Transcript
Panel 1
(Cassie Cruz speaking to Jeremy, who is standing in front of a board with pictures of various Evil Inc employees.)
Cassie Cruz: Jeremy, we have to find out who has been leaking information to the heroes before they pin it on me! The only nursing home capable of caring for my mother is contingent on my job here! — And even they have their hands full!
Panel 2
(A flashback scene shows Cassie narrating while Princess Charming, an elderly woman in a wheelchair, is interacting with another patient in the nursing home.)
Cassie Cruz (narrating): As a top-tier mind-controller with dementia, my mom keeps reliving the past — and pulling innocent people into her world!
Panel 3
(A flashback continues with an orderly, wearing a red shirt, standing near Princess Charming. Green energy surrounds them as the orderly appears to be in a trance.)
Cassie Cruz (narrating): Last week, an orderly forgot to turn on his neuro-dampener last week. Before anyone knew it, he was reenacting a battle between Mom and Hijinx.
Jeremy: Was Hijinx a hero she used to fight?
Panel 4
Cassie Cruz (narrating): Worse. It was a villain she had a rivalry with.
Princess Charming: I wish I could be like you. It must be so freeing not to stress over every little pound!
Panel 5
(Orderly is sitting on a couch, speaking with a therapist)
Cassie Cruz (narrating): The poor guy has been in counseling ever since!
Orderly: I mean… I thought I looked cute in bangs!
(Comic strip by Brad J. Guigar. © 2025. All rights reserved. Visit evil-inc.com)
Comic Con Countdown: 1 dayThe Eisner Awards! Scott Kurtz’s
PvP has been nominated for another Eisner this year. There are four finalists for the
Best Digital Comic category:
Copper, by Kazu
Jellaby, by Kean Soo,
ojingogo, by matt forsythe
PVP, by Scott Kurtz
Chris Ware and Warren Ellis are nominated for seven categories; Brian K. Vaughan and J. H. Williams III each have five nods; Alan Moore, Tony Harris, and Kyle Baker all have four nominations; and Grant Morrison, Eric Powell, Joann Sfar, Seth and Frank Espinosa all have three. DC and its various imprints racked up the most company nominations, with 28 full nominations and shares of several others.
Yours truly stands overlooked yet again. Sigh. 🙂
The panel of judges consisted of critic Christopher Allen (Comic Book Galaxy), cartoonist/publisher John Gallangher (Buzzboy), editor Nisha Gopalan (Entertainment Weekly), product manager Robert Randle (Diamond Comic Distributors), and retailer Robert Scott (Comikaze, San Diego).
Winners all, says I.
