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No. 936: Ambrose Has a Purpose

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Ambrose Has a Purpose

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=936

Strip by: Buster Maruca

Secret Agent Samantha: Hey, Dr. Ambrose! We found your secret laboratory. You’ll never get away with this!
Mad Scientist Ambrose: Hah! You shortsighted fools still do not grasp the true, hidden porpoise of my sinister plans!
Secret Agent Oliver: You mean purpose, right?
Ambrose: {pointing to something off-panel} No.
{Pan to a porpoise swimming playfully in an aquarium.}

The author writes:

This strip is a sort of thematic continuation of No. 931, or at least it uses the same set and Ambrose has the same outfit.

This is also the first strip to feature my LEGO incarnation of Samantha. I used the piece that was originally created to be the One Ring for LEGO's Lord of the Rings theme for her signature earrings, though presumably they don't contain the essence of a malevolent Maia. Oh, and they're affixed to her hair using the same kind of puddy I used for Meridien's bow.

And yeah, Ambrose has a couple of giant circular saw blades just sitting there in the background. What sort of self-respecting mad scientist doesn't?

The background in panels 1-3 of this strip are this photograph of the Manhattan skyline, taken by Billie Grace Ward of Flickr and licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The image that constitutes the 4th panel is a cropped version of this photograph of a porpoise called Daisy from the Vancouver Aquarium, taken by Ruth Hartnup of Flickr and also licensed under CC BY 2.0.