AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Wow. I mean, I think the Zoroark encounter was supposed to be a pretty big part of the joke, but that is a masterful edit.

;-; W-why did the first two panels disappear?

I liked Zoroark with her little green-striped socks and apron. D: And derpy Entei as well.

Is it just me or does Raikou's back leg look a bit strange in the 4th/2nd panel

Ahhh, so the joke is (now) that it's when you send out a legendary dog it'll run away?

Yes.

ohhhh ok...
original was better

Waiting for Suicune with a derp face.

It's moments like these where I'm really glad I'm not a webcomic artist.

I can't be bothered to go look it up, but that old "my comedy process" comic is pretty fitting for the whole situation.

"This sucks, I don't get it."

>>change to make joke clearer

"Oh, now I get it. Change it back."

Come on, guys.

i got the original XD

the original is also on the first page

Maybe Katie could compromise, and post a link to the old comic with (ALTERNATIVE ENDING: (link here))?

It's quite common with webcomics such as this one.

Well, the joke could have been made clearer without removing the setup entirely. Eg, I think adding a little smoke to panel 1 would really help clarify that the girl turned into an Entei.

Then personally I'd change "It's Zoroark!" to "It's a Zoroark" to make it clear for people who don't know what a Zoroark is that rather than being the name of the girl and thus a distinct character (making them feel like they might be missing out on something by not knowing who this character is, distracting from the joke. At least that's how I feel whenever I don't get a reference, regardless of whether the joke works without it or not), it's actually just a creature that can transform into stuff, making it more self-explanatory. The "a" would also imply that it's one of many, de-emphasising the Zoroark's importance in the mind of the reader, lessening the distraction of their ignorance. Finally, I'd just have Katie also saying something like "Go, Raikou!" to help link that panel with the next, as well as making it clear exactly what Raikou's role in all this is.

However, those last two are just personal opinion based on my own interpretation of the comic, and I have no idea whether or not they'd actually help improve the comic. I mean, I'm no comedy writer.

One day Suicune will appear, we will expect it to run, and then it will use Roar (I think it can learn it in one of the generations) and make Katie run away