Woot! End of chapter! And only a day late!
I’ve already started scribbling the next chapter, and actually have a title for this one going in. Usually I struggle to come up with something until it’s the day I’m publishing the first page. Only once did I have to publish a chapter with the title “TBA” because I didn’t come up with an idea until after publishing.
I’ve enjoyed the warmer weather this past week in Encinitas, Southern California. From here I’ll be heading to Aliso Viejo a bit north of here, but hopefully still warmer than most of the country.
I may take a week off from Kickman before starting the next chapter as I’ve got a few projects to catch up on, and I have a girlfriend that requires some time and care. Also, we’ve been bouncing around between addresses doing shorter pet sits the last few weeks. But next chapter we’ll be revisiting some familiar faces from old story arcs and you definitely don’t want to miss out. So stay tuned for Chapter 27, starting in one or two weeks depending on my productivity over the next couple of days.
Holy Crap. Twenty-seven Chapters…? Thanks to everyone who has read all of these pages since the beginning. Don’t forget to pick up some merchandise from the gift shop and tip your waitress!
Frame #3. How smart Is “Cecil”??
Asking the readers that.
Extremely, but in a realistic way. Every move he’s made involved simple, direct goals with long-term payoffs. (‘Pay the heroes less’, ‘get power armor from Greyhawk’)
Heck, most of this comic was just dealing with the fallout of his plan. (He asks about Persephone in #5 and kills her in #9.) RIP super-mole.
Yup! One of the greatest strengths of Kickman comics is in making sure that the intelligent or super-powerful characters do not need to hold the Idiot Ball to be dealt with or cause drama. At the same time those characters are believably inteligent. Cecil is intelligent and playing to his strengths, but so is Grayhawk. Misdirection, information control, well aimed bluffs and contingency plans are all there and make sense.
Taking down the Superior Man was another great example of how to properly write about fighting an overpowered character in a realistic way.
Take the time you and she need. Girlfriends take precedence over webcomics, even making webcomics. (And I’m not saying that just because my love life had been a continuous disaster until I met my beloved wife.)
I’m a bit surprised that Grayhawk hadn’t chosen an open area to crack the phone and told Kickman prior to starting, “when I throw you the phone, just kick it as far as possible”, because I wouldn’t put it past Cecil to have booby-trapped the device.
I’ve been wondering why Grayhawk sent Blush in a dangerous mission instead of the more powerful Kickman, but I guess he chose stealth over firepower in that case.
Oh, and that looks like a fine poster in the last panel! I guess they still have a few niceties in Villain City.