Saturday, April 12, 2008

Ver 09

Sadly, though, this is the last comic strip in my notebook, so this may be the ending of the Ver storyline. Not really, since we can continue the story. Now, let me begin the way the episode began.

We see our main character, Ver, being mugged by a common criminal. Because these things involve conversations, I would usually not type whatever it is they are saying, but this is Ver. Because he is an unlying person, his words clarify what would seem to be deus ex machina writing, like when he suddenly swings a bat from nowhere and knocks his mugger unconscious. And who would have guessed, Ver did just say something I will not type and suddenly, to even Ver's surprise, he whacked his assailant with a baseball bat. The end.

Not really. Not even close. Because right when the criminal was collapsing of baseball injuries, a weird man wearing goggles, a cape, and an insufficiently described garment was screaming "HEROMAN TO THE RESCUE!" while lunging at where the thief's torso was a second ago. He is Heroman, a perhaps schizophrenic man without superpowers that believes he is a superhero with superpowers that is named Heroman. And of course he is not named Heroman; who would name his or her son Heroman? Oh, and for those who ask why there are no female main characters, Heroman is not female either. Continuing with the strip, the commotion Heroman caused let the mugger escape, but left him in a heap on the ground, from which he quickly got up and tried to pursue the villain, but again failed. All Ver could say about Heroman is "What a cartoon."

"POOF!"

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