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with assistance of Elena Virzi
Fabio Mantovan
Donatella Melchionno

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Michael Heisler
Sulaco Studios
Neil Uyetake
Chris Mowry

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HIS SHOES EXACTLY. HOT
SINCE THE RENAISSANCE,

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THE LASS DRY.

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CHANGE. ¥ FOR BETTER
OR WORSE.
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VOm
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DEAD,
AND SLEEP/N
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FACE... YOUR
FACE WAS...
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REFERENCE-UC-Ly BLUE
DEMONS HAVE WONK/ BONE
STRUCTURES.

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DONT SO UNLESS
BOTHER. THOSE GUNS SHOOT
yOU HEARD THE LITTLE WOODEN BULLETS,
GIRL. HE'S A THEyWONTDOA
VAMPIRE. DAMNED THING.

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I DIDN'T HIRE
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MONAHAN. THIS IS
^
yOU ALL TO HURT ...I HIRED My WIFE, BONNIE. I'M
w THE MAN... * yOU TO FIND
V HIM. a
SORRy FOR THIS, I
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PLEASE
UNDERSTAND, ITS NOT
LIKE yOU CAN LOOK UP
*VAMPIRB WITH A SOUL" IN
THE YELLOW PAC-ES. THIS IS
THE EIC-HTH DEMON BAR
WE'VE TRIED. BUT WE
NEED yOUR HELP.
 NEVER SAW THESE
FREAKS BEFORE, AWBE WE
BUT TUB LADY SHOULD PUT A
DOESN'T SEEM TO ROUND IN HIM, JUST
BE A FAN. IN CASE. VAMPIRE OR
NOT, rr WILL SLOW
HIM DOWN A BfT.

NICE
WORK, JORDf.
you CAN PICK
UP YOUR CHECK
TOMORROW.

HELL Of A
THINC- WITH THE

•v NECK AND ALL. MY

SINCERE APOLOCHES,
I THOUC-HT YOU
WERE...

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...TRYING TO WU. VOU MEAN

THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. ASIDE FROM THE
YEAH, THAT WAS WHAT WE BLUE SWN, THE
WERE GONG FOR. TVS COOL, HORN9 AND THE
THOUGH, DUDE, DONT STRENGTH?
worry aboltt nr. YEAH...

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IS THE REST
OF YOUUBOW
PRETTY MUCH
NORMAL?
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PRETTY
MUCH
ARCKf.
c-oodto
KNOW.

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LOOSE.'
SHOOT
IT/

IT'S FINE,
EVER/ONE-
SO WHAT IS
yOU A PAIR OF
IT...
RICH FREAKS WHO
THINK IT WOULD BE A
SLAP AND A TICKLE OUR DAUGHTER
TO TRAP A REAL- RUBY.. HAS BEEN
LIFE VAMPIRE?
TAKEN... ANDyOU'RE
THE ONLy ONE WHO
OR 00 YOU CAN SAVE HER.
WANT TO BE TURNED
SO yOU CAN BE FAT
AND ANNO/INC- WELL
INTO THE yEAR
3000?
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OVER THE YEARS, I'VE

LEARNED ONE THINC-
BEFORE I WAS SIRED,
AFTER I WAS SIRED,
SOUL OR NO SOUL,
EVERY SING-LE MISTAKI
I'VE EVER MADE WAS
BECAUSE OF A WOMAN.
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SOME I TRIED TO SAVE.
SOME I TRIED TO KILL.
SOME I TRIED TO SAVE ^ v
ANQ KILL. NOT IN THAT t ,l

ORDER, BUT...
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FORGET SUNLIGHT.
FORC-ET STAKES.
THE FAIRER SEX IS
AND WILL ALWAYS BE
fAY ACHILLES HEEL.

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CONTINUE, I SHOULD
TELL yOU...

RUBY ISNT
My BIOLOCHCAL
DAUGHTER.
I'VE NEVER
SAID THOSE
WORDS ALOUD,
TO AN/ONE..

I AM SINCERELy
TOUCHED yOU ARE
ABLE TO OPEN UP TO ME
LIKE THAT. WE'RE HAVINC-
A REAL MOMENT HERE. NOW
IP ONLy yOU WOULD TELL
I'M SORRy.
YOUR STORMTROOPERS TO IT'S JUST... My
STAND DOWN, WE COULD WIPE, SHE READ
C-ET ON WITH THE BIC-
ALL ABOUT
C-ROUP
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you... „ ...PRE-
SOUL.
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HER TOWERS
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LAST YEAU. //WEN

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WE FOUND OUT...

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WHAT IS
HAPPENING A,
TOME

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WHAT IS
HAPPENING
TOMB WHAT IS
WHAT IS HAPPENING
HAPPENING TOMB
TOMB

I DtDNTKNOW I'M NOT/ BUT

WHY... RUBY D1DNT
1
RICHARD, WE YOU COULD HAVE
KNOW WW/... UNTIL. WERE SEPARATED AT LEAST TOLD
BONNIE EXPLAINED DONT MAKE ME THE me rr WAS A
ABOUT THE ONE- BAD &U/. POSSJBiury.
NI£HT STAND
WTTH A SADECKI
DEMON...
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A FEW
MONTHS LATER,
SHE CALLED, SAID
SHE WAS STAyiNC-
AT MOSAIC.
rr claims
TO BE A...
REHABILITATION
CENTER FOR THE
SUPERNATURAL.^

MAKES SOME
BOLD CLAIMS-SAYS
THEY CAN CURE DEMONS,
MONSTERS, VAMPIRES
OF THEIR MAL-

— THEIR
AND WHEN
C-IFTS.
SHE CALLED, SHE
SEEMED HAPP/,
BUT..

EVERYTHING'S SCARBP
FINE, PAPPY... SO
MOSAIC Wild. HELP. SCAREP
IWOW IT.

CAN'T
LEAVE

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"SADECKI DEMONS
HA\/E IMPRESSIVE
TELEPATHIC ABILITIES.'
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WANT MB TO
INFILTRATE .AW RUN been
CAMP HAPPY A SNATCH AKO TRAPPED, PPOVOEV AKO SLICED
MONSTER... 0PA3 OK YOUP OPEN THE TYPE. I CAN SUESS
IN
HALF-DEMON WHAT RUBVS C01NC- THROUGH.
SPAWN, IS THAT
ABOUT TV?

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WE'RE
BUT... yOU HAVE W1UJNC-TO
A SOUL.' WHAT ABOUT PAy.' WHATEVER
WHEN YOU HELPED JORDI P*; yOUR DETECTIVE
OUTSIDE THE MONSTER AC-ENCY CHARGED
BAR? yOUT?E A HERO, BACK IN THE DA/
THIS IS- TIMES RVE/ HELL,
TIMES TEN - '

I WAS SAVING
HER BEFORE COPS
CAME TO INVESnCATE
AND CLOSE DOWN THE
ONE DEMON PUB IN THIS
MISERABLE CfTY THA"
LETS ME RUN A
TAB.

I MAy NOT
BE A BlOOPy
VILLAIN ANYMORE, BUT WHAT
THAT DOESNT MEAN DtDyou
I'M A BLOOD/ SAY?
HBRO.
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HEARD THE ' ...TO /WAKE
VAMPIRE WITH AMENDS.
WHATEVER YOU A SOUL OPENED
USED TO CHARGE. A DETECTIVE
WHEN YOU RAN A .MM,
A£ENO/.. FOR HiS
DETECTIVE AGENCY,
I'U... #/*f.. SINS.,-?

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WRON£
VAMPIRE. ALL
THIS TROUBLE
AND you HAVE
THE WRON£
VAMPIRE.

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THERE ARE... TWO VAMPIRES LET
UM... WTTH SOULS? ME ASK YOU
SOMETHING. .

do you
KNOW HOW MAN/
TLMES //£'5 SAVED
THE WORLD? MA/BE
^ A<4^P AS MAW
AS I HAVE.

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oo you
KNOW WHERE
WE CAN RNP
THE OTHER
ONE?

do you KNOW
HOW HE GOT HIS SOUL?
V HE WAS
FOUGHT
CURSBP WTTH
FOR MINE. / PRANK
K. I

FROM THB CUP OF PeRPBTUAL

TORMBNT. I PIP. AND yOU
CAME LOOKING FOR
HIM?
TO HELL
r
WTTH THAT PONGS.
you WANT youR
DAUGHTER BACK?
you COME

yEAH, WELL, I
CHANGED MY MIND. AND
MY VER/ RECENTLy OPENED
DETECTIVE A^enCI IS GONNA
CHARGE yOU 20 GRAND.
CASH. AND UNLIMITED
USE OF yOUR UMO.

ITHOUGHT
you SAJDyou
DTDNT WANT TO
HELP US.
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I WAS ALL SET TO
WALK /MA/, ANP THEY I
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IS OFFICIALLY My
ACHILLES HEEL.

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LONCARE
THEY GONNA
MAKE ME
WArr? it's
BEEN-

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VOUP TirAe LISTCn) FOP
TH6 sieio Fpeepow is
THINGS COWIiOS BLOOD WILL FLOW
WERE A LOT li<€ wnoe we F6AST we
/WORE FUN WHEN I
COULD DRAIN ANYONE Live a LiFe Bisses BeTTep]
WHO ANNOYED THAlO ACTUAL LMlOS tOO
ME. ofoe l€ft K)o oioe
L€FT
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THREE HOURS LATER.

WELL,
WE'VE (SOME
OVER yOUR FILE,
OOO&JcD YOUR NAME,
AND AFTER CAREFUL •
£**ES£*?
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DELIBERATION NTO MOSAIC

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WELLNESS CENTER
IS DENIED.

r£<

I REALLY WISH SMOKINC-, DRINKINC-, SPIKE... MOST

SPIKE -CAN
YOU'D RECONSIDER. BLOODSUCKINC—I'M A OF MOSAIC'S C-UESTS
I call you
I NEED HELP,
IS SPIKE...
m
AND
NAME
I
PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR
yOUR DELUXE KATIE
WILLIAM?
HAVE... HEARD OF yOU.
ENCOUNTERS?
HAD
VARIOUS LIMBS,
you. HORNS, TAILS AND
HAVE A PROBLEM. ^^^ CRUISE PACKAGE. NO.
TENDRILS VIOLENTLy k

REMOVED B/
you.

r-

youR
EXPLOITS HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSED
SO MUCH IN C-ROUP
THERAP/ THAT EVEN
C-UESTS THAT HAVEN'T
MET yOU HAVE
NIC-HTMARES
about you.

WORD IS,
yES, BUT THE
yOU'RE C-OOD OLD FEELING ARE
NOW. YOU'RE DOINC- COMINC- BACK... AND I
NEED MOSAIC'S HELP,
,

FINE WITHOUT
MOSAIC. OR WHO KNOWS
WHAT ELSE
I'LL DO..

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stop rr. you
HAVE A SOUL, SPIKE.
yOU'RE NOT A THREAT |

TO THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.
 I MUST ADMIT,
WE HEARD RUMBLINC-S
THAT yOU WERE COMING.
SOME OF THE PSyCHIC
QUESTS CAUGHT WIND
OP IT A PEW DAyS
AGO-

. CAN TELL RUB/'S

AND PSEUDO-DAD THAT I Dll
BEST, FOUC-HT THE GOOD Fl<
BUT I CAN'T DO AN/THINC- IP
MOSAIC DOESN'T THINK I'M A THE MONAHANS
THREAT TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WILL HAVE TO PIND
"MEONE ELSE TO
THEIR DIRTY

THE MERE RUMOR

O? YOUR ARRIVAL CAUSED
A C-REAT DEAL OF UNREST
TO THE COMMUNITY WE'VE
WORKED SO HARD TO
BUILD.

UOPZFlillY
THEY ALREAD/
KNOW yOUVE
BEEN OPPICIAUY
TURNED
AWAy.

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IRETOP ITSEtP
ANEPPA ERE\A
AND ODECCUSj
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PROBLEM.

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REALLy HURT FOR
A MOMENT...

then rru.
JUST RBALLY
HURT.

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WHAT THE BEST NOT TC REAP yOUR
A^^Z. WAS THINK ABOUT fT. BROCHURE FROM TOP
THAT? you'u, FHNP OUT TO BOTTOM, PtPNT SEE
SOON ENOUGH. AN/THINC ABOUT EAR-
SLU£S OR WICCAN
SECRETARIES.

WICCAN OFFICB
APMINSmATORS.
ANt? CAROL IS PART OF
OUR WORK-RELEASE
PROC-RAM.
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AFTER A C-UEST COURSE, PROVED
ISCURED OF THEIR TODAY SHE IS
SUPERNATURAL IMPEDIMENT, NOT.
THEY'RE MOVED TO PRIMM,
WHERE THEY HAVE TO SERVE HE *WZ«? A
OUT THEIR PROBATION. TO POTENTIAL C-UEST.'
PROVE THEY'RE REAP/ I THOUC-HT HE WAS
FOR THE OUTSIDE COINC- FOR YOU
WORLD. NEXT/

VOU KNOW
THE RULES, CAROL.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

V^'

DON'T WORRY.
EVEN VAMPIRES-IN-
REMISSION HAVE A
PLACE IN PRIMM. YOU
CAN BE A DITCH-DIC-C-ER OR
WORK THE C-RAVEYARD
SHIFT AT THE 24/7 / DREAM
DOUBLE/MEAT PALACE / COME TRUE.
DRIVE-THROUC-H. ^ WHERE ARE WE
HEADED?

MOSAIC'S
REHAB FACILITY
IT'S... OFF THE
AAAP.

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HZRB.
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WELCOME
WELCOME SACK, CAROL.
TO MOSAIC, w
SPIKE/ .^Bn 5PIKE,
WE l.

WHAT PC
YOU THINK?
L/

I THINK I ..I THINK THIS

S££ CRASS, BUT IS ALL A PAMN
I PONT SMELL fT. I GLAMOUR.
THINK I SEE A POOL,
BUT I PONT SMELL
AN/ CHLORINE. I
THINK...

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V
A«*/. PEOPLE ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT A VAMPIRE'S SPIKE
TEETH,BUT THEIR NOSES?
JUST AS AMAZING, SPIKE
SINCERELY

THE NAWES
CERTAINLY ARE
CETTINC RESTLESS,

WHETHER OR
...PECIPINC-
NOT TO CO OUT TO THE PUB
OR STAY IN ANP RELAX.

LIKE I
SAIP... THEY
KNEW YOU WERE
COMINC.
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DON'T APPBAP
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AM IMPRESSED.
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AS A WHIMPER
PURINE THE
PELOUSING.

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carx, we got you
'OUR OLP CELL. WILLWM,
HE CHIEF APMINISTRATOR
WANTS TO MEET WTTH
you.
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VOUTION.
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SEEN ANYONE SO BEUEVE-YOU-ME, WE
EAC-ER FOR THE WANT NOTHING MORE THAN
TREATMENT, MAH TO CURB YOUR BAP HABITS
ZINN.' AND SET yOU FREE. WE'RE
ALL FRIENDS HERE

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IF WE
WEREN'T, I'D BE A
BAD FATHER LETT1NC-
ONE 09 My BABIES LIVE COME
INSIDE THAT UNDEAD WHAT
AC-AIN?
NOC-CHN OF /OURS, are you-
WOULDN'T I?

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yESSIR,
THERE'S A
LITTLE PIECE OF
ME IN EVER/
C-UEST AT
MOSAIC. CON' T
Wm.J- > WORRY,

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THEY WON'1
BITE.

AS LONC- AS
yOU DON'T STRAy
TOO FAR FROM THEIR
DADD/. THEY LIKE TO
BE NEAR //AH ZINN.
yOU TR/ TO LEAVE ...THBN
THE C-ROUNDS, THEY BrTE.
AND, WELL.. A WHOLE
LOT.
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REVERSE CLOCK UBUB.
NIGHTTIME IS FOR GROUP
^r- Q ft THERAP/, DE-PROGRAMMING
AND SUPERVISED
SOCIALIZING.

DA/TIME
FOR SLEEPING,
EATING, AN HOUR
OF TELEVISION, AND
IS
S%W
ARTS AND CRAFTS. IF
THERE'S AN/THING
yOU NEED.

I'M THINKING
AN EXTRA LARGE
f'A M%
O-TIP WOULD BE
AMAZING.

HA HA
HA HA! NEVER
LOSE THAT SENSE
OF HUMOR, My BOY! NO
MATTER HOW INSANELy
UNCONTROLLABLy
TORTUROUS LIFE
GETS.'

OH/
CAROL,
THIS IS A RELAX., HE'S MY
MISTAKE/ I'M ROOMMATE?
CURED, I JUST... I YOU HE CAN'T BE,
JUST FELL OFF TUB
WAGON, IT WAS <!*' I
MISSED
MOSAIC/
I...

TEMPORARy. ADMIT
IT.

r.

DOC'S
ORDERS.
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AND WIPE THAT
FRIGHTENED LOOK OFF
YOUR FACE. DONT YOU
~.
GET n? YOUR RETURN IS
A GIFT. AND WHO YOU
ARRIVED WITH, MAN... YES, INDEED/
ITS ALL COMING SOMEBODY DOWN
TOGETHER. THERE UKES
ME.

OH,
GOV...

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last night. t/d FUNNY
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its worse. ...STILL
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WELCOME
TO MOSAIC.

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STANDS OUT.
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THE CREEP/
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PRAT' ELSE. SyNTHETIC. SUBSTITUTE

iVamj
 FOR AN
ORGANIZATION FOUNDED
TO HELP US, THEY FREAKIN'
DONT REALLY KNOW JACK MOSAIC.
ABOUT US. MOSAIC THINKS
BLOOD IS SOMETHING WE'RE
ADDICTED TO, BUT DEEP
DOWN, WE DONT
REALLY NEED.

ah, well, rrs

AFUN PLACE TO
MEET AND EAT NEW
PEOPLE. NAME'S
IE, BORN
WISEAU.
AND BRED. BLOOD CONNOISSEUR,
GOOD. NOT
LIVES Off HUMANS BUT UKES TO
ONE FOR
GRANDSTANDING, UKE
, SAMPLE ANYONE AND EVERYTHING-. SOME PEOPLE AT
*] TOOK DOWN DEMONS, OGRES, AND THIS TABLE. TM
* CREATURES BORDERING- ON GODS, KIDDING.
I JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY TASTED
• UKE.
AND HEY, IF
YOU'RE HANKERING
FOR SOMETHING
TO DRINK WrrHOUT
THAT MEDICTNE-Y
AFTERTASTE..
 .YOU CAN'
SAMPLE FROM
MY PRIVATE
STOCK.

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THANKS,
I'M 0OO0.

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MGHT WANT TO RECONS>DER.

FEW DAVS ON MOSAICS DIET-
W
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THAT WEREWOLF
CUOUE CVER THERE?
I KNOW, I KNOW.
"WEREWOLF CUQUEv*
^ fGOTTHATSTRANG
TABLE? WE
A DEMON1
ED VOU WON^ f^l VOURSELF. HATES MY VAMP GANG. vamp gang.' rrs so BREAKNG BREAD
AND BELIEVE ME- YOURE GONG ASD THER RAGE IS BUODNS- WEST SIDE STORY. BUT WTTH A DAMNED RRE
TO NEED >OUR STRENGTH. OHY A MATTER OF TIME M 1HB PLACE- VOU ELEMENTAL, SIMPLY
3EFCRE MOSAICS DRUGS GOTTA JOIN UP WTTH BECAUSE THEY'RE
AREN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP SCWeCWPTO BOTH RED.
THEM CALM AND SURVIVE.
COLLECTED. GREEN DEMONS
WANT THEM DEAD.
BLUE DEMONS WANT THEM
MONSTERS ARE
DEAD.
GONG COLOR-CODED
FOR PROTECTION.
A
 SO HERE'S
THE HARD SELL.
SOME VERY INTERESTING interesting
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GO awn comes to
DOWN, AND IF YOU WANT me with a proposal
"TO SEE THE OUTSIDE OF like this, only one
THESE WALLS EVER AGAIN, ANSWER, REALLY...
IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU
TO COME UNDER MY
WING AND JOIN 8UCC-ER
UP.
/ OFF.

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THAT'S.

APPOINTING.

OH, BUT
IT SHOULDN'T
BE, REALLY
BECAUSE THE
FIRST THINS I DO WHEN I
)
JOIN A NEW SANS IS KILL THE
BLOWHARD SELF-IMPORTANT
LEADER. SO, MY BOREDOM
AND DISINTEREST IS
WIN-WIN, REALLY

> 5
K>A

FINE.
I CAN
RESPECT
THAT.
BUT IF
YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE A
BROTHER.
 THBNYOWRE
GOING TO BB
ANBXAMPIB!

DO YOU
SEE? DOES
EVERYONE
SEE?

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THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN
YOU CROSS
WISEAU.

NOT IS OOOOUK€!
YET/
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POUTS QUESTS
BEHAVE/

CAFETERW
HOT.MUST BE

i?r.

pamn rr, £Ei

UP, HE'S
COMING.'

ONE SOT-
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DONTWANT
TO HURT
VOU.

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WOULDN'T KHATBS
WORRY ABOUT THIS SOUNP.
IT. THAT WORM P+
IN yOUR EAR?
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LISTEN UP. IF
YOU ARB HBLLBBNT THBRBARB
ON HURTING THB NBW MORBTHANA rMSURB
PATIBNTS, 90 IT IN THB QOZBN TBLBPORTBRS ONB OF THBM
PRIVACY OF YOUR HBRB AT MOSAIC. BB HAPPY
WILL
WK\ TO ASSIST
S^
OWN CBU.

1
V \w you.

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 BATTLE SCARS ARE
A BADGE OF HONOR IN
THIS PLACE. MAYBE SOME
OF THEM //ILL LEAVE HIM
ALONE FOR A WHILE

LISTEN
TO THE MAN,
DALTON.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE *OEFENS£L£SS?"

t
WONDERING. WH/t? I GIVE NOT EVERYTHING
YOU THAT EARPIECE, AM is as rr SEEMS,
I RIGHT? SPIKE.
FOR INSTANCE,
AT FIRST GLANCE, ONE
COULD ASSUME THAT
YOU COULD ACTUALLY
HOLD YOUR OWN
IN A FIGHT.

.EVER SINCE
I WORKED FOR
TV WOLFRAM &
HART.

KIDDING.
ACTUALLY,
I'M A FAN.
BEEN WATCHING,
you...
ACTUALLY I'M
WONDERING WHY YOU
WOULDN'T GIVE ONE
TO THAT DEFENSELESS
GIRL THAT WAS SfTTlNG
NEXT TO ME, MINDING,
HER BUSINESS.
STAY THE
"WA
HZU AWAY ft
^
FROM M£.

^M
4" J

YOU WEREN'T THE

ONLY ONE WHO WORKED one
FOR THEM UNDER FALSE S FOR
PRETENSES. AND IF NOT WOLFRAM AND
FOR YOU, I'D STILL BE BLOOD/ HART.
SLAVING AWAY TUBUS,
LITERALLY

I DIDN'T
WELL, EITHER
WAY, ANCEL MAY
w
WORK FOR THEM. I CET ALL THE CREDIT,
WAS MAILED TO THEM. BUT I KNOW WHAT
IN AN AMULET. ITS REALLY HAPPENED.
COMPLICATED. YOU SAVED My LIFE, I'VE FUTZED
SPIKE. I WON'T WITH yOUR SCHEDULE
FORC-ETTHAT. A BIT. NO ONE IN yOUR
New CROUP THERAPY
~~- SHOULD BOTHER
-

E SAY
you. "P THERAPY"?

THIS IS WILLIAM.
HE'S A VAMPIRE, AND
THAT'S OKAY LETS CIVE
HIM THE CROUP 545
CREETINC COME ON,
DON'T BE SHY.'

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say rr \£. ^V
WITH ME.'

THAT JACX&T /S
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COUU? W£AP A. .

,wast, p/p you Guys

)W£AP MB SAy THAT-? t
A POX O/V 77-//
TELSPATWy.

YZA'A,
SURE,
HEY. DUPE'S M/
ROOMMATE. WE
HAP OUR
I.NTRODUCTON.

HELLO.

HOLP UP, rs A I WAS WONPERINC- WHy

you'RE my CHFTSORRY POCTOR THE BLOODLUST FELT
ROOMMATE? WIL8AULT, A CURSE CURBEP. THOUGHT rr WAS
WHY CAN SEE ME? rrs a curse and i t
MOSAIC'S BLOOP N' XANAX
I... y&AH-BUME WANT rr GONE. LUNCHTIME COCKTAIL.
ANNA. SHE
MUTES OUR NO, ANNA,
POWERS. rrs FINE. IN FACT,
I BET WE ALL PEEL A
LITTLE SAFER WTTH
yOU IN THE ROOM.„
MAySE
I JUST DO.
ANyWAy WHO
WANTS TO TALK,
FIRST?
 FOR HOURS THESE
LOSERS GO ON ANP ANNA RINC-EL PEM<
ON ABOUT HOW ANP FORMER ASPIRINC
TOUGH LIFE IS. ACTRESS.

MAPS/.
WEREWOLF.

BEFORE I
CAME HERE, I
WAS A NICE GUY,
I SWEAR. y&w.

..BUTT NOW
THAT MOSAIC HAS I THOUC-HT
ME SO POPEP UP I IF I COT THEM
PONT CHANC-E PURINC ENHANCER CASTING
THE FULL MOON, I HA\/E PIRECTORS WOULPN'T
NO WAV TO WORK OUT NOTICE THE HORNS,
My AC-C-RESSION. ITS BUT THEY PIP, EACH
ANNO/INC, IS AIL. ANP EVER/
ONE/
BETTA CEORC-E.
SPLENPEN BEAST.
POWERFUL PS/CHIC !

ANP A BIT OF A FISH

BECK. NO
IPEA ABOUT
THIS ONE.
4-

I HAVE
NOTHING TO
sAy.

UNFORTUNATELy.

SHE POES THIS

EVER/ MEETINC. HAS J you PEOPLE
HERSELF A COOP / PON'1 PONT REALIZE
CRV. ITS REAUY TOUCH
OUITE- ^.ME.
I
HOW AM**? IT
7
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J* IS.'

LET IT
ALL OUT, ANNA.
&j WE'RE HERE
for you.

SHOOT.
suc-Huy
VISIBLE. I
FORCOT.

OH, COP,
BIV, My EVES ARE
UP #£«£.
UNPERSTOOP.
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THE SHOW?

mmOWP.rub/'s
WASN'T, I
SWEAR..
*
MOT IP
THESE WANKERS
COJLP SURVIV/E
MOSAIC, THEN...

..MOID UP.
somows
ROOTINC-
t AROUND
MY BRAIN.

IF YOU WANT
WOOP, YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME
I WAS JUST HAVE TO WAIT, EVER SINCE WHERE RUBY
POING A HARMLESS YOUARRIVEP THERE'S MONAHAN IS
BRAIN CHECK. SEEING BEEN A PEMANP BEIN6 KEPT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO FOR IT
PRAINUS. CAN'T 8E
TOO CAREFUL.

8YTHEBY...
JUST A HEAPS UP,
YOU WANT ANYTHING, YOU
COME TO BETTA GEORGE.
T CAN GET YOU STUFF.
CIGARETTES, BLEACH,
WOOP...

WHO?

RUBY MONAHAN. OO
YOUNC- CHRL. PART YOU'RE
SAPECKI DEMON. SURE? v^yjx

THERE ISN'T ANY

RUBY MONAHAN AT
MOSAIC. ANP THERE
. .

SURE AS HECK AREN'T^

ANYSAPECKI
PEMONS.

8ESIPES, TM IN
TUNE WITH EVERYONE
SAPECKI PEMONS AT MOSAIC. THE ONLY
ARE PSYCHIC, TP KNOW UVING CREATURE HERE
IFONE CHECKEP IN. PON'T THAT HAS EVER HEARP
NEEP THE COMPETmON. OF THE NAME RU8Y
MONAHAN IS YOU.
ANP NOW ME.
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YOU 'YE HEAR?

..
WArr. the NAME RUBY IMEAN
MONAHAN BEFORE. IT'S '
YOU'VE MET RUBY
WAY WAY BACK THERE IN MONAHAN...
the Recesses of
YOUR MEMORY..

WHAT
DO VOU
MEAN?
...SOTO
speak:, icouu?
SVRTHINGSUPIN
THERE, SO YOU
couLPseerr YOU
FOR YOURSElf, ASKEPFOR
BUT...
IT.

THAT'S

J^
HER. TH/RP
FROM THE
RIGHT.

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to

you'RE
LYING! HEY, MAN,
'PON'T SHOOT THE
MESSENGER.

OH, OKA/
E\ZER/0NE, WILLIAM
WANTS TO SAY
SOMETHING...
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N
.
"ORIES ARE
,N6 ME UKE A
,

SACK OF BRICKS.
ROOM, AND READ THEIR
DAMN DIARIES TO THEM AS
THEy WHIMPERED FOR HELP.
AN INNOCENT HA
DEMON THAT NE
My RESCUING.
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HER PARENTS SET ME UP.
WANTED TO PUT ME AWAY
WHERE I COULD NEVER
HURT ANYONE ELSE.
SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNIT/
TO EXACT SOME RE\/ENC-E.
BziV
«
EXTRA MOW/

and you ^ffl

KNOW WHAT?

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FOR all rue

: I'm doino now, for
monsters i've stopp

...rrpoesNT
CHANOE THE FACT
THAT I WAS JUST
AS BAP OR WORSE
THAN ALL OF THEM.

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NEED VDU
TO GIVE A
MESSAGE
TO SPIKE.

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&
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THE OUTSi:
WORLD...

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...WHERE NO
ONE WILL (JET
HURT BECAUSE
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ESCAPED PROM
GROUP THERAPY. HE
TOOK DOWN FOUR rr took six
GUARDS, AW THEN MORE TO RESTRAIN
DtD THIS TO HIM. TWO O? THEM
0ECK. PROBABLY WONT
WALK A6AIN.

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youRS?
EXCUSE
ME?
rr says rrs
for you. DID
you FORCE
WISEAU TO DO
THIS?

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WISEAU TOLD THE CUARDS NUMBER ONE,

you made him po rr. I I WANT THIS
THOUGHT THAT IF yOU SAW KINDA THINC- PONE,
yOUR DIRTY WORK I DO rr MYSELF AND
FIRSTHAND yOUR SOUL rrs DONE RIGHT.
WOULD KICK IN AND NUMBER TWO..
YOUV OWN UP.

REALLy THINK OF
ANOTHER POINT
YOU'D UNDERSTAND,
SO I'LL JUST WRAP
UP WTTH *PISS
09?, SLU6.'

yOUR ANC-ER IS
UNDERSTANDABLE,
WILLIAM.
SIR"
YOUR
RACIAL SLURS nnnnnnnnnnn. .

ARE MOST
DEFINfTELy
NOT.
My
CHILDREN DON"
UKE rr WHEN
you INSULT
DADDY. Zu&fQmh

YOU HAVE
TO LEARN TO
CONTROL YOUR
PATIENTS, THILBAULT. I
KNEW SHOULD HAVE
& •i6\
I
6IVEN WILLIAM TO DR.
RAY yOU JUST DONT
HAVE A BACKBONE,
SON.
A tff

I'M SPEAKINC
RCURATTVELY, OF
COURSE. I REAUZE I
MySELF DO NOT HAVE A
UTERAL BACKBONE.
CLEAN WILLIAM AND
ESCORT HIM BACK TO
MIS CELL.

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wrrn me/
ME TO THROW DOWN. LATELY, AN
FOR WE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS
SIREP, I'M JUST NOT FEELING UP
TO A TUSSLE.

QUITE THE "BUT" NOTHING. GO

OPPOSITE, BACK TO THE BEACH
PARTY AND LEAVE ME BE. SEE, THIS IS
LUV.
MOVINC- CLOSER. THE YOU HAVE TO
yOU SUCK THE MOJO FROM COME TO THE
ANYONE yOU'RE NEAR. IN OPPOSITE OF WHAT I
REQUESTED. WHATEVER! SHOWERS WITH
THIS PLACE, THAT'S A ME, RIGHT
VERy BAD THINC-. yOU HAVE IN MIND, I
ASSURE yOU I HAVE NOW.
NO INTEREST IN-

DEAL.
•Vv

you'VE
BEEN HERE
TWO SHAKES
AND I'M ALREADY
NOT CRAVING
BLOOD.
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ON.
NOW,
WHATEVER
POWER- LEECHING
YOU'VE GOT COINS- ON
WON'T PERMANENTLY
i£5 kl ^T'Jsa'
AFFEOT ME IF WE
EXCHANGE FLUIDS, pr
YES? BEMUSE- v^ Br
HJi'HC— -
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BLOODY DON'T BE SO 1
HELL...
SURPRISE?. ITS
AN OMNISEX SHOWER
IN A PRISON-LIKE
ENVIRONMENT, AND THE
CUARDS PON'T LIKE TO
COME IN HERE.
NOT
I CAN IMPORTANT...
see why are
those two
fic-htinc
OR...

PLEASE LET
THEM BE
FI£HTiN6.

y
01V AND
CEORCE TOOK THE
NEWS ABOUT PECK
PRETTY BADLY THEY
MANACED TO DRAC
WISEAU INTO THE
SHOWER, AND...
WELL...

7
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YOU KABOB
#S,
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s AAAAAAAAAU
OF US!

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WHAT YOU
WANTEP TO
SHOW ME?

SO WE'RE
HERE FOR...
SO WE'RE NOT
QO\m TO...?

il

I'M (SONNA
£ET OUT OF HERE
SO YOU CAN DO
yOUR THIN£.

f-tft

actually,
glad this
i'm
happened/ earlier
today", i got beat
down b/ a dozen
mosaic guards/ have
a craploadof
aggression to
WORK OUT/
THEONLy
THIN£ I'M SONNA
po is srr back and
HOPE SOME COLD ,
WATER FINDS rrs *r-
WAy SOUTH.

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THAT?
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no onb -saip- rr.
BUT LETS SHOW
BVBRYONB JUST
HOW YOU GOT
THOSB BATTLE
SCARS, HMM?

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PROGRBSS you
we've wiu
MAPB!
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NOW LOOK
AT YOU!
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PLACB!

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PON'T WORRY,
I'MSURE BVBRYONE i

HERB CAN KEEP

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DID YOU
SEE that;

SO NOT
EXACTLY A POZEN ,
GUARPS, BUT

C «P^ CLOSB.

lJe SPEAUNG
OF WHICH,
SBRIOUSLY, PO YOU
HAVE ANY IPEA OF
THE MESSEP-UP
THINGS GOING ON^
IN YOUR HEAP?
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SORT rr OUT! MIGHT
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kottuati
\voht appreciate
\e e^rtainment
VALUE O? A
WOHOEROTIC
PRISON-STYLE
BEATVCWK...

...BUT
YOU'VE LAW UP
ENOUGH OF My
SUPPORT GROUP,
TODAY.

SPHC&,
you gotta
HEAR THIS...

HEH.
HEH HEH.

uttle
DR. RAY BUSY. GET
HIT HARDER. OUTTA MY MINQ,
Guppy.

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GOING THROUGH
WISEAU'S HEAP, I
'FQUNP SOMETH/NG- ' VJ

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STOP
blooey
pistractin6
ME.'

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AMIPSTAU, THE
SCATTEREP MEMORIES
OF BLOOPSHEPAND
HAIR-CARE, HE'S GOT
THE SAME WORDS
RUNMMG THROUGH
HIS HEAP.

THEY'RE WAY
BACK THERE. * *• '—
W'SEAU MIGHT
NOT E/EN HMOW^
ABOUT IT.

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HE'S ONty
SUPPORT C-ROUP
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SINC-LE-HANDEDL/
COTTEN EVERyONE'S rr wasn't
DANDER UP. THAT HARD-THE
MAJORfTY DIDN'T
ATTEND THE
SESSION-THEy WERE
FICHTINC- IN THE
SHOWER AND/OR
^r ^ STAKED THROUC-H
THE C-UT.

v
 WE PONT
EVEN KNOW THAT
SPIKE STARTED THE
SCHEDULE
ATTACK. THE AWN HAS
THE SURFER/.
A SOUL. HE'S DONE A
LOT OF COOD IN
THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.

~*\^^

WE'RE NOT
//V THE OUTSIDE
WORLD, RAy.' WE
HAVE A WAy OF DOINS
THINCS AND HE'S
COMPLETELY (
muckinc rr UP.

...I WANT TO
car off we pace.
0IVE 'EM THE SCOTT
TAYLOR TREATMENT.
TODAY. THEN WE'LL BE
THROWINC HIM BACK IN
SEN-POP SO MOSAIC CAN
SEE WHAT WE DO TO
RABBLE-ROUSERS.

SCOTT TAYLOR ISN'T

I...
EVEN OUT O? THE ...I
WE DON'T
INFIRMARy, TOLD SPIKE
KNOW WHAT WE DID TO TO STAY AWAY
BRANDON, SPIKE BUT WE CANT
HIM. FROM WISEAU. IT TODAY TO
DO
IS YOUR PATIENT, HE DIDNT
TELL HIM? OPERATE ON WILLIAM'S
LISTEN.
VAMPIRE FEATURES, WE
NEED HIM TO 8E A
VAMPIRE. AND WILLIAM
IS TOO SEDATED TO.
you KNOW...
 WE'RE
SONNA NEED AT
LEAST 24 HOURS.
HE'S PRETTY
out of rr. v«

Km!

^T
- -

I'M
TELLING YOU,
SOME DAyS
THIS SOUL...

THINGS
...ALL
CONSIDERED,
MAYBE I
WOULDN'T HAVE
DONE rr.

£J WHAT ARE
yOU TALKING
:d
ABOUT?

1 OS

II

1\k '

Ik

e THArs WHAT
H yOU ARE, NO? OH,
SING THE "COURAGE
AND PLUCK* SONC-? I LOVE
that, you c-rrs MAy have
VI TRIED TO EAT BABIES OR
WELL, WHATEVER, BUT I HAVE TO
PUPPET MAN, ADMIT,yOU KNOW yOUR
IMEAN, LOOK
where
C-ETS ME.
rr
V fi
WAy AROUND A
CATCHY JINC-LE.

"PUPPET?'' HE'S
lost rr.
 yE4H,
KINPA
CREEPING / THOUGHT
SERIOUSLY, ME OUT. We/'PN£VBR
LETS GET
OUT OF
MERE.

*Mfc
WHERE ARE
yOU GOING? I
DIPN'T E\/EN L&ARN
AAV LESSON FOR
THE p^y/

4
CHECK rr OUT/
KEPT GEORGE
INVISIBLE FOR A
FULL FIVE MINUTES.'
WHO'S GOT THE
v POWER/

poyou
BLOKES WANT
TO SING "SMILE
AW PLUCK!"

J- .- *
I KINPA
PO, y&AH.

HOLD ON, I'M

TRYING TO FINP
Tj
\SPIHB SOMEWHBRe
UNPBRALL SMILBS
ANP RAINBOWS.

I PREFERRED
THE BLEEPING
PUPPETS.

ANP we HAVE TO
BINGO. MAtCBVHIS
JLq 'QUICZ-NOW THAT
'rve usep telepathy,,
i
/WO£tf/C'S PSYCHICS
WILL Be ONTO US
 IREAUZE
7/ -,fc*
V
YOU'RE KJNPA OUT
OF COMMISSION, BUT
THE MOSAIC
COMPOUNP WAS
BUILT BY !V0
&
'J NEEP TO KNOW, WHAT SHANPOR IN THE
SHOULP WE 90 ABOUT EARLY 1900S.
WHAT I FOUND IN
WISEAU'S HEAP? WHY PO I
KNOW THAT
NAME?

HE ANP HIS
WHO SAIP I FOLLOWERS TRIEP TO
WAS GONNA BRING ABOLiT THE ENP Ofl
90 ANYTHING? THE WORLP AFTER THE FIR*
WORLP WAR. SOMETHING!
ABOUT 60C\eTY BEING XC
it S\CK TO SURVIVE. BUT
BEFORE THAT, WHEN
SHANPOR STILL HAP A
SLIVER OF HOPE IN
HUMANITY...
BUT IT
SOUNPEP UKE A
FUll-ON PRISON'
BREAK-

/
QUICK
MOSAIC
HISTORY
PUPE, I
LESSON. « I
THOUGHT YOU
WERE SMARTER THAN
THAT. MANY HAVE
TRIEP TO ESCAPE, MANY
ARE PEAP. OR
RE-PEAP. OR "FATE
WORSE THAN
PEAP*

.HE TRIEP TO CUT OUT

\ WHAT HE BEUEVEP TO BE
THE CANCER- ANYTHING
SUPERNATURAL. THUS,
MOSAIC WAS BORN.

n
l'\

;
•&
^S
"SHANPOR, WHO PABBLEP IN BLACK
MAGIC, SEALEP THE ENTRANCE WITH
A POWERFUL SPELL THAT LET
ANYTHING IN... 8UT PREVENTEP 9 X
ANYTHING SUPERNATURAL FROM
EVER LEA\YING.
m
 k/&
"HISFOLLOWERS ON THE
OUTSIPE WOULP PRAG
WArr, wait.
SHANDOR USED BLACK
MAG\C TO SEAL THE
MONSTERS THROUGH THE ENTRANCE? 50, IF HE
PESERT, TOSS THEM DABBLED IN THE
THROUGH THE ENTRANCE, SUPERNATURAL,
ANP, WELL... HE...
"...LETS JUST SAY
THAT THEY NEVER
CHECKEP OUT."

NOW YOU'RE
o-ettino rr,
0RAINIAC. SHANDOR
WAS A VESSEL FOR
BLACK MACHC...

"...SOHECOULP
NEVER LEAVE THE YEARS LATER,
VERY BUILPING HE MOSAIC'S CURRENT
CREATEP. REOIME FOUND IT AND
DECIDED TO MAKE MOSAIC
/ ( MORE PRO-ACWE. SURE,
THEY STILL CAPTURED
MONSTERS, LIKE WISEAU,
BUT THEY ALSO ACCEPTED
"MAN WAS APPLICATIONS FROM
PEPICATEP TO
HIS WORK, I'LL
GIVE HIM THAT."
Kxtfi SUPERNATURAL BEINOS
THAT WANTED TO
it CHANC-E.

SOME OF THE
OUESTS DIDN'T TAKE
TO THE TREATMENT
AND TRIED TO
LEAVE...

FOR THE SAKE O?

ARGUMENT, LETS SAY
ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO
FI£WT Of? THE HUNDREDS
O? ARMED C-UARDS, AND
FOUND A WAY TO COUNTER
J SHANDOR'S SPELL...
THERE'S ALWAYS
MAH ZINN.

:v,

"...BUTSHANPOR,
NUT-JOB THAT HE
WAS, KNEW WHAT
HE WAS POING."
"GO TOO FARAWAY
FROMMAHZINN...

NW '*£*

V*

.ANP THE LITTLE

BABYMAHZ/NNS
GETFUSSY."

SAY WE FINP A WAY

AROUNP THE WORMS.
ACTUALLY, MY ITS A TEN-HOUR WALK
HEAP WOULDN'T BACK TO PRIMM, ANP
EXPLOPE. IPON'T ABOUT A DAY'S WALK
'HAVE EARS SO THEY TO LAS VE6AS.
PIPN'TPUTTHE
WORM IN MY...
...OH, MAN,
J HOPE MY
WORM NEVER
GETS ANGRY.

\
V THEY KNOW
WE'RE IN HERE.
WEHAVEFI\YE BOTTOM
the only way
LINE,
MINUTES,

m TOPS. yOU CAN LEAVE IS

IP yOU'RE CUREP.

BUTWISEAU
PIPN'TEVEN JCNOWM
HAP THOSE WORPS
ROLLING AROUNP IN Wl
HE CALLS HIS BRAIN.
SOMEONE PUT THEM

VI THERE... SOMEONE
8IGGER THAN HIM. ANl
IF A BIG BAP IS
BEHINPIT..

...A PRISON
"SO IF YOU PON'T BREAK IS
HAVE ANY SPF PROBABLy JUST
INFINITY ON YOU, STEP ONE.
YOU'RE TOAST."
 ANT/ CHANCE
you KNOW A
SUPER-POWERFUL
^^ V
HOLP ON
A TICK.
wrrcH that you can
woo wrrn youR
PEVIUSH CHARMS TO
TELEPORT IN HERE
ANP SAVE THE CLOSEST
PAY? TOWN IS LAS

ONLy wrrcH i
I VEC-AS?

know is pretty much

IMMUNE TO ANYTHINC- I
HAVE. BESIDES, WE'RE IN THE
MIPPLE OF NOWHERE. NO ONE
COULP C-ET HERE SOON
ENOUC-H TO PLAY CAVALRY-

OH, ITS REAUY

60TO BE ///*f, HUH"
THINGS WEREN'T
(JOIN(JBAD ENOUGH
ALREADY?

FISH, PO A
SCAN OF THE THERE ARE MORE
SUPERNATURAL SUPERNATURALS IN
IN VEC-AS. i VEGAS THAN THERE ARE
NATURALS. CARE TO
NARROW IT DOWN?

PLENTY,

A
PROBABLy. BUT
FOR NOW, LETS
GO WfTH ONE.

ANYOPQ
WORDS THAT
MIGHT BE FLOATING
^ ^ KREVLORNSWATH.
(

AROUND IN HIS
HEAP?

TAAAAAAKE 7
ME WHERE I •
£44/M/W/V/VCV
ty STAND...

\Wm&
I
97
 Tt IPON'T
care, i'm still
freeeeeee..>i

this next
\you one...
EARTH TO
caaaan'ttaice
GUMBY. EARTH'
TO GUMBY. COM£\
the sicy from IIIIIIIIN, GUMBY...

WHO SAIP...
WHERE...?

THE ANSWERS'
THANK YOU. TO 80TH THOSE
THAT WAS A NEWER QUESTIONS ARE
ONE, BUT IT HAS ONE PRETTY INTERESTING,-
PIUY OP A MESSAGE. ACTUALLY...
REMEMBER, KIPS,
PONT LET ANYONE
TAKE THE SKY
from you.

sftiSt f\*\.
WAIT.. AFRAIQSO,
LORNE. ITS YOUR
SECONIP-FA WRITE
VAMP/RE WITH A
SOUL.
...I KNOW
THAT VOICE..
«/'

NO. NO. NO.

A
ANP YOU'LL
NE\YERBEUEVe
WHERE I'M
CALLING YOU
FROM. K
 jjHH 1
'sg
1
2/
LISTEN UP, KIPPIES.
FOR A QUICK MATH LESSON.
P!
Ll'.U in 1 1

AAAAAAAH,
SPANPEX.'

AAAAAAAH,
THE PEV1L/

PEATHWOK P
•;.«.

PLUS TOURIST TRAP CATERINC

TO AN OVER-SIXTy CROWP.

JUST (50TTA
WARN A COUPLE OP
JOES ABOUT A
POTENTIALMONSTER
ASyLUM BREAK-OUT
ANP THEN I'M
£ONE.

BUT SERIOUSLY,
PONT 6-ET YOUR
IN ANP OUT,
TWENTY MINUTES, UA/>.
MAX. -•
fe
£RANNy-PANTIES IN
A BUNCH. I'M NOT
STA/INC LON6-.
 YOU PONT
HAVE AN
APPOINTMENT, 60
YOU HAVE TO WAIT.
PLEASE HAVE A
5EAT ANP ENJOY
A MAGAZINE.

PON'T MEAN TO
PULL RANK HERE,
BUT IVE SAVEP THE
WORLP, STOOP BEHINP
OR NEXT TO PEOPLE
SAVING- THE WORLP, OR
BABy SAT FOR PEOPLE
ANP IP I SAVING THE WORLP
PON'T GET TO THE MORE TIMES THAN
BELLAGIO THEATER IN I CAN COUNT.
45 MINUTES, THEY WILL
6ENP My UNPERSTUpy ON,
WHO'S A SWEET KIP, BUT
SERIOUSLY LACKING IN
6TAGE PRESENCE, ANP
HORNS, 60-
NUMBER ONE,
AW+^i THOSE MAGAZINES
ARE SO OLP THAT
THEy FEATURE BRAP ANP
JEN AS HOLLyWOOP'S
NEWEST /T COUPLE,
WHICH IS POWNRIGHT
HZART8RSAKING
TO REAP.

NUMBER SO WE'LL
TWO,I JUST get to you
WANT TO WHEN WE C-ET TO
PASS ON A yOU. ITS My PIR6T
ME56AGE, WEEK HERE. I
SO- PON'T NEEP THI6
6TRE66.

GOING TO HAVE
TO TRy ANOTHER
APP9DAM. Lfvli
V OH. WOW.
60 yOU'RE
NEW TO ALL
OF THI6?

1
C I'LL
JU6T WAIT
OUIETLy ANP
S^>Z*n3 POLITELy.

..HOPING
GRBZN
THAT My
OEMON POWERS
PON'T KICK IN,
MELTING- THE FACE
O? WHOMEVER I'M
LOOKING AT.

ANP RE6T
A66UREP, I'LL
BE 6TARING AT
you. THE
ENTIRE TIME.

\
&

PUNNO.
,%1 NOT EXACTLy A
PEMON, BUT I HAVE
CAN HE PONE SOME REAPING
POTHAT7J ANP IT 60UNP6
LIKE GRAPE-A
HOKUM.
«L- £
 SERIOUSLY, ANP THE WAY
MISS- THE MESSACE
ENPEP, IT WAS A
TAP ON THE
WHITE-KNUCKLE-
MALPOSO PISTURBINC
ANCRA MAZDA SIPE.
ORMAZP YAZATAS
MAINYU

SERIOUSLY,
LAPY WHEN A MAN
SENPS yOU A MESSAGE
VIA A TELEPATHIC FISH,
you srr up anp you
LISTEN. ANP SPIKE WAS PONT WORRy
CERTAIN THERE IS I WAS yOUR PRETTy
A BREAK-OUT PSYCHICALLY '
LITTLE HEAP. IT WAS
LINKEP TO SPIKE AT SIMPLy THE MOSAIC
BREWING.
THE TIME, SO I PELT ATTENPANTS
HOW THEy SEPARATINC yOUR
"SEPARATEP* THEM. PRIENP ANP THE PISH
PABBLE IN TOUCH SO THEy WOULPNT
LOVE AT MOSAIC, BOTHER yOU.
poyou?

you KNOW
WILLIAM SO
yOU KNOW THAT
OCCASIONALLy
HE NEEPS A
PIRM HANP.

OR PIRM
BOOT. OR
PIRM BLUNT
OBJECT. BUT
THAT'S NOT
.THE POINT-
THIS IS HOW I WANT YC
ASS-BACKWARPS TO KNOW, SPIKE,
MOSAIC IS. *>* THIS WASNT My
poucht
ipea. I rr
' prk EVER/ WAy I
i

1 ^STT COULP.

z:
B THE ONE COOP C-Uy IN
THE WHOLE BLEEP1N'
PIACB USEP TO WORK
POR WOLPRAM & HART. u \ *'

I CAN
assure you,
NOTHINC SINISTER
IS COINC ON. IN
PACT, LOOK AT THAT.
ITS 6:30, TIME POR
ARTS ANP CRAPTS.
WILLIAMIS PROBABLy
MAKINC A MACARONI
NECKLACE RJCHT
ABOUT NOW.
 WHAT ARE
YOU TALKINC
ABOUT?

WHAT
b ^^

THE HELL ARE

YOU &0\H&
rovo? serous
^v •
\ SPORE. WILL
NUMB yOU FROM THE
NECK UP FOR ABOUT
AN HOUR. LEAST I

/£> ^ COULPDO.

THIS IS SO
EMBARRASSING,
X PIPNTGET yOU
AN/THING.

WORM IN
WELL,
THE EAR, FISH WELL, WELL,
IN THE BRAIN,
THE BLOODY
SPORE ON My CANC'S ALL
HERE.
FACE.

*.4 t

^My HEAP15 ^^
\f
BEIN6 TURNEP INTO
A PAMN TERRARIUM. |
CANT WAIT TO SEE A
T20
^j i

•^S*
WH/VTS THE
OCCAS\OK?
AU£ we-

1*"^"
V 1i

>

9 m

^
> \

•* *

*? <»
*flss
//

j
M5U.
\\
utce
SOPPING
HBU.
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 ,

i^L'

THAT'S
GOOD,
WILLIAM.

LET IT
OUT. '/

I HEAR THAT.
WELL, ITS A FULL MOON
MOW. OUT THERE, C-ETT1NC-
HARP TO SUPPRESS
My-
THIS 15
JUST THE
WORST DAY
EVER.

LIKE I
PONT KNOW?
YOU PON'T ANP WHY
GBT TO TALK, WASNT I
MARV. NOT ALLOWEP TO BE
AFTER WHAT THERE FOR THE
YOU PIP. SURGERY?
WILLIAM IS MY
PATIENT.

MY COFFEE MUC- HAS (T RIC-HT. I

I COULDA PONT HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO WORK
SWORN THE HERE, BUT MAN, DOES IT HELP.
(JROUP THERAPY ANP THE WORST THINC- IS-
WAS FOR THE
PATIENTS TO
VENT.
ma/be rrs
REVERSE-
psycHOLOijy.

ANP
SERIOUS*./,
WHERE IS THE
REST Of OUR
&ROUP?
 ^r
WOW LONG DO
WE WAVE TO WATCH
THE CLEANSER CO THIS?
rrs UNSETTLING...

AGREED.
BUT THE
SECOND HE
-EAVES...

COME ON,
C-UYS. THIS IS 4 BIT
OF AN OVERREACTION.
I SHOULPNT HAVE
VIStTEP SPIKE, NOW I
KNOW. ANP KNOWING
IS HALF THE
BATTUE.
YOU PUT THE
FYl,
STRAIGHTJACKET ON
BACKWARPS.

...WE GET
OUR HEADS
FLOOPEP WTTH
FtSH VOICES.

I TOLD
SPIKE I'P TALK
TO MOSAIC ANP
I PIP.

/ '•

I TRIEP.
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i
'^ 1
1 ^^ '(.y'te

'£ + *k.
9 » w

I i l \.~ •

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T
DM i

J /• MB '/-

«H /
y*f \ I
 IAM\ ^| ^
DAD,
SEVENTEEN
YEARS OLD!
J M
^ YOU'RE ^if"
A MATURE
RESPONSIBLE
1 _
^^fl
t ^
|\.lD yADULT-^yl^^^P
I

W^ri AM A^^^LvL
1
w
RESPONSIBLE 1
<T;

m
^
1 ADULT, AND I
WILL DO //HAT
I WANT- .^
^V
^r"

-IP I WANT
TO TAKE THE CAR
OUT, I TOTALLY
7
WILL.' SO GET OFF
MY BACK, YOU
OU?~

a ,

/ r!

if

WAIT FOR
THB SIGN!
WAfTFOR
THB SIGN!

^r i

,iV-^
...ten. see" :

know /Feet
BeTTEB.

FRBBVOM
IS COMING! WAIT FOR
THE SIGN!
 Bg A
>v. SPOUT AND
VAMP OUT.

J^
tfU7//|W

0*£*

SORRY,
slug, have THE MAGIC
SoR.. to say WORD.

YOU DOPE
ME UP WITH
ENOUGH MEPS
WE'RE SPIKE, BE
COINC- TO HAVE QUIET, OR
TO KILL A
TO STEP UP OUR BLEEDIN' THEY'LL.
C-AME A BIT. RHINO

SMEAR 4
MIND-NUMBING
SPORE ON
My HEAP

AND PUT

J
ME IN THE
SAME GROUP AS - <^^__- you pgoag
ARINGELDEMON
THAT SUCKS
^^^^^W J^T^kl
^^ PRDF
oan?ec.<Z?JZ S
* Ml
My POWER BUT THEN |£?£S
-
'

yOU'RE SURPRISED RIGHT?

WHEN I CANT
GET IT UP?

OR THEY'LL
what? cur off
My FACE WITHOUT
ANAESTHETIC?
LITTLE TOO
LATE, PET.

m
,/"* "^
LISTEN TO
THE £IRL,
SPIKE/

LEAVE HIM
ALONE/
 ^
U TELL ^r
*~
you'R
SvV
ME.
WHAT? WHAT'S L EXPE
THE PROBLEM?
WHAT DOES IT
TAKE...

THIS IS
NOT GCAHGtO
SET US
ANYY/HERE...

SI£M ME
UP FOR MY
PRJMM

RMpy
TO FLIP
BURNERS

THREE
CHEERS FOR
MOSAIC, VAMPIRES
COME N-

W'1^
 little
PROBLEM.

you KNOW
WHAT? WILLIAM IS
USED TO TORTURE.
BEEN THERE,
PONE THAT.

SLUC-,
SIR... I THINK
IKNOW
WHy-

..fAAYBB
"% he'll
TO SAVE
do rr

»"%*. H£R.

a
I'M
TELLING yOU/ I
CANT BLOOVY
oom

SURE yOU CAN,

WILLIAM. yOU FANCy
yOURSELF A HERO. TIME
TO STEP UP AND SAVE
THE DAMSEL IN
DISTRESS.

I WOULD
CHANC-E IF I
COULD, BUT I'M
TELLINC- yOU-

SEE? SOME
HERO. SO HE
HAS A SOUL, TECHNICALLY
SO WHAT? SO DID NIXON.

\
 To
stop wrrw THE
FIREWORKS.'
Hoecws
impressed/

SLUG.

xeR..

...GO.']
rO wow
BUT
dramatic;.
STILL NOT
(5O0P ENOUGH,
WILLIAM.
LETS
SEETHE
vTV/PRE.

-A
**iY
^ ^^H^^
THE V OFyOUMOW.
VAMPIRE ISN'T
CIVEl
I'LL
THE BENEFIT
THE DOUBT AND
HOME RICHT 1 ASSUME THE LACK
w NOW.^^^B OF EARS IS
A YOUR
^k DO WHAT
FOR
RESPONSIBLE
FAILURE TO
j
^L. X 5A/. >J

BUT SO

I TRIED TO
TAKE IT EASy ON
yOU AND SIMPLy
CARVE yOUR
FACE O??.

EVEN THROUC-H THE SPORE'S

ANAESTHETIC, IT FEELS LIKE
My BRAIN IS ON FIRE.
 NOW I DIP IT.

HE'S NOT TRW

TO HURT ME.

J\
•#'

'§*%•>*

.HE'S HITTING-

AND IF IT'S W/S

PAINFUL TO ME...
...IMAGINE WHAT
IT'S LIKE FOR BECK.
 /
h
\

C ^fcv

'/&/*
 '
<
LET'S SEE
NIXON DO
THAT.
WOW. HE'S
PRETTY MUCH
KILLED, HUH? AND
yOU'RE FINE. AND
SHE'S PINE.
you
HAP TO.
I KNOW.

DO WE
LOOK
Fine?

WELL, NO.
BUT youR
HEADS ARE STILL
FIRMLy ATTACHED
TO yOUR BODIES,
THAT'S PRETTY
SURPRISING.

ALL THIS TIME,

TRYING TO FIND A WAY
AROUND THE WORMS,
AND IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS
KILLING MAH ZINN. LEAVE IT
TO WILLIAM THE BLOODY TO
FINP A WAY TO CUT
THROUGH THE RED
TAPE.

WHAT ARE
you-

1 77
LEAVE rr
WILLIAM THE
TO
BLOODY TO FINP THE
V^ \
* ONE
My
SEC,
CELL'S
BLOWING UP.
&
j
•
SHORTEST ROUTE -

FROM POINT A TO
POINT B.
gjj^ HELLO?

1
^THAT WAS
SPIKE KILLING
T '
MAH ZINN. PUNCH
TO THE HEAD.
PUNCH THROUGH
THE HEAD, J
v ACTUALLY ^A
 I /interesting.
,

-»y 1 THAT'S ALL IT / UBALL.Y GOTTA...

STOP... TRUSTING...
'"WV TOOK? PEOPLE FROM
WOLFR/W & H4RT.
j
;

/J
dfi^Kc I fcl

6f
^^ WELL, ^
iSm 1^^B i^^lQ^H 1 NOW WHAT? ,

R^^H Rk]^V K4I K3

[IS
ALL SIGNS
POINT TO THIS
BEING OUR BIG
MOMENT, SO YOU
MAKE WITH THE
MAGIC...

•AND
WE MAKE
WITH THE SIGN.
LET'S GO.

YOU'RB
TUB BOSS.

WHAT ARE
you...

...OH CUAP.

VJ
YOU
SHOULD BE
FLATTERED.

YOU'RE
TOO MUCH OF
A THREAT
TO BE KEPT ,

AROUND. /' -
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w w %m
K >
LET
C-UESS...
ME

1
...THE FISH'S
LIFE FLASHED
RIC-HT BEFORE YOUU
EYES. SPLENDEN
BEASTS INSTINCTVELy
CO THAT TO FRIENDS
AND FAMILy RIC-HT
BEFORE THEy CO TO
THE BIC AQUARIUM
IN THE SKY.

: A

AND I
HEARD yOUR you SHOULD
ADORABLE OUIP BE FLATTERED.
ABOUT WOLFRAM yOU KNOW, SAD
& HART. AND CONFUSED AND
BETRAyED, BUT
FLATTERED.
i told you,
/ tfCWT WORK
FOR THBM
ANYMORB.

DONT CET ME
; WRONC, IT WAS A
C-REAT PLACE TO C-ET
My FEET WET. BUT A
WISE MAN ONCE SAID,
"ALL THE REAL MONEy
IS IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
%>t. „._,_
/fcCIPfcP
OUT
Sff JKE
OWN.'

/•#»«»». .

*' •„//
r
^V4^

•OR, MORE TO
THE POINT...*

v^i < ' - -

W
RELIABLE ARM/.*
W£ SIGN!

THB SIGN!

m
 ALL OF
you, c-er
V
BACK IN-

A
-WHAT? WHAT
15 EVER/ONE
STARING AT?
X
r-

SUBLIMINAL
SUGGESTIONS DURING
GROUP THERAPY, DRUGS
TO MAKE THE PATIENTS MORE
SUBSERVIENT, ENLISTING THE
PSYCHIC PRISONERS, (T WAS
£45/. COULDNT REACH
EVERYONE... BUT ITS
OKAY, I GOT THE
A-LISTERS.

NO
OFFENSE.
ifei

Wi

THE CLEANSER
CAUGHT ON PRETTY
EARLY IN, BUT HE WAS
SURPRISINGLY EASY TO
PERSUADE. ETERNAL
LIFE, STOCK OPTIONS,
EVERYONE HAS
THEIR PRICE.

IVO SHANPOR'S
SEAL. THIS IS GONNA
BE TOUGH, HOPE
YOU'RE UP FOR IT, YOU
WITCH-LADY. COULD SAY
THAT.

WISEAU and rrs

GET YOU UP vamp vrncu-
TO SPEED? LADY,THANK
YOU VERY
MUCH.

K
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 STORZ OF MV LIFE. EVERy
TIME I TRYANP PLAy HERO <A4
1 BESIPES,
PROMISED
I
SOMEONE ELSE
LISTEN, I
THEy COULP PO
REALLy GOTTA THE JOB.
CUT THIS SHORT
ANP CONTACT THE
CONVOY TO COMB
PICK US UP.

CONNA BE A
WHILE G-ETT1NG-
HERE, PIPN'T REALIZE
yOU'P TAKE CARE OF
THE SLUG- SO FAST,
BUT HEy, I'M NOT
COMPLAINING.

IN FACT, I'M NOT

...I WINP UP
»
A V
\
EVEN COINC- TO KILL
yOU. LIKE I SAIP,
I'M A FAN. S^IVap.

THIS SOUL REALLy SHOULP H>

COME WITH A SET O? INSTRUCTIO

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aw
WEAPONS
AT ALL?

JUST THE
ONE STUCK IN
ME, 1-OVE.

ANPTHE
FAH&S?

NO- SHOW.

V
ANP WHAT
about you?
V\^ ,

I UBAWTO
C LAME ON?

I CAN* I'VE
seen rr,
YOU CAN.

>•* <
NO, I CAN*
: MP, WHEN I
was out of rr anp
UNAWARE OF MY
ACTIONS. BUT I
CANNOT AW
WILL NOT.

SOMETIMES,
ro WINTHE DA>
?m
•OS" ^/4S ;
-sZOOMPf-

ENOUGH
BABBLE,
HUMAN.

I HAVE
PLACES TO
GO, OLD
PEOPLE TO
EAT.

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"OLD PEOPLE/ WISEAU?

FOR A CONNOISSEUR OF BLOOP,
r~j^fii^
^rk^^^^^
?\w
1^
THATS SOMEWHAT BOTTOM OF THE
BARREL. MI6-HT AS WELL SIP
AMP POC- 20-20 THROUGH
A SILLY STRAW. /rfA^^^A S'
y
^""' •^ 'in
j4^K^M
^^1

L
m
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NOT
CALL. RAY'S
MV\iJ
T*l
• WANTS IX
IN CHARGE. \ J
^ TO SET UP F
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HE

>\J\ IN-

^^ WISEAU

it
>—

NOTAKXV,
DANNY.

BUT
THE GIRL,
SHE'S...

.WELL
THIS IS
JUST
GREAT.

OH, MAN
SPIKE WAS A
0/
TELEPORTER,
TOO.
r ^
CAN SHE
TELEPORT?
IS SHE A
TELEPORTER?
I'VE RETREATEP BEFORE.
HELL, WHEN I WAS ON
THE OTHER SIPE OF THE
BATTLE, RUNNING AWAY
TO STRIKE ANOTHER DA/
WAS PRETTY MUCH A
<
WEEKLY EVENT.

IN
t A
T WASNT ANC-EL'S
LE. HE WOULP HAVE
TOLP BECK TO C-ET TO
SAFETY ANP HE WOULP
KICK ALL MANNER OF
ASS, VAMPIRE OR NOT.

ANP AFTER SEEINC- PR.

RAY ANP HIS MAKESHIFT
\
ARMY REAP/ TO LEAVE,
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
PECAPES, I WISH I
WAS ANC-EL.
* ^ a&:
TC^| \mA' f <4^b3

BECAUSE HE*P HAVE

THE SLIC-HTEST CLUE
HOW TO STOP THEM

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PONT SEE? CALM

open m POWN. trs
WE PONT KNOCK JUST SPIKE.
KNOW WHO Kf/OC
IT IS/
MONSTERS
HOPING TO RIP OUR
HEADS OFF PON'T
KNOCK POLITELY,
THILBAULT.

"JUST
SPIKE." THANKS
WHAT'S SO MUCH.
(T LIKE OUT
THERE?
THE LONC- STORY
1

SMARTER SHORT..
ONES WOULP,
IP THEY WERE
TRYINC-TO
TRICK US.

I CANT
.THE INMATES YOUVE PROMISEP BELIEVE ALL
TO HELP BUT INSTEAP THREW THE PATIENTS
BEHINP LOCKEP POORS HAVE NOW WOULP JUST THEY PIPN'T.
BROKEN POWN THOSE POORS, TURN LIKE SOME ARE HIPINC-
EATEN MOST OF MOSAIC'S STAFF, THAT. IN THEIR CELLS OR
ANP ARE LOOKINC- TO MAKE ARE BEINC- PIC-ESTEP
A QUICK EXIT. BY THEIR FORMER
CELL-MATES. I C-UESS
RAY COULPNT C-ET
TO ALL OF THEM.
ALSO, I
LOSTfAY VAMP
ABILITIES ANP HAVE
A SWORP IN
M/ STOMACH.

RAY'S

4s<
BEHINP THIS? I
KNEW IT. WITH HIS jdfc
CRAZY THEORIES
•>-. I) ANP STUPIP
BACKBONE.

AW DONIT
WORRY ABOUT
THIS, I'M A
DOCTOR.

WISEAU
SAIP SOMETHING
ABOUT CHOWINC-
POWN ON OLP
PEOPLE.

J
THEY'RE
COINC- TO
PRIMM.
HOT A
MBmCAl OOCTOU,
PER SE.
 MAKES SENSE. A
BUNCH Of MONSTERS
W
WAfT A THERE'S A BACK POOR. NOT POTTEc
LOOKING TO CET BACK IN TICK,
THE (JAAAE, THEY'RE GO.K&
BY SHANPOR'S CURSE. rT WAS HOW
BUT FIRST WHAT? •CUREP* PATIENTS COULP LEAVE,
TO START SMALL, HrT A
TOWN FULL OF NEAR-PEAP THEY HAVE TO ANP BECIN THEIR PROBATION
TOURJSTS. MEAT MAY BE C-ET THROUGH IN PRIMM.
TOUCHER BU SHANPOR'S
RUNS SLOWE SEAL.

THE PATIENTS MAy

HAVE BEEN CUREP Of THEIR
OR FINP BLOOP-LUST, BUT THEY'RE
THE BACK STILL SUPERNATURAL.
OCCR.
SO THERE ARE HUNPREPS Of WHY PONT yOU
CREATURES ALREAPy IN PRIMM, JUST SNEAK OUT
WHO MAY ALSO BE UNPER THROUC-HTHE
BAY'S CONTROL. BLOOP/ BACK POOR?
WONPERFUL.

NOT A BAC

.EXCEPT THAI
ONLy MAH ZINN
KNOWS WHERE THE

...HE
he'piep
A HERO'S
PEATH.
^ LOOK WHO
MAPE IT BACK
BACK POOR IS.
WE FINP HIM..

FROM HIS RECON

MISSION.'

'RECON MISSION/
INPEEP. HE RAN OUT,
PESPTTE MY WARNINC,
LOOKINC- FOR
A FIC-HT.
 HELLS
itS, I WANTED
TO FIC-HT. MOSAIC'S
KEPT ME CHAINED DOESN'T EVEN
UP LONC- ENOUGH, I MATTER
IF yOU'RE

NEEDED A COOD NAUC-HT/ OR NICE. COD

WILDINC-.
KNOWS I WAS NAUC-HT/
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
HOURS. I ATE ONE CUTS
FACE. PRETTY SURE HE
WAS BAD, THOUC-H,
SO IT'S COOL.
AN/WAy JUST
CALL ME SANTA
CLAWS, BECAUSE THIS
WEREWOLF'S COT SO, JUST TO BE
SOME PRESENTS CLEAR YOU ALL FANCY
for you. THIS THE
BIC- THIRD-ACT
RALLy WHERE THE RAC--TAC-
C-ROUP OF MISFITS RISES UP
AND FACES DOWN THE
NAUCH1Y EVIL-DOERS,
CORRECT? IN A
NUTSHELL.

I MADE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE

ON THE OUTSIDE. WITH AH/ LUCK,
I
THE CAVALRy'S ALREADY IN PRIMMj
WAITINC- WITH HOLy WATER AND,
FLAMINC- TORCHES.
I CAME TO
MOSAIC BECAUSE I HER PARENTS
WAS PAID TO FIND A C-IRL. SHOWED ME A PICTURE.
ONLy, rr was a ruse. THEy TOLD ME HER NAME,
I HAD ALREADy KILLED AND I DIDNT REMEMBER
HER yEARS AGO. THAT I HAD ALREADy
SUCKED HER DRY AND
ENDED HER LIFE.

AND IF
you KNOW
THEy'RE
NOT? WHY I DIDN'T
REMEMBER?

'/"" —

7^
m BECAUSE
WHAT I DID TO HER
I DID TO A THOUSAND
OTHER PEOPLE. SHE'S
ONE O? AAANy. THAT'S
AND THEy WANT A WHAT I DID. THAT'S
VAMPIRE WITH A f WHAT I WAS.
'
TO LEAD THEM.
VAMPIRE WHO-!
HERE BECAU"
I JUST
THOUC-HT yOU
SHOULD KNOW,
t9^0
AS LONC AS WE'RE
ABOUT TO FACE
CERTAIN DEATH
TOC-ETHER.
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AT SIX
YEARS OLD, I
BONDED WITH A FIRE
ELEMENTAL, AND SOON
AFTER I ACCIDENTALLY
TORCHED My PARENTS
AND LITTLE BROTHER.
KILLED ALL
THREE.

THIS IS A REAL BREAKTHROUC-H. AND ALRIC-HT, THEN.

WILLIAM, I THINK IT SHEDS SOME LIC-HT, NO
FOLLOWS
_ EVER/ONE
'

PUN INTENDED, ON WHy yOU THINK yOU LOST

youR VAMPiRE-osrry. see, you'RE usinc- it My ARE WE
LEAD,
AS A WAY TO C-IVE UP. yOU THINK, C-IVEN l^V^^. CLEAR?
yOUR PAST, THERE'S NO WAy YOU CAN
POSSIBLy BE A HERO, SO-
* ONE
THINC-.

SERIOUSLy,
SHUT UP.

UNDERSTOOD.
 THANKS,
MATE.
NICE.

ml

V & > f/M

y

ACTUALLY,
GOT THEM FOR ME.
FIGURED yOU'P BE
PEAP, BUT WHATEVER.

C-OTMy
BCV5 UP IN
THE MIPPLE OF THE
NIC-HT FOR THIS, RAy.
LETS LOAP yOUR
FREAKSHOW
SO WE CAN CO
HOME.
CHECK ANP
CHECK. WE'RE
JUST WORKINC-
ON BREAKINC- THE, I PON'T
UH, THE SPELL
THAT- CARE. WE'LL
i
WAIT, BUT IT'S
CONNACOST
mil Ml you POUBLE.

u 1
!

RUNNING,
WHEN MY NEW FIRM GETS UP AND
MY FIRST ORDER OF BU5INESS
mommwm
THAT'S
FINE.
is to visrr
NIGHT,
you in the middle of the
AND MAKE yOU PAY FOR
yOUR INSOLENCE. Wmmm
WHAT?

SAJE,
SERIOUSLy,
, POUBLE-TIME
IT.

STANPRBAP/!
FRBBPOM IS
COMING!
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FEELING
BETTER/
^] VX MY NEWWHENFIRM ^ 15 ^
WISEAU? Jl UP ANP RUNNING,
PrW 1 My FIRST ORPER OF
P \ BUSINESS IS FINDING
r ANP PESTROyiNG
\
^L. SPIKE. ^ ,

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NO, I'M NOT
'TEELING BETTER/" DROP DEAD, RAY. I
DANNY. I HAD SPIKE PLAYED THE PATSY FOR
IN DAMN GRASP.
MY" YEARS NOW. I DID WHAT YOU
NOW WE'RE GONNA ASKED/ I KILLED WHO YOU TOLD
HEAD OUT AND EAT ME TO. ALL I EVER WANTED
GEEZERS WHILE WAS A CHANCE AT SPIKE.
SPIKE IS SAFE
AND SOUND. iL'ffl "V

BUT I'M
FREEING
you-

L-V
vW-
OOtfT
CAREf

I
WANT
SPlKBf

GOOD NEWS,
RAPUNZEL.
WISHES
JUST HAPPEN
m -
TO BE HORSES NOW COME
TOIW. on, you
^\_ LOONIES...
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£

5k?wk
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TIME FOR
THE ASYLUM TO
LEARN WHAT
CRAZY RBAUY
IS.

GO FOR
rHE CLEANSER/
THE/ CANT LEAVE
IF THE SEAL ISNT
BROKEN/

l4

VE TO ADMIT, HOPELESS
ftTION OR NOT...
^~
&**Mtm:&3gM
3*; ...THIS FEELS
OUTSTANDING.

v V fc

^..
!E ACCURATELY IT
FOR ALL OF 15 SECONDS.

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OH,
v j*
£0/W£
ON.
W

IT DIDNT
WORK...

V>
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^
P
YOU
THINK?/

AS I FIGHT THESE STEPFORD

MONSTERS, WHO ARE CLEARLy
BEING CONTROLLED 8/ RAy...
1*'
W'
L
THAT'S
IT, SPIKE/
GO OUT
SWINGING/

Wj
.VIA

^
SUBLIMINAL SUGGESTION.

DO
you KNOW,
BEFORE YOU
CAME TO
MOSAIC, you
WERE THE
BOOGEy
MAN?

...DRUGS.
VI
IVE
PARTIED WITH
THE BOOGEy
MAN. WE LOOK
NIC-MING ALIKE.
Ht'S TALLER
BIT
IMP.
OF A
ft DOCTOR HOO-DOO.
.WITCH
 BECOMES EVER
...tT
CLEARER THAT'S
HOW UAY TRICKED
ME INTO THINKING I
LOST THE HUNCER...

NOT TALKING
i^M i LITERAL. INMATES WOULD
FREAK OUT OTHER INMATES
BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT
IT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU
WERE HERE. GAVE THEM
NIGHTMARES.

>
s

V l

...BUT FOR THE

LIFE OF ME...

&fck
.t¥ '•»

SO KNOW
THAT WHEN I
KILL you, yourL
BE HELPING A LOT
OF MONSTERS
SLEEP A LITTLE
BETTER AT
NtGHT.

ft ft
' T

.
dip you
or pip you NOT
say you could
BREAK THIS \/i
SPELL? ,/'

%* **
Vj

n s
NOT US.
 rrs
THBM. I

brilliant
work there,
enc/clopepia
brown. now
finish this.

B
/^ THAT WAS ^1 _'^£ J

X
,

YOUR PLAN?
GET THE RINGEL 1
DEMON NEAR THE 1
SHAMAN SO SHE J
\-'J
J
SUCKS HIS J
L.
POWER?
REALLY?
^
^^Ma Wm EVERYONE GATHER
HE ROUND/ GONNA
WOULDA POP SPIKE'S
DONE rr HEAD OFF/
RIGHT.

rrs what
AK&il WOULQA
DONE.

£?&
h

THEYP HELP
ME SLEEP
BETTER AT
NIGHT.
...THOSE
STORIES INMATES
WOULP SHARE TO (JIVE
EVERYONE NIGHTMARES?
THE ONES ABOUT WHAT
WOULP HAPPEN IF /OU
CAME HERE?
 NICE TRY,
LITTLE GIRL/ BUT
THE LITTLE VAMPIRE'S
HEART ISNT GROWING
THREE SIZES BIGGER.
FACE IT, YOUR
CHAMPION
IS—
"^%

your
CHAMPION
TV
IS... UM...

.UM.

I •

HOW IN
THE HELL PIP
 THE FAIRER
HOW SEX IS AND
DID... HOW ALWAYS //ILL BE AND /OUR
THE SOURCE OP i
IN THB HBU My POWER. LITTLECHEST
PLATE?
era...?/

W
WHAT
CAN I SAy?
FORGET BLOOD.
FORC-ET MySTICAL
AMULETS.

REALLy
SHOULD HAVE
THOUGHT IT THROUGH
A LITUE MORE.

*^^f

NOW COME
ON.'WHO WANTS
TO TAKE A SHOT
AT THE BOOC-£y I'M
MAN? COOD.

MAYBE
IN A
MINUTE.

WISEAU
WAS A
JERK.
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^.;lVf' AS Of MANY"
^
J
Mil ruBSB FUBAK5 AS
frbboom\
IS UPON
US! k
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TIME...
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WHAT PO
WE PO?
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POSSIBLE/ GO

B^^^aB^^^^fc^
POWN
men.
LIKE
1

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NO...
J

^let ^W
IS If// THEM P —»2!
liT/Z- L fl
go.
c fr '"F
ANP
IF THEY
PONT?
friMB

fc
I BROKE RAY'S
BRAINWASHING- IN
MERE HOURS. ITS ONLY" A
MATTER OP TIME BEFORE THEN I'LL
HIS MAKESHIFT ARMY COMES
TO WHAT PASSES FOR
/ STOP THEM. I'LL
KILL EVERY LAST
THEIR SENSES ANP ONE OF THEM. ANP
TURNS ON HIM. MOCK THEM WHILE
POIN6- IT.

after all,
i'm a pamnep
;hampion.

PET,
6-RANPSTANPIN6
ASIPE, TUBES ARE
HUNPREPS OF WNSTERS
ANP A HANPFUL OF US.
WE'RE NOT <k5IN6 TO BEAT
THEM WrTHOUT SOME OF
.^^^P^B
yOU GOtNO POWN, AND I I...
CANT HAVE THAT. I...

.6-et rr.

SOMETIMES,
TO WIN THE
PAy,WE HAVE TO
PO THINOS WE
PONT WANT TO
PO.
 RIIIIIIC-HT.
YOU'RE JUST
60INC-TO LET
US GO?
mm i want you
TO KILL THE
CLEANSER.
CRUST/ OLD PART SERVED HIS
PURPOSE, HE BROKE THE SEAL.
BUT HE KILLED BETTA C-EORC-E,
WHO WAS A FRIEND
OP MINE.

YBP.
JUST ONE
THINC-.

w HA.'
NOT A CHANCE,
VAMPIRE/ I'M A
PARTNER.'

BESIDES, IT WAS A
FISHl JUST FIND AN
^T7
OVERSIZED TOILET
AND FLUSH THAT J.'
AAAAAAH- WE DONE
HERE?

FOR
NOW.
—-'
„llJ»
I-

MAN HAS
A POINT,
SAJE.

TT
THIS ISNT WHAT
ANC-EL WOULD
HAVE DONE.
r i i

^^P^^

1 7
--

HE WOULD HAVE
C-ONE DOWN
FIC-HTINC-.

<i
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V
f
^L
ft!

r
"
-r-.

SORRY
E *
TO KNOCK YOU
off rue moou -ISJ-S rO^ 70S"
-IKE THIS, LITTLE WANT TO DO AND
£)RL. ALL THAT
 MOW, LETS
C tm^MtfJJilJiJi?
&er ro primm
and-

WHAT THE
fe r1JI !§£
HELL?

/"
WHEN YOU WERE WOW, DOES
'
IN SOLITARY AND THAT FEEL
BECK WAS IN THE 6O0DT0
IS THAT../^H k INFIRMARY, I BIT £ET OFF MY
WHO I THINK 1 L^THILBAULT.
^^M
.
CHEST.
IT 15?

^M/^£ROUP..7v. jJA^S
I HAVE A '^ttrtT^ |

1 i CONFESSION. X^fl _J,

w
ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER, WE PASS WHAT'S
LEFT O? RAY'S ARMY ON THE WAY TO PRIMM.

EVENTUALLY,
;NTUALLY, WE ARRIVE AT
V PRIMM,
PREPARED FOI ANOTHER
SPARED FOR FI6HT.

AT LEAST PREPARED FOR V

ANOTHER HANC-INC- BACK WHIL
BECK SETS EVERYONE OF FIRE
 -v

SO, IT MIGHT BEHOOVE

YOL YOU TO MAKE MOSAIC LESS
see? mosaic OF AN ASLttlM, AND MORS Of
didnt pail, G8SEN
WHAT yOU ACTUALLy PROMISED GENES!
our method IN THE BROCHURE, BECAUSE
WORJiS. THE PATIENTS ARE GOING TO
BE FREE TO VOICE THEIR
DISCONTENT. I
DONTTRy
TO ENPEAR
J yOURSELF TO MB
WfTH ADORABLE
NICKNAMES,
SPIKE.'

W. rdHf I

AND
MOST OF THEM
I
WILL DO SO WITH
1
CLAWS. AND FANGS.
AND FIRE. TAKE
CARE, LOVE.
HEAR
I
you. By the WAy
MOSAIC NEEDS A
DRASTIC RE-STAFFING,
PRONTO. AND THIS TIME,
MIC-HT WANT TO BE A MISSED TWO
LITTLE MORE THOROUGH SHOWS CARRyiNC- OUT
WrTH THE BACKGROUND, yOUR SECRET
LITTLE
CHECK.

%
/ MISSION, AND I'M ABOUT
TO MISS A THIRD, AND
yOU KNOW WHAT? /
STILL HAVE NO IPEA
JH WHAVS GOING
oh, pyi- ON!
SHANDOR'S
SEAL IS BROKEN
AND THE EAR-
WORMS ARE
DEAD.
 ITS COMPLICATED,
KERMIT. I'LL FILL YOU
IN ON THE WAY TO VEC-AS.
IF I DRIVE, WE'LL MAKE
NOW THAT
yOUR SHOW WITH TIME TO MOST OF THE
STAFFIS DEAD OR
SPARE. YOU WANT
LyCAN, THE PLACE
TO TAC- AIQHG, ACTUALLY,
LOVE? COULD USE ALL
I THINK I'M THE HELP IT
CONNA HEAP CAN C-ET.
BACK TO
MOSAIC.

r^ hi ! 4 3!

\:
DID I HELP?
DID I SAVE
THEDAy?

1 r-
TOTALLY
THILBAULT.

4
s

BUT COMB
BACK AND
CHECK UP ON
!

^
US, OKAy?
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3^^V YOU'RE COINC ^^V

^r SERiousLy,
TO ^
AND C-ET A / ' 'm m^V KICK ME OUT OF THE 1
mWCAR HALFWAY TO VECAS, P
MySPACE
ACCOUNT SO WE
1 v

ARENT yOU? yOU CAN

Y
1
I'M DRIVINC-
you TO VEC-AS
^A 1

^
CAN KEEP IN
1

TELL ME, I'LL THINK £ 1 SO yOU CAN MAKE

^L ^M L
TOUCH.
' DEFINITELy
WILL CHECK
^
1
^ IT'S HILARIOUS.

WtrnT
youR show. ,

, up on you. kW^

BUT I HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT
THAT SECOND
REQUEST EVEN
MEANS. FAIRLy
SURE I DON'T
WANT TO.

^^ AT A*
W^r BUT...
wHy? no \
^^
1
A~ ^£^r

L
>WL
OFFENSE, THIS
ISN'T LIKE
you. JP
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tys£y~^ r

// ^^y:/ ^ \
TIMES
CHANCE,
LORNE. J.jF
fW
DON'T BE
OFFENDED IF
"C* DON'T STAY FOR THE
I
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mdL -
'a
KM SONC AND DANCE,
THOUCH. VECAS IS

m FILLED TO THE BRIM

WITH BIC BADS, AND A
V-
Zl CHAMPION'S WORK
^L IS NEVER y
^^_ DONE. _^S
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 SPIKE: ASYLUM
"Commentary Track"
from Brian Lynch

here's a littlecommentary about the series you just finished

Hey,
reading. Some and other hoy polloi vou mav
of the in-jokes
have missed. I'll try and refrain from pointing out where friends
are referenced, because who cares about that except for them and
me? And they already know. And I suspect.

Okay. Turn the page and let's go.

 PAGE1 A lot of people really dug the HUSH shout-out on one
Jordi, our damsel in distress, is wearing a WELCOME of Mosaic's posters, but take some time out to read the

TO NEW JERSEY, NOW GO HOME shirt. Not only other posters on the wall. They're prettv awesome, too.
hilarious, but a shout-out to my former home. The old
adage is true, vou can take the bov out of the state but PAGE 15
you can't stop the boy from referencing the state on the Mosaic's administrator (we find out her name in issue
shirts of supporting comic book characters. three)was described in the script as a hot librarian.
Franco drew her perfectly.
PAGE 2
Not really a reference, but the fact that Spike uses "blue There is a picture of one of Angel's Big Bads right there
boy," something usually said about or to Superman, in the office. Backstory that will never be explained: he
made me kinda happv. once had a girlfriend that made him go to Mosaic to get
help. Thinking back, it woulda been cool to have him
PAGE 3 sign the poster, like "THANKS FOR EVERYTHING,
"Hut hut hut"... yep, I'm a BLUES BROTHERS fan. If MOSAIC! XOXOXO."
we do a sequel to SPIKE: ASYLUM, I'll be sure to

reference BLUES BROTHERS 2000. With John Goodman PAGE 16

as Spike. And an adorable moppet sidekick that wears a Check out the zombie types in the first panel. Celebrity

matching black leather jacket. It could happen. cameos! Read their T-shirts and the magazine right
below them for hints.

PAGE 10
Mosaic's pamphlet has a sweet little shout-out for PAGE 17
Whedon fans. Carol's witch-chant is a fun message! See if you can
decode it: here's a hint: it's a foreign language, spelled

PAGE 13 backwards. Aaaaaaaand go.

When Spike talks about drinking from the Cup of
Perpetual Torment, there was another line where he PAGE 18
admits it was just soda, but I took it out because in that Mosaic's guard uniforms were written in the script as
panel he's grandstanding and wouldn't own up to it. somewhat resembling Dracula's armor in BRAM
STROKER'S DRACULA.
PAGE 14
Primm is an actual town that we always see en route to Also, yes, I am a fan of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF
Vegas. It has a rollercoaster running through the town. I KAHN.
think it does, —
anyway there's another town always I

confuse Primm with, called Jean (the billboards for Jean PAGE 19
say "JEAN FITS YOU" which is hilarious and One of Spike's post-Mosaic job prospects is a shout-out
awkward). to a BUFFY episode, it's true.

PAGE 22
Who's worried for our hero? You should be.

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THE COVER The name 'Wiseau'' is a salute to the director >

The regular cover is, of course, a play on the USUAL classic cult film THE ROOM.
you have not seer If

SUSPECTS poster. I dig Demon Gabriel Byrne and to wAvw.amazon.com now and buv it. Watch it with

Zombie Kevin Spacey the most. And like the Werewolf

1 some of your friends and have a great time.
a thousand times better than Stephen Baldwin. You'd
never see a werewolf on CELEBRITY MOLE. Though The stickers on Wiseau's arm are, as you may have
that might have made it more interesting. guessed, from patients Wiseau has drained. If vou look CD
you can see among
The retailer incentive cover bv Matt Busch (hunt it
really closely,

has sucked the blood of a banshee, a cat person, Satan

that, others, Wiseau
CD
down, it's beautiful), contains portions of mv actual himself, and our artist. Poor Franco. Man helps to give
original proposal in the scribblings behind Spike. Pretty Wiseau life and Wiseau returns it bv drinking his blood.
sweet.
PAGE 12
PAGE
Naked Spike
1

kicks things off. So many lames Marsters

\cu can see
Spacev
Demon Gabriel Bvme and Zombie
in the fight. Pretty sweet.
Kevin
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web-board denizens are suddenly mv best friends.
PAGE 13
PAGE 2 Ed-in-Chief Chris Rvall and Franco surprised me bv
CD
First panel,

dawn"
Spike walking
a couple of references here.
DEAD while kinda
actually references
down

EVIL
the hallwavs. There're
"Dust bv morning! Dust bv
having Dr. Ray look
The name "Ray"
BIG HELIUM DOG,
is a
like

nod
which was
me. Pretty awesome of them.
to a character in

a nod to
my movie,
Dan Avkrovd's
<
sorta sending a shout-out to FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, character in GHOSTBUSTERS.
which I loved.
Dr. Rav's line of "Cafeteria Riot. Must be Wednesda\ i-
Yet another prisoner is veiling exactly what the big- a callback to Buffv saving "Dawn's in trouble. It must be

jawed dude yelled in TANGO AXD CASH when they Tuesday.'' See, BUFFY was on Tuesday nights. And
first entered the prison. Obscure? Mavbe. Worth it? comics come out on Wednesday. Hilarious. C/5
Definitely.
PAGE 15
Finally, another prisoner talks about wearing Spike's I love that Dr. Rav calls the Guard bv name, even
skin as a suit, which is a little nod to the Tom Hanks though the armor makes all the Guards look pretty
sketch on SATURDAY XIGHT LIVE, where super-fans damn indistinguishable. It's the little touches.

of Mr. Belvedere discuss what thev want to do to him.

Obscure? Mavbe. Worth it. Not particularly. PAGE 16

Spike's comment on how he never "worked" for
PAGE 4 Wolfram & Hart came after Fox sent back a note
Franco e-mailed me to tell me how bad he felt drawing reminding me that technically he never did get a

poor Carol in this situation. I don't blame him. She goes pavcheck, he just hung out and annoyed people.
through Hell. Though he DID trash a few company cars. Seriously
though, thank God Fox sent that e-mail, because it led to

PAGE 5 the amulet line, which I love.

The " Welcome" engraved into Spike's cell wall is

Mosaic reallv trying to keep up the friendly veneer even PAGE 17
after the "guest" realizes the facility is a prison. Formal introduction to Spike's group therapy! First of

all, I think Anna the Ringel Demon deserves a prequel

PAGE 6 that shows her trying to get acting gigs in Hollywood

Our introduction to Beck (named later in the issue). despite giant horns.

Named after my girlfriend, and Franco, without ever

seeing her, drew a picture that looks a lot like her. A When handed I in the script, werewolf "Man " was
sweet coincidence and/or proof that Franco lives nearby named "Martin" (a nod to another character in BIG

and is too shv to introduce himself. HELIUM DOG), but asked if they could change to
I it

"Man " because I'm a big fan of writer Man Wolfman.

PAGE 8 See the kookv play on words there? Doubt he'll read this

Spike's last name is seen on his jar of blood. Bonus series, but it was a fun shout-out.

points if vou know who gave him that last name. Also,
check out the monsters behind Spike running from And Betta George is based on my now deceased pet

Wiseau as Spike drinks his blood. betta fish George, who looked like Spike's new pal but

wasn't as big or telepathic. I now have another betta

PAGE 9 (Jeff) who is red and very jealous he's not in a major

Wiseau and his vamp gang. Notice how anyone in the comic book release.

vamp gang has to constantly keep their vamp brow and

fangs out. Thev go human, they're totally kicked out of PAGE 21

the club. Please check out the bathroom sign as Beck lea
Franco Urru is a genius.
PAGE 3 PAGE 18
I said was leaving shout-outs to
I friends off the list, but The origin of Mosaic begins. Ivo Shandor's look is a
1 just wanna say that the fact that the vampire in the cross between Dr. Strange and Editor-in-Chief Chris
hospital bed is named "Scott Taylor" is pretty sweet, Ryall. Ivo Shandor's name (and his belief that society is

especially to anyone that posts over at "too sick to survive") is a direct shout-out to the greatest

www.angrynakedpat.com. That is all. movie in history, GHOSTBUSTERS. Shandor was the

architect that built Dana's apartment building in that
PAGE 4
Shout-out to Hellmouth. Sweet!
PAGE 19
PAGE 6 Biv calls Spike "Brainiac." Think about it. Cross-show
Check out the signs in the shower in the first panel. promotion!
Further proof Franco rules.
PAGE 21
Also, the last panel: "You kabob one of us, you kabob First panel is either a reference to Carol, Mosaic's newest
aaaaaaaaaall of us" is a reference to the very odd scene in-mate, OR a reference to everyone's favorite lesbian

in the first SPIDER-MAN movie, yelled to Green Goblin witch from that TV show about slaying.
by a bunch of very proud New Yorkers.
PAGE 22
PAGE 9 The song being sung? Theme song to one of the five

Two of Wiseau's stickers: I AM AN ARTIST and AM I greatest shows ever. It's true.

AN OGRE. Which means Wiseau has killed Franco Urru

and also Shrek. Pretty sweet! And man singing it? Not originally in the treatment
the
for SPIKE:ASYLUM, but felt he was short-changed by
I

PAGE 10 not having his own ANGEL: SPOTLIGHT comic and I

I love the little spikey creature in the first two panels. If missed him.
we ever do a sequel, he's gonna be a lead.

PAGE 11
"Immaculate Vampire Conception," is not only one of
my favorite lines, but a nice shout-out to ANGEL's
whole Connor-storyline.

PAGE 13
Panel 3, Spike references how he died in the last episode

of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

Panel 4: Every book that takes place in a prison-type

environment HAS to have a "drop the soap" joke, it's

the law. * •
i!
PAGE 15
I wrote a book wherein a giant slug uses the phrase
"rabble-rousers." A sense of pride? Yeah, it's there.

PAGE 16
I wrote this page on Vicodin. I had shingles. Originally,

Spike was going to hallucinate and talk to Angel, but

the Vicodin told me to something differently. And I

listen to the Vicodin.

PAGE 17
I just want to point out that the last three panels are

very Kevin Magiure JUSTICE LEAGUE-esque. And for

that, I am very thankful.

PAGE 1 PAGE 18 and 19
The first page of this is, of course, paralleling the first He wasn't supposed to die, but 1 thought it would
page of SPIKE: ASYLLM # 1. Only now it's Lome's great SERENITY Wash moment. Kill a character
turn to tell the story. And he's a lot more friendly about everyone likes (or, as I wrote this scene before SPIKE:
it, no? ASYLLM came out, a character hopefully everyone
would like) to show (A) our heroes are up against some
PAGE 2 terrible people and (B) that anyone can go at anv time.
The new secretary (Carol's replacement) was drawn to
(J.
look like Da\id Messina, a pal of Franco's and the artist Also, in the last panel of 19, Ray says a wise man once
on numerous Angel books. said "all the real money's in the private sector." That
great man? He's a Ghostbuster, folks.
Also, in the last panel, the "green monster" and his
Lome's bluff are two characters that ha\e
friend that call PAGE 20
popped up in other stuff I've done: their names are
Geek and Xigel 7, and you can find them in my
The black borders on
all Hell is breaking loose.
the panels go to red, because baby,
D
MONKEY MAN and PATCHOULI comics, along with
the animated shorts oyer at PAGE 22
http:/ / www.angrynakedpat.com. Spike talks about how eyerv time he's tried to play hero,

PAGE 3
PANEL ONE
he winds up being a
shout-out to BLFFY's
of The First's dirty
pawn of the big bad, which is a
last season (when Spike did some
work) and ANGEL's last season
<
Malposo's full name? Google each name. (when Spike realized the company he was working for
was insanely corrupt and responsible for Fred's death).
PANEL FOUR
Spike is in a very Christ-like pose. Originally Spike
called attention to it (I think he said "this all feels very
symbolic") but I dropped it.

PAGE 4
The "Boggus Spore" is a reference to a friend. Not the
spore part. Though man, I was friends with someone
named "Spore."

PAGE 7
"Knowing is half the battle", a little shout-out to the
best cartoon of my youth.

And seriously, poor George.

Finally, the last panel has Lome at a Circle K. Because

strange things are afoot there. See what I was going for?

Hope so.

PAGES 8 and 9

Please notice the ear-bandage on the (former) Mosaic

patients. It must be painful to get those baby worms out.

PAGE 15
Dighow good Franco Urru is... Invisible Biv is in so

much pain he can't control his inviso-powers. What a

great panel.
PAGE1 PAGE 17
It appears that Spike is a fan of THE FANTASTIC Spike could have gone down fighting, and I think he
FOUR. The comic, not the movie. After all, he has a soul would have been fine with that, but he wanted to
now. protect the lady. I maintain if Beck weren't there he
would have long since been looking for the secret
PAGE 2 backdoor and let these screwballs fight among
Itwould also appear that Spike is a fan of (or at least themselves.
knows about) Mad Dog 20-20. If you don't know what
that is, consider yourself lucky. PAGE 18
THAT'S what you get for killing Betta George, Cleanser!
PAGE 3 Let that be a lesson to you.
Spike talks about how, during his evil days, "running
away to strike another day" was pretty much a weekly PAGE 19
event. See, that's a very subtle reference to the BUFFY On this page, Beck uses her firestarting abilities to
and ANGEL television shows. They were weekly, and... explode the trucks Dr. Ray and company are in. Beck is

oh, you got it. Not subtle at all, you say? Very good, let's named after my fiancee (who you'll note was a
continue. girlfriend at the start of the series, as referenced above),
and Franco drew Dr. Ray to look like me, so essentially,
PAGE 6 my fiancee is 'sploding me into a million billion little

A double reference! Spike mentions, in his narration, a pieces. I think that is very symbolic.
"smart-ass with an eye patch." That is, of course, talking
about Xander. BUT it also was a shout-out to ANGEL: PAGE 20
OLD FRIENDS (trade paperback available now from Dr. Thilbault makes his first (and almost last)
IDW), when Gunn fought alongside Angel and Spike, appearance as a wolf. Quick subtle foreshadowing here
WITH AN EYE PATCH. That's two-two-two references that I didn't expect anyone to get. Thilbault is a play on
Carl Thibault, theman who played the werewolf in THE
MONSTER SQUAD. So fans of that movie shoulda been
PAGE 7 all "Hey, that name is similar to the guy who wolfs out

Beck's backstory was supposed to be a BIG part of the in MONSTER SQUAD, I bet he's gonna turn into a
series. HOW can she start fires? HOW can she survive a werewolf." But no one got it. Surprising.
stake through her chest? There was going to be a
flashback involving a fire God that bonded with her, Also, Thilbault's growl: "Grrrrrrrr! Aaaaaargh!" is a
and she can't die until HE does, and fire Gods live for shout-out the sound the little Mutant Enemy guy makes
centuries, etc. etc. But we simply ran out of space. Had on Joss Whedon's production company logo.
to tell Spike's story first and foremost, and couldn't slow
down to address Beck's. She got a lousy one-panel And and company ride to Primm in? It's
the car Spike
explanation of her power. Sorry, Beck. DEAD, and Uncle Ben's car from
Ash's car from EVIL
SPIDER-MAN. Sam Raimi's old auto that he's kept and
PAGE 8 put in all of his movies.
"Saje," the name given to Mosaic's sinister (and Betta
George killing) Cleanser, is a shout-out to someone on PAGE 22
Whedonesque.com, a gTeat site full of Joss Whedon fans. Spike will never get a MySpace. Though, since SPIKE:
Saje was very supportive of this series from the get-go, ASYLUM has started, about fifty people either claiming
and I wanted to give thanks. to be Spike or just having Spike as their picture, have
asked to be my MySpace pal.
Also, the Cleanser's chant contains a secret message.
What is it? Oooooh, you'll have to figure that out. It's And with that, Spike and Lome head off into the sunset.

not too hard. But the adventure doesn't end there! No sir. They're
teaming up for SPIKE: SHADOW PUPPETS, a four-
PAGE 9 issue series by the same creative team that done brought
"Wishes just happen to be horses today." A reference to you SPIKE: ASYLUM. Think of it as both the sequel to
one of Spike's last lines on the last episode of ANGEL. the "Smile Time" episode of ANGEL and to SPIKE:
Someone brought it to my attention recently that it was ASYLUM. Puppets, vampires, demons, ninjas, a big
also said on FIREFLY. So this is also a double-reference, battle royale smack-dab in Japan. Coming next month,

albeit an accidental one. in fact.

PAGE 14 That's it from me. Hope you enjoyed the series, it was
"Encyclopedia Brown." Do you know how great it an honor to write the character. Chris Ryall makes
makes me feel to reference those books in dreams come true. Seriously, go to his MySpace and ask
SPIKE:ASYLUM? Answer: somewhat but not him if you could write a SPIKE book. It worked for me.
overwhelmingly great. still think Bugs Meany should
I

have been behind the sinister goings-on at Mosaic. Much much thanks to Franco for his brilliant artwork.

A better creative partner I couldn't ask for.

PAGE 15
Who woulda thought Wiseau was a GRINCH fan? Not And thanks to everyone who read the series. Your
this guy. excitement on the boards over at idwpublishing.com,
whedonesque.com, and angrvnakedpat.com was truly

inspiring.
 "/ was really impressed with Asylum. Brian really got the humour
and the rhythms and told a story really well."
-Joss Whedon

..

Welcome to Mosaic Wellness Center, the leading rehab facility for the supernatural.

For years, they've cured vampires, werewolves, demons, and other creatures of the night
"problems." Hundreds of monsters locked up in a prison-like environment. Being expenmen
Eating each other. Group showering. A new patient just checked in. His name 9 Spike. Under.-.
Used to be a big bad. but rumor has it he's gone legit. Says he wants to change But once Spik<
in, there's no checking out. He's holed up with an army of creatures who know him all too well from h
days, and each and every patient wants to be the one who dusts him.

Presenting the complete SPIKE: ASYLUM mini-series from screenwriter Brian Lynch and
Franco Urru. along with a cover gallery and writer's commentary tracks from Lynch.

LET THE HEALING BEGIN.

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SPIKE ASYLUM

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