Evil Inc Shareholder's Report — 🎃 The Monsters Are Out... and They’re Getting Frisky

October is in full swing, and things are heating up at Evil Inc. We’re halfway through the Halloween countdown, and that means more spicy monster mayhem — plus a few tricks (and plenty of treats).

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Desi has enchanted a jack o’lantern with a spirit to serve as an office decoration. This little fella was so fun to draw, he’ll end up sticking around for a few more strips.

Studio Soundtrack

Studio soundtrack lately: Mostly silence. I like to hear my thoughts. Everyone else insists it sounds like clown honkers. However, I have enjoyed a couple of great audiobooks.

Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf — It’s very different from the movie. Toons are comic strip characters who appear in newspapers; they “speak” in visible word balloons that drop to the ground after use. Jessica is vain, ambitious, and unfaithful — a femme fatale archetype who manipulates Roger and others. She does, however, utter her signature line: “I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way.” Wolf packs every paragraph with similes that are sharp and absurd (“She was built like the 5:15 — fast and packed with curves”), giving the story both grit and cartoon elasticity. All in all, not a bad book, but I’m not in a hurry to read the other three books in the series.

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming — The plot is right there in the title. The main character, Brie, accidentally throws a bottle at a churlish tavern patron. The guy ducks, and it hits a werewolf right smack in the face. When it turns out the bottle was a love potion, she has more than a case of puppy love to deal with.

So… true story. On the ComicLab podcast, I was telling my co-host Dave Kellett about how I enjoy listening to romance novel audiobooks (among other things) when I’m inking my comics. When he expressed discomfort at the idea, I told him he had to try it — just once. A few days later, he texted me a picture of him holding up this book, saying that he found his first romance novel. Before I realized that he was probably kidding, I had downloaded it — eager for us to have our own little book club.

Joke’s on him. It’s a fantastic book!

Episode: Our List of "Must-Read" Comics

• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comic-lab/id1331204679

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3xJpaHpmwUWCG1sH9CLzGl

👻 Coming Soon on Patreon

🩸 Real Housewives of Transylvania: This collection began with a fertility ritual in ancient Rome, followed our Mummy through a scandalous theater performance of The Loves of Venus and Mars, and ends with a “book club” so indecent it could wake the dead. Page Two dropped yesterday, and the third and final installment is slated for next Friday!

🔥 Evil Inc Erotica: Two new stories are brewing. Tomorrow, I’ll share the story about  the enchanted pumpkin that Captain Heroic’s girlfriend left behind to “keep him entertained.” (It’s based on the commission I posted on Wednesday.) Next week, we follow a young half-minotaur hired to help a human family raise their… unusual offspring. But the youngster can't seem to get past the post-pregnancy effects the insemination has had on the young mother's body. 🐮💦

🧛 “Meanwhile…” Strips: Desi’s pumpkin enchantment is still causing chaos around the Evil Inc offices — because when you animate a jack-o’-lantern, you never know what you’ll unleash.

🖤 NSFW Commission Spotlight: Coming soon, the Goblin Girl has another mishap with humans, and Catnip and Knight Walker have a Halloween interlude.

🧛 Guide to Halloween

I use a Patreon feature called Collections to catalog my exclusive content, making it easier for you to access. There are a lot of Halloween-themed Collections — and they're all available as part of your membership! Here's a quick guide.

• October 2024 — All of the exclusives I posted last October.

• Halloween — Single-panel cartoons for Spooky Season

• Halloween Commissions — Spicy commissions that will leave you scared stiff

• Real Housewives of Transylvania — Find all of the installments of this annual tradition in one place.

🎃 What the Evil Inc Gang Hands Out for Halloween

Lightning Lady ⚡ Fun-size energy bars — pre-charged with 10,000 volts. She says it’s “a jolt of flavor.” Parents call it “grounds for a lawsuit.”

Miss Match 🔥 Cinnamon Red Hots — melted together into one searing glob. “It’s not Halloween unless your tongue tingles.”

Captain Heroic 🦸 Protein bars disguised as candy. “Gotta fuel those growing heroes!” Nobody’s fooled.

Desi 😈 Chocolate truffles infused with “a little temptation.” Nobody’s sure what’s in them, but everyone wants seconds.

Catnip 🐱 Cat-shaped gummies and a discreet handful of catnip for herself. “One for you… three for me.”

Dr. Muskiday 🧪 Expired experimental candy formulas. They glow faintly and hum. Results vary.

Angus the Minotaur 🐂 Homemade caramel apples (extra sticky). He insists it’s a family recipe. No one argues.

Verona (Bride of Dracula) 💋 Blood-red licorice twists. “Artisanal. Locally sourced.” Don’t ask from where.

Vera Wolfman 🐺 Full-size candy bars — only to those who “earn them” in a chase. “The hunt makes it sweeter.”

The Mummy 🧻 Candy mummies wrapped in gauze. Takes forever to unwrap. Totally worth it.

Phenomenal Lass 💫 Glitter-covered marshmallows. They sparkle, stick to everything, and she loves watching the struggle.

🧙‍♀️ Don’t Miss the Specials!

• The October 2024 Collection — featuring 24 classic Courting Disaster cartoons, “Georgia the Gorgeous Gorgon” by Sean Harrington, and more — is 50% off for a limited time. (If you’re already an NSFW-level backer, you have access to this Collection free of charge!)

• Use the code SCAREDST1FF for 25% off your first 30 days when you join the NSFW tier on Patreon.

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