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2013-10-02

by shaenon on October 2, 2013 at 12:01 am
Chapter: My Brother Sam Is Dead
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  1. Tuiteyfruity
    October 2, 2013, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    This is going to be good.

    • Norman
      October 2, 2013, 1:01 am | # | Reply

      Once the shoes get replaced, yes. Or possibly while replacing them ^_^

      My guess is, this invention is the brain-o-mat. Any other entries for the betting pool?

      • Tuiteyfruity
        October 2, 2013, 1:04 am | # | Reply

        I don’t really want to know why Wine Country would need a Brain-o-Mat…

        • caelo
          October 2, 2013, 5:31 am | # | Reply

          not enough quality whites.

        • kag
          October 2, 2013, 8:17 pm | # | Reply

          Maybe wine country has some critical technology for brain distribution. Boxed Liquified Brains, anyone?

      • Ian Thompson
        October 2, 2013, 6:33 am | # | Reply

        I don’t see how could be anything else but the sane version of the brain-o-mat. And would definitely help out zombies if they could eat something other than living people But aren’t Brains A mix of cognitive enhancers and crack to them?

        • ericscoles
          October 2, 2013, 7:55 am | # | Reply

          which is why I think for “sane version” we can read “junk food version”.

        • Miserichord
          October 2, 2013, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

          Wild foraging zombies tend to have very limited selection in
          wines suitable for the type of brains found. After all, they can only carry so many bottles.
          With the brain-o-mat, they can select the brain they will be dining on, choose an appropriate wine, decant it and have it at the proper temperature, then have the brain-o-mat produce the desired brain.
          Much more civilized all around.

          That ‘s why the Zombies need a Brain-0-Mat (TM).
          As to why the Wine country needs a Brain-O-Mat (TM), once the living challenged no longer fit the stereotype of “brain dead zombies” (due the cognitive enhancing properties of quality brains), they will vote Republican, which will benefit the Wine Country, California, and the US.

          • Ian Thompson
            October 2, 2013, 3:11 pm | #

            Yeah, except that Republicans always put civil service programs on the chopping block right away so it would be directly against the rational self interest .*which they have now* to do so

          • ericscoles
            October 2, 2013, 3:16 pm | #

            @ian: I think you’re assuming a higher standard of rational evaluation for the life-challenged than for regular hum…oh, i see what you did there.

        • wizard4169
          February 3, 2021, 10:51 am | # | Reply

          The cognitive enhancement seems to be unique to Unity. Large doses of brains just send “regular” zombies into a food coma.

  2. Manifesta
    October 2, 2013, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    I think the website isn’t letting me post a comment, just a reply to Tuiteyfruity, but . . .
    Hey Jeff, lemur news: I saw this headline on IMDb yesterday: Morgan Freeman to Narrate 3D Imax Doc ‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’

    • Manifesta
      October 2, 2013, 1:03 am | # | Reply

      Okay, it did post correctly. And Shaenon, I’ll be there Saturday. Can’t wait to see Volume 4 up close! Anyone else going?

      • Tuiteyfruity
        October 2, 2013, 1:08 am | # | Reply

        I wish I was going. But I am no longer residing the Bay Area..
        WHY!? the moment I move to SoCal the next volume comes and I am no longer there!?

  3. WuseMajor
    October 2, 2013, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    Tip, really. Just because you’ve slept with her before doesn’t mean this mission is boring. She’s really quite hot.

    ….Personally though, I’m still cargo shipping her and Nick. I hope she can fix the drone to be more …fully functional, so they can …physically upgrade their relationship.

    • Corye
      October 2, 2013, 10:47 am | # | Reply

      i think if she’s now dating nick, she may be immune to tip’s superpower. seems to have worked for marcie….

  4. eddurd
    October 2, 2013, 6:53 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Sweet Home Alabama”, Lynryd Skynyrd)

    The central cast must move with caution,
    They’ll question what Gavotte commands!
    But when she gives them their new mission,
    Tip starts to make his best-laid plans!
    (Grab it with both hands, yeah!)

    Now Tip is hoping for some lady
    Who, with his charm, her head he’ll turn!
    But when Doc Lee comes through the doorway,
    Her footwear is his sole concern!

     [CHORUS:]
      ”It’s only Virginia …”
      That’s what Tip went and said!
      ”It’s only Virginia …”
      With a box for the undead!

    Virginia gets a bit sarcastic
    And says, “It’s nice to see you, too.”
    Tip knows the situation’s drastic!
    They’ve got to find the proper shoe!
    (Jimmy Choo?)
     [repeat CHORUS]

    • Kwaj
      October 2, 2013, 10:41 pm | # | Reply

      Ah, classic rock. Well done, sir.

  5. Terry Smith
    October 2, 2013, 7:18 am | # | Reply

    Your filks are half the fun of Skin Horse!

  6. waytoomanyUIDs
    October 2, 2013, 8:43 am | # | Reply

    Yay! my copy of Skin Horse Vol 4 has arrived. Thanks, Shaenon, Jeff. I’d forgotten how great the Choose Your Own Death and Notary storylines were.

  7. Glenn
    October 2, 2013, 11:08 am | # | Reply

    Huh. I have a friend down there in Napa who reputedly has her zombie response team including Michael Chiarello. If she makes a debut on the strip, I’ll definitely be wierded out, since she has a lot of similarities to UNITY…

  8. Moor
    October 2, 2013, 12:19 pm | # | Reply

    And the invention is UNITY!

  9. mittfh
    October 2, 2013, 4:39 pm | # | Reply

    Cue fun and games with the world’s most unlikely love triangle:
    Sane practitioner of mad science, a crossdressing psychologist and…
    …a brain in a jar with a V-22 Osprey for a body, piloting a humanoid female drone.

  10. caelo
    October 2, 2013, 6:42 pm | # | Reply

    Shaenon how good would you say nicks sound system is? Could he for instance create large 3 dimensional standing waves?

  11. WJS
    July 10, 2019, 8:49 am | # | Reply

    …Ouch, that’s cold, Tip. You’re supposed to say “I just realised how bad that sounded” when you mess up like that.

    • awgiedawgie
      July 10, 2019, 3:21 pm | # | Reply

      He probably would, if he had even the slightest clue that he messed up. He’s far too self-absorbed to realize that.

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