That’s a really haunting last image of Yeti. Both creepy and a little sad. So, wrapping up, plot-wise the story was just ehhhh. It was a Minit Mystery that was stretched to six weeks. But the story’s real strength was its characters. Ferret, Ape and Rose were memorable characters and F+A displayed real heart and personality that made the reader care about them. Kudos to Mark for that and kudos to Shelley for her amazing art. I was a little worried when Joe S left but Pleger has not only proven a worthy successor but dare I say it, even surpassed Joe.
He’ll need a long hike to get beyond where the police think anyone would go to finally surface. What bad guy doc will fix this buzzard up ? He’ll go into cold storage like that time traveling guy whose hand showed up a bit late with the rest of him possibly going even further ahead in time.
It doesn’t feel like an ending. It feels as unfinished as Yeti’s last story. Nevertheless, I’d like to once again thank Mark, who came through in the crunch with an enjoyable story and a lot of entertaining posts in the comments.
Thanks to Mark Barnard for the story and Shelley Pleger for the art. I really enjoyed this story. I am not looking for perfection just something to enjoy reading everyday. Hoping to see Mark again for the continuation of the Yeti story.
Yeti was dead at the end of last arc from spider venom. He’s only wounded as this arc draws to a close. Perhaps at the end of the next arc he’ll get away by leaping a tall building with a single bound…
But, more seriously, one of the potentially better foes to come along in ages. I wish Mark had the time to develop things a little slower rather than the storyline feeling so rushed.
And that’s a wrap. Thanks for tolerating me guys. Be sure to spay your teeth, floss your household pets and start each day with a smile. It’s back to the usual Saturday morning grind and chores, here.
Speaking of hats, due to all the St. Patrick’s Day parades and other events scheduled around Tracyville today, I can break out my Sam-style kelly green homburg and sport it through Thursday. Maybe I’ll run in to Sam catchin’ some corned beef and cabbage. Erin go bragh!
The last panel tells me that some of Rose’s shots connected….Yeti’s staggering reminds me of Lee Marvin’s character in that 1964 movie, “The Killers”. He will “buy the farm” or “kick the bucket” heck of a way to go out. The police find his list of customers, unless he had the foresight to delete it. Ferret and Ape will tell what they know to get a better deal. Right now, the charge is leaving the scene of an accident. A fine, jail time and community service, these two will go straight.
1-SAM: THE DESK WAS RIGHT, DICK – HE’S GONE! ♫ ♪♪ I’d pay the devil to have caught him. HE’S GONE! ♫ ♪♪
DT: KNOCK OFF THE HALL AND OATES TRIBUTE!
2-DT: Your keen and heightened detective-trained senses appear to be correct, Sam. He’s go…escaped again. Now get down those tunnels after him!
BOTH: HA HA HA!
DT: C’mon. Let’s grab a bite. SAM: I GET TO PICK THE PLACE!
3-AL BINO:Time to consider what went wrong and what to do next as I know ain’t nobody coming after me – just like last time. First the FAILS:
1- Once again, I hired idiots. Don’t do that. 2- I left potentially vengeful people alive again. Including the original one – Daisy! Don’t do that. 3- I didn’t have an escape bag with clothes, money and medical stuff in my escape tunnel. Don’t fail to do that. Now…
SUCCESSES:* 1- I’m alive. Hmmm. That’s it. ANYWAY, I know that Pennywise is down here somewhere. I think he’d be willing to help me. (I’ve always wondered how he monetized the eating of little kids. I don’t really see the payday in that…)
Covering the entire sewer system? you’re assuming he wants to come out. He’s been living down there for years. Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
I wonder if Yeti’s spider is still living in the sewers and that Yet I will meet up with it ?
I also wonder if the Ace of Spades and Doubleup are still in the sewers as well… Haven’t seen them since Ace and Double escaped Tracy by entering the sewer/tunnel system…
A satisfying, if very open-ended, conclusion to Mark’s story! Wichita1.0 has managed a good piece of storytelling on short notice and with length-constraints, and Shelley has done a fabulous series of dramatic snapshots of the action. Today, as always, the art is fine, symmetrical in this case with astonished Sam in panel 1 balanced by problematic, clearly wounded Yeti in the lower sewer in panel 3, with an iconic Tracy and Sam in between (panel 2); I think her “Tracy” has improved considerably just over the course of this tale.
Congratulations both to author and to artist! I look forward to seeing Mark’s work here again some day….
From the way Yeti walks, I’d say he’s badly injured, so it’s in his best interest to surrender to save his life, unless he’d rather die in the sewers like the rat he is!
Pequod almost 3 years ago
Yeti lets the darts fly. Duck and cover if there’s time
Ferret sprawls. Ape drops and crawls. An endgame for their crime.
Yeti thinks he’s Scarface. Pulls the trigger. Does not aim
Rose cuts loose on Yeti. She’s much better at this game.
“Drop your weapons! Grab the air! Now’s time for your surrender!”
Rose and Daisy give it up before they need a mender.
Ape is shot. Ferret is not. Now time to go to jail
Sewer slog for Yeti means there’s many ways to fail.
Slip away on his last day. Now Yeti’s leaking claret
Time to run. All fun is done. A poisoner sans merit.
AnyFace almost 3 years ago
Maybe he will …
… maybe he won’t. ✨
L Silverman almost 3 years ago
That’s a really haunting last image of Yeti. Both creepy and a little sad. So, wrapping up, plot-wise the story was just ehhhh. It was a Minit Mystery that was stretched to six weeks. But the story’s real strength was its characters. Ferret, Ape and Rose were memorable characters and F+A displayed real heart and personality that made the reader care about them. Kudos to Mark for that and kudos to Shelley for her amazing art. I was a little worried when Joe S left but Pleger has not only proven a worthy successor but dare I say it, even surpassed Joe.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray almost 3 years ago
Good morning™, Not dead ye(tis) !
He’ll need a long hike to get beyond where the police think anyone would go to finally surface. What bad guy doc will fix this buzzard up ? He’ll go into cold storage like that time traveling guy whose hand showed up a bit late with the rest of him possibly going even further ahead in time.
avenger09 almost 3 years ago
Well I was wrong
Yeti isn’t gone
But hope is still alive
He may take a fatal dive
Or meet with Wally Gator
Who’ll eat him soon not later
He can keep them all well fed
The rats of Dr. Mordred
I just need him to go
His apperance is a no
22ph almost 3 years ago
That’s what you think, Tracy. Yeti is as slippery as a sewer eel. :)
Neil Wick almost 3 years ago
Good morning™, everyone!
It doesn’t feel like an ending. It feels as unfinished as Yeti’s last story. Nevertheless, I’d like to once again thank Mark, who came through in the crunch with an enjoyable story and a lot of entertaining posts in the comments.
jonahhex1 almost 3 years ago
Looks like maybe Yeti caught a slug from that hail of lead Rose unleashed.
Hope they don’t hang her by her pretty neck…..
jonahhex1 almost 3 years ago
Tracy looks grim and has the air of a man with a mission in that second panel…..
22ph almost 3 years ago
Thanks to Mark Barnard for the story and Shelley Pleger for the art. I really enjoyed this story. I am not looking for perfection just something to enjoy reading everyday. Hoping to see Mark again for the continuation of the Yeti story.
22ph almost 3 years ago
Yeti might have gotten away but at least Rose did not miss! Yeti took a hit in the body.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago
If all the exits are blocked, sneak out an entrance!
BigDaveGlass almost 3 years ago
Very powerful last panel, reminds me of swamp thing somehow….
iggyman almost 3 years ago
Yeti does not look well….
LawrenceS almost 3 years ago
Yeti was dead at the end of last arc from spider venom. He’s only wounded as this arc draws to a close. Perhaps at the end of the next arc he’ll get away by leaping a tall building with a single bound…
But, more seriously, one of the potentially better foes to come along in ages. I wish Mark had the time to develop things a little slower rather than the storyline feeling so rushed.
Ignatz Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I really like Shelley’s cinematographic art. And the character’s are looking more on-model.
Wichita1.0 almost 3 years ago
And that’s a wrap. Thanks for tolerating me guys. Be sure to spay your teeth, floss your household pets and start each day with a smile. It’s back to the usual Saturday morning grind and chores, here.
tcayer almost 3 years ago
Dozens of bullets fired in a tight tunnel with 7 people crammed in and not one kill?
ChucklinChuck almost 3 years ago
“Naw,” says Sam. “I think Yeti has slipped away again. At least you got your hat-bow back and I’ve got my fistful of invoices.”
ChucklinChuck almost 3 years ago
Speaking of hats, due to all the St. Patrick’s Day parades and other events scheduled around Tracyville today, I can break out my Sam-style kelly green homburg and sport it through Thursday. Maybe I’ll run in to Sam catchin’ some corned beef and cabbage. Erin go bragh!
Durak Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Love the Yeti image in the last panel. I would label it “Grim Determination”. We’ll see more of this guy.
orbenjawell Premium Member almost 3 years ago
….oh, he’ll “ace” this somehow: Hey, he’s a YETI! YETIS NEVER SAY DIE!! ….?!!!…oh, wait: THAT was Goonies!….still……….
IvanB.Cohen almost 3 years ago
The last panel tells me that some of Rose’s shots connected….Yeti’s staggering reminds me of Lee Marvin’s character in that 1964 movie, “The Killers”. He will “buy the farm” or “kick the bucket” heck of a way to go out. The police find his list of customers, unless he had the foresight to delete it. Ferret and Ape will tell what they know to get a better deal. Right now, the charge is leaving the scene of an accident. A fine, jail time and community service, these two will go straight.
Chris almost 3 years ago
he don’t look like he’s doing too well, so hopefully he’ll get caught before it’s too late.
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 3 years ago
All those bullets seem to have missed Yeti…or maybe?
WilliamVollmer almost 3 years ago
Looks like Mike and Shelley aren’t QUITE done with Yeti, yet. Now whether he returns in this arc, or, a future one, remains to be seen.
Ray Toler almost 3 years ago
If Swamp Thing and Solomon Grundy had a child…
Another Take almost 3 years ago
1-SAM: THE DESK WAS RIGHT, DICK – HE’S GONE! ♫ ♪♪ I’d pay the devil to have caught him. HE’S GONE! ♫ ♪♪
DT: KNOCK OFF THE HALL AND OATES TRIBUTE!
2-DT: Your keen and heightened detective-trained senses appear to be correct, Sam. He’s go…escaped again. Now get down those tunnels after him!
BOTH: HA HA HA!
DT: C’mon. Let’s grab a bite. SAM: I GET TO PICK THE PLACE!
3-AL BINO: Time to consider what went wrong and what to do next as I know ain’t nobody coming after me – just like last time. First the FAILS:
1- Once again, I hired idiots. Don’t do that. 2- I left potentially vengeful people alive again. Including the original one – Daisy! Don’t do that. 3- I didn’t have an escape bag with clothes, money and medical stuff in my escape tunnel. Don’t fail to do that. Now…
SUCCESSES:* 1- I’m alive. Hmmm. That’s it. ANYWAY, I know that Pennywise is down here somewhere. I think he’d be willing to help me. (I’ve always wondered how he monetized the eating of little kids. I don’t really see the payday in that…)
Wizard of Ahz-no relation almost 3 years ago
Covering the entire sewer system? you’re assuming he wants to come out. He’s been living down there for years. Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defences…
dalemcnamee9 almost 3 years ago
I wonder if Yeti’s spider is still living in the sewers and that Yet I will meet up with it ?
I also wonder if the Ace of Spades and Doubleup are still in the sewers as well… Haven’t seen them since Ace and Double escaped Tracy by entering the sewer/tunnel system…
WestofthePecan Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Two thoughts:1. To DT: ya wanna bet?2. To Wichita/Mark: good job, thank you!
buckman-j almost 3 years ago
No surprise here. Yeti will be saved until the “Authors” run out of new ideas. Call it Marvelization of the Strip.
trimguy almost 3 years ago
“He won’t escape this time” famous last words.
oakie817 almost 3 years ago
in the back of him in last panel…could that be The Shadow??!!
scpandich almost 3 years ago
Taking bets on that, Sam.
Eric S almost 3 years ago
Umm… What crimes did ape and ferret actually commit other than hit and run?
David Rickard Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Do they have sewer gators in Tracyville?
BreathlessMahoney77 almost 3 years ago
Shades of the Spanish Moss monster from Kolchak!
ScottHolman almost 3 years ago
Looks to me like he’s escaping right now.
Sisyphos almost 3 years ago
A satisfying, if very open-ended, conclusion to Mark’s story! Wichita1.0 has managed a good piece of storytelling on short notice and with length-constraints, and Shelley has done a fabulous series of dramatic snapshots of the action. Today, as always, the art is fine, symmetrical in this case with astonished Sam in panel 1 balanced by problematic, clearly wounded Yeti in the lower sewer in panel 3, with an iconic Tracy and Sam in between (panel 2); I think her “Tracy” has improved considerably just over the course of this tale.
Congratulations both to author and to artist! I look forward to seeing Mark’s work here again some day….
Black76Manta almost 3 years ago
From the way Yeti walks, I’d say he’s badly injured, so it’s in his best interest to surrender to save his life, unless he’d rather die in the sewers like the rat he is!
198.23.5.11 almost 3 years ago
Boo.Hiss.razzberies.
This is DICK TRACY.Villains are supposed to swing from the yardarm.Even in sewers.
Great middle panel,though.
Is there a giant alligator in the house??