SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLES FEATURE pt.7
For anyone out there who has ever wanted to hear my voice (…for a whole flippin’ hour!), your twisted prayers have been answered: I recently did an interview with the web’s best site for webcomics creators to spill their guts and bare their souls, TGT WEBCOMICS.
Everything you ever wanted to know about SCAPULA is told in a loud, panicky hyperactive rant; host Kurtis Sasso bravely puts up with my non sequiturs, random impersonations and long-winded lectures about comics. But in the end we all learn a valuable lesson…
So, if you have a little over an hour to kill, head on over to TGT Webcomics (click the image below to jump to my interview). Warning 1: adjust your speakers appropriately, I am rather loud. Warning 2: I give away spoilers regarding the current storyline. Warning 3: You have been warned.
Seeing stars is bad enough,
but being lobotomized by them sure makes for a bad day at the office!
(I’m looking forward to checking out that interview, Aidan)! 🙂
That fifth panel is so nice! There are so many cool characters in the Scapula realm. I keep finding new favorites all the time.
Didn’t we already HEAR your voice on the animated version?? I mean wasn’t that ENOUGH!! haa
@SpilledInky You wouldn’t have to worry about ever going back to the office again after getting a shuriken in the brain. Hey! Permanent vacation! Woo-hoo!
@George I can’t help myself. Every time I try to restrain myself from adding new characters some weird idea leaps from my sketchbook and into the comic pages.
Thankfully I am aware of creative “natural selection”, which gives me the freedom to kill these guys whenever I want!
@Bearman It gets worse, man; apparently I still have no sense of volume control, so my interview is bound to blow out a few speakers across the country.
there you are, sitting in the back of your truck talking with the guys about the important things in life when suddenly, you have a ninja star burried in your brain
my hat is off for that tough i can barly trow the tip of a knife in a dartboard… dont ask its a father son bonding thing, normal dads take you to the park and trow a ball, mine gave me a knife collection and a bb gun
Two Mira Miras down, 2000 to go! Love the abject pants-wettin’ fear you put on Scap through this whole page. I agree, George, gang panel five rocks.
At least Sam’s henchmen were doing what they loved when they died… speculating on their bosses bra size. What a tribute to their legacy!
@BarbaricBob (now without the “e”) It’s great to know so many of my readers have such violent tendencies…but always in a productive, social way. What better way to enjoy time with your family and friends that moseying on down to the gun range or cage fight? This is what treasured memories are made from!
Seriously, don’t go throwing ninja stars at people’s heads to see if you can make a mark. You’ve been warned!
@MarkStokes Well, that’s, like, halfway there, right? Kinda, sorta, maybe.
As long as people keep enjoying the winning combination of mean criminals and scaredy Scapula I should have a long career as a cartoonist ahead of me!
@JerryBenedict They’ll have plenty of time in the Great Hereafter to talk about breast sizes. Say, maybe that’s all that awaits us in the afterlife: shootin’ the s__t about stuff like that. Works for me!
The vocabulary is really rich , in this comic, you have :
“fat cracks”, “bulletholes”, “the huge ginormous sweaty”.
However I still don’t know what is a “shiro butt”.
Thanks , I’m improving my English by reading your comic.
dada dont worry about that, my freelancing ninja days are all over.
the only time those 165 knifes will see anny action is when the zombie appocalypse is coming so probably not in my lifetime.
i stil dont understand why my dad thought i needed so manny knives when i was 10 :/ sometimes things make more sense when you picture life as a action movie
@mehdi Mira Mira mixes in a lot of Japanese slang in her dialogue; “shiro” is a derogatory term for white people. Mira Mira is a bit of a racist.
@BarbaricBob Be prepared, I suppose. My old college roommate was a skilled hunter and probably owned a couple of hundred knives and guns. Good times.
Just finished listening. DAMN YOU ARE LOUD. I forgive you for your saying “Bearman of Odori Park” at around the 24:00 mark because of your love fest about 5 minutes later. Nice job.
@Bearman I WARNED YOU! And not only did I warn you, I warned you that you had been warned! (see Warning #3 above).
Kurt has a very soft speaking voice, so the first time I shout in the volume catches everyone by surprise (even me when I listened to it).
Just heard your TGT interview. It was great! I didn’t think you were too loud at all. I had you connected in my car, so we could hear your very well, we kept turning Kurt up. 🙂
You’re a very entertaining dude it seems. And thank you for shouting out Addanac City and myself during the spot. 🙂
Having some down time allowed me to listen in your TGT interview. Very fun to listen to, it really gives a sense of why this comic is the way it is through you. [grin]
When you started stopping by comic way back when, I remember thinking “there’s no way my comic can be amusing him” cause I just looked at your work and knew it was eventually going someplace. I’ve always said, [and I dont mean this in a conceited way] if you can get my attention and keep it, then you must have something good going because its hard to keep me focused if I’m not amused. Your work keeps getting better and better.
also checked out the TGT podcast… you’re like a one man voice…factory… thing!
I was chuckling warmly. (as opposed to the cold chuckling which is just downright disturbing)
@George Well, it’s either that or Rush Limbaugh, and you might as well keep your car’s atmosphere pleasant!
I hope I gave credit where it was due; my mind was all over the place and there were probably a number of people I forgot to mention. And hey, definitely hit Kurt up for a chance to be on the show!
@jynksie Awwwww, shucks, gosh, and gee golly darn! I’ve gone all blush-faced!
I’m glad you enjoyed the show and still follow the comics, but for God’s sake man, don’t sell yourself short! Just have fun doing what you’re doing!
I kick myself all the friggin’ time about the fact that my comic, or myself, isn’t as successful as I want it to be, but there’s always time and always new stories to tackle. Just live it up. Enjoy yourself.
Lordy, I am rather preachy! Well, live it up, regardless.
@JerryBenedict Also glad to hear that you enjoyed, good sir! And if anyone’s speakers were blasted through by my shrieking, well, YOU. WERE. WARNED!!!
Stars in the head hasta hurt. I guess there’s only so much fat cracks a girl can take. Love the continual ohgod’s from Scap
why do people think they can crack fatjokes just because they have a gun?
i mean seriously? a gun wont save you from a rampaging *big boned* person
…and mira realy should have bought more guns i mean… only 1 mira holding a gun? all sam has to do is grab scap and use him as a whip *cant use him as a blunt weapon he doesnt have enough spine for that :P*
@TonyMcGurk Funny, usually cartoon characters have stars AROUND their heads when in they’re in pain…not IN them! Wokka wokka!
@BarbaricBob I’d still side with the person with the gun than the big-boned one, but Sam still has a fighting chance…and she’s sure as hell going to fight for it!
The Mira Miras are probably more concerned with making more of each other than shooting it out with fat intruders, so we can probably forgive them for being unprepared. As for their fat jokes, well…that’s just poor thinking.
Having been in a similar situation at least twice in my life (do NOT ask) I can tell you a couple important things about beating your way out of a gunfight without a gun. First, guns are RANGED weapons and fare poorly in close combat because very few people have the nerve to extend their arm to aim when you’re swinging a fist at them. Second when surrounded, you can literally do whatever you like to anyone around you, while they have to watch out for each other (and if you’re bigger than them, you have even MORE freedom to throw them around!). Third, moving through the crowd might get you bogged down some, but when guns are involved it also gives you some nice handy human shields.
This brings me to two fun facts: nine out of ten experienced russian brawlers or street fighters can whomp a karate master due to sheer mass and density differences (in addition, russians tend to have very high pain thresholds while the bulk of asians come in at the lowest end). And also, when punching asians (especially japanese who were raised on a traditional diet of rice and fish), you actually get more of a crack than a crunch if you break something. Their diet prevents them building muscle mass and also is largely the reason their race is so short compared to most others…. little protein. This means they have less padding!
So, Sam moves to third favorite character as of now. Scap first (he’s funny!), Tox second (I just like the guy….), and now Sam (she’s going ape on Mira Mira). This puts her as fourth favorite on this site (since the artist responsible is obviously number one in the ‘like’ list!)
wel i dont think you want to be in a croud of miras when 1 mira is shooting randomly killing her dupes 😛
@LadyJenn …aaaaaaaand now we know that the scene above ISN’T as implausible as it seems! In fact, there’s probably a logical reason for everything that happens in this comic, whether it’s fighting your way out of a crowd of duplicates or driving a robot brontosaurus down the street!
I wont ask how you’ve fought your way out of crowds (because you said not to ask); all I’m going to say is…WOW. I guess the gun is much more useful as a mindf__k rather than an actual weapon in these scenarios, but still I’d be a little reluctant to take on the dickweed with the piece. Let him keep my wallet, he’s probably got more money than I do (in fact, he might take pity and give me some).
I never thought of Sam as Russian, but hey, it seems to work. Okay everyone, I’m making a continuity change: Knuckle Sam is now of Russian descent. Maybe her parents or grandparents were from St. Petersburg, but now it’s officially in SCAPULA. I can make these kind of changes whenever I feel like it!
No matter how violent I make my stories, my readers always seem to have true experiences which are much more brutal. Well, actually I should hold my tongue until you all see next week’s installment.
@BarbaricBob Just because you’re a scientist doesn’t mean you’re smart…I guess.
just remember the words you are either the worlds dumbest smartguy or the smartest dumbass 😀
jen is right 😮 guns are more used as a threatening presence around these parts
*and they are rarely used at all* and if you can toss around gunman buddies they quickly resort to other means because standing there with a useless gun in your hand while your buddys are getting clobberd aint good for their ego
and hell 9 out of 10 people dont even know what to do with a gun when it jams
so bring a dagger *not a switch blade those are thumb choppers D:*……
and thats all on self defence 101 kids, and remember dont pull bruce lee crap just go for the nuts or the eyes 🙂
Oh a gun is plenty dangerous hun, but as Mira here is displaying, it’s a little hard to keep aim when someone is ripping through your pals! Most people won’t risk shooting into a mass of their friends, especially when it’s a rumble and a last second step could put an ally in harm’s way.
HOW I got through those fights was easy…… swing in wide circles and smash as many people as possible, periodically check where the gun nut is and what they’re doing to make sure you’re covered from view. Why I was in them (aside from the obvious ‘I’m a freaking moron!’) is best left to history. Of course priority one is get away from the gun and get out of the crowd. Removing most of the crowd is a good way to do it.
The gun is a finesse weapon. While blazing away randomly in an open street is how most mooks do it, when you have things you don’t want to hit around (IE Mira Mira’s many other selves), that tactic goes poof. And very, VERY few people I’ve ever met have the control, training, experience and sheer nerve to fire into that kind of dense crowd while someone is potentially about to break your face.
As for the Russian thing, it was a stat I tripped over. Ironically I didn’t think of Sam as russian at first (though I don’t know why, most russians I’ve met are pretty beef), I actually sort of mentally checked her off as some eastern european lineage. Northern Germany comes to mind (my dear friend Bernhardt is like 6’8 and over 300 pounds, though he dresses in stiff clothes that make him seem lighter). The next biggest guy I know was japanese (he’s now an international citizen), who stands 6’4 but is only like 100 pounds. Third down? 6’3, 500 pound Canadian lumberjack who is quite possibly the strongest human being I will ever meet…… seems they grow them big in various places (though the japanese guy claims he’s a mutant caused by radioactive instant noodles.)
Note to self. Keep posts small. My appologies hun!
@BarbaricBob When my gun jams I do what Elmer Fudd does: look in the other end and have it explode in your face.
*Kids, never, never, never do this. Just because the Looney Tunes can survive buckshot blasts doesn’t mean you can.
@LadyJenn the First Too late, I made Sam a Russian, and now it’s stuck in continuity until I do a revamp of the entire series. That’s when Scapula magically becomes a gay black Jewish vegetarian (which should increase sales royally) and then we can try Sam as a Canadian lumberjack. She’ll sleep all night and she’ll work all day!
Everything I learned about fighting came from “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, when Jonathan Winters takes on two nerdy little twerps and demolishes an entire gas station. Beating up idiots is fine, but if you can completely annihilate their place of business then you’re REALLY sticking it to ’em!
@LadyJenn the Second It’s all good.
im just glad the law makes it hard to get a gun here at all.
than again law makes it legal to buy weed here too
and than they wonder why all the copper near the railroads get stolen =__=
Violence is kinda my thing. Guns too, but more from an appreciative angle. Which I should note is an angle that is well away from the barrel.
im more of a knife kinda guy.
sharpening the things is a hobby of mine and i cut my fingers manny (manny manny and so on) times to appriciate and respect the things.
too bad its illigal now to carry a pocket knife 🙁
i can only take one with me to work
Still trying to wrap my head around the phrase ‘gay black Jewish vegetarian’. I know one must exist, it’s just hard to fit all those things into one mental image at once. It hurts us, Precious, it hurts our head!
@BarbaricBob and LadyJenn We really need to get you two on a podcast (although I get the feeling more than a few government ears would prick up at the discussions of street-fighting, homesale weapons and escaping on trains).
train escapes dont work all that well cops can be on the next station before you even take a seat and there is no way to lose evidence inside a crowded train eye witnesses evrywhere.
you know criminals have it hard these days exept for the worlds most know criminal group, politicians.
making money of our missery with the words we will protect you
Such a suspenseful ending! And I say forget guns, those are boring. It’s all about the lasers, baby
Oh and I just found your TGT podcast and am listening to it! That’s awesome =)
@Jenn the First Lasers? LASERS?! Let’s not get silly, my friend! Next thing you know there’ll be a giant robot brontosaurus running amuck!
@Jenn the Second Glad you enjoyed…and I hope your speakers survived the screaming.
Awesome!. I love the build up of her anger. It added a great underlining suspense to the comic.
@FrankMHansen Thank you kindly, good sir! I wish I had a little more space/time to build up her rage, but sometimes you have to sacrifice a little timing and get to the point (especially in a one-page installment).
On the podcast note hun, thanks, but no thanks…… I have enough warrants on me already. I don’t need to go advertising!
Like the throwing stars! Dyamn… I can feel her fury!!! 🙂
Oh yeah…. I think this is love. I love the cute little crunch her knuckles made when she smashed that dupes face in. ~nodnod~