(*Smirk*) Sometimes Public Opinion (*) counts FAR more than any bureaucratic rules and procedures.


(* - Public Opinion OCCASIONALLY equals Common Sense... but don't bet heavily on it.)

The last panel is the worst by far. I know parents (I assume it'd be a parent?) will always see the best in their kids, but... gah, how would you be able to defend THAT?!

It isn't so much that the parent is going to try to defend the kid (that may be the case, but its a rarity). Its more that the parent does not want to be made to appear inadequet as a parent.

"My child rearing skills f'ed up and my kid is a dick"= No.
"I am a wonderful parent and human being that knows everything, so long as I can blame others" = Yes.

Civil suit? The only possible award is money. The bereft parent is just as much a scumbag as their boy, and they are simply trying to rip off Rumbolt (and the taxpayers of the town that he works for).

A cop once told me that if I ever shoot a burglar, to make very sure that he is dead; that way there are no conflicting stories to confuse the jury, and because wrongful death awards are limited by the income earning potential of the crook, which is generally very low. With pain and suffering awards, the sky is the limit. Corpses can't complain about chronic severe pain. Oh - he also said to make sure that the body is inside my house when the cops arrive. That is exactly the way he put it...

*nod* I've heard the same thing, from many sources: if it's in your house, shoot to kill, not to wound. Sad commentary on society, but there you have it. And once they're dead, you *know* they can't get out of jail and take revenge.

Another very good point! And if their family decides to do it, there will be one less.

Some parents are also massively disconnected to how their children behave towards other people- they might even act like angels at home, and are massive asses to everyone else. So when their children finally get their comeuppance, the context in which they died/got hurt/whatever makes no sense to them, and they blame the person who did it to them.

For nine months? I've heard some lunatic reasons (Fox News is gold), but that takes the cake.

Do in that last scene did someone try to sue him? .... ASS. HOLE, damn I would think it would be the other way around. Great Comic, as you can tell I'm really pissed off how you comic emulates real life. I'm not pissed off at you, but... pissed off at people in real life that are the scum that would try this.

Definitely very welldone.

*claps*

and a happy ending for all \o/

This comic was awesome :3

last panel THANK YOU!

Good conclusion

I have been following this from the start and I have to say it's excellently drawn and written. A welcome break from the norm (my own being no exception) and I have to say that I support Rumbolt all the way! He did exactly what was needed in my book!

Wardy

Yeah! just what I expected to happen with the grand jury and civil suit. Score one for the good guys!
BTW; just what species is Mrs. Rumbolt?

I'm curious about that myself. Is she badger just with different markings? Or a wolverine maybe?

AWESOME story you've told here Karno! Thank you for sharing this one with us here at FA. I would have gladly payed to read this in a monthly mag, very well done.

A riveting comic, Karno. My complients!

Bravo! Wonderful conclusion!!

VERY well done comic series.

Damn stright Karno, And I have worked in a prison before, hell, some scumbags will try to kill you if you take their cookie.
Kids are damn resiliant. Natures teflon. And your annalogy on their recovery, 100%

Karno, I applaud you. I haven't been this entranced by a comic series in years. Thank you.

You would be surprised how things can leave lasting effects in kids.

The civil suit thing makes me want to puke. The idea that someone tries or actualy succeeds in doing something horrible to you or yours, and you kill them or hurt them, and they or their family has the fucking BALLS to try and sue you for it. Reminds me of a story my parents told me. When my mom was a kid, she and her family came home to find their house was being broken into. Rather then run, the robbers freaked out. The girlfriend of the robber attacked my grandmother, knockign her to the ground and biting her arm. She chewed on my grandmother's arm until the skin was not even attached to the muscle anymore, it was hanging off like an old torn T-shirt. And you know what? They SUED, SUED my grandmother and her family for 'emotional damages' and WON. It is truly an unfair world we live in, makes you wish for more vigilantee justice.

Yes, both are true... Oftentimes, Children will recover easily from the most traumatic of shocks, and sometimes minor things will affect them forever.

The human mind- especially the developing one- is a strange, mysterious thing.

Great writing and great art! This is a masterpiece of comics.

Waiting for your next...

"Didn't think so."
Wow :3

"And they all (except the crooks) lived happily ever after." Until the PTSD kicks in, anyway. Glad everything turned out okay. Even though, let's face it, it's just a cartoon. :)

Brilliant comic, Karno. I've been tellin' my friends about this one!

Fuckin' aces all the way man, I am too lost for words as to why I don't see more of your work published.

I love stories that picture taking law to one's own hands and using it for a moral justice. As much as I wish to avoid the use of the word 'justice'...

Excellent. This is just excellent. Superior. Ingenious.

Rumbolt is my kinda officer . . . tough, experience, sensible, knows what's important, follows the rules his own way, and sees that the job gets done right--and thurough.

Hope to read more about him.