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11 thoughts on “539 – A Knife In The Dark (END OF EPISODE 22)”

  1. Keith

    Why am I not surprised.

  2. Scarsdale

    Typical, it’s always someone else’s fault. Revenge is not just best served cold, but by stupid too. “This is all your fault!” Which is wrong, but in his head, it’s right.

    1. steelraven

      It’s also been heavily hinted he has already been brain washed by the zombie worshiping cult.

      1. Scarsdale

        Which, no doubt, made easier because of that under-lying feeling. People are always looking for a scape-goat…

    2. Clint

      I don’t know if you got my callback by intent or not, but it’s great to see almost the same words echoed! https://www.zombieranchcomic.com/comic/203-breaking-worst/

  3. RC

    Honestly, probably the first time he’s ever taken control of and done ever in his life. There’s a reason why they kept him. Give a dog that’s been beat all its life a whiff of conference and control, you got a problem.

  4. Crazyman

    Imagine his surprise when he stabs a pillow. 😜

  5. Zombatar

    He isn’t in control, RC – he’s probably drugged to the very dilated eyeballs, probably with Datura. Back on p.443, Eustace is shown holding a Mojave Rattlesnake on a stick while the Brujefe milks it into a glass. Mojave venom A is a paralytic neurotoxin, like tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin was thought to be part of the legendary Haitian “zombie powder”. The other part was Datura, which contains scopalamine, which messes with memory and concentration, and is supposed to render victims docile and suggestible.
    The question is, where did he get his current dose, and did a little drone whisper in his ear?

    1. TKG

      Except Datura doesn’t do that. You’re thinking of the compound Scoplolmine (AKA the devil’s breath) which generally comes from a specific plant, Borrochero (Brugmansia arbora) that is native to Columbia that the gang in question probably would have had access to. It’s active compound obliterates free will, your conscious, you can function as normal but you are totally open to suggestion which is what happened to McCarty here. Datura just makes you trip mad balls and maybe die, but it does not make you a puppet.

  6. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Me lleva la chingada !

  7. TKG

    I’m betting money there’s no one in that bed and it’s a ruse to get him caught.

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539 – A Knife In The Dark (END OF EPISODE 22)
Posted on December 25, 2024 by Dawn

Happy Holidays, all! That's a wrap (heh) for Episode 22 just in time for a Christmas cliffhanger! Hope we don't twist the knife too much...

See y'all in 2025 when Zombie Ranch continues!

Spectacle at the end of the tunnel…

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Clint
I’m writing this blog entry later than usual since after the comic was done, Dawn and I decided to take a break and watch Godzilla vs. Kong. At home, mind you… by this time tomorrow we should have our second doses of vaccine and hopefully won’t be laid up too badly from it. This is around the time of year we would usually have been casting around for some big, noisy movie of no guaranteed complexity to watch in a theater. Just something for the two of us to get out of the house, get drunk at an adjoining restaurant and then toddle across the mall to experience. Kaiju and kaiju-adjacent films such as Pacific Rim and Kong: Skull Island had been heroically filling that need and it was with heavy (but cautious) hearts that we did not continue that tradition in 2020. But one thing Covid has definitely seemed to do on the entertainment front has been to fast-track the rise of subscription and/or on-demand streaming services, including the heretofore unheard of option of opening up a new film to home viewing at the same time as its theatrical release. They’re still figuring out how all that’s going to work, it seems. Some like Disney are charging premium prices for it even if you already have a subscription to Disney Plus. Some like Warner Bros. are offering GvK for no extra charge to HBO Max customers. That kind of makes it hard to put any revenue figures on the “home release” but it certainly seems to have been a popular choice, as well as exceeding all expectations at the theaters themselves. While I’m not one of the folks who braved going out to a public showing, after watching at home I definitely feel the temptation. There were a lot of awesome moments I couldn’t help but think would have been so much more awesome on a huge screen with seat-shaking surround sound vibrating through my being. Spectacle might be the simplest form of entertainment but it has its power, and even though I wouldn’t call our home setup terrible it still doesn’t compare to the thrill of a theatrical excursion. I think the fact GvK performed so well at theaters despite streaming being available says a lot. Maybe both options can co-exist, even once the pandemic is past us? But that’s just a layman’s opinion and the insiders of Hollywood seem to be spinning a different story. I suppose time will tell if everything really does go back to business as usual, or if some new hybrid model emerges for the future.