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Could it be madness?

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Sure, Mark. You must investigate this rash assumption in order to earn your fee. But there’s no need to yell!

Why should people assume Wesley Wingit is trapped in a cave? First he’s believed to be trapped in a mansion; now it’s a cave. What’s next, trapped in the wait line to ride the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland!? What is this obsession with a “trapped Wingit”? Is Wingit some kind of a Wingnut? (Okay, I beat Rivera to that pun I’ve been saving up.)

But maybe all of this is just bad press from Wingit’s detractors. Or detractor! Sammy Spotter is the only person from the movie studio we have heard from or seen. As I recall, he was Bill Ellis’s sole contact for this assignment! It could very well be that Spotter is behind some kind of unexplained criminal scheme. Or maybe this is a revenge conspiracy. Mark does have several enemies in California, including the wealthy Rob “Cricket Bro” Bettencourt, who could be financing this operation.

(Wait, Sammy did not use Wesley’s full name in Panel 4. He may wind up with a reprimand and a fine from SAG for his improper name credit.)

I confess that maybe I’m guilty of suggesting a level of subtlety and complexity not present in this silly story. Maybe I’m just wishing that there was something more, something complex and devious. Something interesting.

2 thoughts on “Could it be madness?”

  1. What is Mark’s job anyway?

    In this case, his boss sent him to rescue a director from a house full of lions. When he got to Catalina, the lions were docile and the director was gone. So down a couple Mai Tais from the Marlin Club, pick up your kid from surf camp and head back to Lost Forest? Nope. Mission creep has taken over.

    What is next for us Jules? Mark is sent to defuse a nuclear bomb, but it was a fake? Mark is assigned to stop the spread of Ebola, but it was just the common cold? Perhaps Bill Ellis runs “Rent a Dufus”?

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    • Right! The mind boggles at the possibilities, Daniel. I, for one, would like to see Mark deal with a bone fide criminal/villain, somebody with the intention of creating actual harm or death. Somebody like Dirty Dyer. Or maybe Mark goes on a mission in S. America, only to be trapped in the Amazon Rain Forest and must find his way out before natural forces, hostile natives, and illegal forest clearers turn Mark into Rain Forest fertilizer.

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