As a couple of the characters and several readers have noted, NanoMan probably wasn’t ‘alive’ in the first place, so he isn’t ‘dead’ at the moment. I was going to have him launch into this big speech about how the last bits of his organic self have been killed, but I get the sense that regular readers out there have figured that out already. So, to keep the story moving, I’m going to skip that chunk of exposition and continue forward.
I am going to have NanoMan speak in a different ‘robotic’ font to emphasize his now non-human aspect (it’s called Area51 from Comicraft for you font fans) so if you’re the kind of person who hears the character voices in your head, it should be a colder and more robotic voice than before.
Regular readers have probably also figured out that I am a big fan of fancy fonts. I think the biggest inspiration for that is the old Walt Kelly comic strip Pogo, which is one of the all-time great comic strips. Walt Kelly was not only a great cartoonist, but a gifted calligrapher, and when one of his characters spoke with a fancy affectation or a pretentious tone, Kelly would fill his word balloons with wonderful hand-crafted dialog. If you’ve never read any of Walt Kelly’s work, you should check it out.
The only question is: Wich Roid Rage is he speaking off?
Good question. ‘Roid Rage had his mask on when he exploded Nanoman. Was Nanoman sufficiently aware in his exploded state to pinpoint accurately who that guy was now that the man is back in his “civilian” clothes? He’s also still annoyed with Spandex Girl for crushing him. If the henchmen can get these superheroes confused as to who the real bad guy is, they just might get out of there without having to fight all these folks.