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2019-04-01

by shaenon on April 1, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Green Noah
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  1. Robert Nowall
    April 1, 2019, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    One washes, the other dries.

  2. casimir
    April 1, 2019, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Hello Blue Monday!

  3. Bruce A Munro
    April 1, 2019, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Doesn’t he get a partner?

    • Towering Barbarian
      April 1, 2019, 12:39 am | # | Reply

      Just what I was thinking. Is it Jonah or Chris he should call in for help? o_O

      (Jonah for his precognition, Chris for his knowledge of what this match is about).

      • rinku
        April 1, 2019, 12:42 am | # | Reply

        Neither are machine union members.

        • Sora Hjort (@SoraHjort)
          April 1, 2019, 12:49 am | # | Reply

          He could always call on the Tomagachi.

        • Bruce A Munro
          April 1, 2019, 2:37 am | # | Reply

          Would be a good time for Mustachio to put in an appearance.

          • wykstrad
            April 1, 2019, 4:47 pm | #

            I think I’d rather have his girlfriend tag in.

        • Steve
          April 1, 2019, 8:06 am | # | Reply

          I thought UNITY was a machine union member. She needs to be called in.

          • awgiedawgie
            April 1, 2019, 12:09 pm | #

            She might qualify, but I don’t think she’s a member.

    • Robert Nowall
      April 1, 2019, 12:46 am | # | Reply

      He’s been shying away from Dr. Lee.

    • Sleepy John
      April 1, 2019, 7:08 am | # | Reply

      Oh, Hitty…

    • John Campbell
      April 1, 2019, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

      He should tag in AI-him.

      • awgiedawgie
        April 1, 2019, 8:15 pm | # | Reply

        There’s a problem with that idea. A few problems actually. The whole reason he’s in the tournament at all is because he doesn’t have access to Aimee’s server, which is where AI-Nick resides. Then he’d have to talk AI-Nick into it, which would be difficult, since he’s just as much of a pacifist as Meat-Nick. Then he’d need a physical body for AI-Nick to drive.

        • John Campbell
          April 2, 2019, 12:25 am | # | Reply

          I meant by that Aimee herself. The resultant short-circuiting of the entire tournament would be considered a feature.

          • awgiedawgie
            April 2, 2019, 12:51 am | #

            That still has the first problem. The whole reason he’s in the tournament is so he can get in to talk to Aimee.

          • awgiedawgie
            April 2, 2019, 12:52 am | #

            Actually, it has the other problems as well.

  4. WuseMajor
    April 1, 2019, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    So, any chance of getting a filk song to Dr. Horrible’s Laundry Day song?

  5. Candace
    April 1, 2019, 1:18 am | # | Reply

    Somehow, I don’t think quips are going to help here. The washing machines don’t seem to be very talkative. I guess unbalancing the load would not be helpful with a front-loader.

    At this point, Nick will be very lucky if his spine isn’t broken. Hopefully, cartoon physics are still in play. Looking forward to seeing how he’s going to get out of this one.

    • Bruce A Munro
      April 1, 2019, 2:34 am | # | Reply

      Well, Dr. Jones _did_ say she enhanced him in some ways: perhaps he’s got enhanced damage soak.

    • awgiedawgie
      April 1, 2019, 4:35 pm | # | Reply

      A front-loader may not be as susceptible to an unbalanced load of laundry, but a couple bricks or a cement block by itself would be pretty detrimental.

  6. thedoctor55
    April 1, 2019, 2:08 am | # | Reply

    What? No body has made any “MayTag” team jokes?

    • Shadowmehr
      April 1, 2019, 8:41 pm | # | Reply

      See below.

  7. Leslie
    April 1, 2019, 3:08 am | # | Reply

    Looks like he’s previewing the same Herculean labor common to all of our young male adults: wrestling SOMEBODY’S damn washing machine either up stairs or down and across interminable floor distances. Anchor and pin ’em down, Nick, or they creep after you.

    Should Ginny decide he’s a keeper, he’ll find out: she wants washing machines.

  8. JAWolf
    April 1, 2019, 7:04 am | # | Reply

    He May Tag out!

    • Jerry Aethers
      April 1, 2019, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

      +12 Upvotes

  9. Steve
    April 1, 2019, 8:03 am | # | Reply

    I’m glad to see that they cleaned up this comic.

  10. Dr. Steve
    April 1, 2019, 9:54 am | # | Reply

    Don’t say that Nick is all washed up!

  11. Robert Nowall
    April 1, 2019, 4:02 pm | # | Reply

    If you’ve ever got some dirt, on your shirt.
    If you’ve ever got a stain, it’s no pain.
    If you ever get so soiled, you need a bath…here’s the path.
    We’re tag team, tag team, cleaning bone-and-rag team.
    When other tag teams have been dismissed,
    Ours will not be dissed.
    Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle scrub-scrub-scrub.

    If you ever slip and fall, give a call.
    If you ever step in tar, here we are.
    If you ever get a bed, and you need clean sheets…on your feet.
    We’re tag team, tag team, cleaning bone-and-rag team.
    When other tag teams are out to lunch
    Ours will pack a punch.
    Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle soak-soak-soak.

    If you’re ever drenched in muck, you’re in luck.
    If you’re ever stuck in shit, take this bit.
    If you ever want to halt and stop this song…you’re not wrong.
    We’re tag team, tag team, cleaning bone-and-rag team.
    When other tag teams are gone for good,
    Ours will have withstood.
    Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle rinse-rinse-rinse.

    —from “Friendship,” Cole Porter.

  12. Sleepy John
    April 1, 2019, 7:43 pm | # | Reply

    LAUNDRY AND NO QUARTERS!

    hey, it worked fro the Crusaders.

  13. Shadowmehr
    April 1, 2019, 8:46 pm | # | Reply

    Okay, this is where Hitty needs to make her triumphant entrance into the ring.

  14. Toby Fernsler
    April 1, 2019, 11:34 pm | # | Reply

    Does Annex One count as machine union?

    • awgiedawgie
      April 1, 2019, 11:49 pm | # | Reply

      That question has been discussed before, but never adequately answered – at least not as far as whether the building could be used in the competition. The building itself is undoubtedly not union, since they’ve been off-grid since before the building became a robot, and so have not had any opportunity (or desire, I imagine, if I know Tigerlily) to apply for membership. But Hitty, who is now connected as a part of the building’s power supply, probably is union, at least since she started working for Skin Horse. And Moustachio, who can bolt himself to Hitty, definitely is. There may also be any number of other appliances that are part of the building (like the Pneumatic Tubes) that are also union members.

      • Robert Nowall
        April 2, 2019, 10:03 am | # | Reply

        Hitty was an intern…they may or may not let interns join. The rules vary…but they’re always eager to have new members…and the dues they pay…

        Also, being a federal government union, it wouldn’t be closed shop, you wouldn’t have to join. (Closed shop teachers unions operate on the state level.)

        • awgiedawgie
          April 2, 2019, 11:01 am | # | Reply

          I got the feeling that this Machine Union was the same one that was started by the Madblood androids upon arriving on Earth, so it wouldn’t be a government union at all. And staplers, copiers, and other unpaid machines are members, so it only makes sense for Hitty to have joined once she joined society – which just happened to coincide with when she started working for Skin Horse. Plus Moustachio is a member, so, you know… for love.

          • Robert Nowall
            April 2, 2019, 12:39 pm | #

            If they’re not getting paid, I don’t think much of their union’s ability to negotiate with management. Besides, they’re government jobs, so they’re probably getting more than the nothing they would in the private sector.

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