SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLES FEATURE pt.8
Quick convention announcement: I’m thrilled to say that I will be appearing at both the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco (Oct.1st and 2nd), followed by Comikaze in Los Angeles (Nov. 5th and 6th), again selling books and caricatures. More info to come later.
The Mira Miras dialogue is mostly comprised of random phrases and cuss words from various Japanese-to-English dictionaries. Look up any of them on-line and enjoy translating what the little brats are shouting. You’ll learn a lot for your next trip overseas!
But now, the moment you might have been waiting for: JEMINI versus KNUCKLE SAM! Who will be victorious?! Find out next week!
Love that third panel, A! You’re such a storyteller. I’m anxiously awaiting my two favorite gals butting heads. Or heading butts. I don’t care which. 😀
o wow scap ran harder than forest gump!
i have a feeling hes about to see stars…. juuuust like sams gang
George with those two it is more like butting butts. Love Scap doing what scap does best.
@George As long as their butts are doing something, eehhhhhh Georgie Boy? Feel free to misconstrue that sentence however you see fit.
@BarbaricBob A Scap/Gump comparison? I may have touched upon that a little back when ONE FLEW OVER THE KU KLUX NEST was running, but it’s an interesting idea.
“…very interesting…but also stupid!”
@Bearman Scap hauling ass and Knuckle Sam showing her’s. Yeah, I draw a good comic.
He who turns and runs away will live to run another day!
(Unless Scapula pulls a hammie, I guess.)
🙂
i wish fear induced sprinting was part of the olimpics
just line up a couple of people and release the hounds/bears/shark with jetpacks or whatever and see them go!
Scapula made the right call she totally nuts now, and if he stayed would be facing the twins next.
Sure they woudl shot him dead right then and there rather then give a warning.
Thou wonde ron Sam was she keeping her eyes closed or mostly closed during the fight, if so smart the girls woudl tried to jab or gouge her eyes out since she so big and far stronger then twenty of them together.
Since one of them looked like she was trying to reach the eyes.
I think in this case, Scap had the right idea… but he’s probably just postponing the inevitable confrontation!
@SpilledInky We should really set up a fundraiser for every time Scapula runs away (y’know, like “Running for Children’s Hospitals” or “Running to Save the Earth”). Think of how many miles he could cover, all for a good cause!
…actually, that idea is stinky.
@BarbaricBob Continuing from my previous comment (stinky as it was), Scap could also be a contender for the Run Away Event in the Olympics.
@Diablo2000 The Mira Miras may not be big bruisers like Sam, but they seem to have the attack strategy of rats (dirty little rats!) to swarm all over her and claw her eyes out. No one really fights fair in this comic!
@JerryBenedict Procrastination is the name of the game! We’ve all got a truck out there with our name on it; all you have to do is keep on the sidewalk until your time comes.
Firstly… congrats on APE! I’m gonna get up there and see you! Yes I am! (I won’t be IN APE this year, sadly… but I will get to actually sit in on workshops and stuff, so that will be cool)…
Secondly, RUN, SCAP, RUN! Get away from the Crazy! The little Miras remind me of the Cornish Pixies in Harry P… hee hee.
@SquidRowMommy Aww, yes, APE, where we first met so long ago…sorry you wont be at a table, but hey, it’s nice to have someone who is free to roam and pick up a sandwich for me (for a price, of course…for a price!).
Don’t forget to bring Harold! It’s not the same without him!
I am unfamiliar with the world of this “Harry P”…although the name sounds a bit ‘adult’. Yowza.
W.W.S.D. What Would Scap Do? You mean, after wetting himself? Oh sure, Sam, Scap’s got your back, mmm hmm….riiiiight. I agree with George, that third panel is choice. Good luck at APE and Comikaze!
how can so manny dupes do so manny diferent things, i thought their mind was on the same wavelenght :/ i guess clone law also applies to dupes
@MarkStokes Thanks, man! There will definitely be news updates here, so tune in.
Scap has trained hard to prevent himself from peeing his pants; it makes running away that much harder when you’ve got soggy britches on!
@BarbaricBob They all have independent thought, but being around that many like-minded people (yeah, duplicates) results in a sort of “hive mentality”. They are capable of shouting their own string of cuss words.
Great ending. Love the last panel and the 3rd panel. Amazing work.
That was fun, Aidan, going through all those tiny Japanese dialogue balloons 😀 Awesome third panel–you must have been channeling some Kirby!
Btw, just listened to your interview on the TGT podcast. Fun! Never realized how accomplished you are as a voice actor 😉
@FrankMHansen Glad you enjoyed, man! I try to have fun.
@ChrisWatkins Of all the SCAPULA readers out there who could understand the random shouting it had to be you! Tell me honestly: did I use any of the dialogue correctly, or does it look like I just cherry-picked phrases and slapped them together?
Kirby is King, even if I still prefer Ditko. But hey, Kirby is still king.
Thank you for listening to the interview; the voice-acting is just something I do to amuse myself (and annoy others). Anything to liven up an hour’s worth of podcast!
And here is where my various pointers for survival roll in. Jemini strikes me as the kind of person who knows how to handle a gun and probably doesn’t much care if she plugs a few Mira Miras. From my personal little notebook there are three important rules here. One, move through the crowd for cover, two, zigzag, roll and stay as low as you can without slowing, and three, get the sodding flibertygibbit out of the area of the gun!
Upside, that looks like a nine millimeter (the most common of automatics in this day and age), so it’s penetration is lame and Sam could probably take a few hits. Downside, they tend to have a bigger clip than .45’s or other bear-blasters. Another upside, due to lower recoil, most people tend to burn through the ammo stupidly fast (though I don’t imagine Jemini will).
I’m with Scapula here. Time to beat feet. Fighting a big pack of women is a nightmare scenario even before the gun. Women are way nastier than men….. hair pulling, eye raking, biting, and outright gouging are WAY more common among women and gay guys than men, who prefer to just pummel. Though I’m still betting on Sam making it out of this….. she looks like a big enough girl to shake off a few nine mil rounds. Bonus points if Jemini’s heads get clonked together within the next ten comics hun!
PS: I appreciate the violence very much. You bring better presents than Santa!
@LadyJenn This has been Lady Jenn’s “How to Survive a Completely F__ked-Up Scenario”, a free bonus installment here at SCAPULA central!
Good points all around; I don’t think Jemini would shed any tears if she accidentally plugged some Mira Miras (just as long as there’s enough left to get the work done on time). Also, the Mira Miras also don’t care much about ‘fighting clean’, hence that rather unpleasant face-scratching we’re seeing in panel 4.
The embarrassing thing is I’m starting to think that some of my dear readers think these scenarios out a lot more thoroughly than I do!
The women of SCAPULA are indeed much more vicious than the men (except Darkevilhelldeath-Man, depending on if you consider him a man or a puppet). Scap has learned the hard way to mess with them at your own peril. As for the cat-fighting gay guys, well…maybe that will have to be incorporated into an upcoming storyline. Hey, this IS San Francisco.
Haha, soggy britches.. that’s funny.
If I have to die by that woman, may it be by suffocation in the cleavage she beholds in panel 3!
I never realized how strong she can be…And yes, the women DO seem more vicious than the men of Scapula.
wel i think sam better surrenders i mean jemini already got a clear shot at here because sam scared away all the miras in a 10m (30 feet) radius 😮
and just hope that scap can somehow get reinforcements… eventough its quite unlikely that scap wil ever willingly return of his own 😛
Just doing my part to ensure your audience has a high reader survival rate hun! The thinking things through bit is only because, as noted…… been there, done that, sat in an alley for 14 hours shaking because of it and making a mental checklist on how not to do it again!
Besides, we all know that thinking is anathema to cartoonists! Story and flow and art are the important bits….. thinking just clogs up the brain. I’ll gladly trade my trauma for your talent hun.
@MarkStokes It’s not so funny when you’ve ‘soggified’ them yourself…not that I’d know anything about that…
@jynskie I would cast heaps of shame upon you, except that I pretty much agree. We men are shameless.
@Jenn Strong and vicious. Yep, that’s pretty much the majority of the women I’ve known…but I can’t complain!
@BarbaricBob Gasp! Do you really think Scapula would abandon an ally in a moment of crisis? For shame! Have some faith in the guy!
…or maybe he is a little chickensh_t.
@LadyJenn Y’know, “Family Circus” may be more successful than SCAPULA will ever be, but I’ll bet dollars to brass knuckles their readers don’t share tips on surviving street brawls. Aren’t I a lucky guy?
Oh I just realised I read this on Monday but had to rush off to work & forgot to come back & leave a comment. Like Jynksie I too am impressed with panel 3. You’ve given me increased appreciation for bigger ladies.
……. I actually had to look up what Family Circus is. Wow. I completely missed an entire generation of cartoons and comics just to go get into fights, get drunk, and the like.
I feel like SUCH a rube sometimes.
@TonyMcGurk You left me hanging all week?! I was so worried about you!
In any event, thank you for returning and giving your support to all of the big ladies. They do appreciate it.
@LadyJenn You’ve never heard of ‘Family Circus’? LUCKY YOU!
wel jen your not the only one, maybe il google it later O_o
and aiden *il try and use your name instead of dada from now on…. no promisses* if i had my life riding on scaps back i would have written my will beforehand, gotten a bulletproof EVRYTHING and have 200 backup plans for when he messes things up 😮 than i wil have a 50/50 chance of survival 😀
Lucky there maybe, but keep in mind I only recently heard of Calvin and Hobbes. Up until I was given the collection, I thought they were just ivory tower philosophers.
If I had such clever distractions as a kid I might not have so much scar tissue. Oh well!
How is helping you with the Japanese? I was raised in Japan and I really enjoyed reading the funny (and accurate) Japanese dialogue 🙂
Like I said…. I like em thick. And mean. 😀