Ok, engaging in what British comedians call “Spot the Stiff,” I can venture a guess on who might die – hint: It’s not Joe – and even assume that he may be the same person who I guess stole the idol.

I’ll be happy to be proven wrong, but if I’m right, his death would amount to redemption, and a proper redshirt’s death has to be utterly meaningless.

One might conclude that you are not very good at mindlessly copycat-ing formats and formulas …

But, yeah, this first experience with the fairer sex is liable to put Joe off girls all together.

On the Abigail Comic stretch goal and the Mullet reward: We have to save some stuff for the PITCH BLACK DAY campaign

I totally understand not being able to contribute, but I get the feeling that you are very active in the webcomic community and I hope that we can count on you to share the link to the Kickstarter far and wide with folks who might otherwise be unaware.

As I said in the blog, THIS is the time to spread the word about DDD!

On the page: It is very apropos indeed that you brought up Star Trek because we consider this adventure to be the most “Star Trekie” of the entire run, so far.

… and you didn’t even get a kiss?!?
the Old (and highly amused) Sgt.

1- How much do we hafta* donate for Abigail Singer to get her own Fem Fatale Espionage Comic?
2- What about The Prized Mullet, or at least it’s ashes, will that ever be a reward?

As for Joe:
How many times do we hafta* * tell you the rule about not talking to masked indigenous girls, on primitive islands, during neo-apocalyptic situations, especially if you are a freelance adventure with a dog sidekick (or are you his sidekick)?

*I am well aware that Hafta aint a word.
** Ibid

The page: Wow, from flirting with the Sultry Island Maiden (this is a reference to The Flying Cloud) to facing imminent death in One Page? You sure you ain’t writin’ a slasher movie? All that’s missing is him being impaled or dismembered by horticultural equipment …

But seriously, you are moving into Star Trek (or maybe TNG, I’m not a geek) territory here: The moral conflict of abiding to law and customs and (let others) suffer cruel injustice versus rescuing the innocent by applying improper, illegal and societial-trust destroying means.

Not to forget, the execution of the page is great: The operative word is the last one spoken, which makes for a very effective punch; the last panel is well composed, with the two *tagonists facing each other, the words standing between them; the page layout emphasizes the climactic confrontation by zooming in very strong from the crowd scene; the zoom effect is further enhanced by the size and position of that last panel. Smilton rocks!