Deploy the Decontamination Squad
SPECIAL 6-COMMANDO ANNOUNCEMENT!
A little chatter below gave me a great idea for an impromptu, unannounced 6-Commando contest, and this time, there WILL ACTUALLY BE A PRIZE! A genuine, tangible prize! Which I will mail to you. And you will like. I hope.
Anyway, in the interest of keeping it all simple, here’s the contest: come up with some dialogue for the last panel on this page! It can be whatever you like. Funny, serious, techy, whatever. I will judge it based on a completely arbitrary standard of what I think is best, and the top three will go up on the site as part of next week’s post. And the number one will receive a free advance item of 6-Commando Merchandise! How do you like THAT? So tell your friends, neighbors and so on to come on over to the site, read 6-Commando, and post their entry! You can also, if you so desire, email it to me – I have added my “Contact” button above, at long last! If I were smart I’d have somehow tied all this in to voting at topwebcomics.com, but what the hell, I’ll be good-natured and just rely on your better instincts on that one.
(hint hint!)
A real prize, folks, and a good one, too! Let’s see what you’ve got!
Yet again I’m running late this evening, so I’ll be very brief, and take the time only to mention two important things in my current comic book frame-of-reference. Two colleagues of mine, cartoonists both have just released their first published works! Joost Haakman’s Semmie the Forest Gnome is now available in both English and Dutch, in hardcover no less, and Jason Brubaker’s long-anticipated and much-discussed reMIND has finally arrived from the printer and is on sale now! So I highly recommend you follow the banners below to these fine publications and order yourself up a copy – both may be very different from 6-Commando, but they are works of the very finest caliber and I recommend them both very highly.
Other than that, I’m on a deadline this week, so I’m off to sleep. All the best, everyone!
Ahm workin’ in the Tank-wash,
Workin’ in the Tank-wash yeah…
Son- “Hey daddy, what do you do for a living?”
Father- “I spray tanks with anti-rad foam.”
Son- “…”
You know, the medic and CBR techs’ poses are just crying out for dialogue.
You’re actually probably right, but it would just have been technobabble, so I left it up to the reader’s imagination. We’ve all seen enough Star Trek to be able to imagine what they’re saying. “Tech the tech before the tech techs. My men will be in position with more tech if the tech doesn’t tech right away.”
–M
Hmmm…top panel makes me think of a certain alien movie with these aliens that were really alien.
Do I get a cookie for noticing that? And the dialog too?
Or it could just be theineffectual painkillers I’m on.
Actually it’s based on a World War II-era submarine pen on the French coast. I found a great photo of it in the Bundesarchiv website. It looked so ahead of its time, almost futuristic, that it was quite perfect for Mike’s service station at Command Post Alpha.
Good guess however – I will grant the cookie. It will be a Pecan Sandie.
–M
I think this could simply be a case of Jim Cameron also using the same source of archetectural inspiration
– Why are you painting hi… pink?
– Er… He asked himself. Says it’s a preset for major…
Alternative:
-So… you’re repainting a battle tank pink, because… he sais he’s a rpetty princess now? O_o
– You know what, go agrgue with him YUORSELF!
With Mike’s memory issues, that actually wouldn’t surprise me -.-
Medic: Congratulations, sponge! You’ve won a 72-hour tiger team shift!
CBR Tech: …I hate you.
Medic-“And here we have our newest form of punishment detail! Thats right boys, you’ll be fixing this tank if you don’t behave yourselves!”
CBR tech-[I’ve GOT to get a transfer to a different unit…]
Sorry I keep posting these, but my brain often doesn’t catch up to my typing…
(Guy spraying Mike)- I could have had a good job cleaning out septic tanks with dad, but nooooooo…
Officer: What’s the prognosis, Corporal?
Corporal: The chassis is just too hot, sir. I don’t think DECON will be able to salvage it.
Officer: Very well. Prepare the central processor for transplantation, and let’s just pray that it survives.
Thanks for the plug man! I noticed my website hits going up the moment you posted this.
By the way, I really like the art on chapter three. You have really taken composition and colors to a whole new level, especially the composition of the spread for pages 5 and 6. Panels overlapping each other, characters within the panels overlapping and off course the big armored character in the center of the spread. This all makes it a very appealing picture to look at.
And the limited color pallet just works great on all the pages.
Thanks again and Keep ‘m coming!
Thanks, man! It’s only by comparison that I now see how garish the colors were up to now – a lot of it has to do with a badly adjusted monitor I used to use, but limiting the palette has added an extra level of mood that I’m trying to really push towards.
And of course, congratulations on the book release – and I can’t wait to see what’s next for Semmie!
–M
“As you can see, Sir, we have recently decided to act upon CONASUR’s recommendations. All Echo Class rumblers are being retrofitted with a delicious strawberry vinaigrette coating for enhanced flavor.”
“Corporal, when you stand this way, your leg intercepts the radiation that penetrates the suit. You are thus less likely to become sterile for life. Now consider your current stance, as a constructive counterexample.”
These are all great so far, guys! I’m thrilled!
And of course, thanks Hilvon for breaking the ice – I was afraid there for a moment that nobody would play! Ceep ’em coming, folks!
–M
Medic – I know it looks bad sir, and it costs a ton to repair and wash Mike after letting Godzilla use him for a chew toy, but it’s much cheaper than letting him mess with a city every time he gets bored.
Tech – (thought) …I thought he only hung around Japan and New York.
Medic: “How the hell did this thing survive getting nuked… TWICE?!”
CBR: “I think it’s a Ford.”
“Have I got a deal for you!”
“An Echo Class Rumbler, slightly used, with under 50,000 kilometers and only nuked twice.”
I don’t know… Mike actually might have more than 50,000km on him, considering he’s been in service for five years, and all over Africa to boot. Not to mention he’d probably have to drive wherever he’s going because there isn’t a cargo plane in existence big enough to carry him anywhere =L
Maybe they rolled back the odometer.
SHOW ME THE TANKFAX
Here’s my entry, as a nod to Operation Petticoat:
Medic: Pink? I’m not sure I like the color.
Tech: Don’t worry, we’ll paint it with grey later.
Medic- I was just wondering, since when does Pepto Bismol cure radiation?
CBR- Yeah man, you know how internal combustion motors are, always gassy, the nukes have just made his exhaust fumes too much to deal with.
…first time posting and already making fart jokes….
So we called Geico and they said they’re clean out of courtesy tanks…
The good news is, we saved 15% on our tank insurance.
I’m stunned that the turnout has been this good so far! This is really going to be a tough contest to judge.
By the way, I’ll be making my decision on this on Sunday morning, so that means Saturday at Midnight will be the last chance to put in your entries! Tell your friends, tell your neighbors!
–M
-“So mike disobeyed orders, started another world war, didn’t complete his mission, and now expects us to drag his useless metal butt back here for repairs?!”
-“Well do YOU want to pay the taxes to buy a new one?”
Gosh these are fun to make =P
Medic: … and next to the main-gun-turned-pretty-flower we have Mike’s latest exhibit on armor-origami.
OR
Medic (timidly to Tech): You know… this radiation glow really makes your eyes look beautiful.
“Well now, _there’s_ your problem!”
Chem Corps: “Doc, they got you working decon detail again?”
Corps Man “Nope, although this thing does talk, I only work on things with a pulse”
Tech: “…and it found you!?”
Medic: “Tell me about it! Takes a lick’n and keeps on tick’n.”