Dear False Positive Readers,
This is Ashley Walton, Mike’s sister and editor of False Positive. I have really terrible, awful news and a tiny bit of good news.
You might have noticed it’s been a couple years since we’ve posted anything on this website. Well, brace yourself for the saddest update I’ll ever share.
Welp, that’s definitely the kid from Dig, 50+ years later.
But who’s the old man with the fur stole?
N. Annie Maus, the old man is the kid from Dig. He has the exact same scar over his right eye. The monster beside him is probably one of his “brothers”.
120+ yrs
Supernatural entities not yet returned:
* thief from Ill Repute
* critters from Stink Eye
* spirits from Seance
* master from Supplier
* shifter from Incantation
* goop from Specimen
You know, all we’ve seen in the news feed is a town-sized pile of tentacles. There’s MAYBE a slightly suggestive face, maw, or other large feature on the right side, barely discernible in that tiny image even blown up.
That fits both Wayfarer’s “true form” AND the adult (well, maybe more than adult at this point) critter from Stink Eye. Though I do admit that all these supernatural powerhouses should have been able to deal with an infestation of the Stink Eye critters, and even if they’d failed, they’d probably not feel tricked or manipulated like they discussed early in this story. I’d just like to point out that simply because Wayfarer has appeared as an interstitial in this story doesn’t necessarily mean s/he/it’s the monster. Not that s/he/it couldn’t be behind an invasion of the Stink Eye critters in the first place, given the easter egg in Redeem…
I believe if you reread “Redeem” it appears to be that alien
The old man’s stink-eye seems to have healed, so someone beat the Adversary before, no?
I love this frame. The perspective, and especially the way the hands are drawn, is great.
Reading the title, I am reminded of Kissinger’s comment about the Hapsburgs, once they became decent and stopped meddling overmuch in others’ affairs, they “fought every war from the last ditch.”
Damn! Ever since Trump’s immigrant ban, you can’t go anywhere! Still, if you want to beat the boss monster, ask the tall guy to lend a hand.