Chapter 16 | Page 2a: Commission impossible

The Wrong Way

I've launched a new show with my friends Dave Kellett and Kevin McShane — The Wrong Way. We try to draw off-model versions of popular characters and roast each other mercilessly in the process! Here's our first episode!


Transcript

Evil Inc by Brad Guigar

Jan. 28, 2025

Panel 1:
(Setting: An office at the Fairmount City branch of Evil Inc. Catnip, a blonde woman in a tight blue catsuit and visor, storms into the room angrily. Iron Dragon, a man in a purple and black villain costume, sits at a desk looking confused.)

Catnip: "MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE?! Since when do we have a MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE?!"

Iron Dragon: "What are you talking about?"

Panel 2:
(Catnip gestures as she explains.)

Catnip: "You know that Evil Mime that Captain Heroic thwarted downtown last week? He was my client."

Panel 3:

Catnip: "He says our branch now offers your money back if our products or services fail!"

Panel 4:

Catnip: "If he gets his money back, I lose my commission!"

Iron Dragon: "That's… that’s infuriating!"

Panel 5:
(Iron Dragon, now angrier, leans toward Catnip.)

Iron Dragon: "You're SALARIED! Howcome YOU get a commission?!?"

The Top 10 Comics of the 90s

Here’s an interesting summation of the 90s from a comics perspective.

[COMICBOOKBIN.COM:] The 1990s was an incredible decade for comics. More people were buying and reading them than ever before and, in turn, more new publishers and new titles came into being. We had the formation of the superstar independent in Image Comics and the birth of the still unequaled VALIANT Universe, a high water mark in storytelling, as well as a host of others trying to imitate the two. Gimmick covers and variants were all the rage, but we loved them and (don’t tell Marvel) we still do. We were all going to be rich because the generic hot book of the week was going to be the next big thing. Well hindsight is 20/20 and with that in mind, let’s chart the Ten Most Important Comic Books of the 1990s. Read more.

I have to admit, I was somewhat surprised at the author’s pick for Number One.