Chapter 16 | Page 7a: The Ballad of Spider Mackenzie

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Brad Guigar

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."

Updates

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Brad Guigar

Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 2 and VILF shirts

I’m well into the process of putting together the second Evil Inc book, the creatively titled Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 2. The book is going to be larger than the preceeding volume — right now hovering around 70+ pages — and will be done in the same graphic-novel style.

I’m adding narration that helps tell the story smoothly and provides additional exposition on the plot. I’m also juggling the order of the arcs to refine the storytelling a little. It’s really looking great. I’m about halfway done, and I’m very confident* that I’ll be done in time for Christmas.

The VILF shirts were ordered earlier this week. I’m hoping for a two-week turnaround on these, so I might* have some shirts on hand for my appearance at the Baltimore Comic Con Sept. 9-10! People who preordered the shirts may* be receiving theirs by the end of September.

*All promises written in sand at this point.