Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

— Henry Louis Mencken
Chapter 7, Page 16

Chapter 7, Page 16

…and the punchline.

I had some dialog in this page, but I decided to keep it silent, and let the character’s reactions speak for themselves.  There’ll be repercussions over this, but they’ll have to wait until the next book.  We’ve got a brawl coming that will take up most of chapter eight.  Hope you’re as excited about it as I am!

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Discussion (14)¬

  1. vonBoomslang says:

    ….well that’s quite the reassuring smirk. And in a way, worrying.

  2. Jago of the 7 Knives says:

    With no offense to our esteem comic author, my version of Jacob’s personal thoughts:

    Panel 2: “WTF! A talking chimera human-hybrid…”
    Panel 3: “Her pheromones are very high and her smell and that of Roger’s are intermingled…Did Roger and her had sexual intercourse?”
    Panel 4: “None of my concern. To each his own, just hope the kid used protection or else there will be a litter of tiny Roger type chimeras running all over the amazon in no time..and I’ll probably stand in as their impromptu grandfather. ewww makes me what I have for skin seem to crawl all over!”

  3. Zarpaulus says:

    I seriously doubt that an old man like Jacob can smell pheromones.
    And he probably knows enough biology to figure that something with cell anatomy as bizarre as Dahnai’s probably can’t interbreed with anything on the planet. He’d probably be more worried about some new STD than puppies.

  4. Remus Shepherd says:

    You people have dirty minds. 🙂

    Jacob’s met Dahnai before, so he’s just astonished that she’s alive. He progresses through a few emotions over this before arriving at a final smirk that just means, “…kids.”

  5. SCAScot says:

    Panel 1, Roger: I know nothing. Nothing!

  6. Jared says:

    Scanning across on my screen, I saw Jacob’s speed lines before I saw that he was running.
    I thought they were needles from his rail gun.
    My first thoughts; “What the fuck, Jacob!? Giri is going to be pissed…”

  7. Mr. Caterpillar says:

    “I am Jacob Doe. I am the world’s fastest man.”

  8. LT says:

    I told you he wouldn’t be happy to see her.

  9. NH says:

    Keep up the good work! Great story!

    Only thing is that the characters seems to be a bit stiff and faces a bit crude. But everyone can’t be as skilled as Jaime Vallvé was so don’t stop.

    Another favourite artist is Romero: http://lccomics.narod.ru/image/comic/romero/1.htm

  10. Remus Shepherd says:

    I’m doing the best I can as a self-trained artist. I’m a scientist by profession, my last art class was in 9th grade of high school. 🙂 But I’m looking for more professional art starting with the second book. More about that next chapter…

  11. Moxie Man says:

    Please, please, please…if this ever becomes a movie DON’T use what’s stuck in my head for sound effects for Jacob’s quick dash: the annoying sound from “Six Million Dollar Man” whenever he engaged his bionic powers. 🙂

  12. Mr. Ookami says:

    Well… that was… ?interesting?

  13. LT says:

    @Moxie Man
    Bum bum bum buuuuuuuuuuuuum
    doo doo doo doo doo
    buhdududududu
    and so on.

  14. NH says:

    Most of us are amateurs when it comes to drawing, and as I see it – looking at the comics drawn by Vallvé (comic The Phantom, Swedish Fantomen), Romero (Comics Modesty Blaise, Axa) (both mentioned above) and also Hermann (comic Bernhard Prince), Kari Leppänen, Hans Lindahl (comic The Phantom, Swedish Fantomen) and Hans Arnold (can creep you out) are interesting to look at for styles.