Back of the Envelope

Yay, I'm getting it up almost on time this week!

Sluggy Freelance — So, despite being a ruthless murderer who sold hundreds of souls to Rithuly in order to escape from the Never, Kesandru isn't such a bad guy. Interesting... I suppose anyone can reform their ways. Rammer discovers some bad news in the meantime: it turns out that Aylee's a ghoul. The bottom line is that the ghouls don't serve Rithuly, because they're not former humans at all: they're aliens!

Day by Day — Zed jokes with pilots about Al Gore, and Jan deals with the new media generation of soldiers. Meanwhile, Skye and Sam debate the fairness doctrine.

Scary Go Round — Mother Shipton's plan doesn't involve saving the world so much as collecting the ingredients for a spell. That's the reason she has Amy all tied up. Meanwhile, the destruction of the world is beginning with the marriage of Erin, but her rapidly shrinking body no longer interests Bob.

Dominic Deegan — No comics this week. The artist's dealing with a tough time.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Margaret's whipping the guys into shape, which in her case involves nun-chucks and the threat of bodily harm. Good luck with that.

Schlock Mercenary — Tagon's in a bad mood, and he takes it out by going shooting, carving Xinchub's head in Schlock's comic book and filling it full of holes. Meanwhile, Xinchub's been cut in half. It remains to be seen whether he, like Kevyn, can survive certain death.

This is the third time I've done this. We're getting pretty close to being the fortnightly webcomic update.

Sluggy Freelance — Torg meets Defense Secretary Rammer, who believes Torg's story of being a dimensional traveler. He also covers the origin story of the zombies, and tells him that most of humanity has moved to outer space. He then takes him to meet the president, who turns out to be... Kesandru! Bad guy alert! Torg knows too much.

Day by Day — Skye and Sam talk about the joys of pregnancy, Zed checks in from Iraq from time to time and in between looks over the journalists' shoulders. And in Washington, it's politics as usual.

Scary Go Round — Shelley's attempts to steal a space shuttle aren't exactly successful. She'll have to rely on other methods to get the moon's attention. It seems that the rest of the team's are having pretty good luck, though. And Erin's all set to marry Bob: no one seems to have realized what's going on there. However, it almost seems as if Erin is shrinking.

Dominic Deegan — The Chosen who came to Barthis for revenge has kind of lost interest in the whole deal, what with great food, nice clothes, and a friendly Dominic Deegan. I get the impression that Dominic knows exactly what's going on.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Marsha delivers something to Margaret from Mike. We still don't know what it is. While she's planning a break-in, Blue is looking for ways to keep tabs on Dave, and has a run-in with Jay. Fortunately, she's smarter than he thinks... she's already figured that some Dave's bullet wounds came from him.

Schlock Mercenary — Tagon tries to sell his crew on extracting Xinchub. He fails, so he has to turn Petey down, even when he offers 20x the original pay. There's some concern that Tagon is coming down with a case of morality, but apparently hatred as motivation to turn down a job doesn't count as morality. Meanwhile, Schlock's involved in a firearms safety comic book scam.

If I keep letting this slip, it'll soon become a fortnightly webcomic update. I'll try to do better next week, I promise.

Sluggy Freelance — It's been two weeks of guest comics. The first one was Bikini Suicide Sasha Days, with a lot less Sasha than you'd expect considering her name was in the title. The second had Zoe pining for Torg, and her consciences cooperating to goad her on, which of course results in camel-related injuries. It was great fun, but I'm glad we're back to seeing how Torg and Aylee are getting on in another dimension.

Day by Day — Jan and Zed are getting along okay in Iraq, despite a bout of airsickness for Jan. Damon's doing his best to help the pregnant Sam, and meanwhile has a run-in with her sister Skye, who isn't exactly friendly towards him.

Scary Go Round — John Allison's been running some guest comics for the past two weeks, covering a wide range of ideas, generally revolving around Amy and Shelley, or sometimes the Boy and Esther So we get robotic Prime Ministers, advertisements for cupcakes in Esther's dark music, and a giant Shelley in a short skirt.


Dominic Deegan — Dominic's brother, Gregory, has a bit of a magical mishap. His magic, which keeps him in top physical condition, has gone overboard, making him a wee bit hulk-like. Dominic helps him turn it off, reducing him to a skinny weakling in the process. One of the Chosen has come hunting him for revenge, but in his current condition he's unrecognizable.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — With Mike's death, Margaret is taking over NOES. It's good to see that she's so proactive, planning to go have a talk with Joe, who's slightly psychotic and has a tendency towards possession. She also plans on whipping the guys into shape with intense physical training. Not a bad idea overall, but her plans for physical training probably fall under what some people call torture.

Schlock Mercenary — With the mission to rescue Xinchub, Tagon's got to convince his crew to do the job. They aren't exactly eager, as most of them would rather just kill him, slowly and painfully. Xinchub's busy trying to survive being king, what with rebels after him, Jeevee quite willing to see him dead, and the UNS unhappy with a former military officer becoming the leader of a foreign planet. What do you do when everyone wants you dead?