Page 13: Straggler
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Grady and Mac continue to be the best. Sorry for the standard lateness!
Flat colors on this page by Kaezrer.
Grady and Mac continue to be the best. Sorry for the standard lateness!
Flat colors on this page by Kaezrer.
February 11th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
First comment, also i hope he throws that like he was bullseye. He’s already bald like him
February 11th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Its gunna dodge the axe i think its goten smart and tactical
February 11th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Straggler zombie knows where you liiiiive…
February 11th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Yummm endtrails…… lol
February 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
“Sorry for the standard lateness!” Are you kidding me? For the quality you put out, I’m surprised you make it this frequently! Redo the old uncoloured pages and you could sell this comic for a lot more than us bunch of ingrates donate… Uh oh. I shouldn’t have said that. you might take me seriously and stop posting. Oh no! I’m too cheap to buy comics!
I can feel the comic withdrawl starting already…(shakes)…
Just adding humour to an honest comment. By the way, I give a fake E-mail because I’m already overloaded on spam mail, and I’m paranoid about where I might find more. Nothing personal.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
wow, lots of vivid colors. Very cool.
I don’t recognize that vampire though.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
WORTH THE WAIT!
DAMN! We move on from one awesome scene of Grady finally getting his Scotch to Mac picking up the axe for another round.
Can I get a “HELL YEAH!?”
P.S. that is a curious thought actually. What if the Zombs not only pick up the scent trait after the 30 days but gain some better intelligence as well? …nasty if it’s true.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Man that zombie looks like its been thru some hell.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
charles: “Can I get a “HELL YEAH!?””
No, you may not.
I’m still waiting for a Grady Attack. And of course Mac will throw the axe at him – he’s had so much practice with Batarangs already.
Cause … I say once again… Mac is Batman.
“that is a curious thought actually. What if the Zombs not only pick up the scent trait after the 30 days but gain some better intelligence as well? ”
Don’t see why they’d get intelligence after a month – their ’sire’ had a super sniffer, not super intelligence. Despite destroying the world in basically a month, Francis Murdo does not seem to have been the brightest bulb, and neither was his sire.
February 12th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Damn, nice page guys. I gots a bad feeling about this though…
February 12th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Hmm.. i just wondered about one thing… so far i can see on that zombie.. that it doesn’t have any nose.. so how can it smell humans? or did it found them from pure luck?
February 12th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Straggler Zombie knows what you did last Friday.
I betcha it’s gonna dodge the axe
February 12th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
“so far i can see on that zombie.. that it doesn’t have any nose.. so how can it smell humans? or did it found them from pure luck?”
From the script: “He was shot many times by Sullivan’s zombies and his nose has been blown off completely, which is why he’s not smelling the humans and running for them. He should look like quite a mess, many bullet holes, including in his face, but his brain was simply missed entirely.”
Didn’t take a whole lot of luck to find them — thousands and thousands of zombies were shot/destroyed at the school, which isn’t far from the pond here, and millions more were in the general area, and many slipped through the cracks, including ones that were believed to be “killed,” but were simply down at the bottom of piles maybe, struggling to get out. Makes sense that many zombies would wander into their direction, which is why the vampire lookouts are supposed to be killing them before they get very close.
I keep wanting to spoil the next page, but I won’t. I should probably write it before spoiling it, in any sense. (But even then I won’t spoil this one. I’ll simply say that you’re all on the wrong track!)
February 12th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
“But even then I won’t spoil this one. I’ll simply say that you’re all on the wrong track!”
What’s really going to happen? He gives Grady the axe and throws Grady at the zombie. Grady drinks more scotch and kills the zombie in one swipe.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Incredible lights and shadow on this page, and that zombie…
Wow, I’ll just take my hat off permanently.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
“You just gotta get up in them guts.”
February 12th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
hmm.. well.. I wonder what happened too the runners. If one zommie can find em eh?
February 12th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Small word of advice for the website: try having a separate link for the first last blood comic and another for the second one. To make browsing slightly easier.
February 12th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
GIVE THE MOTHER’S FOREHEAD A BUTTCRACK!!!!!!!!!
February 13th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Zaldaran: “What’s really going to happen? He gives Grady the axe and throws Grady at the zombie. Grady drinks more scotch and kills the zombie in one swipe.”
Bobby, I think it’s clear from the pure genius of what Zaldaran said that he is 100% right, and your attempts to keep the next page a secret have failed.
Congratulations Zaldaran, you are truly a visionary genius and I salute you.
February 13th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Very sneaky bobby XD
Now, i wonder if it’s going to hit or miss…or a whole bunch of running zombie is next o_o
February 13th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I don’t know if Bobby would want to spoil our first taste of Mac Bad-Assity in a while with something bad happening. Then again, it is Last Blood and bad shit happens a lot…
February 14th, 2009 at 2:24 am
I guess he throws the axe and the zombie gets down. And _then_ a whole bunch of zombies shows up – and Mac has no axe no more… Let’s see if the bullets in that pistol last long enaugh to get that vampire working
February 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Glad to see a new page. I hooked my roomie on this comic, and she’s chomping at the bit for more, and so am I.
February 15th, 2009 at 8:16 am
thank you Bobby Crosby for explaining that.
I long after to see the next page. <X3
February 15th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I bet that ax is really a bat-a-marang in disguise. Since he is batman and all. lol
February 16th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I sense trouble…
it could be a trap
February 16th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Awesome update. Can’t wait to see what straggler zombie is up to in the next episode.
February 16th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
they are insane, hanging out in a forest. Open on all sides and plenty of cover for zombies to sneak up. Madness.
February 16th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Madness…?
…MADNESS?
THIS. IS. LAST BLOOD.
…sorrybobbyiamonmedsatmyaybronchitis
February 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Great comic.
The sixth comic panel, the bottom left comic panel. The third speech bubble, the bottom speech bubble, has an error:
“Mac, there’s no reason get that close.”
It should be:
“Mac, there’s no reason to get that close.”
February 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
@ Jhas: I think that’s just a way of speaking, not a typo. Or maybe not… darn. (maybe I just have inherently bad grammar) Smoosh ‘reason’ and ‘get’ together. Say it to yourself over and over and see if it becomes natural.
Friggen crap. I know this is just the start of the new book and there’s gonna be a plot, so somethings gonna happen that just really really sucks and they’re gonna have to find a way to make it all better and whatnot (you know… stories…
). But I really really hope that the something isn’t going to happen to Mac or Grady, or at least that they’ll get away. Alive. The kids can die, unnamed other adults can die, but not Mac or Grady. (especially Grady)
Also, in the last page I was scared that the bottle was the special vodka-Addison-Payne concoction and that Grady was about to do something slightly bad. But that doesn’t look like that’s the case. I’m happy. Thanks for making such an interesting story.
February 17th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Jhas is correct and it’s now been fixed. Thanks. It was a last second dialogue change and I somehow missed the error.
SPOILERS BELOW THIS LINE
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“somethings gonna happen that just really really sucks and they’re gonna have to find a way to make it all better and whatnot”
That’s the tens of millions of zombies who will suddenly be able to smell the humans from hundreds of miles away and start running at full speed towards them. Not even the combined effort of the vampires and Sullivan’s zombies could hold them off.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Bah
I thought this’d be a happy-ending-story!1!11
My guess is Mac will fell a tree on top of the Z
February 17th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
OR doh of course, he’ll try to hit it with his golf-fu
February 17th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
In the words of Ash…”Its a trick…get an axe…”
February 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Aieon: “Bah I thought this’d be a happy-ending-story!1!11″
Yes, because as you know, most zombie stories have a happy ending.
Oh… wait… no.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
DjMorglith: “In the words of Ash…”Its a trick…get an axe…””
Hail to the king, baby!
February 17th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
eyelid: “they are insane, hanging out in a forest. Open on all sides and plenty of cover for zombies to sneak up. Madness.”
They are the last people on earth because they were chosen to be, not because they are rocket scientists
Cat: There is no excuse for a 300 joke.
Ever.
Even if you had the Plague instead of bronchitis.
February 18th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
huh.. They should all turn themselves into vampires.
And.. Hmm.. Army of Sofia could help, wouldn’t it? Addison f’ckin Payne said, that TFZ cannot defeat Sofia.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Just a silly question but one that I’ve been wondering about.
Is “Last Blood” the film still on? I haven’t been lurking on this comic as much and I’m wondering if it’s going to happen. I’m super excited for it actually x)
February 18th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I don’t think the intelligence is needed at all, personally i think an enemy that mindlessly chases after its goals is more frightening, no tactics, no plan just non stop hunger. a relentless adversary that not only chases relentlessly, but also doesn’t know HOW to give up. no matter what you do, there’s no break, no rest, just zombies coming in wave after wave. THAT’S terror and the stuff nightmares are made of.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
“I don’t think the intelligence is needed at all, personally i think an enemy that mindlessly chases after its goals is more frightening, no tactics, no plan just non stop hunger.”
You just described a typical politician.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:30 am
***SPOILERS BELOW***
bobby: “That’s the tens of millions of zombies who will suddenly be able to smell the humans from hundreds of miles away and start running at full speed towards them. Not even the combined effort of the vampires and Sullivan’s zombies could hold them off.”
Yeah but to begin with it’ll only be the zombies who are older than 30 days won’t it? so to begin with, we’ll get all the zombies who were created on the first day he showed up at the beach, then all those created the day after and so on, increasing each day. Or are you gonna skip that and just make it all of them for the sake of getting a story out?
February 19th, 2009 at 6:15 am
okay basicly the zombies are still human ust fucked up humans right so this means that the cure for being a vampire will work on them zombies aswell right? or there all gunna have to become vampires and flee to the south pole am i right? or space =D then do the cure thing
February 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Gregor: “huh.. They should all turn themselves into vampires.”
Provided that there’s enough formula for everyone, that’s actually a rather good idea.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
“we’ll get all the zombies who were created on the first day he showed up at the beach, then all those created the day after and so on, increasing each day. Or are you gonna skip that and just make it all of them for the sake of getting a story out?”
You’re apparently forgetting how quickly this all happened. The outbreak started in America, where they are now, and at least half the country was turned in the first 72 hours. “All the zombies who were created on the first day he showed up at the beach” numbers in the millions, “then all those created the day after” numbers in the hundreds of millions (both figures being worldwide, not just America).
February 19th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
This is by far the best comic ive ever read online, i normally hate comics with zombies in them but this has converted me big time man, awesome stuff keep it up. I agree with an earlier comment their is definitely an ominous feeling to this page.
(p.s. anymore news on the movie?)
February 20th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Thank you Mr Crosby for your swift correction. You do your profession a great credit with your diligence.
Once again, a great fan of your work – beyond the scope of just Last Blood. You have a brilliant gift, and I will be watching your career with an avid interest.
Yours,
- Jhas
February 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am
# Jon Pander Says:
February 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Gregor: “huh.. They should all turn themselves into vampires.”
Provided that there’s enough formula for everyone, that’s actually a rather good idea.
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BAD idea….
Well, considering that if they ALL turn themselves into vampires, what will they eat? They’ll starve and then become zombies in the end.
February 21st, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Hey… what is keeping that zombie’s guts from spilling out all over the place?
Great comic btw! I’ve spent most of my day reading it.
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 am
# Jon Pander Says:
February 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Gregor: “huh.. They should all turn themselves into vampires.”
Provided that there’s enough formula for everyone, that’s actually a rather good idea.
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BAD idea….
Well, considering that if they ALL turn themselves into vampires, what will they eat? They’ll starve and then become zombies in the end.
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I think what he meant is that they should turn into vampires, kill the zombies and then drink the formula to turn into humans again.
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:13 am
“I think what he meant is that they should turn into vampires, kill the zombies and then drink the formula to turn into humans again.”
After just a few days without any blood, the vampires get pretty weak, and after two weeks they can’t move. It would take over two centuries to kill all the zombies. There’s a decent amount of formula, but not nearly enough for any scenario along these lines to work.
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Why cant they drink blood bank blood???? Also there should be 4 or 5 humans left in space 0.0 at the new space station 5 more people for feeding on 0.o
But i really think all they need to do is get inside a building like fortnocks have the vampires defend it and keep the humans in a vault then keep a rotation going with the vampires for feeding and rest tactical choices =s
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Read any of the first 50 or so comments pages for my million times repeated answers to most of those questions. You make lots of incorrect assumptions based on faulty logic that doesn’t take into account the details of this story.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Actually I was meaning they all turn into zombies, go to somewhere the zombies might not be able to easily follow, like on a boat in the middle of the ocean, then use the formula to turn some of them back into humans.
Since, so far as I’ve seen, when they are not being controlled by a schaemiac, zombies don’t seem to have much interest in vampires.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pm
“It would take over two centuries to kill all the zombies.”
Bobby, I’m sure you have a wonderful, amazing plot line for this story, but reading the comments just makes me more certain that this story is just going to end with everyone dying one way or another… I should really stop doing that D:
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 am
I’m a fan of happy endings.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
Ebony: “Bobby, I’m sure you have a wonderful, amazing plot line for this story, but reading the comments just makes me more certain that this story is just going to end with everyone dying one way or another… ”
Wouldn’t be the first time that happened in a zombie movie
Bobby: “I’m a fan of happy endings.”
As are we all Bobby. As are we all.
Though for some of us, this statement is more applicable to massages than storylines.
Anyway, I’m sure whatever the outcome I’m going to like it. Now if you don’t mind I’m going to go out and get a massage.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
“Actually I was meaning they all turn into zombies, go to somewhere the zombies might not be able to easily follow, like on a boat in the middle of the ocean, then use the formula to turn some of them back into humans.”
Or better yet, why don’t all the humans and vampires move to the Azores islands? They’re far enough off the cost that a zombie’s acclimated sense of smell wouldn’t pick them up. There, the humans can prosper creating an agrarian society. The vampires would then continue the hunt against zombies and return to home-base for blood stock-piles.
Only challenge? Getting to the Azores.
It’s a good plan, but that removes so much conflict that’s needed in a good story. (Actually I bet this idea has been proposed before, and beaten down. But I’m too lazy to check the archives. =P )
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
But, see, YOUR idea of happy and OUR idea of happy may not necessarily coincide.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Rob: An island is a problem, because it’s already been shown that a zombie, while not able to float on water, can just walk along the ocean floor and walk onto the land. If you’re on an island, it’s not going to stop zombies from walking (or running underwater) to the island.
Main reason I said ‘boat’ in the middle of the ocean instead of an island in the middle of the ocean. Unless zombies float, or are controlled by a schaemiac, not very sure how they would be able to get on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Well, I guess the ending of the previous Last Bloody was a reasonably happy ending… If you discount the massive loss of human life.
The ‘Ginger Snaps’ series is an example of some truly unhappy endings. The fully happy endings usually belong to romantic comedies while unhappy endings are almost exclusive to the Horror and Thriller genres. The in-between endings can go as far as every ‘good’ character in the movie dying but ‘good’ still being considered the ‘winner’ or something similar to ‘28 weeks later’ where you’re left uncertain on calling it happy or unhappy.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:30 am
JP: Ah, but see, the Azores are a very specific group of islands. I remember first looking them up when Math was talking about his smelling ability reaching 800 miles. IIRC the Azores are about 900 miles offland, so I doubt the zombies could smell them due to their extended lineage.
(Val->TFZ->Zombie->Another Zombie->Another Zombie->etc.)
Unless of course they can still smell underwater, which while unpleasant, isn’t outside the realm of possibility. I mean, this is a world filled with vampires and zombies.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Rob: They can smell even through water or whatever, according to Bobby. Their smell ability is bound only by plot. I remember Bobby mentioning that when people started making claims about how people could have hidden from the zombies by being in submarines or whatever.
If you’re going by a completely scientific basis, scents simply can not travel the extent that Valerie, Math or Francis were able to smell. It’s not supposed to be scientific though. It’s powered by plot instead. It’s the same way that zombies and vampires are able to exist. They existbecause of the power of plot.
Basically, Word of God. Bobby says super vampire smelling can smell through insanely long distances – so they can. Period. Bobby says super sniffers can sniff out people through water – they can.
That’s sorta why I mentioned being on a boat in the ocean
Even if they can smell em, they wouldn’t be able to get at em now that they arent controlled by a schaemiac.
To be honest it’s all a moot point- Bobby has a clear plan for how the story will progress – we’re just discussing this stuff like this because…. we have too much free time on our hands.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:34 am
charles: “Well, I guess the ending of the previous Last Bloody was a reasonably happy ending… If you discount the massive loss of human life.”
Yeah, but those people who died mostly sucked anyway.
February 24th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
seconded.
February 24th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Thirded. All in favour, say aye.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Aye! Motion carried. Jon Pander is grand poobah of the comments board.
Democracy, ain’t it great.
February 25th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
kinda makes you want to be one of the vamps so you can help end the rest of humanity… sorry… i hate damn near all people lol
February 25th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Mac’s lost hs mind and he’s gonna butcher Grady! D:
February 25th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
An Actual Fan: “Mac’s lost hs mind and he’s gonna butcher Grady!”
Man… Bobby’s gonna kill you for giving away the twist surprise ending.
I bet you shouted out that Bruce Willis was a ghost in the movie theatres in the first five minutes during The Sixth Sense also.
the Van of Hocking: “sorry… i hate damn near all people”
Yeah – people suck.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Stragler zombie craving brains