Back of the Envelope

Sluggy Freelance — Oasis is dead! Again. Anyway, it looks like Nash really is a Canadian assassin. He's also really, really good. He figures out who's responsible, takes down Oasis from a distance, then collects the body for payment. Which means that now is the perfect time to find out whether MOT (Multiple Oasis Theories) or SOT (Single Oasis Theories) is correct. By which I mean that this is the first time we've actually had a body on hand when Oasis comes back to life, which I figure will happen soon, and we'll see whether she comes back in the previous body, or whether it's a different body. Unless Pete does something sneaky, that is.

Day by Day — Sam gets Zed to wear a really Spartan outfit for Halloween, setting off all kinds of jokes. Of course, she's not wearing much either.

Scary Go Round — Amnesiac Ryan and his mates sneak out, where they'd bump into Amy if she were paying attention. It's not for no reason that Shelley and Fallon decided to leave her behind as they hunt for the missing Ryan. Fallon's methods are pretty effective, though.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — April continues to sabotage Marsha's beauty, which earns her an earful from her Imaginary Floating Wiser Self. Now she's saying that she can't stop. I wonder what she means.

Dominic Deegan — Bumper decides to help out the side of good, and enlists Luna to help foil Urban Eddie's schemes. Unfortunately, one of Eddie's henchmen spots him despite his disguise, which means that Stunt will pay the price.

Schlock Mercenary — Well, after numerous attempts, Kevyn finally apologizes to Elf, and soon they're dating. Interesting. I've decided that Kevyn's flashback is a true flashback, and not merely a near death experience symbolic thing. Otherwise, we'd be wasting a lot of time on nothing important.

Sluggy Freelance — Torg and Riff are back! Well, technically they never went anywhere, but we finally find out what they've discovered about Orsintos Research. And after wandering around in the sewers for a while, they find a research center which is trying to weaponize ghosts. Now that's interesting.

Day by Day — Television telepathy and feminine mind control wrap out a week of eye candy, plus Lynne Stewart, James Baker, and media imbalance. And then Damon tries to kills hornets, without complete success and very little support.

Scary Go Round — Fallon escapes from her forced retirement and finds Shelley and Amy. She decides to help them find Ryan, who's been lost for a long time. The Satanic nuns are "helping" him, apparently by giving him amnesia and turning him into a fishman.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Blue's taken Dave shopping, despite his protests. Dave doesn't like his girlfriend buying him stuff, but it's pretty obvious that she's rich and he's poor. When faced with the sunflowers and memories of Margaret, however, Dave digs in his heels. Meanwhile, April's trying to beat Marsha's looks, but her attempts at sabotage keep failing.

Dominic Deegan — Bumper nearly lets his true allegiance slip to Luna, but quickly recovers. When Stunt pulls a crazy one, however, he sees through it to Urban Eddie's true intentions, and now he has to really choose sides.

Schlock Mercenary — Kevyn lets Elf use the fabber, yielding to threats of violence, and she produces a brilliant communication system for his suit. He now needs to apologize for not believing in her earlier, but that may be tricky to accomplish.

Sluggy Freelance — With Lupae's help, the tenacious reporter manages to track down Kareen, and finds the bodies she's been hiding from Oasis's killing sprees. Unfortunately, it turns out that our reporter friend isn't really a reporter or a friend. I'm thinking either Canadian assassin or Hereticorp agent.

Day by Day — Reuters and Air America get some mockery, as do Iraq casualty counts, Islamic cab drivers, and North Korea. Chris finds time to pay tribute to the troops, though.

Scary Go Round — Fallon uses her feminine wiles to woo Jack Frost, giving Shelley the opportunity she needs to smash the snow machine. The snow quickly melts.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Only two comics this week, but the important thing is that Diana and Paul are helping Marsha with her disastrous Zebra tan, while April's telling her that nothing is wrong. Of course, April's the cause of it in the first place.

Dominic Deegan — Bumper's in over his head, and so's Stunt. Urban Eddie is about to take over the town--beginning by molesting shopkeepers and their families--Luna and company are planning to stop them, and Bumper's stuck in the middle. So's Stunt, though he doesn't realize it.

Schlock Mercenary — Kevyn still seems to be hallucinating. He's dreaming that Elf has been promoted to commander, so the two of them can date. Unfortunately, he has a slight ego problem, and his suits aren't exactly user friendly.

Sluggy Freelance — Just when the reporter's about to give up, he runs into someone who's willing to give him the whole story on a silver platter--and sleep with him too.

Day by Day — All sorts of wedding planning going on for Zed's and Sam's. Of course, this brings up all sorts of opportunities for the usual men and women jokes, not to mention engineer jokes. It's amazing that there's still room for the occasional political joke.

Scary Go Round — So Shelley gets Fallon to help her out in her snow emergency. Fallon, given her spy experience, is the sort of person you call in an emergency, providing it requires tracking down and beating people.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Margaret gives Mike some harsh advice concerning April. I agree that something has to be done. Kicking her out might work, but it might also gives Hornhead an opportunity.

Dominic Deegan — Bumper helps to save the elemental, protecting Sparks and Luna in the process. Urban Eddy decides that stopping the explosion was a good idea, since killing Luna would have led to all sorts of trouble, but he orders Bumper beaten, so it doesn't look like they've gone soft on their inside man. And to prevent Bumper from defecting for real, Stunt's being held hostage.

Schlock Mercenary — We return to the present to find Kevyn being buried while he hallucinates. It turns out that he has nanites which preserve his brain in case of a lack of oxygen to his brain (such as from having his throat torn out by a jungle cat). Unfortunately, his friends don't seem to realize that.

Sluggy Freelance — Well, not quite Riff and Torg, but at least we're back to Oasis. She just doesn't handle cute stuff well. The reporter who's trying to track down the story on her is getting quite a beating from the police.

Day by Day — Gary Hart's conspiracy theories, Olbermann's yapping, NIE follies, Malkin and Ham--none of that's as much fun as the normal interaction. The sounds of middle age and Zed's intellectual deficiencies are the best parts.

Scary Go Round — Fallon's hanging out at the retired spy home, but then John runs an old story where Shelley wishes for snow. As usual with wishes, she gets more than she bargains for.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Roger's begging for forgiveness from Diana, Dave and Blue are parasailing (although Dave's too terrified to really enjoy it), and April pawns off some out-of-date suntan lotion on Marsha. Somebody whack April with a cluestick already! Or maybe that should be a nice stick.

Dominic Deegan — So Dominic and Luna have an Earth Elemental building their home. It's slower than conjuring, but it's higher quality. Unfortunately, the new gang Stunt's invited to town sees the Elemental as a treasure chest, and they're willing to kill it to find the gems inside.

Schlock Mercenary — Back in flashback mode, Schlock joins Kevyn on board the freight hauler. Not such a good idea, as the freighter's the decoy from the frigate inside the huge container. They might just get shot at. Ooops. Scratch the might.