Endtown by Aaron Neathery for December 29, 2014

Ah, so it’s the manacled martyr against four starving lions again, it it? Let the entertainment begin.

The very essence of bread and circuses…

It wouldn’t be a blood sport if there was no blood, eh sport?Besides, there’s nothing on TV tonight.

He’ll be aight.

I sense a Jesse Owens redemption moment approaching.

At least they admit to what they are.

Perhaps Holly will join in the brawl. Lizards can’t box without fingers. OR heck..perhaps there’s even a way for Chic’s little pet cockaroach to mix it up. He could crawl into the lizard’s ear and drive him “buggy”…leaving him wide open to Wally’s claws and teeth

Phil may be bigger, but Wally has a few sharp points of his own.

Let’s not forget that Wally has already kicked Phil’s tail once, so he’s not exactly helpless. Also, Holly and Chic (and the bug) are all on the loose and nobody knows they’re even still alive…to me, that’s the “X” factor here.

Ahh, so they are human..

Way to dehumanize Wally, by just calling him the Cat. We all know what the lizzies think of other anthros and what their history of racial genocide is. This is a crowd that wants to see a murder not a fight. Most likely Wally will be hobbled or restricted physically to make the fight more lopsided to the Lizzies. After all, it won’t do to have a Cat win an unfair fight will it?My money is still on Wally!

Poison gas in the walls. Everyone gathered in one spot.

“Are you not entertained!?”“Well, yes, but we’re still going to critique the reasoning behind this farce of a fight.”

I’ve been wondering what the lizards will do to hobble Wally? I can’t imagine them doing something overt because that would detract from the entertainment value. I could see them drugging Wally or injuring him in a way that wasn’t obvious. Possibly something like they did to Russle Crowe’s character in the last fight of “Gladiator”.

If Wally is hobbled, the dittos may make an appearance. Its possible that Wally, Holly & Chic may escape using both Wally’s dittos and the lizards dittos.

big boys and their macho-ism….I don’t see many females in that crowd….

there is a female in the crowd of males. I guess they do let them out occaisionly. (panel 3) The only way to tell seems to be lipstick.

I believe what Muskratdottir was trying to imply is that Holly would show up, gnaw off Phil’s fingers as with Jim, thus saving the day.

But I doubt that will happen. It might, but I doubt it.

I can’t wait to see the collective ego crash when the nameless cat makes that lizard his bitch in front of everbody

In the words of the Flame Alchemist: “if your opponent is of choleric temper seek to irritate”

Aconite, I like yer thinking……(evil grin)

Will Wally’s dittos come back at the last moment?

It would be interesting if Topsider suits animate themselves to return to base when their wearers die. And a dead crazy homicidal raccoon guy walks into the arena.

Nothing that the serious lack of emotions that we observed in Sarah seem to be common to a lot of the other lizards—-Phil’s anger and Piotr’s compassion seem to be about it.

Phil may be ready to beat up the cat, but how does Wally feel right now?At first he was ready to deal with the lizard’s stupid way of thinking, but that was before learning about Jim’s Schism Syndrome…and the poison gas.…I’m thinking Wally is way too worried about Holly and Chic to fully concentrate on Phil. He needs to know that they’re okay before he can really give Phil the beatdown he deserves.

Between the time Wally attacked the cook and the present moment, the thing that has changed is the position of Sarah. Even though she is totally lacking in empathy, she may spot some good reason for stopping the foregone conclusion or even the premise of the fight – for her own goals, of course. If she should wish to, she is certainly now in the position to do so. And if she wants to, she certainly has the unfiltered arrogance to carry it off.

There’s something extra creepy about lizards sporting human-style hair.

There are layers of devious schemes possible here. If Piotr wanted to make some cash, he could have bet on Wally to defeat Cutter Phil, and told Sarah that Holly and Chic were dead in hopes Sarah might tell Wally and “make him angry”. (Yeah, The Incredible Hulk is just a modern version of the Ulster tale of Cuchulainn. The rage spasm is not uncommon in really old literature. Thanks, Joseph Campbell!) Of course, this fight presupposes that Helena’s action not only saved Wally, but Wally was prevented from ripping out the walls to look for Holly. And Chic. Remember to support Endtown with financial and promotional support. Voting links in profile at top left, just click on my avatar. Thanks

Wahahahaha!I just won an archive-quality print of my choice from the GoComics editors. They just announced the winners (5 names picked) in a contest they held starting last week. (The contest was for our favorite strips from 2014.) My selection was:

What was that about reptilians hating needless killing?

Panel 2: Hey, they have hair gel! Panel 4: What’s the name of the Smurf’s theme song?