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2019-09-03

by shaenon on September 3, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Swiftly I Glide
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  1. Robert Nowall
    September 3, 2019, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    What, no extirpation?

    • thejoemoose
      September 3, 2019, 12:05 am | # | Reply

      I think we’ve already crossed that line.

    • BMunro
      September 3, 2019, 12:11 am | # | Reply

      Extirpation takes time and resources (brain surgery, continuing brain support, virtual reality server hours, etc.): for job-lot punishments like this, simple murder is probably more economical.

      • Ysabet
        September 3, 2019, 2:11 am | # | Reply

        It also takes walnuts (don’t forget those! Vital components.)

        • Seph
          September 3, 2019, 8:01 am | # | Reply

          The walnuts are all virtual.

      • jdreyfuss
        February 5, 2020, 10:50 am | # | Reply

        Plus you get a sweet Max von Sydow cameo.

    • awgiedawgie
      September 3, 2019, 12:44 am | # | Reply

      I get the feeling that extirpation is reserved for people whose brains they may want to continue to use. These people are out here in the middle of Kansas for a reason – they’re disposable, but dedicated.

      • Robert Nowall
        September 3, 2019, 11:06 am | # | Reply

        Well, Gail seemed smart enough (except for that part with Tip).

        • awgiedawgie
          September 3, 2019, 1:08 pm | # | Reply

          Oh, really? You’re talking about the lady who assumed that our gang was legit, simply because she was expecting an inspection team, and she saw them coming? That Gail?

          • Christian Rose
            September 3, 2019, 1:26 pm | #

            The Gail who was looking for a team almost exactly like both of the ones that showed up?
            Same clothes, same styles, same undead revenant…
            Yeah, that one.

  2. Alphaghoul
    September 3, 2019, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Hahaha, oh man, glad to see that Nick isn’t your archetypical poorly written pervy male character, you pulled it off with the opposite. Also are you gonna confirm or deny alt ginny’s death anytime soon? I get the feeling that you’ll just sweep it under the rug.

  3. warpzone32
    September 3, 2019, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    “Whelp, since you’re even greater than me, it follows that you care about them even more than I do. Evacuate them.”

    • awgiedawgie
      September 3, 2019, 12:46 am | # | Reply

      Tip might say “If you’re greater than me…”, but he could never admit – even facetiously – that someone else is his better.

      • Barbara K
        September 3, 2019, 9:41 am | # | Reply

        What about Artie? …or Tigerlily? …and doesn’t Tip worship some (live and/or undead) sartorial icons? (He might think Jim Hensen was cool, too.)

        • awgiedawgie
          September 3, 2019, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

          Touché. He did admit that Artie was better looking than him.

  4. Candace
    September 3, 2019, 12:45 am | # | Reply

    Glad to see James is serving as a mirror for Tip. This experience should be a growth opportunity for Tip, assuming they survive.

  5. Moe Lane
    September 3, 2019, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    It gets annoying when evil people go to the push-the-good-people’s-buttons well one too many times. Tip isn’t responsible for Anasigma’s horrible staffing practices, and it certainly isn’t his fault if they choose to murder innocents. Anasigma has no *right* to do what it does, and nobody should feel obligated to play along with their pretensions to the contrary.

    • Jay
      September 3, 2019, 4:53 am | # | Reply

      These are the “come quietly AND we’ll kill you” villains anyway; I think the base personnel are already toast. Or flagged as “self-propelled necrotic agent limb supplies”; waste not want not.

      • Shadowmehr
        September 3, 2019, 9:08 pm | # | Reply

        Plus, given A-Sig’s known methods and stockpile of madtech, simple death is probably only around halfway up their list off punishments and could be argued to be much better than some of the alternatives.

  6. David B Huber
    September 3, 2019, 1:08 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if Nick could carry the entire compliment of base personnel? It is the late-night shift, after all .

    • OneUniverse
      September 3, 2019, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

      Hang a basket under his fuselage and hope for the best?

  7. Max
    September 3, 2019, 4:10 am | # | Reply

    Okay verily I’m but a mere simpleton, but… couldn’t the failed a-sig personnel just… you know… flee?

    • nebulousrikulau
      September 3, 2019, 7:17 am | # | Reply

      Well, sure. They COULD flee.
      But that would be admitting that they didn’t fully agree with the fundamental tenets of membership in Anasigma, which would result in their being found guilty of violating the rules and their extirpation and/or extermination.

      So, you see, it’s much better for the failed Anasigma personnel to await elimination. It’s the only honest and fair response for loyal employees of this amazingly dark governmental department.

    • Christian Rose
      September 3, 2019, 1:28 pm | # | Reply

      They could, but they didn’t seem to want to.

      • s854
        September 3, 2019, 2:44 pm | # | Reply

        nebulousrikulau: That sounds like an admission it would be better to make from the safety of the Ecuadorean embassy.

        Then again, maybe James is loyal, and is only talking like this in the hope of delaying Tip for long enough for him still to be there when the fighter squadron shows up.

    • OneUniverse
      September 3, 2019, 1:46 pm | # | Reply

      I like the fight back option, myself.

  8. Robert Nowall
    September 3, 2019, 11:07 am | # | Reply

    If Nick’s going in himself, does that mean he’ll go blind?

    • awgiedawgie
      September 3, 2019, 1:21 pm | # | Reply

      No. That only happens if you’re alone.

    • OneUniverse
      September 3, 2019, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe he’ll keep the insides of his aircraft cleaner if he smells himself.

    • Exasperation
      September 3, 2019, 8:05 pm | # | Reply

      Honestly, I’m rooting for the “Being John Malkovich” interpretation of the consequences of going in yourself.

  9. David B Huber
    September 3, 2019, 2:35 pm | # | Reply

    Meat body is the Cheetos & Pizza tasting peripheral 😉

  10. Saberbeam
    September 3, 2019, 4:00 pm | # | Reply

    You’re only just realizing this about yourselves now Tip? :O Well it’s still progress, don’t knock it I suppose.

    • awgiedawgie
      September 3, 2019, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

      Now when will he realize that he is not, in fact, a great listener?

      • Shadowmehr
        September 3, 2019, 9:10 pm | # | Reply

        Probably some time after realizing that he wasn’t really listening to this guy.

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