Anticlimax
Looks like the Stranger knew what he was doing after all. Don’t be such a spazz ‘old man’. I realize I haven’t been good at getting names out. I was considering keeping the generic titles of ‘Old Man’ or ‘Stranger’. But as you can read, our ‘Stranger’s name is “Hu”.
I’m extremely happy with not just drawing but writing this page. Part of why I’m doing Way of the Undead fist is because I wanted to finally draw something that I had, or was writing. And between all of the Kung-fu battles, the story has be rather limited. This really is one of the first pages I feel like I’ve been able to do a little world building. Very rewarding, as it the following page. So tune in next week as well. =)
Quick note. So I had to fix a small whoops in one of the bottom dialog bubbles. It read, “I came looking for him as I Knew Master Lao would.” but it was supposed to be ‘Master Yi’. I had changed the name and missed a replacement. If you ever make a comic, write down as much as you can. You can forget a lot of what you are planning to do if you don’t. =0
“For the answers to these questions and more true believers, tune in NEXT time, same BAT TIME SAME BAT CHANNEL!”
Also, it seems zombies burn rather well in this universe………………
Does the zombification process desiccate the host body?
When I read your comment last week I knew I needed to let the next page play out without commentary. 😉
The short answer is that the body is subject to desiccation and rot as a normal corpse may. However, these zombies are less science and more magic. There is a mystical element here. Jiangshi were often associated with Taoist priests in china. This is all really an eastern D&D style story centered around Necromancy. So while the body shows signs of decay, there is a mystical preservation aspect as well allowing the zombie or Jiangshi to act accordingly. To what degree and why? Well that’s next week. =) Holy plot exposition Batman!