When She Was Bad

"There was a little girl

Who had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead.

And when she was good

She was very, very good

But when she was bad

She was horrid!"

- Nursery rhyme

"Every story needs a villain..."

- Gail Swanson

When She Was Bad is a webcomic about Psycho Lesbian Villain Protagonist Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a Magical Girl story gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.

It's also about her heroic counterpart, Alpha Bitch Amber Price, who eventually resigns into her role, and tries to use her powers for good, especially against Gail Swanson.


 * Art Evolution: From this to this. The proportions are still weird, but you can't say it hasn't improved dramatically.
 * Axe Crazy: Gail and
 * Blessed with Suck: Amber gets super strength and Gail gets... to talk with her cat.
 * Blood Knight: Coyote, Coyote, COYOTE.
 * Breast Attack: During the armored car robbery.
 * Car Fu: As seen here.
 * Chaotic Neutral: Gail and co, but especially Jasper.
 * Cursed with Awesome: Gail's secondary power always changes; This means she has all kinds of weird powers, talking to animals, disabling any technology she nears, Telepathy and.
 * Dead Little Sister: Why a gang member took care of little!Gail.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: The group's reaction to Tabitha's horrible (drunk) sketch.
 * Five-Bad Band: Gail's group as a whole.
 * The Big Bad: Gail
 * The Dragon: Jasper
 * The Evil Genius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
 * The Brute: Sean
 * The Dark Chick: Anna
 * And they also have a Chick as well in the form of Tabitha.
 * Five-Man Band: Amber's group
 * The Hero: Amber
 * The Lancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by Word of God, its apparently Hillary
 * The Smart Guy: Rebecca
 * The Big Guy: Max
 * The Chick: Hillary
 * Tagalong Kid: William
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Jasper.
 * Impractically Fancy Outfit: Amber's first superhero costume. It got turned on her rather embarassingly.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: Sean to Gail once.
 * Oh Crap: Max, when.
 * One-Man Army: Jasper and Coyote.
 * Perma Stubble: Sean
 * Power Incontinence: Gail. So far she has had the power to talk to animals, electronic disruption, Telepathy and Pyrokinesis.
 * Stop Helping Me!: In this strip, nearly verbatim.
 * Stop Helping Me!: In this strip, nearly verbatim.