Yeah, the Captain gets the fun of dealing with Scales, who apparently just rubs people the wrong way. As stated in an earlier post, this episode is taking place only a short time after the previous one, so Letoa is still going through Quantico.
And Hayes is definitely under some strain. A bad situation and the alcohol’s sure not helping. Especially the way he’s currently using it.
On an unrelated note, it just so happens that a reader did send me a scale model Dodge Daytona.
Ahem.
UPDATE: I did some fan art for “Out Of My Element” which they have posted today. The character LaGuerre is a Fire Elemental and I thought it might be interesting to try creating what is essentially a Balrog. So Alli Perry sent me her original line art and I had fun decorating it with flame and photos of igneous rock. Check it out!
More below!
Bobservations
Making Things Difficult
The flames on this page were easy. A choked-off roofing torch, starved of oxygen and with the safety bypassed so it spewed yellow-orange flame instead of a blue jet. Shot a ton of good footage in 4K that’ll probably keep me occupied for a while.
The part that was hard was the whole subject matter. Without allowing spoilers – yeah, we’re going there. We know it’s tough, but we had to do it. It would be so nice to just have evil mercenary-terrorist bad guys all the time, but in real life, this kind of tragic situation does happen. And in a town where jobs are hard to find anyway, a guy with Hayes’ issues and record could really get pushed to the edge. And I think we can count on Max’s artwork to make us feel it.
So we do invite you to hang in there. We may not have any good answers, but we’ll at least try to give the situation some interesting 3MM twists!
Oh, and I might mention that at the same time I’m doing this story, I’m also doing a bit of writing for a pre-school children’s concept. Let me tell you, bouncing from that to something like this is a real mindbender at times. I’m not complaining, of course; it keeps me mentally limber. But considered purely as a change of pace, it’s enough to give a guy whiplash.
Or maybe, y’know, get desperate enough to toss down a cocktail.
Wahahahaha
>SMACK<
– Bob out
Yes, let’s reason with the crazy person… well, at least he tried ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
wow, it’s gonna take me ages to figure how you did that shrug. Good job.
Okay, got all of it except that silly smirk. Can’t figure that out.
It is katakana for “shi”.
sorry, it’s katakana for “tsu”. they can be hard to tell apart, but if it was “shi”, it would look like this: ¯\_(シ)_/¯ instead of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
a little too lopsided, yes? :p
Well he has got the whole “Duty of Care” thing and “Attempt to negotiate” thing out of the way so when the accused gets their ass shot to death he’s covered when he fronts the board of enquiry.
We like to call that “C.Y.A.”
I see the captain has a healthy disregard for smart phones 🙂
Cell phones are only convenient for the people who want to interrupt your life. The captain really doesn’t have time to cuddle bureaucrats. He’s got a situation with lives at stake.
Just caught up! So very sad i have to wait. BUT… Awesome comic!!!
I can not disagree
I’ve got to say that must have been some STRONG drink.
He emptied the bottle and the fumes were flammable. Of course, only the fumes of any liquid burn, which is why you can throw a lit cigarette into a pail of gasoline safely (if there is no ‘film’ on the liquid).
He brought a second bottle. For his friends.
and in case of ‘evaporation’?
Now, I am really confused. UD3 is monitoring the situation? Either they are expecting Max to show up as “Countdown” or there’s some other reason they’re interested.
I gathered from the cop’s statement Max and company are based in LA and THIS is happening elsewhere. Since this is being shown to us, it must have some relevance to the comic.