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2013-09-24

by shaenon on September 24, 2013 at 12:01 am
Chapter: My House Is Me
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  1. Dave Van Domelen
    September 24, 2013, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Ultimate Sarge Longball: Everything Nick’s been saying in his swear filter can be assembled into a bonus story. With extra pork..

    • Dave Van Domelen
      September 24, 2013, 12:04 am | # | Reply

      (Yes, Jeff is main scripter. Doesn’t mean Shaenon can’t get involved for insidious master plans.)

      • Jay
        September 24, 2013, 12:13 am | # | Reply

        I dunno, even Mun1 didn’t have chivalrously pink-tipped damp mukluk.

  2. Corye
    September 24, 2013, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    the pay in black ops social services is probably *not* worth it.

    • Daniel
      September 24, 2013, 1:08 am | # | Reply

      Back in my day, evil was its own reward.

  3. Daniel
    September 24, 2013, 1:24 am | # | Reply

    Is it just me, or does Nick’s story parallel Dave’s? He’s been killed (on paper, and in a semi biological sense), had his brain put into a robot, turned into a woman, and is falling for the woman who did it all.

    • steve94954
      September 24, 2013, 8:12 am | # | Reply

      @Daniel – spot on! Note how Nick has the characteristic “Henchman Slump” to his shoulders. Very “Dave.”

    • OneUniverse
      September 24, 2013, 9:29 pm | # | Reply

      They’d better not turn Ginny into a guy – I would be SOOOO disappointed. 🙁

      Also, since UNITY has some of Mell’s genetic code, that leaves both Dr. Narbons and Madblood to have analogs in the Skinhorse story line.

      • OneUniverse
        September 24, 2013, 9:31 pm | # | Reply

        Sweetheart can be Artie.

      • Rex Vivat
        March 6, 2015, 10:57 am | # | Reply

        But she was a guy when we first saw her. Remember this guy?

  4. Norman
    September 24, 2013, 2:20 am | # | Reply

    No, I think Nick is pretty much fallen. Which means it’s not only parallel, but catching up ^_^

    Although I do think the parallel will break down somewhat, as having kids would not be as easy for Nick as it was for Dave.

    • Jay
      September 24, 2013, 2:27 am | # | Reply

      Dr Lee built a machine that spits out brains. The hardest part of having kids with her would be convincing her *not* to build a machine that spat out babies…

      • BMunro
        September 24, 2013, 1:58 pm | # | Reply

        It could have its uses. I recall a story by Stanislaw Lem in which a war is won by bombarding the enemy with mass-produced babies [1] until their war effort is crippled by the effort required to take care of all of them…

        [1] On parachutes, of course!

        • JET73L
          March 6, 2015, 3:48 am | # | Reply

          Unless they contaminated the babies (prions, etc.), that sounds to me like GIVING them food.

          Unlike a certain swift fellow, I’m not being satirical.

  5. Kona
    September 24, 2013, 3:31 am | # | Reply

    Shadowmehr, either you are quite prescient or Jeff and Shaenon are taking cues from our comments. You totally called the backdoor-in-nick’s-head bit.

    • Rex Vivat
      September 24, 2013, 11:05 am | # | Reply

      I’m not sure if it counts as “called” if it was previously said in the script.
      http://skin-horse.com/comic/wasnt-the/
      http://skin-horse.com/comic/kind-of-person/

    • Shadowmehr
      September 24, 2013, 7:22 pm | # | Reply

      If I was prescient, I’d be doing better in the lottery. I can’t speak for Our Esteemed Authors, however.
      Many thanks, Kona

  6. eddurd
    September 24, 2013, 7:00 am | # | Reply

    Sorry about missing yesterday. Firstly, I had some personal business to take care of, and secondly, I could only think of “You’re kinda sleazy, Mr. Green” to the tune of “It’s Not That Easy Being Green” (a song with no meter and no rhymes … kinda hard to filk that).

    Anyway, on to today …

    (TUNE: “Spirit in the Sky”, Norman Greenbaum)

    When they swapped out my organic brain
    (In a manner that was quite humane),
    Doctor Lee, I hate to pry,
    I dunno if my cerebrum is a spy!

    I wonder if my cerebrum is a spy?
    I’m asking Doctor Lee, she won’t lie …
    Did your bosses (I know they’re a pain)
    Put some back-door spyware in my brain?

    From what I saw,
    It’s almost a law:
    “Never trust in Anasigma!”
    Bet they’ll soon be back again,
    They’re gonna tap the spyware they snuck into my brain!

    Stupid puce-tipped spyware in my brain!
    I wanna say stuff that’s quite profane!
    Ginny says, movie tickets she’ll buy …
    That won’t help if my cerebrum’s a spy!
    My bombastic cerebrum’s a spy!

    • Manifesta
      September 24, 2013, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

      Oh, Ed , Ed, Ed . . . “no meter and no rhymes” make a song easy to filk.
      tune: “Bein’ Green,” Joe Raposo, Sesame Street, 1970

      We’re pawns of evil Mr. Green
      Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
      I think he may have put some spying stuff in me
      Along with chivalrously puce-tipped filters, radar equipment
      Plus tranceivers and other carp like that

      We’re pawns of evil Mr. Green
      And don’t pretend you don’t know that he wants to get into your pants
      It’s not that I can truly blame him
      ‘Cause you really out
      Like flashy sparkles in the water
      Or stars in the sky

      But Anasigma’s no good
      I think they’d use me against Skin Horse
      And you can’t dig through my cerebrum
      Just to see if you see ’em
      Don’t override me!

      If Green is trying to use me
      I will kick him in the plaids
      But I wonder, I wonder
      What you might have put in my mind
      That could make me less than the dude I want to be

      • Manifesta
        September 24, 2013, 6:24 pm | # | Reply

        Oh, crap! I forgot to delete line 2 from the original lyrics. And the line in stanza 2 should be “‘Cause you really stand out.”

        Is it my turn to bitch about uneditable comments? Consider them bitched.

    • Little Sis
      September 25, 2013, 9:07 am | # | Reply

      You couldn’t do a “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch?”

  7. Anna
    September 24, 2013, 8:06 am | # | Reply

    …am I the only one thinking that Lee’s blue and yellow outfit is oddly reminiscent of Disney’s Snow White?

  8. Wdot
    September 24, 2013, 10:28 am | # | Reply

    Glad you’re back eddurd! 🙂

  9. Smithnik
    September 24, 2013, 12:18 pm | # | Reply

    Maybe so, but it’s still fun to loot the bodies.

  10. Smithnik
    September 24, 2013, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

    Has anyone else noticed that with the new comment software sometimes the Reply function doesn’t work. For instance, the comment I left a few minutes ago was a Reply to one of Daniel’s, about evil being its own reward. When the comment posted, it came out as a new thread instead of as a reply. I thought I had seen a reply or two out of sequence before, but this is my first time actually seeing it happen.

    • Rex Vivat
      September 24, 2013, 12:26 pm | # | Reply

      I’ve seen it happen in the comments, but never happened to me. I just assumed it was because the reply interface is a bit more confusing in this version.

    • Manifesta
      September 24, 2013, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

      It has happened to me too, even when the comment box says “Leave a reply.”

  11. fealin
    September 24, 2013, 12:46 pm | # | Reply

    **I could only think of “You’re kinda sleazy, Mr. Green” to the tune of “It’s Not That Easy Being Green”**

    I read “You’re kinda sleazy, Mr. Green” to “You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch.”

    • Stickmaker
      September 24, 2013, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

      Beat me to it…

  12. iburns
    September 24, 2013, 8:08 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t even want to THINK about the bad banana with a great black peel…

    • iburns
      September 24, 2013, 8:10 pm | # | Reply

      And by great I meant greasy. Damn autocorrect…

  13. Saberbeam
    September 24, 2013, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

    Just to note, when I tried to post this normally, the length of the post moved the ‘post comment’ button beneath the text below, making it impossible to post. Blocking some of the sites scripts stopped the comment box from moving at all, so problem solved I guess. Not sure if anyone else is having this problem.

    To the tune of “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” by The Beatles

    Nick and Ginny heading to the movie place,
    For an evening watching of Sci-fi,
    Nick asks if he’s being used to track and trace,
    Will Anasigma maybe use him for a spy?

    (Chorus)

    Un-in-ten-tion-al spy, am I wrong?
    Oh Doc Lee, tell me I’m wrong.
    Un-in-ten-tion-al spy, am I wrong?
    Oh Doc Lee, tell me I’m wrong.

    For a bunch of strips he has had this drone, sweet drone,
    So let’s hope that it lacks back doors,
    Or else poor Nick could be sconed.

    Do you think evil science is worth the pay?
    Nick is wishing that he could’ve sworn,
    Will buying the tickets make it all OK,
    Or will Ginny have to pay for his popcorn?

    (Repeat Chorus)

    • eddurd
      September 24, 2013, 11:26 pm | # | Reply

      In the words of Mr. Burns, “E-e-e-ex-cel-lent!”

  14. WJS
    July 10, 2019, 8:16 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if she could operate on his brain again. What kind of resources would she need to do so, considering she’s not a Madgirl, and what would the risk level be?

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