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2015-03-17

by shaenon on March 17, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Mixed-Up Files
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  1. Robert Nowall
    March 17, 2015, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Okay, two minutes.

  2. Alphaghoul
    March 17, 2015, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    So that’s the explanation is it? He was just too big everyone thought he was part of the environment?

    • M. Alan Thomas II
      March 17, 2015, 5:53 am | # | Reply

      Less “part of,” more “is.” As I understand it, they’re inside of him.

  3. ngmatt8652
    March 17, 2015, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    oh crap

  4. BMunro
    March 17, 2015, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    I’m beginning to suspect this was not set up to be a fair fight.

    • Rex Vivat
      March 17, 2015, 10:42 am | # | Reply

      Yes, Hullcrusher was doomed from the start.

      • DarkStarling
        March 17, 2015, 2:55 pm | # | Reply

        Mission Status: Tiny robot is beating it’s head against the wall.

  5. eddurd
    March 17, 2015, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” from Fiddler On The Roof, Bock & Harnick)

    Hullcrusher, Hullcrusher, he’s all around!
    Us, he will pound
    Into the ground!
    I fear it’s most likely we will be toast
    That’s burnt and not lightly browned!

    Hullcrusher, Hullcrusher, crusher of hulls!
    Smashing our skulls
    Just for the lulz!
    To our chagrin, we are captive within!
    Our being, he soon annuls!

    I made … a … pact with Miss Hitty,
    My quickness allied with her force!
    But now … it … seems quite a pity!
    We’re up the proverbial watercourse!

    Hullcrusher, Hullcrusher, Hullcrusher Prime!
    Now comes the time!
    Now drops the dime!
    Now is the hour for violence sublime …
    So … may you be cursed!
    We shall not quail!
    Show us your worst!
    We’ll not turn tail!
    Although we are sure … to … fail!

    • Martin H. Olsson (@MartinHOlsson)
      March 17, 2015, 3:21 am | # | Reply

      That was quite lovely.

  6. GammarayCanon
    March 17, 2015, 1:53 am | # | Reply

    On the one hand, I feel bad for Moustachio. On the other, I can tell that when this is over, I’m going to feel really, really bad for Hullcrusher Prime. He seems like he’d have emotional issues, which means an encounter with the Puppets of Ultimate Horror.

  7. Manifesta
    March 17, 2015, 2:36 am | # | Reply

    tune: “Spinning Wheel,” David Clayton Thomas, Blood, Sweat and Tears, 1969

    Hullcrusher, he all round
    Hitty and Ramshambler goin’ down
    Walls around them first go “klak”
    Then open wide with a mighty big “GRAAAK”

    Ramshambler’s a gallant beau
    (FKA Moustachio)
    Wouldn’t fight, but not doin’ much saving
    Gears are turnin’, gonna turn ’em into metal shavings

    Buried in Anasigma’s bowels
    Product Testing Floor went quiet
    Then it opened its metal jowls
    It grinds and howls
    Throw in the towels
    Hullcrusher is the bot that they can’t beat

    Last robot standing will ascend
    But they can’t duel it out cuz they’re friends
    Won’t never be robot groom and bride
    Or will fusion power somehow save their metal hides?

  8. Jess
    March 17, 2015, 3:13 am | # | Reply

    So at that size, does he qualify as a Hullcrusher mountain?

    • Jay
      March 17, 2015, 3:45 am | # | Reply

      “I made this half-pony, half-monkey monster to please you
      But I get the feeling that you don’t like it
      What’s with all the screaming?”
      (Skullcrusher Mountain)

      I wonder if there’s another fighting-pit for all the products of the Mad Biologists?

  9. codebracker
    March 17, 2015, 3:41 am | # | Reply

    Wwll fortunately mustachio does extra damage against buildings.
    And that thong probably counts as a building.

    • Mental Mouse
      March 17, 2015, 9:59 am | # | Reply

      Yes, Ramshambler knows what to do with buildings!

    • DarkStarling
      March 17, 2015, 2:56 pm | # | Reply

      Lets see what song he breaks out this time

  10. Pygar
    March 17, 2015, 4:37 am | # | Reply

    I’m beginning to “hear” Moustachio in Maj. Dennis Bloodnok’s voice… I’ve not noticed any Goons/Telegoons influences here; I could be wrong, though. For a quick refresher, check YouTube for “What time is it, Eccles?”

    • mtb
      March 17, 2015, 5:28 am | # | Reply

      Oh dear. This has just become my personal head-canon as well.

    • maarvarq
      March 17, 2015, 8:18 am | # | Reply

      I didn’t, but now I do… I can’t imagine mapping most of the Goons onto the Skin Horse cast, but despite the sex disparity, I think it wouldn’t be too hard to start hearing Gavotte with Grytpype-Thynne’s voice (Minnie for any of the female characters?! “You silly, twisted boy!”)

      • Pygar
        March 17, 2015, 7:28 pm | # | Reply

        Gavotte, I hear somewhere in the Juliet Mills/ Mary Poppins range… except when she is a bit mysterious. Then she’s Tammy Grimes hosting CBSRMT, another interest of mine… Anyone interested in The Goon Show or CBSRMT is welcome to join the Yahoo groups, btw. Unity, I hear as an enthusiastic teen, of about Archie Comics/16 Magazine reading age… Tip and Sweetie I am working on, and Nick has gallons of that unpleasant burr some guys get in adolescence… The silverfish? I picture one doing a creditable Caruso, doing the Pagliacci “put on your costume!” bit… The snakes? No clue. I don’t know whether “It smells like a librarian in here!” denotes a feature or a bug…

  11. Dave Van Domelen
    March 17, 2015, 5:08 am | # | Reply

    Yo’ robot SO fat, when he sits around the arena, he sits AROUND the arena. (Also, Pygar: but is he formerly of the 3rd Disgusting Fusiliers?)

  12. Pygar
    March 17, 2015, 7:41 am | # | Reply

    We may never know… but I *couldn’t* read panel 2 and “hear” any other voice… even if his fetish is popcorn tins instead of other people’s money… I can’t get Hittie to sound like Minnie Banister, so perhaps she won’t be worrying about being murdered in her bed…

  13. Robert Nowall
    March 17, 2015, 7:48 am | # | Reply

    “Love is all around, no need to waste it / You can have a town, why don’t you take it? / You’re gonna make it after all.”

    • oneuniverse2
      March 18, 2015, 4:00 pm | # | Reply

      That’s a good start

  14. Maureen Carruthers
    March 17, 2015, 4:57 pm | # | Reply

    This is a test. Please delete if it actually posts.

  15. Shadowmehr
    March 17, 2015, 6:48 pm | # | Reply

    Well, this has “good times” written all over it.

    Okay, betting pool is open. I’m taking five minutes, Hittie and Ramshambler knocking one of the gears out of a socket, causing a catastrophic breakdown. Any takers?

    • Saberbeam
      March 17, 2015, 8:26 pm | # | Reply

      I’m thinking that Hullcrusher may take up the entirety of the dome, implying some other entrance into the arena (an entrance shaft or service elevator, perhaps). I will bet you an Internet that Mustachio makes an impassioned speech about how, despite their differences, all robots are built from the same spiritual template and are bound together by common mechanity. This will distract Hullcrusher long enough for Hitty to hammer a whole in the floor, at which point they will drop and/or descend to (relative) safety.

      Seeing as I have yet to be awarded an Internet, I may have to take out a loan, unless anyone has any spares?

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