follows function…. many pointy knifelike weapons are useless outside of stabbing attacks or slashing attacks. When in doubt it is often better to batter a foe with a handy club-like tool than risk hurting oneself with an unfamiliar blade or spike. (This is from one of her Emergency Threat Response manuals….. of which she apparently had a collection of more than a dozen. It should serve to show you that when it comes to killing, we humans are all too inventive!)
Eek. I’m not even fond of being near any pointed object (having all of the precision and grace of Ernest P. Worrell), so the last thing I need is to attempt handling one and stabbing EVERYONE IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE EXCEPT MY ATTACKER.
I do like the Batman analogy, although there are more than enough superheroes/anti-heroes who try to make problems go bye-bye with bullets. How long has Punisher been at it? Any luck alleviating the pain of the Castle family getting blown away, Frankie?
He’s going to feel that one in the morning…. if he lives that long… :O
I’d imagine Scapula would dine on a bottle of aspirin for breakfast on most mornings (KIDS, DO NOT DO THAT).
Nice punchline that!
Let’s see how he manages to wriggle out of this one…
I’m not always happy about writing punch-lines (probably why my comics aren’t syndicated), but glad you enjoyed!
On the plus side, if he survives this, that is a bitching piercing to show goth chicks.
By now he’s accumulated enough scars to win over a whole flock of goth chicks!
Now he just needs to find a dank club playing Ministry or Bauhaus or whatever 80s crap passes for ‘dark’. Goths…tuh!
Right in Scapula’s scapula! That is just bad luck.
Better than hitting Dick Grayson’s…never mind.
DANG, drac wanna be ain’t fooling around!
Who wants to be Dracula? PERVS, that’s who!
That ugly s.o.b. looks like he has spent too much time watching Star Wars reruns and dreams of Sith lords…
I’m not too familiar with those, but I have seen pics of that CGI cartoon and yeah, looks like there IS a Sith who looks like this guy…except I think it’s a girl. Any fanboys want to clue me in?
No, no. I didn’t think he is copycating an actual Star Wars character – he just looks like a Sith “I’m evil ’cause I’m bad and I’m bad ’cause I’m evil” Lord. Even his eyes match the look and the fancy armour does, too. He would just feel like at home and could exchange his baterangs for a lightsaber.