Battle Royale

Battle Royale

Posted by Brian • January 6, 2017

Original Release Date: October 26, 2010

Panel three makes this page. There isn't anything special or complicated about it, but it illustrates the depth of the chaos at hand by showing all three of the good guys in combat at once (would have been nice to see more of what Evil Bad Guy Ninja is doing in the foreground, but oh well). Mike's reaction to Bob punching him is pretty sweet, too. You get a real sense of surprise and anger. This isn't the hysterical rage he was in earlier--this seems much more visceral and bloodthirsty, which is quite unusual for Mike.

The sequence at the end with Bob is slapstick in the middle of an otherwise chaotic scene, and creates a humorous break in the tension before things ramp up again on the next page.