TITLE The Bastich By Hart
PANEL 1 (INT a man in a maroon "Wrath of Khan" era Starfleet uniform stands in front of a projection screen and addresses a small crowd of Star Trek fans, including Bastich, Faith and Hacker-Lad.) HOST: Welcome, fellow Trekkers, to our first Generations rental party. Before we begin, I have a trialic treat for you... One of the fabled "lost episodes" of TNG!
PANEL 2 (The Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation orbits a planet) TITLE CARD: "The Captain's Heart" CAPTION (PICARD): Captain's log, stardate 47601.3. It has been six years since the tragic death of Natasha Yar on Vagra II at the hands of Armus.
PANEL 3 (Captain Picard materializes near the black tar-like being called Armus) CAPTION (PICARD): Perhaps the time has come to make amends... ARMUS: Who dares to invade the home of Armus, the SKIN OF EVIL!
PANEL 4 (Picard) PICARD: Armus..! I have come with a solution to your...Problem.
PANEL 5 (Armus) ARMUS: Nothing can undo the wrongs that have been done to me!
PANEL 6 (Picard rips open a pillow labled "UFP PILLOW") PICARD: We shall see, my friend... SFX: RIP! PICARD: The heart of Humanity finds a way!
PANEL 7 (Picard waves at Armus, who is now covered with feathers and has a metal halo atached to the top of his head) ARMUS: Thank you, Captain Picard! Now with these feathers and this halo, I look just like an angel! I don't have to be evil any more! PICARD: 'twas my pleasure, Armus!
PANEL 8 (Back in reality, Faith, Hacker-Lad and Bastich are reacting to the episode they just witnessed) FAITH: Му... GOD what drek! It's safe to say I'm gonna be sick! HACKER-LAD: Please tell me I didn't just sit through that! BASTICH: Ah...the Great Bird's vision always brings tears to my eyes!
CREDITS Bastich (c) 1995 Joshua Adam Hart
Commentary
The second Star Trek reference! This was just an excuse to draw some Trek and poke fun at one of TNG's most notorious episodes, "Skin of Evil".