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Whiskey Bend Page 22
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Whiskey Bend Page 22

on February 25, 2012
Chapter: Book 3: Whiskey Bend
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    • Next Town Over by Ben Mehlos « Steam Trains and Ghosts
      March 2, 2012, 9:20 am | #
  1. Shawn
    Shawn
    February 25, 2012, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    That looks like it stings.

  2. Dodge Roll
    Dodge Roll
    February 25, 2012, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    He’s using the heat to cauterize the wound. Smart. Shame he doesn’t have a disinfectant to go along with it. Wonder what the deal with the horse is. Not sure if its gone or sent away till further notice. Guess it begs the questions why his other horses haven’t gone through the same thing.

    • Mr.Tophat
      Mr.Tophat
      February 25, 2012, 8:11 am | # | Reply

      Not sure how much good that would do, cauterization i mean, judging by the placement of his wound the fellow is missing a good chunk of his small and large intestine, and maybe even a little chunk of liver and stomach.

      • Pulse
        Pulse
        February 26, 2012, 9:07 am | # | Reply

        Unless he cauterized it the whole way through, judging by how he heated the cord too.

        • Mr.Tophat
          Mr.Tophat
          February 27, 2012, 1:09 am | # | Reply

          But then he would die from the lack of a cohesive system of intestines and a large chunk of missing stomach. This fellow needs a very skilled surgeon (for the times, an AMAZINGLY skilled surgeon) fast.

          • Pulse
            Pulse
            February 28, 2012, 4:41 am | #

            True.
            Though, to be fair concerning the surgeon, if he can have his ability with fire, there isn’t really anything to say there can’t be somebody with the power to heal major injuries like that.

    • Dodge Roll
      Dodge Roll
      February 27, 2012, 12:48 am | # | Reply

      heh, its funny. He’s probably the bad guy but if he didn’t carry so much charisma, I’d probably be rooting for lil miss sunshine.

    • martyros
      martyros
      March 4, 2012, 4:17 pm | # | Reply

      My read on it was that the dark magic disintegrates in the full sunlight. Diamonds doesn’t disintegrate because he was a natural (albeit extremely gifted) horse. I guess that’s one advantage of cybernetics over magic: doesn’t disintegrate in daylight. (No alliteration intended.)

  3. Winged Anomaly
    Winged Anomaly
    February 25, 2012, 1:43 am | # | Reply

    Well, looks like Vane finally did a serious number on him. If I were her, after all this time, I’d be pretty bloody satisfied.

  4. Gustavo Campanelli
    Gustavo Campanelli
    February 25, 2012, 4:41 am | # | Reply

    My guess is that either the spell power or the horse life force was spent, or he’s too messed up to mantain the effect.

    • My_Little_Annie
      My_Little_Annie
      February 26, 2012, 9:09 am | # | Reply

      Eh, maybe he’s actually doing it for a moral reason. He slowed down and got shot at just to tell Vane that she should put Diamonds out of his misery– so maybe this was just “euthanasia.” It could be that JHH has learned bringing stuff back from the dead isn’t so cool/nice.

  5. Dogma
    Dogma
    February 25, 2012, 5:12 am | # | Reply

    No choice of “neither”?

    I picked JHH in lieu of that.

  6. okwari
    okwari
    February 25, 2012, 9:57 am | # | Reply

    Wow. Supernaturally powered man running out of blood/power.

  7. okwari
    okwari
    February 25, 2012, 10:02 am | # | Reply

    The horse disappearing in dwindling flame is awesome.

    • Sulucamas
      Sulucamas
      February 25, 2012, 1:57 pm | # | Reply

      Seconded! Glad Hunter didn’t blow away like that…yet…

      The blood soaking his clothes (and dripping from his boot!) is pretty great too. 🙂

  8. Mutterscrawl
    Mutterscrawl
    February 25, 2012, 11:51 am | # | Reply

    Interesting… we finally get a way to see some limitations of this fellows abilities.

  9. Kent
    Kent
    February 25, 2012, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

    wow, that looks like it feels GREAT

  10. Maxtr
    Maxtr
    February 26, 2012, 7:56 am | # | Reply

    oH GOD I FELT THAT :O

  11. My_Little_Annie
    My_Little_Annie
    February 26, 2012, 8:51 am | # | Reply

    This guy took a grappling hook straight through his intestines, and still had the power to create a “firewall” (heh heh), ride away at top speed, and pull the weapon out of his body. He should be DEAD or dying. I think we’re seeing JHH’s level of true power rather than his limitations. LOVE the tree!!

    • Mutterscrawl
      Mutterscrawl
      February 26, 2012, 11:00 pm | # | Reply

      Fair point, though I’m wondering just how old he is and what sort of magic he uses now.

      So many questions.

      *hobby worldbuilding, insatiable curiosity*

    • Jason Poland
      Jason Poland
      February 28, 2012, 9:25 am | # | Reply

      Haha! “Wait, hold that grappling hook in your torso a moment longer, I gotta gaze at this gorgeous tree for a moment.”

  12. Raul
    Raul
    February 26, 2012, 2:16 pm | # | Reply

    In D&D we call it Second Wind. Hope he does heal that somehow, because it looks awfully painful 🙁

    Go Mr. Hunter!

    • demonofthekhmer
      demonofthekhmer
      March 2, 2012, 10:44 am | # | Reply

      It’s funny that you mentioned D&D, since, like, halfway through, I thought this was based on Deadlands, you know, a Huckster, a Harrowed Gunner, and that kind of magic, it just feel, well, right

  13. Jonn
    Jonn
    February 27, 2012, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    Somewhere, someone is playing “A Horse With No Name” and the record just scratched.

    • Jason Poland
      Jason Poland
      February 28, 2012, 9:33 am | # | Reply

      Yesss, that’s some cinemagic right there.

  14. wr4ith0
    wr4ith0
    February 28, 2012, 7:32 pm | # | Reply

    gee you’re looking tired mr cowboy man… oh, yeah that… kinda forgot about that…. you don’t happen to be undead too do you? No?

    on a related note, totes cheering for the dame. The interaction between the characters seems to indicate that she was horribly wronged in the past by the male lead, still gonna be sad to see’m go tho’

  15. okwari
    okwari
    February 29, 2012, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

    I find myself rooting for both Vane and Hunter. It’s weird.

  16. HoneyThistle
    HoneyThistle
    March 2, 2012, 5:37 am | # | Reply

    Horsey dead…?

  17. Chacha
    Chacha
    March 28, 2012, 2:52 am | # | Reply

    This has to be the most BEAUTIFUL works I’ve EVER read/seen. This page is FANTASTIC.

  18. JustStoppingBye
    JustStoppingBye
    October 8, 2012, 9:49 pm | # | Reply

    The second and third panel are achingly beautiful yet heartbreaking at the same time. RIP Outlaw/Clubs.

  19. JustStoppingBye
    JustStoppingBye
    October 8, 2012, 9:51 pm | # | Reply

    That almost looks like a person in the clouds in the first panel. I better be careful or I’m going to be seeing Jesus on Toast soon.

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