BUT I THINK I’M ONLY GOING TO HAVE TO DIE THIS ONCE
LAST NIGHT
writer: patrick shand • pencils and inks: pablo “optimus” praino • colours & letters: ryan marshall holland
SO THE POWERS SAID YA NEEDED TO SEE ME BEFORE YA MOVE ON
MY SENSE OF TIME HAS GOTTEN A BIT IFFY, BEING DEAD AND ALL, BUT IT’S BEEN YEARS, MAN! HAVEN’T MOVED ON?
YOU.
GUESS I’M FLATTERED. SO HOW’S UNLIFE BEEN WITHOUT ME? LET ME GUESS. BROODY?
DOYLE, I’M SO-
WOAH WOAH WOAH. YOU’RE THE BEST FRIEND I EVER HAD, ANGEL, BUT YOU’RE TOO MUCH WITH THE SORROW AND REGRET. DON’T APOLOGIZE, IT’LL CHEAPEN IT. JUST...YOU KNOW, FIGHT ON.
MY HEAD KINDA GOT CHOPPED OFF.
OH, DON’T WORRY. NOT PERMANENT.
ALSO, TRY TO MAKE IT SO ANOTHER TEAMMATE DOESN’T DIE. DON’T WANNA BE ALL FOREBODING, BUT WITH WHAT’S COMING… YOU’RE GONNA NEED ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GET.
PRETTY COOL EFFECT. YEAH, THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE.
NAH, THIS IS LIMBO. NEUTRAL GROUNDS. WELL, NEUTRAL AS MEETING GROUNDS FOR THE LIVING AND DEAD GET. WE CAN’T TOUCH THOUGH, SO NO MAN-HUGS. SO… IS THIS WHERE YOU LIVE? THIS, UM, WHITE SPACE? I MEAN, IT’S NICE
BUT… WHERE YOU ARE… IS IT… IS IT GOOD? CAN DEMONS…
DON’T WANNA RUIN THE SURPRISE, DO YA?
THIS SURPRISE, YA MIGHT LIKE.
ACTUALLY, KINDA. I’M NOT THE BEST WITH SURPRISES. AS, ER, LIMBO SEEMS TO BE SHOWING YOU.
lOOKS LIKE THEY’RE PULLING ME BACK. GOT WHAT YOU nEED?
NO DOYLE- I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE NEVER THIS TALKY WHEN I WAS ALIVE.
“SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AROUND CORDY CAN DO THAT TO YOU.”
YEAH…
IS IT TRUE, DOYLE? THAT I’LL BE… THE FALL OF MAN? THEY SAID IT’S TRUE. GOD, WESLEY SAID IT’S TRUE…
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MAN… I DON’T KNOW. NOT PRIVY TO THAT INFO. BUT AS YOUR FRIEND? PARTNER IN ANTI-DEMONCRIME? I SORTA JUST DOUBT IT. BUT WHY’RE YOU SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
JUST LIVE, MAN.…
“JUST LIVE.”
WHAT ABOUT YOU, THEN? HANGING IN THERE?
I’LL LIVE.
THE END.