SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLES FEATURE pt.5
Recognize that guy? Roscoe the security guard hasn’t had much luck in his career, but he manages to get along. His last encounters with villains (Jemini, Dadaman, and Tigadactyl) were much worse…actually, I have no idea how he even survived. Guess he’s just a trooper.
Scapula’s disguise skills haven’t really changed much, but hey, looks like it still works. Try going to work wearing the old “Groucho glasses and mustache” and see how many people don’t recognize you…or call security. Then you’ll have to deal with Roscoe.
Hmm shes gonna let them do this to see where it goes.
By the curly beard of Zeus! What a brilliant disguise! If he hadn’t called in to Ol’Sam, I’d have never known it was Scapula!
By the way, that must be the best security guard I have ever seen.
wel i dont think he needed a dusguise at all. he is PERFECT for the job
I am waiting to see my Scapula costume on ebay. Cmon.
I cannot stop laughing at the “okey-doke” and Scap’s “Humpty Hump” disguise. I kept expecting him to jump into a Digital Underground routine. “Just grab him in the biscuits!” 😀
Hahaha…
I would have guessed the deluxe model would have shaved a few minutes off Roscoe’s E.T.A.!
🙂
I dont know why, but potty humor always makes me laugh. Whenever I excuse myself and people unthinkingly ask “where ya going?”, I just say “Reincarnation, its more than whats for dinner”. o.O [plonk- thats the sound of my joking falling flat]!
@oldskoolguitar Either that or she’s too lazy to get off her big butt. Hey, it’s her lunch hour.
@ToCoWu Incompetence runs wild in the SCAPULA universe…and if you think that was bad, the truck driver left his headlights on! Wutta’ maroon!
@BarbaricBob He’s got a pretty bright future as a custodial engineer. If anything else, he’d get more respect than he would as a villain.
@Bearman I’m waiting to see Scapula costumes at the dollar bin in Halloween stores. They’re ultra-flammable, so if seeing kids spontaneously-combust is your thing, then run off and grab ’em!
@George The late-eighties/early-nineties will never, ever escape us, no matter how cleverly we disguise ourselves. Now who can we have impersonate Sir Mix-A-Lot?
@SpilledInky Roscoe just can’t say no to bigger, greasier foods. His doctor tells him it’s going to kill him someday, but hey, he survived a bomb explosion from Jemini and a Dada mind-warp, so he can survive a little extra colon stress!
@jynksie Do you tell them that when you excuse yourself from the dinner table?
That’s actually pretty tame; go ask George and Bearman for a truly revolting comeback (just ask them on their respective sites. My comments section is already filled with enough filth!).
Wait a minute!!! You mean the cleaner was Scapula??? Man that disguise is so awesome. I like how you do your dark scenes. I’ve got a down in the sewer comic in progress for Barry & Cedric but don’t know how I’ll go with the the dark effects. Will have to come back here for ideas when I go to colour it.
@TonyMcGurk Egad, a plagiarist! Actually, that’s fine. All I’d say is go nuts with the shadows; not only does it add to the atmosphere, but all you have to draw is black! Lots of it!
Heck, you could even do the two ‘floating white eyes’ against the black background shtick. Cheap, but it works.
I have to say… it’s a very economical d!isguise
Nice cliff hanger at the end. I really like the timing in panels 4,5,& 6. Great story telling as usual.
@JerryBenedict Such a good disguise you threw in an “!” in there! Nice.
At least this time around he’s dressed for the part; when he used the same “Groucho glasses” routine in GANGWAY he was wearing that awful thrift store suit. But he’s learning!
@FrankMHansen Thank ya kindly, good sir. Everyone go read “The Animatic Press”!
Sam looks SO happy to be out on the town! Not that I blame her, a gal’s got to enjoy her work!
I still wish Mira Mira death and agony…… ALL of her!
… i wonder if scap snuck inside somehow, or if he actually applied for the job.
I love the art on the walls there, Dada… good detail. And I dig your color palette, as always… and Scap’s “goofy run” in the middle panels.
Oh-an… nice Slingshot work!
@LadyJenn She may be a whiner at home, but when she gets her boots on she’s a whole ‘nother gal!
Death to Mira Mira? Oh dear. Guess she has it coming, what with her taunting the security like that. What a little prick.
@BarbaricBob He applied and got the job that morning. Temp agencies are usually worthless, but Scap’s got a few good connections.
@SquidRowMommy the First That isn’t Dada art on the walls!…oh, wait, misread you. Everyone appreciates Hokusai, especially a Nihonjin like Mira Mira. She’s got to keep her patriotism!
Scap’s goofy runs are the funniest to draw…wait, did I just type ‘runs’? Aw, crap.
@SquidRowMommy the Second Glad you enjoyed the guest artwork. I was worried that Danielle Corsetto wouldn’t use it (as you saw, she received TONS of submissions), but she sent me a nice ‘thank you’ e-mail regardless. It also looks like a few other readers appreciated the work, so I feel like it was worth it.
What a disguise! What a chimichanga deluxe! What a fiasco! What a double helping of trouble! What a cool final panel!
Some years back, the former company (that sold us to our current company) had a clean-up/organization program with one of the slogans being, “Improving the factory by the elimination of waste.” Ever since, my co-worker and I have used the euphemism, “Improving the factory” for bathroom breaks.
You’d think the highly paid management types, with their prestigious degrees, would be astute enough to realize what they were saying…
@MarkStokes What a nice comment!…that’s all I can jump up and down about right now. But it was still nice!
@Hoomi There are advantages and disadvantages to being a freelance artist; one of the downsides is missing out on all of these ‘company stories’ which are undoubtedly great cannon fodder for cartoons (guess that’s why ‘Dilbert’ was such a success). If nothing else I can just solicit them from my readers!
So…anyone want to see a story about Scapula working a nine-to-fiver? Improving the factory for all of you readers to see? Heh heh heh.
wow if you can land a job with the words yokey doke you know you have it made! P.S. i love the cautious leer he has while entering the door code 😀
I am serious. You need to find someone that can sew that costume. I would totally hang out at a con wearing it for you
Hey Bearman, did you notice Scapula’s hat?
@BarbaricBob I’m trying to think of where I heard someone say “Yokey Doke” on the job, but I’m drawing a blank….in fact, the only time I can remember anyone saying “Yokey Doke” is TV’s Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
@Bearman Too late. You’re totally wearing the Wonder Woman costume I sewed for you.
@LadyJenn Hey, Bearman is all the rage these days! Check out last Tuesday’s post on ADDANAC CITY.
Hahaha, nice disguise. Wait… I kinda look like that in real person.
you know i miss scaps horns, i cant remember the last time he wore those things…
the kind off make him complete :/ …
Whew! Finally caught up again! love your play of pretty vs gritty in this series.
Yeah, shouting into the comm in a place known to have been carting in crates of expensive tech stuff? Not so cool/ ;`)
Great art and storytelling as usual, Aidan. Thanks!
@alecho Egad…maybe you ARE Scapula! Try to think, man! You might have hit your head and lost your memory!
@BarbaricBob He also stopped wearing that lovely sundress with the tropical flora pattern; his friends loved it, but he thought it made his shoulders look flabby!
@Jande Hey hey, look who’s back! “Pretty vs Gritty” sounds like a nice slogan…I may have to steal it!
They probably should have thought this robbery through a little better, but when you have a bonehead like Scap and a fathead like Sam you can’t ask for much.
To quote my pocket philosopher Trevie….. “Never underestimate the power of stupid people, especially in numbers.” Additionally: “No plan has ever survived contact with the enemy intact, though many generals have led to victory with no plan.” He also notes they were usually the generals with the biggest mass of troops carrying guns.
I just realized either these post surgery drugs are really good or each of your female characters in this strip has two different colors in their hair.
Great comic as always. Your lines and colors make me wonder if the Highlander rules work with you… not that I want to cut your head off to attain the quickening or anything… uh… wow, that doesn’t sound right… anywho… I do love the costume he’s wearing… he must’ve gotten help from the CIA cause he almost fooled me!
@LadyJenn the First Praise the power of dumb luck!
@LadyJenn the Second Hmmm…never noticed that before. Lots of the women in this series have dyed hair: Jemini, Knuckle Sam, Mira Mira, Mona Naware…hey, wait, Dr. Jeraukov doesn’t! There, see? I don’t have a streaked hair fetish.
@Roland I’m sorry to say I’m not familiar with Highlander; one of these days I’m going to have to catch up on all of the culture I’ve missed while living in my secluded cave. But when I do I’ll get your reference, yessiree!
lady jen that stupid people thing also goes for zombies.
or sheep…. those things are evil, look 1 in the eyes and tell me you didn’t see hell
P.S. you havent seen highlander? thats like not seeing braveheart or the terminator!
parents should force theird kids to watch classics instead of all those sparkling vampire crap!(<idea for monsters/villans that movie made me wish i was never born)
Suuuuuure you don’t hun……