Annotated 28-18
The growl in panel 3 should look a bit familiar. When Gondolessa said that Harky would have to stare down his fear of Byron-like madness (if not quite Madness with a capital M), he didn’t know the half of it.
Not sure Hammerhead even used his jaws to kill any of the guys here. It might be somewhat better for his pride to show that he didn’t need to. Still, he’s clearly taken at least a bite of one by panel 4. Waste not, want not.
Originally, I had a fight scene following this, in which Harky was just barely able to subdue Hammerhead with skill and agility, despite Hammerhead’s superior strength. But Phil felt that to truly distinguish Hammerhead from his fellows, we had to emphasize his intelligence even over his muscle, so the next page will be a lot more diplomatic. And it’s probably best for Hammerhead’s mystique if he remains undefeated as long as possible.
That is one funky looking bat.
I love landsharks. Their primal aggression, ego and greed combined with their total lack of intelligence is just the funniest thing. Sometimes it feels like most social groups boil down to this at the end of the day. So I guess there’s an element of observational humor as well.
But seriously how can you resist “I STRONGEST GUY” “NO ME” “NO ME STRONG” it’s so good
Just realized “id” is much more accurate than “ego” but oh well. Can’t edit or delete comments here
Hammerhead is one of my favourite characters, though more in terms of finding him interesting than finding him likeable. It occurred to me just now that he seems rather distinctly non-playable on the game side of this setting, since the landsharks on the whole are a bit too homogenous, apart from him, to feel player-designed, so I guess that makes him some kind of boss instead?
I think it would’ve been a little weird for him to abandon the Rebellion without another fight if Harky had just beaten them here.
Actually, it looks like he did use his jaws. It’s not easy, but you can see the organs pulled outside the landshark’s body. Sure, it might have beenafter he squeezed him, but he definitely tore a chunk out of him in panel three. Also, the blood spray is far too great compared to the other guy he grabbed and squeezed like a toy.
Shit, italics got messed up…
I’ve always wondered what even led those other landsharks to pretend there wasn’t a giant in their midst and challenge him.
I had *never* seen a hammer-headed bat before. thank you for introducing me to this creature! I just looked up a video of what they sound like… those are some honkin’ noses they have!