I know you probably weren't expecting this level of super-intelligent strategy in the pages of Java Jaguar. That's more a Kickman thing. Congrats to Mad Midas for figuring out the mask switcheroo before the big reveal. I thought for sure someone would jump all over the switched masks right when they began their final attack.
Truth be told, I wasn't sure how this fight with the murderbot would get resolved before I started this whole story arc. Originally, I was thinking Matt would just tell Java, all he needs to do is use some fighting skill that the robot was not programmed to counter, so pretty much any fighting technique he picked up AFTER the first coffee war. Then Java would just come back with a harpoon and his throwing axes and destroy the robot. I think I like this version better. The superhero mask trope works for me.
By the way, the Justice League did this exact same thing against the hyper-advanced predictive murder AI inside the Qwardian Void Hound/Death Star-wannabe... by switching clothes with their Crime Syndicate counterparts in JLA 114.
Although, really. How different would the computer's strategy be against Superman as opposed to Ultraman? Or Green Lantern instead of Power Ring?
Anyway, scroll down for a Golden Sphinx reaction video at the end of the time lapse drawing, because apparently people no longer have to create content to be famous on the interwebs, they can just film themselves reacting to creator's content and that somehow is a thing:
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JAVA JAGUAR is a webcomic based on the true story of a talking jaguar cub found in a coffee shop. Yes, I said based on the true story. Java Jaguar is produced by the nomadic cartoonist, Matt S. Law, on his mobile art studio consisting of Clip Studio Paint Pro on a Microsoft Surface Pro 7+.
To read Java Jaguar from the beginning, start HERE.
Created in Clip Studio Paint Pro on a Surface Pro 4. Here is the time lapse video plus bonus animation.
