In the TV program REAL PEOPLE decades ago there was a segment about the Jackalope. A state out west (I forget which one, probably Oklahoma) issues legal Jackalope hunting licenses–but only to those who score lower than 70 on an IQ test.
That’s no excuse, Mystery Terrorists. You could have used “Day of the Crossbreed”. Or, better yet, “Day of the Halfbreed”, then you would have had an awesome song to go with it.
That last panel made me cackle. Of all the mythical chimera that could serve as your public icon, I can’t think that many would be frightened of the lowly jackelope. xD
…Of the two characters not wearing glasses in this comic who have worn them in the past, I wonder why my brain decided to take issue with Baxter and not Jared. Baxter hasn’t worn them in months, and I think this storyline is the first time we’ve ever seen Jared without them. Weird.
Well, Jared *was* off-duty, & enroute to work. Mrs. Jared probably prefers him to keep work & home at least somewhat separate. (“When Momma ain’t happy, ain’t NOBODY happy.”)
“The genetic engineers of multiple terrorist groups working in tandem”? That seems somewhat unlikely to me… but on the plus side, if it’s true, members of a bunch of different terrorist groups have been talking to each other as well as their own groupmates, so a successful bust on these guys and their communications ought to be the biggest break in the war on terror ever.
Unrelated: Calling it now: Voltritis will not be stopped by creating an antidote, but by waiting for it to become intelligent enough to negotiate with. See also the first mega-arc of The Legion (2001), re: C.O.M.P.U.T.O., or Earth Inferno from the Authority vol. 1, re: the genocidal previous Doctor.
Nah, they tried the ‘negotiation’ thing with the super computer virus. This is going to be much more interesting.
I think that they will find a way to lure the black-eyed penis syndrome away from the other four and kill it. Then the virus will be forced to replace the gap in it’s super-DNA with the ‘Pink Princess Brony’ virus (a hideous disease that causes otherwise virile, heterosexual men to fall in love with cartoon ponies) and this subsequent weakness will be exploited by the power of friendship to convert the virus to the newest member of Team Alpha.
On a completely unrelated note, all Fans storylines will be 20-25 pages longer to account for stock transformation sequences.
Terrorists referring to themselves as terrorists? Huh, that’s a new one, I’d have expected them to call themselves freedom fighters or something along those lines.
…oh, right, fictional comic, not real life. I just remembered.
And again. No female terrorist bio-engineers shown? The leading actual terrorist creating chemical WMDs was a woman. Though that Nazi skinhead could be interpreted as a small busted dyke.
@FrenchFry And not only that, but they chose to name their Frankenvirus after a silly chimera that’s pretty much known in the States only
P.S. “Frankenvirus” Why didn’t they used that?
P.S. 2 Different armed fringe groups working together to engineer another global crisis means we’ll get to see the Ar-Ra’d and the Neon Samurai and stuff, right?
Neo-Nazi skinhead working with Al-Quaeda et al to destroy Za Warudo?
Does anyone else see this as unlikely, in that of all the groups, Mr/Ms Skinhead *at least* ought to be more interested in infecting the others with their test samples than in working with them?
Unless House Rule #1 is “Slasher is on no account to be allowed to make the coffee. Or do the morning bagel round. Or set foot in the kitchen”.
Yay, Tim is back.
In the TV program REAL PEOPLE decades ago there was a segment about the Jackalope. A state out west (I forget which one, probably Oklahoma) issues legal Jackalope hunting licenses–but only to those who score lower than 70 on an IQ test.
That’s no excuse, Mystery Terrorists. You could have used “Day of the Crossbreed”. Or, better yet, “Day of the Halfbreed”, then you would have had an awesome song to go with it.
That’s one really long facebook page title.
nm, joke doesn’t work if they show the actual title of the page
That last panel made me cackle. Of all the mythical chimera that could serve as your public icon, I can’t think that many would be frightened of the lowly jackelope. xD
Baxter still looks weird without glasses to me. He looked a lot better with them, and I’m actually surprised he doesn’t wear fake ones.
…Of the two characters not wearing glasses in this comic who have worn them in the past, I wonder why my brain decided to take issue with Baxter and not Jared. Baxter hasn’t worn them in months, and I think this storyline is the first time we’ve ever seen Jared without them. Weird.
Well, Jared *was* off-duty, & enroute to work. Mrs. Jared probably prefers him to keep work & home at least somewhat separate. (“When Momma ain’t happy, ain’t NOBODY happy.”)
Well Jared’s glasses are his communication device. So he can’t wear them and talk into them so that other people can see his face.
“The genetic engineers of multiple terrorist groups working in tandem”? That seems somewhat unlikely to me… but on the plus side, if it’s true, members of a bunch of different terrorist groups have been talking to each other as well as their own groupmates, so a successful bust on these guys and their communications ought to be the biggest break in the war on terror ever.
Unrelated: Calling it now: Voltritis will not be stopped by creating an antidote, but by waiting for it to become intelligent enough to negotiate with. See also the first mega-arc of The Legion (2001), re: C.O.M.P.U.T.O., or Earth Inferno from the Authority vol. 1, re: the genocidal previous Doctor.
Nah, they tried the ‘negotiation’ thing with the super computer virus. This is going to be much more interesting.
I think that they will find a way to lure the black-eyed penis syndrome away from the other four and kill it. Then the virus will be forced to replace the gap in it’s super-DNA with the ‘Pink Princess Brony’ virus (a hideous disease that causes otherwise virile, heterosexual men to fall in love with cartoon ponies) and this subsequent weakness will be exploited by the power of friendship to convert the virus to the newest member of Team Alpha.
On a completely unrelated note, all Fans storylines will be 20-25 pages longer to account for stock transformation sequences.
“You spoke of a terrorist organization unleashing a supervirus. Is it behind that horned rabbit?”
“It IS the rabbit!”
Given that they care about public response, I suspect these guys have an ulterior motive of some variety.
Day of the Centaur
Day of the Satyr
Day of the Griffon
Day of the Hippogriff
Day of the Owlbear
Day of the Gorillaphant
Day of the Monkeybee
Most mythical hybrids only seem to be dualities, while Chimera is almost a catch-all term for any three-or-more combo.
Meanwhile, trying to use a REAL crossbreed in the name would get you
Day of the Mule (Literal)
Day of the Platypus (Conceptual)
Neglected to include the Minotaur, Sphinx, and of course the Liger.
Triple-post, but I need to point out the irony in a Neo-Nazi scientist advocating a hybrid anything.
Terrorists referring to themselves as terrorists? Huh, that’s a new one, I’d have expected them to call themselves freedom fighters or something along those lines.
…oh, right, fictional comic, not real life. I just remembered.
Well that neatly answers my question from last time.
And again. No female terrorist bio-engineers shown? The leading actual terrorist creating chemical WMDs was a woman. Though that Nazi skinhead could be interpreted as a small busted dyke.
@FrenchFry And not only that, but they chose to name their Frankenvirus after a silly chimera that’s pretty much known in the States only
P.S. “Frankenvirus” Why didn’t they used that?
P.S. 2 Different armed fringe groups working together to engineer another global crisis means we’ll get to see the Ar-Ra’d and the Neon Samurai and stuff, right?
Neo-Nazi skinhead working with Al-Quaeda et al to destroy Za Warudo?
Does anyone else see this as unlikely, in that of all the groups, Mr/Ms Skinhead *at least* ought to be more interested in infecting the others with their test samples than in working with them?
Unless House Rule #1 is “Slasher is on no account to be allowed to make the coffee. Or do the morning bagel round. Or set foot in the kitchen”.
Clearly the terrorists chose “Jackalope” due to the speed with which the virus spreads and mutates.
A Jackalope is actually a rabbit suffering from a *nasty* viral disease. So, approprate name for a virus, I guess.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope