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12 thoughts on “540 – Trick Hello”

  1. Scarsdale

    Called it, she figured he’d do this, if by choice or by zombie voodoo. I’m sure the “friendlier” questioning will start soon, if she doesn’t just kill him out-right. Or just add him to the herd.

  2. Crazyman

    Gotcha! 😉

  3. Zombatar

    This turn of events is a surprise only to Eustace. And, maybe, Eustace’s subconscious. After all, this way he doesn’t have to actually risk actually attacking Suzie, which gives him a greater chance of survival than actually attacking her. I wonder what he was promised/threatened with?

  4. ConcordBob

    Not to nit-pick, but since sights are on target, finger should be on the trigger. Especially this close.
    The usual rule is “keep finger straight and off trigger until sights are on target”.

  5. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Not to nit-pick, but since that was current philosophies regarding trigger discipline have evolved.
    Of course, it will depend on who you get/got your training from.
    Experiments have determined that the fraction of a second to go from finger off the trigger to finger firing when appropriate is insignificant, and the risk of firing unintended is greatly reduced.

  6. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    I did the google thing and I believe I saw how you reached this conclusion … but there are two parts to it – One should not omit the second part.
    “Trigger Finger Discipline: · The practice of keeping your finger “off the trigger” until your sights are on target AND YOU ARE READY TO DISCHARGE THE FIREARM.” (Caps are my own)

  7. Crazyman

    She wants him alive so she can question him; otherwise, he’d already be dead. 💀

  8. ConcordBob

    Good discussion on trigger discipline!
    His skin is very pale / gray. Is this malnourishment, or has he been poisoned with a mind-control drug? I would have to go back and look a t all various of skin tone.

    1. TKG

      On a prior page we discussed what he’s likely got running in his system. I suggested that it’s probably Borrochero (Brugmansia arbora) which is already used by Colombian cartels to eradicate the free will of their victims.

  9. ConcordBob

    Oh, the gray is just the dim light. Here is McCarthy eating dinner, and has the typical white dude flesh tone.
    https://www.zombieranchcomic.com/comic/531-inquisitional-etiquette/

    1. Dawn

      Yeah, I was trying to show that it was dark. But went with the old Hollywood method of adding a blue grey tint over everything.

  10. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Now can we satisfy my curiosity? Colt, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, or other timeline variant?

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540 – Trick Hello
Posted on February 26, 2025 by Dawn

Suzie hearkening back to the last time Eustace was faked out. She probably regrets not being able to sneak the Lawn Ranger into the bedcovers to be the victim of the stabbing.

And with that, it's Episode 23 time! Welcome back to the Ranch, everyone!

Sounds of silence and sunk cost…

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Clint
More than seven years ago(!) I wrote a blog where I discussed sound effects in comics. I know because I was going to wittily(?) title this blog “The Sounds of Silence” before it occurred to me to check if I’d already done that. Sigh. Keep writing nearly every week for long enough and you’ll repeat yourself. I suppose at least I haven’t reached the point where I’ve stopped caring about whether or not I’m repeating myself. Anyhow, where was I? Oh yes, comic book sound effects. Every creator reaches those points where they decide whether a given panel of their comic is going to have a visible sound effect or not. Some never do this. Some indulge only rarely. Some fill their pages with all manner of BIFFBAMPOW BUDDABUDDA. The thing is, there’s another level once you commit to “making a noise” and that’s: what noise do I make? What combination of letters best represents glass breaking? Or an axe chopping into wood? Or a gun firing? And then because it’s comics, there’s even this unique question: what does that noise look like? And then one last question: the next time this sound happens in my comic, will it be the same? For consistency’s sake it should be, right? The representation of sound can be very subjective, but I’ve recently been pondering a certain decision I made way back when, and that’s the sound Oscar’s AK-47 makes when it fires, which I put down as various variations of BRR-RRR-RRT and I’ve stuck with that ever since. But damn, every time I hear an AK-47 firing these days I think, “Wow it doesn’t sound like BRR-RRR-RRT at all.” Yet here I am still doing it that way because consistency. If I changed it up would people notice? Or care? Am I indulging in a version of the sunk cost fallacy where I keep on with something that’s foolish (or at least is currently bothering me) because I feel like it’s too late to change? Yeah, hardly the kind of stuff that keeps most people up at night. It’s not really keeping me up at night either, to be honest, but sometimes it’s good to get it out there and hear what others think.