And EJ's not even a little bit interested in closing the door after it. What a consummate gentleman.
If you guys want more regular updates on when a new page is up, by the way, you might wanna hop on my Twitter feed. That's a lot easier to update than my blog, so the followers I've got there are always the first to know about stuff.
I should probably note that my sale's still going on, too. The response has been GREAT, guys! I'm sending stuff out every couple days, now. but the 15th is quickly approaching, so all the guys that celebrate Christmas? If you're thinking of gifting TAZ stuff, you're running out of time. I already can't guarantee Xmas arrival for international shipping. So order now! Prices go back to normal January 1st!
More comics later... Sorry about the delay. Jacked-up back, power outage, blah blah blah.
I TOLD YOU! Beeline for the back exit!
I just use the RSS feed directly from the comic's page itself, seems to work fine. :P
Running out the back door is the only sensible option. He'd better hope the Jake's didn't bring enough men to watch it, too.
If I were him, I'd try the roof. Or subterranean secret exits.
Helipad.
I think Biggs is going back to his room, hoping to find some last little lump of decent H before the Jakes arrive; because the real world is about to become a very unpleasant place for Messrs Bigelow and Adair.
To quote an annoying video game: "THERE'S NO TIME!"
... and that anon was me. Failing to put a name in.
This page is very exciting. O_O
Eeek! EJ's a little piece of sh*t (that scene where he hits her made me gasp!) but the Jakes are really scary, so I'm actually pulling for the little scumbag. The odds aren't looking good.
I think it's more 'raised in the wrong environment' than scumbag. He's just a little misled, is all, tryin' to act like he thinks he should act.
Unfortunately, he doesn't seem clued in to the jakes >:
I think that EJ is about to, in the words of Louis L'amour, "become dead." Much as one might "become ill"; he's about to die through no one's fault except his own.
BTW, Spike, What is your email!? I cant find it anywhere on the site or blog or anything!
Jackie seems to be holding the knife with the edge of blade towards herself, or is she going to hit them on the head with the butt of the knife?
OMG!@# IT'S ON!!!
She looks like she's about to throw that knife. I bet she has pretty good aim too...
It looks like everybody in that place except the jakes is well and truly fucked now.
I reiterate - baaad baad things.
Final panel. The leading Jake, in the center.
Is it weird that one of the scariest things about this page is the fact that --unlike all of the others-- this Jake doesn't seem as intent about it all?
The others look like malevolent freaking demons, but the center one just looks like it's...Doing Business -- "that's just how these things go, you know, let's move on to step two..."
They only jammed a baseball bat into Hat Guy's gut, stepped on his throat, and pinched his keycard... So maybe they won't kill anybody. Maybe they're just really tough negotiators?
Shit. Shit.
What was it that Gene said once? "Catalyze decomposition"? Looks like they're catalyzing!
Looks like one should pack heat all the time in Templar. This would provide you with some satisfaction before you died under the remaining tide of Jakes.
"Shoot all the Jakes you want, we'll breed more!"
It's like "drink the kool-aid" Cultist combined with "aim for the head" fast Zombie. That is to say, Utterly terrifying. It's the fact that the Jakes will do this when provoked, and apparently either do it often enough, or drill for it so frequently that they flow naturally through a building clearing exercise without hesitation, that is likely the reason Scipio freaked when he saw them in his building.
Were I a Templarite (Templarian?)and I knew what they were capable of, I wouldn't want to be within their blast radius either, in case someone set them off.
I mean, Damn.
yeah seconds on the "being packed" comment. itd be funny if somebody was, and they ran into a sean connery-esque moment: "Isn't that just like a jake; brings a knife to a gun fight."
Aargh, my fingers. Did they have to break my fingers?
Heh.
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen any guns in Templar, or I might have missed something. If this were the real Arizona, there'd be pistol-packing civilians all around (though maybe not at a wet house). But, this is some kind of alt-universe setting, so who the hell knows?
Truly fantastic stuff. Thank you for creating it and may it keep on coming.
Thanks again.
I love your art Spike. The face Marcus has even makes it look like he's doing a two beat whistle.
Also, the security thing just made me type weiner factories. What.
Darn, I think I made a comment earlier that got eaten, wondering about how only the old bearded Jake has a blunt instrument and the bald ones carry blades of some sort or other.
I'm guessing that both the right to have a beard and use non-bladed weapons (like bludgeons and zip-guns) are something that comes when a male Jake either reaches a certain rank, or age, or both.
Amirite?
I've Just found Templar. It's wonderful.
Thank you.
Happy Holidays!
O-o-oh dear, EJ is about to get kicked in the face. Right before he is disassembled by 200 blank-faced Jakes. And Biggs is going to fall out th window and break hios ass in half, which is still better than whatever Jackie's clan has planned for him.
Yeesh.
God I love Templar.
Geez, someone's got Abandonment Issues. Go murder a prostitute already, whyn'cha?
Man, I feel for Biggs. He's so amazingly screwed I haven't got the words for it. And as for EJ, jeez, what a craven, self-absorbed little shit. I get that he's afraid of being alone, ad that he's borderline retarded, and reeeally under-socialized. But threatening to sell your only friend up the river? That's low, even for street junkies.
And this is where Biggs would have every right to cut out EJ's tongue before leaving him for the Jakes. What a slimy, codependent little weirdo EJ is.
When is your next Con? Seems like it's been a while.
How cute! The Elliots are like Laurel and Hardy... if...say, Laurel and Hardy were about to be gutted like fish by a huge gang of maniacal cultist.
Hahahaha, "Hooray, fuck you! You win!" Templar quote of the year!
The Jakes are rapidly moving from "Mildly disturbing cult" all the way up to "incredibly fucking scary".
I dunno, I think EJ is kind of interesting. Well, everyone is in Templar, but still. There's something kinda curious in his personality that I like. I do have to say I love Biggs' expression in that last panel, though.
Ah Biggs, the reluctant enabler. He's got *two* monkeys on his back, you know.
So this is what the final page looks like uploaded, awesome work Spike. I loved watching this come together the other day.
Just mentioning I really like this plot arc thus far.
Just mentionin'