Chapter 16 | Page 10b: Stiff Competition

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Brad Guigar

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.)

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15 Minutes Max

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Brad Guigar
I took my two boys to see Guardians of the Galaxy over the weekend. Needless to say, we all loved it. So last night, while we were driving home from taking one of my 8yo’s friends home at the end of a playdate, I did something I always toyed with. I hit the record button on my iPhone while my younger son pontificated on the movie. It was a phenomenal conversation. When we got home, I realized that my phone’s battery had died. All we recorded was the first 12 seconds. So, we were hanging out at the house today, and I decided to sit the kid in front of a proper microphone and record the conversation right. Here’s the result. A 15-minute mini-podcast I’m tentatively titling 15 Minutes Max: Enjoy (mp3) Audio Player