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5 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.

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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.

It only hurts when I groan…

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Clint

I held off publishing any pictures of us from the Long Beach Zombie Walk, since the newest comic is really what gives the context for our appearance.

Your humble proprietors, branded and tagged.
Your humble proprietors, branded and tagged.

You can’t see it from the photo, but the “bolts” actually did flash. They were made from some battery-powered magnetic raver jewelry that Dawn got hold of, and we attached them to our foreheads through the power of fake skin and spirit gum.

Dawn also gets full credit for molding more fake skin into Z Ranch brands for both of us. We had a great time down there, with a nice big undead turnout that shambled down 4th street at the appointed time and groaned hungrily at passing motorists. Then we went into the Art Theater for a midnight showing of the original Night of the Living Dead. Those of you used to the fast, aggressive specimens of modern zombie movies like 28 Days Later, Zombieland, and the Dawn of the Dead remake might find it easy to discount the threat of Night of the Living Dead’s unfocused shamblers… but here’s the thing a lot of people don’t remember until they watch it again.

Night of the Living Dead’s zombies are tool users.

In one of the very first attacks, a potential victim locks herself in a car, and in between pounding on the windows the zombie is trying the door handles. He even goes around to check the other side of the car. Then he goes and picks up a rock and uses that to smash the windows in.

Think about that versus the Dawn of the Dead remake where the zombies are stopped cold by a thick glass door. Night of the Living Dead’s zombies are almost frighteningly intelligent by comparison.

Anyhow, I could tell that a good chunk of the audience were actually seeing the movie for the very first time. Why? The ending. I won’t spoil it for anyone else who’s never seen it, but here we are over 40 years later and it retains its power to shock.

Speaking of good endings, I’ll switch from pure zombie to pure Western and recommend The Ox-Bow Incident to anyone who likes classic Westerns or just flat out well-written drama. I’d heard a lot of hype about it over the years, but despite that the final few minutes just punched me right in the heart. Great stuff.

See you next week!