Thank you, though I think I messed up the perspective a bit.

Is the gold just what's there, or is there more in the case? Seems like a bit more would be needed for the five large. I would figure the diamonds as easier (and lighter) payment.

Diamonds are lighter, but pretty difficult to fence off. They lose a chunk of their value in the transition to hard cash. Gold is comparatively very easy to smuggle and holds its value through transactions better. As for the small amount of gold, in early 1982 gold was still incredibly overvalued and so a little carried a lot of value. That would soon change- drastically.

Well I was assuming a dude like Fred would know a good place to sell some questionably-legal diamonds.

Hmmm, so he let him live...now I'd like to know how the two of them are going to escape with all that baggage....

This will be very interesting.

Question, at times like these do you think the room is tapped?

It maybe trapped. It maybe not trapped.

Who knows, I did see an elephant looking at them.

That's why it's interesting.

I guess to be a really good mercenary you have to be parinoid or like Riggs from Lethal Weapon: Crazy!

Yep and who knows what 's Fred thinking.

Fred: I need a drink after this...or to get laid.

Yep.

The one thing I love about this page are Fred's ears. You did a good job having them fit his expressions in each panel. I also like how you had him actually listen to what the cheetah had to say. Then there's the story itself.. what can I say? It has a lot of twists and turns that should keep the reader interested. It has me hooked.

I'm glad you enjoy the story so far! I did want to keep it twisty, but hopefully not confusing.

Not exactly the turn of events I'd anticipated! Looking forward to more.

For just a moment viewing the lower-left panel, I thought someone had put some sort of wood-inletted piece into the stock of that FAL50.64. Or is it a hack-job of an FNC receiver with a FAL front end? It has a couple of issues little issues, but I'm more nitpicky about that line of rifles than most, having assembled and smithed a few in my time.

FALs are such long, slender, sexy beasts. Extremely accurate as semi-autos go, too...Providing you're careful with your tolerances.

(Pssst, that big receiver hinge screw goes right behind the magazine, not over its middle. ;) )

Hey, that's OK. I need to print off some FAL reference pictures the next time I try to illustrate the weapon. I've been winging it so far and I admit it's a bit obvious.

Having no experience working with FALs I have to ask if it would be possible that it is a hack-job of a 50.63 Para receiver?

No real way to tell 50.63 from 50.64 receivers (Both of which are para receivers, I just have more experience with the 64) without a metallurgy test or a serial number. The .64s tended to have the L1A1 style folding charging lever but since that isn't a PART of the receiver and it's compatible with most FAL receiver types, that's not really any sort of reliable indicator. The .64 had a full-length (as opposed to shortened) barrel, so a .64 series receiver with a SHORT barrel would be a hack, as would a .63 with a LONG barrel...

So it's either a .64 or a .63 hack.

My personal experience is with 50.41-type versions of the (non-para models, with the recoil spring built into the stock, so entirely unable to be 'kitted' to fold) C1A1 and with a couple that I assembled and gunsmithed piecemeal with the help of a primary FAL parts clearing house in the U.S. which broke down literal tons of armory sell-offs, finding parts from various different makes that were slightly larger than necessary in the critical dimensions and slowly polishing (not much filing) them down to perfection where appropriate to create chimeras that were primarily L1A1/C1A1, but with some Kiwi, Brazilian IMBEL and Israeli parts (I'm particularly fond of the Israeli chrome-lined heavy barrels that were then groove-milled to increase stiffness and surface area. I've never seen one of the Makleon barrels that didn't have a dead-on chamber and clean crown and rifling, all good accuracy characteristics to start evaluating from.).

...Which is why I commented that they could be extremely accurate if you're careful with your tolerances in building them.

Looking great, man.

Considering gold is up over $1000 an ounce... maybe not such a bad investment...

It's actually a little creepy how similar the values of gold in 1981 were to the value of gold today- if you adjust for inflation. In 1982 the gold market collapsed, and a lot of economists are worried that something similar will happen to today's overpriced gold. Then again, things seldom happen exactly the same way twice.

Yeah... I'd be more scared of the dollar collapsing at this point due to hyperinflation.

But the dollar's value is tied into something more stable than commodities like gold. This is what economists call the 'national juju'. The Treasury's resident voodoo priestess recently consorted with the Bawom Samedi, who has deemed the national juju in 'good shape'.

And such a great deal too! We can pump out as much juju as we want with NOOOOO consequences!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with printing out unlimited amounts of money. History has never proven this to be a bad idea at all!

Of course! I would never doubt.

By the way... have you noticed how much more expensive groceries and imported consumer commodities have gotten? I sure wish they'd print that money up faster... that'll fix the problem... I mean, if everyone has enough money, then everybody is happy right?

Congratulations, you know that gold can be a bubble too, and that makes you smarter than 90% of the US...

$6000... for a plane?

A single Huey costs 2 million.

Oh, probably won't see the answer to this for about a week or so. Stuff happening.

stupid cheetah is weak, I would 've been an awesomer cheetah head bossman. :D
Nice work so far, now, will Mr. Weak Cheetah make it to Europe, tune in next time, same Jodi time same Jodi channel.

Very nice. Complex character designs are a pain. Never design a character that wears chains for that reason.

My favorite panel is number 5. the expression on his face and his pose is fantastic. Your backgrounds and flawless perspective continue to impress me.

Nice! Im definetly getting a FarCry 2 feel here

FarCry 2 was great! I'm consciously trying not to stray too closely to the game's attitude and plotline, but the game encompasses so much of the lunacy of African conflict zones that it's kind of hard not to brush up against it.

Ooooh gold, I hope Fred gets out of this physically clean.

Gotta love this comic

He looked like he had a mild heart attack with the "SIX THOUSAND!" *trollface*