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2014-02-19

by shaenon on February 19, 2014 at 12:01 am
Chapter: My Brother Sam Is Dead
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  1. Shen Hibiki
    February 19, 2014, 12:35 am | # | Reply

    Or he was telling the swamp not to worry?

  2. Jay Eff
    February 19, 2014, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Mmmm.. meat shield..

    Oh, wait- K.T. doesn’t get to EAT the shield…

  3. ngmatt8652
    February 19, 2014, 1:23 am | # | Reply

    I would have something witty to but I have to go get revenge on whoever thought it was a good idea to have a web browser log you out every time you open another app for no good reson.

  4. casimir
    February 19, 2014, 1:51 am | # | Reply

    For no good reason, I can’t help but think that there is going to be a connection between the hat Dr. Lee is wearing and the one U.N.I.T.Y. made for herself back in the Louisianna swamp.

    • Dave
      February 19, 2014, 3:04 am | # | Reply

      Actually, there are many good reasons to think that. Haha!
      Really though, I think you’re right. I totally forgot that was where Unity got that hat.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      February 19, 2014, 7:54 pm | # | Reply

      I was under the impression it was the same hat

  5. Manifesta
    February 19, 2014, 2:37 am | # | Reply

    tune: “Temporary Beauty,” Graham Parker, Another Grey Area, 1982, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px8laM6lwzw

    We’re here in Colma’s stormdrains, in fearful pursuit
    Of something eating zombies, some underground brute
    We’ve found a cypress swamp that we know from N.O.
    We think it’s animating the zombies below

    “Do worry”: good advice, if you ask me
    Do hurry. You’d better call on K.T.

    ‘Cause we need her on meat-shield duty
    Though we can hope that this call’s in vain
    But we need her on meat-shield duty
    In case “Hrrwrrgh” calls down zombie
    In case “Hrrwrrgh” calls down zombie
    In case “Hrrwrrgh” calls down zombie
    Pain! Pain! Pain!
    Paiiiiiiiiiiiiin!

  6. Dave
    February 19, 2014, 2:59 am | # | Reply

    But instead of corpses this one is going after zombies. I guess if it doesn’t have a bunch of dead things already floating in it like New Orleans, that would be easier than digging up the cemetery.

  7. daibhidc
    February 19, 2014, 5:59 am | # | Reply

    Tune: “Don’t Worry Be Happy”, Bobby McFerrin

    Here’s a filk about Skin Horse,
    Based on McFerrin, of course.
    Do worry, shield duty.
    In New Orleans that swamp was trouble,
    It could turn San Fran to rubble,
    Do worry, shield duty.

    (Do worry, shield duty!)

    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh, hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh.
    (Do worry.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh.
    (Shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh.
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh, hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh.
    (Do worry.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh.
    (Shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh.
    (Do worry, shield duty!)

    You’re in a sewer of undead,
    Just think about what Tip has said.
    Do worry, shield duty.
    The Cyprus makes a creepy noise,
    To summon zombie girls and boys,
    Do worry, shield duty.
    (Look at KT on shield duty.)

    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh, hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh.
    (Do worry.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh.
    (Shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh.
    (When you worry, put KT on meat shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh, hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh.
    (Do worry.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh.
    (Shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh.
    (Do worry, shield duty!)

    Ain’t got Remy with his voodoo style,
    Just got KT, plants make her smile.
    Do worry, shield duty.
    The situation makes them frown,
    Zombie hordes could bring them down,
    Do worry, shield duty.

    (Do worry, shield duty!)

    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh, hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh.
    (Do worry.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh.
    (Shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh.
    (Do worry, shield duty!)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh, hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh.
    (Do worry.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh-hwrrgh-hwrrghwrrgh.
    (Shield duty.)
    Hwrrgh-hwrrgh hwrrgh.
    (Do worry, shield duty!)

  8. jdreyfuss
    February 19, 2014, 7:00 am | # | Reply

    So that’s what a swamp bellowing sounds like!

  9. ironhead83
    February 19, 2014, 7:03 am | # | Reply

    well dang, I’ve missed something here – did any of our people bring anything like weapons? I would have flown mel in on the first Nik available

    • Shadowmehr
      February 19, 2014, 6:44 pm | # | Reply

      I’m sure Tip brought his therapy puppets with him.

      There are any number of people willing to classify those as WMD’s

      • Avid
        February 19, 2014, 8:14 pm | # | Reply

        I consider them a war crime.

    • WJS
      July 11, 2019, 10:36 am | # | Reply

      Well, Artie’s a pacifist, and Ginny’s thing is more making weapons than wielding them, but Tip usually has the sense to be prepared. We don’t know the sanitation engineer enough to say, I’d hope that a non-reality-blind person whose job involves going down into the sewers in zombietown would have the sense to arm up, but this is California; that may make a difference.

  10. davidbreslin101
    February 19, 2014, 8:13 am | # | Reply

    Tip Wilkins, naturalist: “And yet, this delicate creature has an excellent defense mechanism. See?” [SNAP] “Wonderful! That was well worth losing a hand for.”

  11. Dave Harmon
    February 19, 2014, 10:44 am | # | Reply

    Wait: Ginny’s knowingly wearing the hat?

    • ericscoles
      February 19, 2014, 11:38 am | # | Reply

      my thoughts exactly.

    • Galian
      February 19, 2014, 12:15 pm | # | Reply

      I think getting friend-zoned by Nick might be Ginny’s ‘Moment’. We may be watching her start her slide into wonderful madness.

  12. Dr. Steve
    February 20, 2014, 8:44 am | # | Reply

    In the jungle, drums are heard. The sergeant says: As long as the drums keep beating, there is no need to worry. The time to worry is when the drums stop. The drums stopped. We worried.

    Can’t find it anywhere online – huh. Oh well.. my memory *might* be clear. From an old Bob Hope movie “Fancypants” -worth watching the whole movie for one routine… “three against a thousand”

  13. JET73L
    March 12, 2015, 12:57 am | # | Reply

    Fun, made-up fact: That’s not actually the swamp bellowing. It formed letters out of leaves and dropped them in front of Tip, Artie, and the sewer guy. Tip just knows to treat any backwards, airborne text as an auditory vocalization.

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