It's the End of Civilization as we know it. A mutagenic plague followed by a global war fought with disintegration weaponry has left much of the Earth a desert of fine powder and what remains of humanity fragmented into humans, animal-like mutants and bloodthirsty monstrosities with lots of teeth. The surface, still teeming with the mutagenic virus, has become the domain of the dreaded Topsiders; well-organized, technologically advanced, and heavily armed un-mutated humans sworn to exterminate mutations of any kind in order to clear the way for the eventual resurgence of a new, genetically clean humanity. Faced with annihilation, mutants and "impure" humans have retreated into the depths of the planet to form communities and hope to win, or at least survive, what may prove to be mankind's final war. Endtown is the continuing story of one of those communities.
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SapphireDragonStudios said, 11 months ago
Oh man! Pretty scary angle of that gun, too! Definitely not a viewpoint of a gun I’d like to see, especially with a psychopath on the other side! I don’t know much about guns, but what would happen if she shot Wally point blank like that?
Then again if she didn’t die now, she’d die in another minute or so when the missiles hit the ship.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 11 months ago
Hey, Aaron, you got the order wrong again! The Friday cliffhanger is printing on Monday! You were supposed to show the missiles coming in through the windows today! Man, now all the dead bodies lying all around the place won’t make sense tomorrow…
dirtyoldlady1 said, 11 months ago
Isn’t she looking through the bruised eye? All Wally needs to do is fling his arm out and dearm her. Yeah. There is something seriously wrong with that bitch/witch, take your choice.
Blessed BE.
Are you sure it wasn’t a screwdriver?
Bronkster
said, 11 months ago
With Aaron, I can never be sure where things are going. In any other strip, I’d have no doubt that Wally will somehow prevail. And I hope that Aaron isn’t planning on following through with where we sit at the moment.
But these four panels really show the differences in the two characters. One has to resign himself to going against his pacifistic nature and kill in order to prevent the death of thousands, whereas the other has no qualms about killing the one person in order to successfully cause the deaths of thousands. Classic good versus evil.
But again, with Aaron at the helm, we can never be certain of the outcome. But that’s part of what makes this so great!
Level_Head said, 11 months ago
The ship’s attention strayed
Charter member of
Its notice was delayed
Until the other cat
(With her psychology so frayed)
Stood up and got her rifle
If Ship saw, it kept stifled
Those last few seconds’ warning
Would have made this threat a trifle
That barrel’s mighty close
And Blackie seems verbose
I’d guess that he will grab it
Otherwise our Wally’s toast
Though neither cat is faster
And neither proved the master
A short grab, lunging sideways
Might sidestep one more disaster
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Gryphon68 said, 11 months ago
Hmmmmm…. Wonder if she has thought as a security officer… Old gun in an unknown state of repair… Can anyone say missfire… Would save him the dilema if it exploded in her face.
SapphireDragonStudios said, 11 months ago
Wow, I totally just now noticed the tear in the shoulder of Flask’s suit. I went back to the last few panels to see if it had always been there and, indeed, it has been. Well, I guess noticing late is better than not noticing ever? XD
Also, along with what Dirty Old Lady said, I noticed that too, but I don’t think she’s really looking through the barrel for realsies and just pointing the gun at him in general. I doubt she needs to use careful aim at point blank.
surfstuff55 said, 11 months ago
@dirtyoldlady1
I spotted that too DOL1, and no, I didn’t see a screwdriver Friday. Too bad, that cat’s definitely got a few loose screws!
surfstuff55 said, 11 months ago
@Level_Head
In his Tae kwon do/Hap ki do classes, my son was very good at deflecting the (fake) gun with that move.
FENRISULFR said, 11 months ago
Well, at least with today’s cliffhanger, we won’t have to wait 72 hours…
It’ll just seem like it.
dbig 1oohh said, 11 months ago
I’ve been around firearms all my life & I hope either it’s not loaded,backfires or it jams.We don’t need to lose Wally now,do we?
Manuel Lim said, 11 months ago
@FENRISULFR
But it would be perfect for fridays cliffhanger.
crookedwolf
said, 11 months ago
Say hello to my little friend…
crookedwolf
said, 11 months ago
Awesome perspective in the last panel. Aaron just keeps pushing the envelope.
Flask’s eye was blackened, but not swollen shut like Wally’s. But at that range, how can she miss? If she shoots, it’s bound to damage the ship. Maybe it will decide then she’s not fit to be captain. Or maybe Aaron M will finally resurface.
twcowdery said, 11 months ago
As a gun owner, I have to say that the drawing of the gun in the last panel is scarily realistic! It almost looks a photo of a real gun photoshopped onto the drawing.