Chapter 17, Page 16: Brand collapse (Patreon)

Hailey discovers the harsh truth about internet fame: Today’s viral sensation is tomorrow’s forgotten content creator.

Hailey’s brief taste of online celebrity comes crashing down in today’s Evil Inc comic. After riding a wave of viral attention, she’s now facing a full-on brand collapse — tanking follower counts, disappearing engagement, and a mysterious new creator dominating her old niche. Unfortunately for Hailey, the internet always wants something newer.

This week in Evil Inc After Dark...

• Some sinful sirens make waves• Surgat and Dynasty share a heated hook-up after the March Match-Ups tournament• Evil Inc After Dark #81 continues as Lightning Lady and Angus work through their relationship boundaries during the “Team-Up Talk.”

As always, things are getting spicy, messy, emotional… and very, very funny.

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Transcript

Panel 1:Narration: A few days later…Hailey: Well, it was nice being special while it lasted.Rose: You’re still special, sweetie.

Panel 2:Hailey: Not even close. My follower count has tanked, my engagement metrics are in the basement, and my brand is defunct.

Panel 3:Hailey: I can’t even go back to my latte-foam videos!Rose: Why not? You told me yoiu were so good at that!

Panel 4:Hailey (narration): Someone else is dominating that segment. Totally playing the mystery angle. You never see her face… just these wrinkly, gnarled, old hands.

Panel 5:Rose: Goodness! Look at all those comments!

Panel 6:Hailey walks away, crestfallen.

Panel 7:Rose (into phone while examining her hand): Mental Note: Reach out to Oil of Olay for a hand-lotion sponsorship in the third quarter.