Endtown by Aaron Neathery for December 23, 2011

It’s when you think everything is going according to plan, that you find out everything is going down in flames.

And so ends another Friday cliffhanger!

Methinks she doth insist too much….

I’ve always though Petey must be a blood relative (father, brother) but I hadn’t really considered husband. Hmmm…

PUSS PUSS BANG BANG (to the tune of the James Bond theme, Monty Norman)Cat Wally Wallichinski, He’s theCat Wally Wallechinski, And he’sNot very very fancy, And he’sNot very very chancy, But he’llDo, do good done in danger, ‘Cause he’sToo dogged in’na danger, Call onWally! He’s our man!Saving the day for Endtown.Running around in a whirl.Paving the way for freedom.Holding a gun and a girl.Women and men of EndtownDream of the stories they’ve heard:Coming through ev’ry dangerShaken a bit, but not stirred.Licence to execute,Hide in the bio-suitInsert the micro chip,Blow up the rocket ship,Wipe out the robo-dog,Leap for the hover-pod,Top cat! Top cat! How cool is that?Now try MISSION IMPUSSIBLE (to the tune of the Mision Impossible theme)‘Chin-ski, Wall-e-chin-ski, Wall-e-chin-ski, Wall-e-chin-ski, Wall-e-PussycatPussycatPussycatOn a mission.Mission Wall-e-chin-ski, Wall-e-Look at thatLook at thatWhat a cat, wow! AndHe’s incredible!Edible!Beddable! Ask his woman… HollyShe’s the mouseIn the houseKnows about Electronics.Cap’n FlaskHas a taskDoesn’t askShe just does it.And the manIn the vanWas a van.He’s called Petey.When it seemsToo extreme,As a teamThey can do it!Mission Wall-e-chin-ski, On aMission Wall-e-chin-ski, On a…..(and so on, you know)

Robot’s all lippyorPetey knows better

Holly’s got to be so dizzy now.If the chip switch merely disabled the rocket, they can wait for the Topsiders to drag it away, then slip below it to plant a bomb. Then Wally and Holly would have an opportunity to kiss under the missile tow.

Thank heavens Wally’s love is OK….I’d hate to see our Holly and an I.V……

Condiments of the Seasoning, all!

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Hey Kids! Christmas presents!The Santa Trap: An Electromatic ChristmasYers truly singing Mel Torme’s Christmas Song w/ my pal Josh Foster on geetarEnjoy!

Heads:Wally – happy.Flask – admonishing.Petey – pissed.Holly – not to be seen.PT – stuck behind a maintenance panel in back.Topsiders – poking up over the barricades 50 yards in front of the PT.

The louder she denies it, the more likely you KNOW it is that it’s all going to go squirrely.

Don’t Fight in the PT, Petey

(to “Don’t Sleep in the Subway, Darlin”) (Tune here) He’s flying about On his own little scout Wally’s wound up the man In my “air force” He seems to be done He’s apparently won So this conflict is one I don’t dare force I’d send him out a million times again But there are things I just can’t face within Don’t fight in the PT, Petey Don’t force me to now explain Don’t fight in the PT, Petey The gang’s along Forget the pain I hide I’ll be strong My fears are buried inside I tried to be smart Then it all fell apart And I can’t bear to tell of the station um-m-um-um-um-um The crew wasn’t there And that fact I can’t share Though I know it’s a bad situation Petey realizes that’s it’s all for show But there’s so much that he still doesn’t know Don’t fight in the PT, Petey Don’t force me to now explain Don’t fight in the PT, Petey The gang’s along Forget the pain I hide I’ll be strong My fears are buried inside =|====/ Level Head Vote for Endtown 2.0 And for Doc Rat, too The Endtown Forum

Flask doesn’t seem surprised to see them. And here I thought part of her plan was to lose Wally and Holly…

has anyone thought that Flask might be trying to re task/hijack the satellite?

Coyoty, Arcaton: Thank(?) you for those atrocious puns. Aaron: Oh great, everyone, not only is he an accomplished draftsman, he’s a fine singer as well! LevelHead: Ah, going for the lesser-known classics! Bravo!

Hunh, the BR code doesn’t seem to work. Unless… Maybe I need two?

Yes I do.

Ol’ Flask looks positively Leonine, the Mane character so to speak……

Aie, Friday Cliffhanger.

Love Flask, one tough gal.

dont you think that rocket is a fake ?

i wont be surprised if they blow up this one only to find out the real one was being launched at the same time somewhere else

As we were told in the Army, if things seem to be going according to plan, they aren’t.

At least your plan.

Awwww, Flask is so sweet!

Can those two fight like a married couple, or WHAT?!

Since Level_Head and Jenner have been filking….What’s the frequency, Captain?(to What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? And since I can’t seem to get it to link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg&ob=av3e)“What’s the frequency, Captain?” Is your battle plan, Uh-huh.Linda was brain-dead, tied up, numb, not up to speed.We thought we pegged you as a psychopath’s dreamIn a blind spot from the Topsider’s screen.We never understood her reasoning, uh-huhShe wore Top’s gear like an armored suit, uh-huhWe studied the cartoon, her actions, radical, manic, murderous dichotomy.Petey’s withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathyA smile like a mutt, tooth for a toothFlask makes death her shackles of truthShe lives her life violently, uh-huhWe don’t understand her reasoning, uh-huh“What’s the frequency, Captain?” Is your battle plan, uh-huhHover scout detail, return heroes, leaving the sceneSmile like a mutt, tooth for a toothFlask makes death her shackles of truthShe lives her life violently, uh-huhWe never understand her reasoning, uh-huhShe wore Top’s gear like an armored suit, uh-huhWe can’t understandFlask makes death her shackles of truth, uh-huhWe can’t understandShe lives her life violently, uh-huhWe can’t understandI never understood, don’t f***with her, uh-huh

Reading this strip has shown me Aaron has no reguard whatsoever for mutant lives……..or physics……….or logistics……or biology….or electronics…..or beans…or beans….or beans……or beans!

..looks like Flask wasn’t expecting them to make it…

My thoughts:The mission that Mallard gave was to blow up the rocket, but cleverly making it look like equipment failure, not a mutant attack. Flask’s personal mission is to launch the rocket and turn it around to destroy the city. It doesn’t matter if the mutts saw Wally, because she can launch it as soon as she wants. This is her own idea, and she believes passionately in wiping out all Topsiders. She wasn’t trying to get rid of Wally, but equally it was immaterial to her whether he returned or not, just as long as he switched the chip.

Flask is deeply committed to her values, as strange and cockeyed to us as they may seem. I even believe she would be willing to die for them.

When she and Petey were human, they had a very close relationship. I suspect he was exposed and turned into an animal, after which she was forced to, or decided to, or was forced to watch somebody else harvest his head. Later, she was exposed, too, with a suit failure, and was forced to come to terms with being a mutant herself. This must have been a long time ago, for her to have gone to Endtown and risen to the rank she has now. She wants to kill any Topsider she can, and she will kill any mutant whom she deems a threat to the community.

(Has anyone made the joke about Blackie Ops?)

Wally has had a hard several years as a lone mutant. I suspect he has seen some very traumatic things himself. I don’t think the label “pacifist” is as apt as describing him as someone who values life highly, be it mutant or human. He will kill when necessary, but would go a long way first to find a resolution that does not take lives.

When he was shooting the mutts, we have to remember that they could have been him – literally. They are people who have been put into machine bodies, as Petey was. Presumably even they could be taken out again, potentially, and interacted with, in other bodies. In any case, he really was killing people. And he has come close to the fate of being a mutt himself on more than one occasion.

Something in the Topsider city is still not right, though, as far as I can read from Blackie. But I don’t buy the ‘fake city, fake rocket’ idea. It’s too costly of resources to pull a trick like that.

The brilliance of this story is that I am just getting more and more sucked into it.I’ve tried looking for a flaw, and I can’t find one anywhere (when you factor in the obvious exaggerations for humorous effect). I rank Endtown along with Usagi Yojimbo and Blacksad as the best comic series I have ever read.

(Time for a plug. To keep the magic going, folks, support Aaron in any way you think fit. Remember, the magic does not happen by magic.)

Not in front of the children?Aaron, will you please EXPAND on this SOONEST?Great job, Wally and Holly. You too, Aaron. :-P

KUTGW,

Noreen

woof… lI see I am not the only one that doesn’t look forward to Sat and Sun. Even if it is a Holliday. Go to it Neathery.Hey just who is the little robitic bloob and why is he not a mutant?

The answer to what’s not right about this Topside city – the forgotten piece in the jigsaw – could possibly be the scene in October 12. Before the team make their final approach to the rocket, Wally sees some kind of disturbance, in the distance in another direction. It looks like a shootout. Could it be that the Topsiders have actually wiped THEMSELVES out?

Ok, the doggies have extensive coverage of the chip swap. Can they tell their owners? Or are their owners all now mutants? Will logic be followed?

The first song, the one that Jenner wrote, I have been so used to Level_Head doing songs that I assumed it to be his, and double taked on the contributer.

Another concern is just how mad Wally might be, considering that he had quite a bit of trouble getting the job done, and may think that some of that was due to Flask, either her instructions or just her setting him up.

I think a Personal Transport get-together might sound like a meeting in the Q Continuum.“Petey!”“PT, how’s it going?”“I’m doing okay. Have you seen Pete E.?”“Not since he got into a fight with P. Tee about PiTi…”

Merry Chrismas Endtown.

Holly better be inside that pack, or this will be sad… you should never have Christmas without Holly…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you Endtown fans. and of course, to you also, Aaron. I hope y’all have FANTASTIC holidays and a GREAT New Year, too!

Merry Christmas, everyone.God rest ye merry, Endtowners, let nothing you dismay.It seems the Topside populations’s left and gone away,Which only leaves the mutts, and they could vanish any day. Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.The little ginger moggie, Wally startled everyone,Returning from his mission, even saying it was fun.His girl is in a satchel, and he also packs a gun.Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.A nice, romantic interlude with Captain Flask and Pete – The kitty and her robot man are side by side and sweet. I think they share a secret from when both of them had feet.Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.And Linda the koala must be facing quite a strain.The former vivisectionist will have to think again.Or else, she’ll have a lot of fun removing her own brain.Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.And though our bold adventurers are never short of pluck,They’ll only be successful with a heavy dose of luck.It comes from having secret missions thought up by a duck.Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.The man and the rhinoceros are Albert and Gustine.And since she grew a horn for him, her appetite is keen.She says she likes to charge for it, if you know what I mean.Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.I think of all the characters to fit into this rhyme.But Jake is getting jack of it, the rats say it’s a crime,And Allie ’gator’s rehydrating. This could take some time.Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

Just a little card I made for Aaron. Enjoy.

And here’s a card I made for all of you…

Happy Holly-days, everyone.. :-)