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9 thoughts on “558 – Cotton Clad Calamity”

  1. Raznaak

    Yup, he’s a bastard XD

  2. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Are those pajamas available in XXXL in the gift shop?

  3. Otaku

    It’s been a while, so let me ask: Did we get a reason for him to WANT Susie dead? Not to backseat, but if we didn’t, I’m worried were about to move into “Stupid Evil” territory. Now, stupid happens, don’t get me wrong. It’s not bad storytelling for that to be the case here.

    You’ve just done a good job NOT having that be a driving factor, so the “Kill off the stars of my successful reality TV show.” seems shortsighted, otherwise. Oh, I guess I could be mistaken about the in-story reality TV show’s success. Like, if the company behind them is losing money, or they think a change in management at the ranch would make the whole thing more popular/profitable, then I can see the above scenario happening as well.

    I REALLY think I’m just forgetting something important, but that I don’t have time to deep dive to remind me of, hence the comment. >_<

    1. Deoxy

      It certainly has been stretched out over quite a while, but there have definitely been hints from quite near the beginning that whoever is running the reality TV show definitely wants her dead.

      But I certainly don’t recall any reason why.

      1. Clint

        Yeah it’s fair to not remember since it’s been a hot minute (many, many minutes) but if you feel like a refresher the most relevant bits would be the beginning of Episode 8 and the end of Episode 15. We haven’t explicitly spelled out exactly what The Exec means by his “side hustle” or who was on the other end of that phone call, though.

        I’m hoping that when the whole thing is eventually available it will make sense, or at least enough sense to have hung this narrative on.

        1. Otaku

          Thanks for the replies, Deoxy and Clint. Yeah, I’d totally forgotten about those things. Good to know!

  4. Evervigilant

    Seems about time for the two people who aren’t there to make a surprise entrance as the ace Susie didn’t even know she had.

  5. Scarsdale

    There’s still 3-5 people on her side that might be planning something. This guy is a megalomaniac with a god complex, so letting him think he’s the sharpest tool in the shed sets him up for a fall. Everything depends on those cameras, and I suspect their little stop over by the charging coffins had something to do with her actual plan, not the one the a-hole thinks it is.

  6. lyra

    Really enjoyed the opening of Zombie Ranch. I like the combination of the western setting with the zombie concept, it gives the story a really distinctive atmosphere. I’m a freelance illustrator and animator, and I’d be interested in seeing how some of these scenes could translate into motion, especially as a short animated teaser or character scene.

    If you’re ever interested in something like that, you can reach me here:

    IG: eve_verse_
    Email: [contact.lilaclines@gmail.com](mailto:contact.lilaclines@gmail.com)
    Discord: Lyralilac_

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558 – Cotton Clad Calamity
Posted on August 26, 2026 by Dawn

What would you call this? Armchair assassination? Merk-from-home?

Well, Suzie ain't dead (or undead) quite yet, so we'll just have to see if his gloating is justifiable.

Case madness…

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Clint

Can you believe it? San Diego Comic-Con 2011 finally got its online badge registration up and running this last Saturday, and sold out within 12 hours of the opening bell. Not only that, but “up and running” was a severely relative term for those trying to get their passes, as apparently there was a lot of F5 refreshes happening due to capacity error screens. Not only that, but some days were being mistakenly reported as sold out that then would be available again on a reload.

The third-party professional registration service Comic-Con contracted (after two failed tries doing things themselves) managed to get everything sold, but not smoothly. Apparently the demand and load on their servers was still “several orders of magnitude higher” than their worst-case estimate… which makes me think their case planners did a rather poor job.

Not to say I would have done better… I figured demand would definitely be higher than last time around, but if you’d bet me on everything selling out in less than a day, I probably still would’ve bet against you. Lots of people were caught by surprise for Comic-Con 2010 when the four day passes were gone in the first few months after registration started, but that was still a few months (and the one day passes were still available a lot longer after that). This year, admittedly, there were so many problems that a registration that was supposed to start by September didn’t happen until now, but still, going from a few months after the opening bell to a few hours? That’s something I’m not sure anyone predicted. It’s a game changer event, and I’m going to be really curious to see what policies CCI is going to try to put in action for 2012. Will they stop allowing people to pre-register for next year while this year’s event is in progress? Because I’m quite certain that’s going to be the plan for every attendee that got in, on the first day they can, and in that case they might have to shut it down before Sunday even comes about or the entire convention could be sold out before online registration even occurs. Hey, after Saturday, I’m willing to see that as not just possible, but inevitable.

Dawn and I were above all the fray due to our returning professional status, but we have friends and associates who weren’t so lucky and can only attend for a few days, or possibly not at all. Then again, Comic-Con is such a big event that there’s plenty to do without setting foot in the exhibit hall, so it’s not a total disaster for those that already have reservations for the whole time. My condolences if any of you reading this missed out. Here we were being disappointed about not getting a Small Press Booth, but now I’m counting myself lucky that we’re able to attend at all!

On a much humbler convention front, we brought Zombie Ranch to the 1st ever Inland Empire Comics Expo this past Sunday, and for a tiny inaugural show with no big name draws I have to say it went very well, especially considering it was up against the Big Game (believe it or not, using the “S” word is restricted by the NFL to the point they sue people over it if they’re not authorized sponsors). Now to be honest, it did seem to get empty of both attendees and exhibitors around the time of kick-off (which I doubt was entirely coincidental), but our time spent there was quite worthwhile. I don’t know how well the Expo did as a whole, but we got to meet several enthusiastic new folks and introduce them to the Ranch, which is the bottom line for Dawn and myself. I still really love being behind the table at these things and getting to blather on about my concepts and answer all the confused, yet intrigued questions like “What do they feed the zombies?” or “What’s the floating robot thing?”

Alas, our scale model Cambot has finally given in to the wear and tear of several other convention visits. We turned him over to his original builder to see if he can be salvaged and returned to working order, so feel free to send your positive thoughts that way, and perhaps his little LED light may yet glow anew.