Get behind me, Joyce.
on July 1, 2019 at 12:01 amChapter: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Characters: David Walkerton, Head Alien, Jennifer Billingsworth, Joyce Brown, Martians, Robin DeSanto, Sal Walters
Location: Final battle wasteland
And you too, Satan!
So, hey, Head Alien, doing your best to talk yourself outta THIS one, huh? Goin’ for the ol’ Why Batman Can’t Kill The Joker defense. Because vengeance is like potato chips — you can’t just eat one!
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no! let the hate flow through you!
Yes! Strike the Head Alien down and join the (new & improved!) Cheese as rulers of this world!
HA: (unnecessary head movements) Oh… but I’m afraid once your friends arrive, they will find a fully operational Cheese. Or should I say… Head Cheese?
The Supreme Cheese is dead. Long live the Supreme Cheese.
Sal: *thinks of self* “Yeah, ah think it’d be best if’n ah just kill ya now”
Sad Sal in rain
“Joyce, get behind me. Satan, you go on ahead, I’ll catch up.”
How does Walky suddenly know all this? His visions?
He lived the strip the first time through, duh! This is just a rerun, and he REMEMBERS. (that’s what his “visions” really were: memories of doing all this back in 2004. ;D
A rerun of a rerun, surely this won’t cause any headaches.
I am he bit of a defender of Batman’s don’t kill rule because I can get his reasoning behind not wanting to cross a line.
But on the other hand sometimes I’m thinking that this person in front of you has already killed so many innocence and will kill a lot more. So if I was in Sals shoes I would think of me for a second and then I would realize that there are somethings more important than me.
My favorite line from Dark Knight Returns was when Batman, speaking in internal monologue, but obviously addressing the Joker, asked, “How many more people am I going to murder by letting you live?”
Really, the true villain is whatever state Gotham is in. They should have a round of lethal injections in storage ready to go when some of these people show up for their next stay at hotel Blackgate or the Arkham Inn.
Joker alone surely should have multiple death sentences on his head by now.
Me, I hate whatever judge keeps giving bad instructions on the insanity plea.
1. Raze all the abandoned clown-themed businesses.
2. Ban museums from having bird or cat-themed exhibits.
3. Redo all streets and addresses to eliminate the number 2 from them.
Sal should think of everyone else who’s been killed or hurt because of Head Alien, and then act based on that.
Last panel is full of feels.
I gotta say, this is one of my favorite Head Alien moments. He’s a survivor, gotta give him that. He’s fighting with his best weapons (words) for his best chance to walk away.
I may, on occasion, be somewhat critical of this old comic. But it’s moments like this where I’m like “yup, that’s why I loved this comic in the first place.” Head Alien is one of my favorite villains of all time, and this scene is one of the reasons why.
Trouble is, that last panel looks like she’s listening. This would be the perfect time for her to decide she’s not going to listen to him any more. Hopefully next page?