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2017-08-09

by shaenon on August 9, 2017 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Sure as You're Born
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  1. Moe Lane
    August 9, 2017, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    I like turtles.

    But do the turtles like me?

    • Shadowmehr
      August 9, 2017, 7:47 pm | # | Reply

      Depends on the turtle. The first one probably. The second one, not so much.

      You really have to worry about that second one.

  2. OneUniverse
    August 9, 2017, 12:38 am | # | Reply

    “Hail the Darkness” is hereby added to my list of band names.

    • Altarboy
      August 9, 2017, 3:26 am | # | Reply

      Your first album cover must be an edited version of panel four.

  3. Rachel
    August 9, 2017, 12:38 am | # | Reply

    *eyes turtle on the right*

    I have Concerns.

    • Barking Monkey
      August 9, 2017, 6:39 am | # | Reply

      All I’m saying is, first there were dinosaurs, pterodactyls and turtles, then there were just turtles. Then there were brontotheriums, hyaenodons and turtles, then there were just turtles. Then there were mastodons, glyptodonts and turtles, then there were just turtles.
      If pop culture has taught me anything the turtles are either the killers or the hot chick that’s making out with the hero at the end.

      • Sir William
        August 9, 2017, 9:24 am | # | Reply

        Why not both?

    • Cloudster
      August 9, 2017, 11:48 am | # | Reply

      I’m remembering one of the South Park Christmas Specials with all the woodland animal. The commercial bumpers had a cute rabbit or something popping up saying ‘Hail Satan!’ So much fun.

      Also, check out the recent NPR podcast, Live from the Poundstone Institute. They had an interesting discussion on how T-Rex mated. Honest. And it’s Paula Poundstone, whom I think is hilarious.

      • theysabet
        August 9, 2017, 12:16 pm | # | Reply

        I keep wondering dinosaurs actually roared. The majority of reptiles have no vocal chords; so did they? Or did they just hiss (not that that wouldn’t be terrifying enough, but still) like a giant steam train on steroids?

        • Sheik
          August 9, 2017, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

          It seems a great many hadrosaurs had actual sound producing skull structures akin to musical instruments, so maybe others “roared” through their noses or belched loudly.

        • Barking Monkey
          August 9, 2017, 5:01 pm | # | Reply

          Birds produce a wide variety of vocalizations for an array of reasons. I’d expect something similar for dinosaurs.

    • BRGR
      August 9, 2017, 12:45 pm | # | Reply

      Why? Not everybody is into loving in the daylight.

  4. s854
    August 9, 2017, 1:07 am | # | Reply

    I also have concerns. Why did the waiter bring a pet to work with him, and where does he keep it?

    • Aspasia
      August 9, 2017, 1:26 am | # | Reply

      Also, reptiles often have salmonella bacteria on them, which is why you should always wash hands after petting/holding one.

      • Pygar
        August 9, 2017, 7:59 pm | # | Reply

        Well, the only way you could sell them is if they were immune non-carriers… easy enough compared to getting them talking and all evil-y… Saw a YT vid of a turtle on a treadmill- they can *run*, briefly…

        • reynard61
          August 9, 2017, 10:31 pm | # | Reply

          They sure can!

          https://media.giphy.com/media/wD9C3SJdLmX0Q/giphy.gif

  5. Sir William
    August 9, 2017, 1:10 am | # | Reply

    So that one that said disturbing things isn’t unique in that

    • Daibhid C
      August 9, 2017, 1:55 pm | # | Reply

      I get the impression all the ones Tony trained are like that. Tony does not appear to be entirely on-board with H.T.’s program, just as H.T. isn’t that keen on Cosmognothics.

      Assuming Mercutio trained the “I love you” ones, he seems to be going along with both plans.

  6. Candace
    August 9, 2017, 1:29 am | # | Reply

    Clearly the waiter is unaware that his turtle is a murder-turtle. Ignorance is, indeed, bliss. (Until it isn’t.)

    • BarGamer
      August 9, 2017, 1:51 am | # | Reply

      Tiny, Murder, Darkness Turtles…

      • Brian-M
        August 9, 2017, 2:32 am | # | Reply

        Killers in a half-shell, Murder Power!!

    • Chrisn
      August 9, 2017, 11:54 am | # | Reply

      His turtle is a murder-turtle voter too, and that will make for an interesting election. Will HT, in the spirit of patriotism and democracy, run for a seat of power?

  7. Shikome Kido Mi
    August 9, 2017, 5:58 am | # | Reply

    You know, if I were a human, I mean as a human, I don’t know that I’d be accepting presents from the pro-human eating genetically engineered tiger. Especially not presents that are clearly the results of mad science.

    • Daniel Nolan
      August 9, 2017, 7:18 am | # | Reply

      As a marketing ploy it’s pure genius. It would be the pet rock, or to update, the next fidget spinner.

      • Daniel Nolan
        August 9, 2017, 7:19 am | # | Reply

        next pet rock. damn the lack of editing on this site.

  8. Robert Nowall
    August 9, 2017, 9:05 am | # | Reply

    Looks like HT made another conquest…

  9. Dr. Steve
    August 9, 2017, 9:33 am | # | Reply

    what kind of voice do you hear with a tiny turtle speaks? Small and squeaky? Or… something more diabolically cute?

    • BRGR
      August 9, 2017, 12:59 pm | # | Reply

      Like TomSka Ridgewell imitating his sister.

  10. Stig
    August 9, 2017, 10:47 pm | # | Reply

    It’s turtles all the way down.

  11. Knuckles
    February 3, 2022, 2:33 pm | # | Reply

    Hail the darkness is not a traditional way to flirt.

    But it does seem effective…

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