Lightning Lady tells her friend Miss Match all about finding her boyfriend in the arms of another woman — who also happens to be Lightning Lady!
Transcript
Evil Inc – April 3, 2024
By Brad J. Guigar
Panel 1
Narration: Evil Inc Breakroom, Some Time Later
Miss Match: "Wait... So, he was cheating on you with you??"
Lightning Lady: (Looks down, visibly distressed.)
Panel 2
Lightning Lady (narrating over a scene of a group of Alternate-Universe Lightning Ladies in Different Outfits and Styles): "It's a long story, but some time back*, Marquis teleported some alternate-universe versions of me. We thought we managed to get everyone home, but we musta missed one.”
*Evil Inc After Dark #16
Miss Match: "...So, you beat the stuffing outta her, right...?"
Panel 3
Lightning Lady: (Narrating a scene of her and Angus having a tender conversation.) "Just the opposite."
Lightning Lady: "Angus... you're a good guy. Losing Flashback left me scared to let another man into my life..."
Panel 4
(Lightning Lady talks to Angus While Alternate-Universe Lightning Lady Stands Beside Him)
Lightning Lady: "You deserve someone who can give herself to you completely. Someone like her."
Panel 5
Miss Match: "You... you gave up?!?"
Lightning Lady: "How am I supposed to compete with all of this?!" (Gestures at herself in exasperation.)
© 2025 Brad J. Guigar. All rights reserved. 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.
