Apologies for the dropoff, all better now.
Popped some lil alchemical skull stickers in the online shop, go see!
Cast: Dr Esther Flack, Eliza Swift, George Knott, Nicola Barber, Robert Hackett, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe, Yasmin Rana
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ThoughtBubble
14 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Harrogate Convention Centre
Manchester Megacon
31 Jul 2027 – 1 Aug 2027
Manchester Central
Aw, I was hoping Dr Flack would pull out her knife, so I could enjoy the simple pleasure of seeing her hit over the head with a night stick.
Day's not over.
Right. It's not night yet.
Oh Nica, politics in this city got much less bloody today!
I suspect that is why she is unhappy.
You know, her introduction scene had her saying she likes "keeping the hangman in work" so you might be onto something.
Kate: You're making life too easy for Nicky, no chase, no fight, no phalanx of musclebrained henchmen, even the missing evidence was front and centre, no need for her detective grey-cells or dogged sleuthing . How will the poor girl get job satisfaction?
Shouldn't she be using that energy to find her missing sister?
I would assume Mal gave her at least some explanation of where she is, which would make it pretty clear there's not a ton she can do in that regard.
Having everything handed to Nicola so that all she has to do is glare balefully at an evildoer is actually Nicola's version of a vacation.
Ahem. Wonderful development, but I fear the crowd would be disappointed - the reports of public hangings always described the onlookers as really bloodthirsty!
I think (I hope!) they'll have to cope with it.
Well, a significant portion of this crowd are protesters. But yeah, there were a fair amount howling for blood earlier, so I'm surprised they're so enthusiastic about this development. Though I suppose seeing a politician's career fall apart is a fairly good show itself.
A Last Minute Dramatic Intervention! The Hangman almost wrongfully hanged himself -- by his Own Father! A Wicked Mage, Revealed! A Dastardly Mayor Laid Low, And Dragged Off In Chains*! Accusations! Melodrama! Entertainment!
Yeah, the mob's loving all of this. Now all they need to figure out is who gets kissed.
*That's the next comic, probably.
I love the melodrama titles- very "The Poor of New York"!
And when that is sorted, the whole thing will be seen on stage in 4 months.
Because, melodrama.
MelodRANA!
Booooo!!!!
"who gets kissed" well I know who MY ship is <.<
(it's Sharpe/Knott in case it's not blindingly obvious)
It's time for his long awaited date with the hangman.
Oh, bravo!
I got it from an archive crawl: [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-18th-2018 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-18th-2018")
omg <3
The crowd loves a show. Also, they can look forward to whatever happens to Flack, unless they're all Rana supporters (cheers indicate some are), then they can cheer their candidate and give her all the credit.
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That cop is having a noose-related workout
I think once he put it on, then took it off.
Then he did the hokey pokey...
It. Does. Not. Mean. A. Thing!
[https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr8tOa_En7A "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr8tOa_En7A")
(Sorry, can't resist.)
My favorite part of that clip is at the end when Delenn tells her visitor not to tell Londo that he enjoyed the song.
Ha. Even at this distance you can see the relief emanating from Vincent.
Now he gets to have that talk about his career!
It does look as though the market for his previous career may be shrinking now.
Nicola has good reason to be exasperated, seeing as this is the second time she's had to deal with attempted corruption of the mayoral election!
Still better than D.C.
Well, as they say: "No noose is good noose"
;D
The Crowd is going crazy over that free umbrella
It's a nice umbrella :D
Does this town ever have mayoral elections without one of the candidates getting arrested by Nicola?
Well, technically the last one didn't end that way. Fairbairn ended up lost in a fog of Sloth rather than locked in a cell. All things considered, I think she would have preferred the later. :D
She's probably been arrested by now, though, after Vee collected the bounty for her capture. It was just delayed for a while.
Yeah, but probably well after she forfeited the election by default. :D
[https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-26th-2012 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-26th-2012") If that was a fog of Sloth, it was definitely a killer fog like they had in London. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London")
Those cops sure are enthusiastic.
We're hanging this guy? puts noose on No? Ok. takes noose off
We're arresting this guy as a conspirator? Awesome.
Passion for justice or passion for getting what is proving to be a very annoying work day over with?
Yes
So I just found this comic and I really love it. Originally I only read this chapter, but ended up reading them all, and I love the subtle connections between them all, all the characters are great with unique personalities and interactions and the art is lovely to look at! I'll be following how this goes from now on, keep up the good work!
me: wow! so happy everyones safe!
me, now sad: wow, will was really prepared to be hanged right there and then huh
Hackett, Hackett, Hacket.....
All you had to do was stay quiet until she was escorted out, and THEN do your dramatic speech! Then only your rival could claim you were part of it, and we all know rivals can't be trusted.
"Apologies for the dropoff" would also have been dialogue in this comic if Rana had gotten there a second later.