Transcript
Evil Inc, March 11, 2025
Panel 1
(Matt the Henchman and Angus the Minotaur are sitting at a bar. Angus is holding a phone, while matt has a drink in front of him. Angus' phone buzzes with a "boop boop" sound.)
Angus: "ACH! I'm sorry, mate! Duty calls! I'm workin' a gig with The Lethal Librarian!"
Panel 2
Matt (narration panel): "You got picked by the Dewey Decimator?! I'm jealous! I love her tagline!"
Lethal Librarian (a stylish woman with green glasses, a green blazer, and a stern expression, stands pointing.): "You're OVERDUE!"
Panel 3
Angus: "Between you and me, I actually picked her!"
Matt (excitedly): "Geez Louise! How many henches get to pick their own assignments?!"
Panel 4
(Angus smirks while Matt looks on, intrigued.)
Angus: "Only two henches have top-level clearance to access the Master Job Board at Evil Inc...
Angus: "Me, and Spider Mackenzie."
Off-panel voice: "Spider Mackenzie?! He died in that Land Piranha Incident!"
Panel 5
(Matt leans in, skeptical.)
Angus: "Are you sure?!"
Panel 6
(A skeleton, covered in small green piranha-like creatures, sits eerily still.)
Spider: "Oh, I'm certain."

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