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Showdown, p34

January 12, 2026 by Tim


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Duncan
Duncan
1 month ago

God I love Zeke! They just get better with each appearance!

Bo F
Bo F
1 month ago

fuzzy feelings

Willess12
Willess12
1 month ago

This is the first time we’ve seen Zeke with green eyes in the reboot.
It finally happened.

EMMachine
EMMachine
1 month ago
Reply to  Willess12

You are right. The closest eyecolor we had before the bomb was cyan.

Kevin Greenbaum
Kevin Greenbaum
1 month ago
Reply to  EMMachine

His eyes have been several colors, yellow, purple, red, cyan, really thought they had been green as well at least once before this.

The Legacy
The Legacy
1 month ago

I think this is the first time in CAD 2.0. Tim can correct me, though.

Last edited 1 month ago by The Legacy
Acher4
Acher4
1 month ago

Ok, for real!
This update makes me so happy! 😀
<3

JozMk.II
JozMk.II
1 month ago

The eye colors. This is the first time we’ve seen him in a non-rage(red) state since he got betrayed. That’s encouraging.

Though I wonder what the green color in the last panel means? Apparently magenta is neutral and blue is happy/content, so what could this new green possibly be?

Angry_Bob
Angry_Bob
1 month ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

Well we all know what green M&M’s mean…

Dorander
Dorander
1 month ago
Reply to  Angry_Bob

Angry conservatives?

jonathan corbett
jonathan corbett
1 month ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

Possibly awkwardness?

Daniel
Daniel
1 month ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

Friendliness?

Soeroah
Soeroah
1 month ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

I’m gonna guess a sense of trust/belonging

The Legacy
The Legacy
1 month ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

If you haven’t read the original CAD comics before the reboot, this is their “normal” (aka happy/content/meh/okay) color. Red is their rage/angry/kill mode. I think this is the first time they’ve shown green eyes in 2.0, which is a REALLY good sign.

Last edited 1 month ago by The Legacy
evilleet
evilleet
1 month ago

Now Ethan just needs to dump that controlling, gaslighting and overall toxic girlfriend of his and his life would be back on track.

Disloyal
Disloyal
1 month ago
Reply to  evilleet

Judging by all the missed calls, that problem just might take care of herself.

wilddeath
wilddeath
1 month ago
Reply to  Disloyal

It’s cute you think that. Having been in a toxic relationship, they rarely ever let you go once they have sunk their fangs into you.

Robert
Robert
1 month ago
Reply to  Disloyal

Sadly, that´s usually not how this works. They found a victim, they won´t let go so easily.

Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock
1 month ago
Reply to  Robert

This. She’ll go ballistic, and then when dumped, might turn vengeful “I’ll ruin your life” mode.

Mallengar
Mallengar
1 month ago
Reply to  evilleet

Pretty sure that last interaction was a subtle (not really) break up, but the words need to be said, especially in her case. He might want to bring back up though, and probably the back-up’s cop boyfriend too. 😒😬

Gonfrask
Gonfrask
1 month ago

Ey, we can always play on line, my tagname is…
I already know it

Rolan7
Rolan7
1 month ago
Reply to  Gonfrask

Ehe, imagine they’ve been playing with Ethan for weeks. “CrushAllMeatbags was YOU??” “I assumed you knew. That’s on me for overestimating.”

some guy
some guy
1 month ago
Reply to  Gonfrask

I can imagine Zeke finding and targeting Ethan specifically just to mess with him. And then once Ethan finds out Zeke’s player name: “Wait, you’re the one who’s been griefing me for the last month?! I guess it makes sense now.”

Austin
Austin
1 month ago

It will be forever endearing that Zeke has the worst case of Poker Eyes.

James Rye
James Rye
1 month ago

Would be so funny if Zeke actually ends up getting an invitation from the Heroine at scene to become a hero himself and he ends up famous and rich (since he would “rule” the world through the adoration of his fans) because they market him as the good AI with action figures, comic books and movies while Ethan and Lukas keep working at their video game store and are like “…We knew that guy when he was playing games in our backroom.”. XD Then again it would mean no longer being his own Boss so I dunno if Zeke would… Read more »

Paula
Paula
1 month ago

This, I loved. <3

Crestlinger
Crestlinger
1 month ago

Waiting for Zeke to Meet Nicole. Ideally with Ethan:
‘You Do know that her heart rate is almost that of a corpse around you right?’
Or worse interrupt gametime with his favorite meatsack.

Last edited 1 month ago by Crestlinger
vernes
vernes
1 month ago

I’m genuinely happy they connected again.

naustghoul
naustghoul
1 month ago

Slurp slurp… We are just lapping up these stories now, are we not?

Xenneth
Xenneth
1 month ago

Here’s a thought, not sure if anyone mentioned it — the guy who built Zeke had to put all these colored light options into them. Meaning he meant for Zeke to feel these various emotions.

Just an interesting tidbit, to think the human who built Zeke gave them the option to feel “good” emotions towards humans.

Daniel
Daniel
1 month ago
Reply to  Xenneth

This is a nice thought, although Zeke considers it as a bug – it is implied that zeke’s code is evolving, so it’s probably not a feature by design

some guy
some guy
1 month ago
Reply to  Xenneth

Maybe it was just cheaper to get an RGB version than one with only one specific color. Or maybe he wanted at least two different modes in which case RGB would most definitely be a cheaper (more mass-produced) version than specifically, let’s say red and blue.
Once you have RGB, the rest is just code, which Zeke surely can override. Or even make combinations on the fly.

Bionix
Bionix
1 month ago

“I Just want to know you’re doing well. Are you staying charged? Have you been playing enough games?”

Jay
Jay
1 month ago
Reply to  Bionix

“You haven’t been neglecting your backlog, have you?”

Soeroah
Soeroah
1 month ago

I love this, yay Zeke

jam szechuan
jam szechuan
1 month ago

I am so grateful for how long this episode is. So glad to see stuff ending well for our guys who deserve a break

notme
notme
1 month ago

Man, if Zeke can be more part of the squad and squish the beef, it’d be amazing getting some robot sarcasm back.

The Legacy
The Legacy
1 month ago

“He may be a meatbag, but he’s MY meatbag.”

– Zeke, probably.

The Legacy
The Legacy
1 month ago
Reply to  The Legacy

I just realized I already made this comment two weeks ago. Oops. 😅

Nik
Nik
1 month ago
Reply to  The Legacy

Well, then your name fits.

Dagroth
Dagroth
1 month ago

I think I only now noticed (or paid attention to) Zeke adopting human body language (crossed arms in this case). I wonder if that’s programmed into them, or they do it on their own, perhaps so Ethan can read them better. (Ethan being so far the only human Zeke cares about, though maybe they did that before and I missed it)

Kasaix
Kasaix
1 month ago

Green-eyed Zeke! I missed him!

SomeoneElse
SomeoneElse
1 month ago

I hate to be “that guy” – but have I missed an announcement somewhere. His comics were historically released Mon / Wed / Fri, right? And I’ve been seeing some gaps. Is it holidays? Illness? Or has he changed the schedule to 2x per week?

James Starkey
James Starkey
1 month ago
Reply to  SomeoneElse

He did announce it in the commentary back in early December/late November that the website was going to mon-friday comics. Patrons still get three a week, which lets him build a buffer for us leeches on the website XD

I don’t recall all the details, or the exact day he mentioned, but that’s the gist of it.

Last edited 1 month ago by James Starkey
Gamer
Gamer
1 month ago

looks like the xbox is back to green. Good for him.

MintNRainbow
MintNRainbow
25 days ago

ZEEEEEKKKKEEEEEE :DD

Kazuma Shouri
Kazuma Shouri
13 days ago

thirsty is the perfect choice for a callout~

Creative Name
Creative Name
11 days ago

LOOOOONG time since last update