Here’s your early access to the full-page version of next week’s Evil Inc comics! Many of you saw the succubus in the sketch stage when I posted a preview on Patreon chat. As a special bonus, here’s the bulletin board that can be seen in the background.
Transcript
Panel 1
(Scene: A church basement on the west side of Fairmount City. Matt excitedly recognizes Angus the Minotaur.)
Matt: Hey! I know you!
Matt: You’re Angus the Minotaur!
Angus: Ach! Look, mate, I’m not lookin’ for any bother!
Panel 2
(Matt tries to reassure Angus while fanboying over him.)
Matt: It’s OK!
Matt: I’m a hench just like you!
Matt: —Well, not just like you! You’re a legend!
Angus: Thank you. Good night.
Panel 3
(Matt stops Angus from leaving, insisting on buying him a drink.)
Matt: HOLD ON! You gotta let me buy you a beer!
Angus: No, thanks, I… Excuse me…
Panel 4
(A woman with dark hair and bat-like wings approaches Angus with a question.)
Woman: Could you tell me which way to the Route Three bus stop?
Matt: Oh!
Angus: Oh, yes!
Matt: Let me show you…
Panel 5
(Angus finally gives in to Matt’s persistence, picking him up as he agrees to have a drink together.)
Angus: Fine, then, ya dobber. Let’s have a damned pint…
Panel 6
(The winged woman panics and tries to stop them.)
Woman: WAIT! NO!
Panel 7
(The woman sighs as she stands near a bulletin board, revealing she is attending a support group meeting.)
(Sign on the bulletin board: “From Mildly Annoying to Intolerable – TONIGHT
7 PM Minotaurs Without Mates
8 PM Succubi Support: Overdrainers Anonymous”)
(The woman’s wings extend with a “FWUMP” sound as she resigns herself to the situation.)
Woman: (sigh)
Panel 8
(At a nearby watering hole…)
Matt the Henchman: I don’t get it! You’re the highest-ranked hench in the biz! What’s got you down?!
Panel 9
(Argus the Minotaur sighs, sitting at the bar with Matt, drinking beer.)
Argus the Minotaur: sigh I used to hench with a woman. She was… amazing.
Panel 10
(Flashback of Argus thinking about the past.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): I couldn’t bring myself to tell her how I felt about her because it woulda wrecked our working relationship.
Panel 11
(Flashback continues.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): When she got promoted, I left henching and just… kicked around for a while.
Panel 12
(Another flashback, showing Argus sneaking up on Lightning Lady from behind.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): After years of trying to forget her, I decided to give it one more try.
Panel 13
(Argus and Lightning Lady sit next to each other, playing video games.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): Now I’m back where I started. I’m henching again, and she’s close enough to touch, but too far to hold.
*Caption: After a brief stint at the Silver Agency.
Panel 14
(Back at the bar, Matt looks at Argus.)
Matt the Henchman: So… what? You’re just gonna suffer in silence?
Panel 15
(Argus grins sadly.)
Argus the Minotaur: Trust me. You do not want to hear a minotaur suf fer out loud.