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Evil Inc - the WikiWatch
OK, this is just annoying.
I was introduced to Evil Inc about a year ago by a friend who sent me a link to a particularly funny comic. The more I read, the more I enjoyed. It once had a wiki page, but that got deleted. Now there's an attempt to get the page reinstated. Brad Guigar has asked for assistance in showing the popularity of his strip and that it's a newspaper comic with a web presence (and not just a web comic).

The two books (Evil Inc Annual Report 2005 and vol 2) are available for sale through Lulu.com.

There are very few reviews of this comic on the web, and I doubt one posted to an LJ will matter much, but here goes.

The comic is about a corporation founded by Evil Atom named Evil Inc. The corporation hires and sells to supervillians. We occasionally see the heroes, but the stories focus mostly on Atom's company and all the day-to-day mayhem. The humor is surprising and fresh; alternating between short and long story lines and the occasional biography (see cast list behind the cut, below). The comic currently focuses on Captain Heroic's purchase of Evil Inc and Evil Atom's retirement.

The characters are all either super heroes or villains (or relatives). The stories mostly focus around Miss Match, Captain Heroic and Evil Atom, with guest appearances of the other heroes of the League of Justice and the villains (and sometimes even their customers) of Evil Inc. The idea of a villain incorporating and then selling to those that were once his competitors is pure evil genius that should always result in a highly profitable venture. But when Evil Atom retires and Captain Heroic takes over - Evil Inc suffers a huge stock fall. Their accounts are so bad only vampires will take over the accounting. But not all hope is lost and somehow Evil Inc makes it through the celebration of Evil Atom as villain of the year, and the retirement of the oldest goon with a great deal of mirth. What other comic artist would offer a 21 goon salute?

Mr Guigar's art style is highly reminiscent of well-drawn "realistic" superhero comic books, but the story is always told in black in white and in 4-pannel format (with occasional exceptions, like the personnel files).  It is updated daily and has been since Monday, May 30th, 2005. The web comic is rates well on several RSS feeders and comic lists across the web.

For a lighthearted view of the battle between good and evil in a super-powered world (where spandex is daily wear), this comic is well worth reading.