Rest in peace, Benny Hill. The man may have been sexist, but he was awfully darn funny. The idea of the S-Team characters running around, sped up on camera, with goofy music playing, makes me giggle.
There are a couple of things about this strip I want to mention. First off, I think it’s one of the funnier ones I’ve written. Second, Slick is standing in profile in the last panel because I only have ONE of those red “boobie” pieces. “Sweet Christmas!” was, I believe, one of Luke Cage’s (Marvel character) catch phrases. I thought it would be funny here to have Science Guy use it.
That’s right, Charlie isn’t on the team. But he hangs around them a lot nevertheless. Maybe at some point he’ll develop a superpower and a name beginning with the letter “S” and then we’ll see.
I wanted to do this visual gag since the beginning of the Excess Boobage story arc. I tried several different camera shots but this was the one I ultimately selected.
Those scientists…it’s AMAZING what they can get away with when couched under the excuse “it’s for science.”