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2018-05-12

by shaenon on May 12, 2018 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Angry with the Sky
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  1. thejoemoose
    May 12, 2018, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Dammit, I want to date a handsome beast man!

    • dzamie
      May 12, 2018, 11:56 am | # | Reply

      Really, who wouldn’t?

      • D. Walker
        May 12, 2018, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

        Lesbians and heterosexual men, presumably.

        Also people with dander allergies.

        • awgiedawgie
          May 12, 2018, 9:42 pm | # | Reply

          Well, and anyone who isn’t into hooking up with a gerbil.

          Pretty sure Sweetheart was thinking of one handsome beast-man in particular — specifically, Artie Narbon. He proved to be a terrible distraction for Tip (and Virginia) the last time they were in Colma, so Sweetheart’s concern is justified.

  2. chaorex
    May 12, 2018, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    Uh, no. Tip needs a hookup really badly, he’s got no mojo without it. Similarly, Unity’s likely gonna get a hookup in Nawlins.

    • D. Walker
      May 12, 2018, 5:51 pm | # | Reply

      So you’re basically admitting that he’s not useful as a psychologist or as an ex-soldier? Without his Mojo, he’s just another schlub? 😛

  3. Bruce A Munro
    May 12, 2018, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    Paper babe. Even more easily ignored than the flesh and blood one.

  4. awgiedawgie
    May 12, 2018, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    Sweetheart knows them all too well.

    • Candace
      May 13, 2018, 12:50 am | # | Reply

      Naturally. It’s her job, after all.

  5. Jerry Aethers
    May 12, 2018, 1:09 am | # | Reply

    As you get further into the briefing, it starts reading like a “Choose your own Adventure” book.

    • casimir
      May 12, 2018, 1:28 am | # | Reply

      Briefing or beefing?

    • BRGR
      May 12, 2018, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

      I’d be scared if it included natural language processing to specify your actions.

    • Candace
      May 13, 2018, 12:53 am | # | Reply

      More like a “You don’t get to choose your own adventure” book. At the very least, improvisation is to be limited as much as possible. Those rules and regulations were put in place for a reason!

  6. John Campbell
    May 12, 2018, 1:50 am | # | Reply

    That briefing looks likely to be longer than the script for the storyline. Director Babe really needs to review the meaning of the word “brief”.

    • awgiedawgie
      May 12, 2018, 2:11 am | # | Reply

      Well, you know how Sweetheart loves her paperwork.

    • Clifton
      May 12, 2018, 3:13 am | # | Reply

      It’s in triplicate, with signature pages.

    • Robert Nowall
      May 12, 2018, 10:12 am | # | Reply

      It’s not a brief, it’s a boxer.

      • Andy4Hire
        May 12, 2018, 3:50 pm | # | Reply

        She’s not a Boxer, she’s a Spitz.

        • Robert Nowall
          May 12, 2018, 5:07 pm | # | Reply

          We’re dealing with boogers, not spit.

    • waynezombie
      May 12, 2018, 11:13 am | # | Reply

      It’s a government brief. It is brief.

      “Exit transport using proper non-emergency egress point EXCEPT in the event of an emergency, in which case you may use the emergency egress point. Secure a fiscally-responsible mode of transport to the site requiring investigation and/or consultation. …”

      • BRGR
        May 12, 2018, 12:29 pm | # | Reply

        Maybe the people writing these things should have become programmers instead.

        • Dave Huber
          May 12, 2018, 10:06 pm | # | Reply

          Nah. Programmers can’t spell!

  7. Manifesta
    May 12, 2018, 6:25 am | # | Reply

    I know the title of this chapter comes from Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew and the Oobleck, but I’m not seeing the connection. Any ideas?

    • Robert Nowall
      May 12, 2018, 9:38 am | # | Reply

      Other than we seem to be meeting up with a lot of old friends in this storyline, and with more to come, I can’t say.

      • Robert Nowall
        May 12, 2018, 9:41 am | # | Reply

        Then again, why was the Colma story called “My Brother Sam is Dead?” Except that it’s a “Star Trek” reference, I can’t see how it fits.

        • Gemma
          May 12, 2018, 12:59 pm | # | Reply

          I think it was related to the issue of nonhuman rights- the book itself was about a family choosing sides in the lead-up to the Revolutionary War.

    • Chrisn
      May 12, 2018, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

      Last time skin horse was there they ended up dispersing experimental drugs into the air. If HT used it to disperse assorted nasty things into the sky I can see how that’d make people cranky. BTW, that be a good way to disperse, oh I dunno, The Cure wouldn’t it? We still don’t know how that was done.

  8. Robert Nowall
    May 12, 2018, 9:37 am | # | Reply

    Yeah, Unity, stop picking your nose. Pick somebody else’s nose.

    • Shadowmehr
      May 12, 2018, 10:15 am | # | Reply

      Don’t give her ideas. Other people might be using the noses she picks (like apples from a tree, berries from a bush, etc.)

    • BRGR
      May 12, 2018, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

      If you could choose any nose in the world, which would you pick?

      • Pygar
        May 12, 2018, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

        “Wouldn’t it be funny if you didn’t have a nose?”

  9. Jane Dough
    May 12, 2018, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

    I think Sweetheart missed a crucial step: 1) Assess the problem. Water could cause problems if the fire started with a high voltage wire. Perhaps a CO2 bomb similar to the one used in putting out the tire fire might be more appropriate. Plants love CO2, so maybe the flora part of the swamp would survive if the fauna part of the swamp were to clear out first. I’m just spitballin’ here.

    Details, Babe, details.

    • awgiedawgie
      May 12, 2018, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

      If it was a downed power line, there’s a good chance that it has already blown a fuse farther up the line, so the electricity would no longer be an issue. The problem with using a CO2 bomb is that it would deprive any animal life forms of oxygen – life forms such as firefighters, for example. Water is a reasonably safe and effective means of fighting wildfires.

      • Jane Dough
        May 12, 2018, 1:31 pm | # | Reply

        True enough about cutting the power. I assumed anyone using the putatative bomb would remove breathers from the area. I included the animal parts of the swamp in this hypothetical. But, I am not invested in this as a likelihood, it was more of a general “check things out first” idea with the first example that came to mind.

        And water is of the best way to put out fires in real life, for sure, but this is the Narboniverse(?), where making sense isn’t always sensible. In real life, I think the water reclamation utility or the city of Colma would have noticed the fire by now and be putting it out. Just having fun playing “What if…” with my favorite universe.

        • awgiedawgie
          May 12, 2018, 9:57 pm | # | Reply

          Removing human breathers from the area would be fairly straightforward, but it would be more challenging to ensure that all animals, specifically wild animals, were out of the area.

          And yes, one of my favourite sayings, from both Dave and Helen, was “We’re not limited by the ‘possible’.”

          FWIW, the city fire departments were undoubtedly already trying to put out the fire, but in the event of a wildfire, they call in special crews to fight them, because fighting wildfires is completely different from fighting structural fires. Municipal firefighters are not trained for it.

          I have a feeling that sending Unity, Tip, and Nick has less to do with them actually fighting the fire, and more to do with “ensure the safety of the swamp.” It was, after all, bizarre wildfires that served as a diversion when A-Sig removed Grandma Swamp from New Orleans in the first place.

      • Jane Dough
        May 12, 2018, 1:35 pm | # | Reply

        please ignore that extraneous “of”. Editing error.

  10. Jane Dough
    May 12, 2018, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

    ignore that “of”, please. edit error.

  11. Jane Dough
    May 12, 2018, 1:48 pm | # | Reply

    Also, how and where does one move a swamp?

    • Robert Nowall
      May 12, 2018, 2:59 pm | # | Reply

      They’ve gotten around. Louisiana…Colma…Carbondale…

    • awgiedawgie
      May 12, 2018, 6:50 pm | # | Reply

      The “how” is anybody’s guess. We’re talking about A-Sig here. They’re why there’s a swamp in Colma in the first place.

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