GIANT ATTACK MONSTERS MEGA-BATTLE! pg29
As we get closer to the end of the Giant Attack Monsters Mega-Battle story, let’s take a peek at the new comic collection, Scapula and the Sinister Monster Doom Legion.
The first story in it is Horror in the Wax Museum; or, Scapula After Midnight. A horrifying tale of a spooky museum, a gaggle of ghastly grotesques, and a living potty! Presented in glorious B&W and chock-full of vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other cuddly creeps, this story is for all the die-hard fans of classic horror.
This is a story I wanted to do as far back as 2014 (it was actually meant to be one of the stretch goals for the crowdfunding campaign for Scapula: World’s Worst Villain), but in retrospect I’m glad I didn’t get around to it until much later. As some of you may remember (especially my Patreon backers) I spent 2016 studying and re-teaching myself how to draw comics the way I wanted; if nothing else it gave me an excuse to pore over the great horror comics of E.C. and Warren (and, of course, to dig into the forever-awesome MAD archives), which I tried to emulate here.
The other fun thing is that it’s Scapula all by himself…yeah, there’s a bunch of beasts and spooks, but it also has a lot of moments of just Scapula with his demented thoughts, which is both a pleasure and a challenge to write. I sort of consider this story ‘Scapula 101’, so if you’re trying to introduce anyone to the series this is a good place to do it.
More on the new comic next week, fellow fiends!
Panel 2: Can’t tell if Dolphin is screaming because guy is screaming, or if guy is screaming because Dolphin is trying to eat him……. either one is hilarious really!
Not sure if there are any stories I know of dolphins trying to eat people…now, dolphins RAPING people is a whole ‘nother thing.
I think both human and cetaceans are just screaming in general because of the tidal wave.
It’s a little hard to just ignore it, huh?
I dunno, I’ve met some PRETTY oblivious people in my lifetime. I had a buddy ignore an earthquake until his chimney fell through the living room.
Santa must have been pretty pissed!
Scaps going to have a complex after this one, isnt he. on cant get tossed into a large bay like this this many times and not.
Quite a number of SCAPULA characters have gone flying into the bay at this point, huh? I should have just done an “undersea” adventure where they meet San Franciscan mermaids (and just imagine what those would be like!).
My imagination doesn’t have enough colours for that!
The toilet wants to kill him?
…the odd part is that I’m most surprised that this line hasn’t come up in the series prior to now.
Perhaps the toilet was Dog Doo Doug’s former nemesis and now carries on the fight with others who mess with poo (okay, the only “Poopoo” that Scapula has had to deal with is the alien-demon-cyborg-cephalopod). It could happen!
My theory is the toilet wants revenge from years of having to……. put up with Scapula’s crap!
D’ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
We lose another Scapula comic legend today: that dude’s phone.
I haven’t felt this bad since Ghost Walrus’ passing. :'(
Interesting fact: Ghost Walrus and The Guy Who Lost His Phone never met and were not affiliated or related to each other in any way whatsoever. So now you know!