Poor Hi-Tech. This was where it all started to go downhill for him.
This comic was not a fun one to draw. Little story. The original panel two was much more detailed, giving us a more clear view of the computer tech littered about the hideout. I had a better drawing of Hi-Tech, and a different composition. I went to import a color palette image to work from, and hit the wrong option, wiping out the completed panel with no way to recover it, and I had to redraw it with a simpler composition to keep the strip on schedule. If you work digitally, save often. Don’t forget. Don’t make the same mistake I did that dark, unforgiving Saturday afternoon.
Oh, it’s Monday, too, so there’s a new Featured Comic. This time it’s Xylobone Tomes, a fantasy comic about the Grim Reaper and his assistant. I became a big fan of this one during the last Spiderforest application round, and I’m thrilled to have it as a part of the collective. Give it a try! The linework is gorgeous.
By Towering Barbarian Mon Oct 12th 2015 at 3:36 am
Gotta hand it to Hi-Tech though. He clearly did some good work under difficult circumstances. ^_^
Though I wouldn’t have blamed Claw if he had decided to get a second opinion. >_>
By RazorD9 Mon Oct 12th 2015 at 7:16 am
I know, I mean it looks like they had to pay an arm for Hi-Techs treatment. Also Ibet that doc used second hand tools too.
By Tom_Stellar Mon Oct 12th 2015 at 3:46 am
so do we not get a chance to learn Defender X’s Identity? I feel like a man of his background would not give up quietly, armor or not.
By Disloyal Subject Wed Oct 14th 2015 at 2:44 am
Looks like it might have been a robot.
By Otaku Mon Oct 12th 2015 at 5:06 am
The upside of staying up late Sunday night; catching the latest Supervillainous ASAP!
I’m surprised Claw ever paid taxes, though I suppose if he did (and did it just right) it might explain some “vugermint” issues that allow him to later skate through things where you’d swear he was going to get nailed. Of course, having a master sorcerer for your lawyer is also quite good, but the vugermint itself probably has several lawyers that could at least have done a better job (probably by being supers themselves) than the one that actually tried that case many, many strips ago.
Also a bit random, but can we make requests for the art incentive on the voting? Seeing a Pokémon that is not Snorlax makes me want to see a Snorlax. XD
By zappitcomic Tue Oct 13th 2015 at 8:36 pm
Snorlax, you say? Well, check it now…
By Otaku Fri Oct 16th 2015 at 12:52 pm
*claps* Yay Snorlax! XD Now to see if I can use this to entice more readers. The story should be good enough, but with everyone and an exiled prince from Nigeria who will gladly share his wealth with you if only you will send him the $2000 he needs to access it (for some reason) trying to convince people to read different things, every additional incentive helps. 😉
By Rhys Mon Oct 12th 2015 at 5:01 pm
“Also, I am never paying taxes again.”
Great line. Indeed.
By Steel166 Tue Oct 13th 2015 at 1:51 am
and THIS is why I support Hulk during the Marvel Civil war. Who in there right minds thinks its a good idea to declare de facto WAR against a bunch of guys who think Robbing banks is a better use of their time then a 9 to 5.
By Towering Barbarian Tue Oct 13th 2015 at 3:39 am
Depends on how much bank robbing is being done and what else *besides* bank robbing is going on. A legitimate case could be made that if things were going too far then the government wouldn’t be doing it’s job if it *didn’t* step in and launch such a war. Yeah, a declaration of martial law before doing something like this to settle the matter would probably be the proper way to go, but a government’s right to exist is predicated on it’s ability to protect it’s people and if the supers weren’t doing an adequate job then the government who didn’t step in to protect it’s citizens would forfeit that particular right.
That said, we still don’t have enough information to know what is going on quite yet, so I’m inclined to wait for few more shoes to drop. ^_^
By Devlerbat Wed Oct 14th 2015 at 5:24 am
Hulk wasn’t in the Marvel Civil War, he was in space. Also what does the Marvel Civil War have to do with this story?
By Steel166 Sat Oct 17th 2015 at 2:12 am
A kind of joke in the Fandom at the time was that it didn’t matter if you supported Iron Man or Captain America in the war cause when Hulk got back EVERYBODY was going down. Which was proven right in World War Hulk event when Hulk returned and took everyone down. As for why I referenced the Civil war story line its because this thing seems just like the kinda chowder headed thinking that CAUSED the war. “A dangerous and very prone to violence group? lets try to kill them all and give these crazed lunatics a reason to work together”
By Marscaleb Wed Oct 14th 2015 at 8:37 am
He doesn’t really seem the type to have been paying taxes to begin with.
Also, you forgot the red cross on the medic’s forehead in panel 3.
By Wyvernstrafe Tue Nov 17th 2015 at 8:55 am
Wait wasn’t it the other arm Hi-tech was missing?
By zappitcomic Tue Nov 17th 2015 at 11:46 am
Yes it was, but remember that Hi-Tech was in the process of completely replacing his organic body with cybernetics. He just couldn’t afford to finish it when he was first introduced.