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Episode published on Sunday 5th of February, 2017.
Lots of webcomics utilise the "title" attribute of images to add an extra gag to pages when you hover over the comic image with your cursor. I first became aware of it with Dr. McNinja, and I really wanted to do the same. Unfortunately at the time Detulux didn't have its own website and so I got around it by putting some text after the end of the comic page, starting with episode 24. I called this "tagline text".
Since then Detulux has been hosted in several places, all of which didn't allow for title or "hover-over" text:
- DeviantArt
- A stint on DrunkDuck.com, now known just as "the Duck"
- Another, slightly longer stint on ComicDish.com, which I believe is now defunct as a service
At the time of writing the entire Detulux archive is slowly making its way up on to a subdomain on my own website, using a custom webcomic CMS I built myself called "WebComical". And I made damn sure to include hover-over text as a feature!
To that end, it doesn't make much sense to have two extra gags, especially since it's usually difficult enough to come up with one! So we say "bon voyage" to tagline text, you were good while you lasted.
Tagged:
Ben Nevis,
The Captain,
D.P. Slymme,
Inspector Jacques Russo,
Location - Detulux HQ,
Location - Paris, France,
Max Valerion,
Sebastian Paine the CEO of Detulux
Comments
Transcript
Title - 110: "An Inspector Calls"
Subtitle - xxi. "Tactical Rodent Diversion"
Russo: Pardon moi?
(Slymme immediately slips in to divert Russo's attention. Pain makes exasperated expressions at Ben as he carefully places the spilled rockets back into the crate they came from.)
Slymme: Your tie pin, Inspector. My client here has just seen how shiny it is and, as is commonplace where he comes from, spoke his mind in a frank [and extremely embarrassing if not dangerously incompetent] manner. Indeed, how - pardon my French, ahah - "the flying fuck" did you get your tie pin so shiny?
Russo: Well, you know, an Intairpul officair must look 'is best at all times...
(Russo sees Pain's facial expression looking just over his shoulder and immediately swings around. Ben side-steps behind Pain, carrying his boxes.)
Russo: What are you looking at?
(Pain rushes forward and puts a hand on Russo's shoulder, feigning being distraught. Slymme takes Ben by the arm and points towards the elevator.)
Paine: Ah just saw a rat, Inspector. We have a rodent problem that's been vexing me something terrible!
(Pain physically guides Russo's head away from Ben and Slymme as they shuffle towards the lift.)
Russo: Ai don't see a rat-
Paine: -Look! There it goes!
Russo: Ai steehl don't see-
(Ben gets on to the lift behind them. Pain now has an arm around Russo as he points furiously at a non-existent rat.)
Paine: Quick lil' varmint! It's ran out the front!
(Downstairs, the Captain is angrily hammering on the call button. The lift slowly begins to descend. Back upstairs, Pain begins running. Russo forgets himself and follows.)
Paine: Get after it!
(Russo makes it a few steps before he cottons on that something might be up.)
Russo: Wait a minute, what's goeng-
(Russo turns around. All he sees is Slymme walking away from an empty lift space with a smirk on his face.)
Russo: -on?
(Slymme places his arm around Russo and begins ushering him out.)
Slymme: Well, Inspector, if you've seen everything here we've got other buildings to look at so if you'll come this way and you can tell me all about your tie-pin.
Russo: (holding his tie limply in one hand) Eet eez chéap, flimsay and ai bought eet een a supairmarkét?
Slymme: Fascinating.
Episode tagline: Well, it's been a fun ride, but this is the last you'll hear from ol' tagline text. I've been reliably informed that I've been replaced with image hover-over title text. You see, I appear under 100+ episodes and that's the thanks I get! Well, be seeing you, you bunch of ingrates.
