Well, no. This wouldn't be very wholesome. There's an unwritten rule that Christmas themed content needs to be wholesome. There's a little conundrum, though: If I release the finale next Tuesday, it's after Christmas. Since the events will take place during Christmas ... ahem, sorry, ... Smartmas™, this would be a little late. For this reason, I have decided to release the next comic early, i.e., on Christmas eve. If you want to wait till Tuesday to read it, that is fine, of course.
Published on by Martin Bellgardt.
Comic transcript
Panel 1: Tucan't is in their evil lair. The monitors show status updates about Smartmas™. Suddenly, H shows up.
H: AHA! I knew you were behind that Smartmas nonsense! What have you done to brainwash everyone into participating in this mindless consumerism?
T: What? Nothing. Panel 2:
H: Don’t deny it Tucan’t. I will put an end to this madness. The people will wake up and remember the true meaning of Christmas. Panel 3:
T: But I didn’t brainwash anyone. People signed up on their own. Smartmas™ was just the logical next step and I found a way to monetize it. Is that so bad? Panel 4:
H: So you’re telling me that Smartmas is not one of your evil plans and you don’t want to do anything evil with it? Panel 5:
T: Well, I am basically spying on everyone to sell their data; I sell them cheap, unsustainable goods, manufactured under slavery-like conditions from materials sourced without any regard for climate impact and destroy small businesses in the process. But is that really “evil” by today’s standards? Panel 6:
H: And the money you make with it?
T: Oh, yes. That is for evil plans. But those will come later.