Chapter 16 | Page 5b: Drum beat

The Evil Inc villains think their new manager, Cassie Cruz, has been leaking information to the superheroes, and they’re out to get her. But Cassie has a plan to clear her name.

Transcript

Panel 1
(Jeremy is placing a cobra inside a cabinet.)
Jeremy: These assassination attempts are getting worse.


(Cassie Cruz, adjusting her glasses, speaks confidently.)
Cassie: I've been thinking...
We have multiple projects coming through different departments.

Panel 2
(Jeremy and Cassie stand facing each other, arms crossed, discussing a plan.)
Cassie: We can plant one lie in each employee's case files.

Panel 3
(Cassie smirks as she explains the trap further.)
Cassie: If we see the heroes act on one of the lies...
We'll know which worker leaked the information.

Panel 4
(Jeremy, hands on his face in amazement, praises Cassie, who looks pleased.)
Jeremy: That... that was masterful!
Cassie: Thank you. I'm feeling quite full of myself.

Panel 5
(Cassie tugs on Jeremy's tie, giving him a flirty look.)
Cassie: Speaking of which...

Panel 6
(A cobra and the sentient coffee creature are in the cabinet, now commenting on the situation. The coffee, spilling out of a mug, is using a glass to eavesdrop.)
Cobra: Do you think they'll start playing the clarinet again?
Coffee: I dunno... sounds like they switched to percussion...

Emerald City Comic Con

Emerald City Comic Con

Emerald City Comic Con is this weekend! I’ll be at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle on March 31st-April 1st. And so will the creators of the following comics: Sheldon, PvP, Penny Arcade, Starslip, Schlock Mercenary, Real Life, and Unshelved.

I’ll be at Booth #306 along with my Blank Label Comics friends: Howard Tayler, Greg Dean, Dave Kellett and Kristofer Straub. According to Scott Kurtz, who is appearing at the con as well, this is a phenomenal comic convention.

I’ll also be part of the “Business of Webcomics” panel on Sunday at 4 p.m., along with Khoo from Penny Arcade, PVP’s Scott Kurtz, Kristofer Straub of Starslip Crisis, and Jim Barnes from Unshelved.

I’ll have copies of Evil Inc Annual Report vol. 1 and Evil Inc Annual Report vol. 2. I’ll also bring Courting Disaster, vol. 1 and The Best of Gresytone Inn: Lightning Lady — and, of course, the VILF shirt. Also, I’ll be doing convention sketches and kissing babies.

So bring those babies over. 🙂