Speaking of file names, I just thought I’d let Shaenon and Jeff know that tomorrow’s comic is accessible by guessing its image-URL (a rather easy thing to do, at present.)
Come to think of it, you two could mess with folks that way… Hee hee hee…
Wears live cobras as fashion accessories, just whacked a bunch of rude coworkers by turning on a machine before she knew exactly what it did, likes to remove brains from the bodies of people who are still using said brains. In our universe definitely wacko. In her universe, edgy. That is assuming Skin Horse is fiction.
Now that the story and the readership has moved on, truth can be safely revealed. Shaenon and Jeffrey are not brilliant creative geniuses who have invented a comic. They are very clever and conscientious minor functionaries in a top secret government archive. They found the details of how we all came to be given The Cure in an old file and they decided to release the truth in a way that the public could handle.
A-Sig members have implanted microphones even Dr. Lee isn’t cleared to know about, and Nick feels it would be awkward to let her know he’s hacking her signal.
[“I Don’t Want to Talk About It”- Rod Stewart]
I can tell from your implant you’ve probably been crying forever
Satellites in the sky don’t mean nothin’ to you, they’re my mirror
I see all your vital data, monitoring your heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, can’t I listen to your heart, whoa, your heart?
Yay Garret Morris interpreting for the deaf! I actually remember him doing that tuff, but the only one that I distinctly remember is ‘Generalissimo Franco Is Still Dead’.
No, I think it means that the agency didn’t know there was more than one Jersey Devil, but this reminds me that we’re still waiting to hear just what the armored guy’s code name really is.
It’s not just what she says (which I agree with you about), but the casual, oh-I-should-have-thought-of-that way she says it, as though this is common enough thing that can go wrong. This is the tone of the comic all over.
I note that Nick’s innocence is impenetrable. Anasigma is only “like a family” if you crossed the Addams Family with the Mafia. “Secret Santa” there would be like Coffee Hour at Narbonic Labs.
Oh, Dr. Lee, how are you so awesome?
(Also, what’s happened to the filename story?)
It went dark after another mention of Plasma Adam. Just sayin’.
Speaking of file names, I just thought I’d let Shaenon and Jeff know that tomorrow’s comic is accessible by guessing its image-URL (a rather easy thing to do, at present.)
Come to think of it, you two could mess with folks that way… Hee hee hee…
Are we sure Dr. Lee isn’t a mad who happened to have a slow-burn descent into madness instead of the usual unholy-[censored] sudden break down?
I think there’s little doubt that Dr. Lee is a mad. Just a high functioning mad. Socially anyway…
We have it from A-Sig leadership that she’s unique: she dances on the rim of the fiery crater of Mad-ness, but never quite falls in…
I firmly believe she has in fact fallen in on more than one occasion, but she has thus far always managed to climb back out.
Wears live cobras as fashion accessories, just whacked a bunch of rude coworkers by turning on a machine before she knew exactly what it did, likes to remove brains from the bodies of people who are still using said brains. In our universe definitely wacko. In her universe, edgy. That is assuming Skin Horse is fiction.
Why would you assume Skin Horse is fiction?
It’s much more interesting if you assume that it’s a cartoony version of a real agency.
Kinda like when the Lost in Space comic revealed that the TV show was based on Penny’s diary, not the real events…
Now that the story and the readership has moved on, truth can be safely revealed. Shaenon and Jeffrey are not brilliant creative geniuses who have invented a comic. They are very clever and conscientious minor functionaries in a top secret government archive. They found the details of how we all came to be given The Cure in an old file and they decided to release the truth in a way that the public could handle.
Testing…. Testing…. One two… One two… Testing…
Test successful!
There is a difference between not being capital-M-Mad and being sane…
We have it on the best authority that Ginny doesn’t suffer from Walton’s Disorder. Any other psychological issues are another matter.
“Doesn’t suffer” can mean “enjoys immensely”!
For certain definitions of “defenseless…”
How can he hear her? His engines are pretty loud, and she didn’t seem to have a headset or phone.
Advanced directional microphones?
High-def cameras and a lip reading algorithm?
He listens with his heart?
It is Nick…
A-Sig members have implanted microphones even Dr. Lee isn’t cleared to know about, and Nick feels it would be awkward to let her know he’s hacking her signal.
[“I Don’t Want to Talk About It”- Rod Stewart]
I can tell from your implant you’ve probably been crying forever
Satellites in the sky don’t mean nothin’ to you, they’re my mirror
I see all your vital data, monitoring your heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, can’t I listen to your heart, whoa, your heart?
Semaphore? Garrett Morris in the corner interpreting for the hard-of-hearing?
Yay Garret Morris interpreting for the deaf! I actually remember him doing that tuff, but the only one that I distinctly remember is ‘Generalissimo Franco Is Still Dead’.
The Force
Maybe he’s just being a good listener.
Maybe he’s using a laser-microphone to hear her? (This is a real thing, used for spying. Look it up.)
I only killed them a little
…and they were all bad.
They _NEVER_ turned off the coffee maker in the office before holiday weekends and it always scorched the carafe!
I assume that when Nick said he’s there to “pacify a monster,” he means Captain Obnoxious, or whatever that guy’s superhero name is…
“The Dork Knight”!
No, I think it means that the agency didn’t know there was more than one Jersey Devil, but this reminds me that we’re still waiting to hear just what the armored guy’s code name really is.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/by-the/ He’s officially Red Knight… but that doesn’t fit his Link Hogthrob/Zap Brannigan personality as well..
“I had to kill them with beasts.” Pure poetry. Next, after zombies, “I had to kill them again!”
“…to kill them with beasts” sounds almost biblical. Straight out of Jeremiah.
…and more effective than killing them with kindness.
It’s not just what she says (which I agree with you about), but the casual, oh-I-should-have-thought-of-that way she says it, as though this is common enough thing that can go wrong. This is the tone of the comic all over.
Density is higher than normal today. What is the connection between snipers and Secret Santa?
She killed her co-workers … the very sort of people most likely to be involved in secret santa doings. What do you get someone who might well off you?
I note that Nick’s innocence is impenetrable. Anasigma is only “like a family” if you crossed the Addams Family with the Mafia. “Secret Santa” there would be like Coffee Hour at Narbonic Labs.
“I had to kill them with beasts” somehow sounds very cute coming from Dr. Lee.
Instead of, y’know, terrifying.
And hey Nick, here’s the grateful chick you were hoping for after all!