No jokes or gags on this whole page. Just the hero formerly known as Generic Kung-Fu Superhero Sidekick showing how he got that “Most Congenial” award at the superhero banquet.
5 Kick Points to UnoriginalUserName for pointing out that Polly was from the Criminal Minds chapter before anyone else. I’ll kick an additional 3 points to Highflight just for specifying page 4, where she actually first appears and her name shows up.
Everybody here plays D&D, and knows about polymorph, right? I thought that was a great name for a villainess. In fact, I’ll give myself 5 Kick Points for coming up with that gem.
Heh, weird, I’m usually late. “Okay, now that you’ve caught your infiltrator, and you’re using psychology on her…” If…if our hero makes his charisma check well enough, there’s a couple strategies I can see here; one of the favorite classix of spy fiction, is the double agent-that is, turning the other side’s agent into your conduit to feed your enemies bad intel, or regulate the intel they get to set a trap by mixing good intel with very bad intel in a way that is convincing.
I wonder if that’s an option here…
But if she can be turned into a double agent can she be trusted not to become a triple agent???
What I wonder is what “maneuver 11” is. I can see that Greyhawk has projected “11” on Big K’s leg. The reflected glow on K’s shades says he’s gotta be able to see it. Greyhawk is definitely planning SOMETHING…..
Excellent spot! I award Highflight 5 Kick Points, because Grayhawk is indeed signaling for a “Maneuver 11” in panels 3 and 4. Maneuver 11 has never been used before so there’s no telling what it means. At least, I’m pretty sure… I finally started compiling a list of maneuvers in a text document to refer to, but I probably could have missed a few.
Kickman, LLC has become a serious comic and now it has to be treated differently in regards to plot and story flow. (Is it because we all saw what was coming with “Hot Swedish Models”?)
Telling a story well is hard, and doing it with a base of comedy is hardest. Your catalog is quite the achievement.
Three comics! Three comics!!! Matt’s not just up to the challenge- he’s surpassed- Well, I won’t make a list.
Absolutely amazing. And it’s detailed enough for things like Greyhawk “fight conditioning” (I don’t know the term) Polly in the previous strip.
Four if you count “Tales of Thunk…” I’ll try not to throw my arm out of socket from patting myself on the back.
Well somebody has to! If outrage marketing/outrage investment hadn’t wedged itself in the public consciousness like poop stuck partway through a sewer grate, you’d be the next frigging Johns or Morrison! (although considering what’s happened to those two, you’re… probably better off. Ah well.)
I like to switch it up between comedy and drama. I’ve found that the comedy movies I enjoy most are the ones that could be a serious film if they wanted to be. For example, Jim Carrey I could never stand his early work because I never saw him as a real actor, just a clown. Until the movie Liar Liar, which for the most part has his usual antics but there are a couple of lines he delivers that actually provoke an emotional response in me. “I’m a bad father,” and “I hold myself in contempt!” Not an Oscar performance but I really liked the movie.