Bettin' on The Costume

Halloween’s coming, and with that comes all kinds of fun costume parties and contests. Now, if there’s anyone who desires first prize metals for looking good in a goofy looking outfit, you know it’s Betty. But what to choose… what to choose. I’ll let that up to you, but let’s chart down the ideas floating around in her mind.

Well, Cat Betty’s out of the question, especially since she likes to be in-character and I DON’T trust her with ultra-fine pointed sharp nails. Being an M&M’s kinda cute on her, but only if she doesn't mind the very cheap material used. Then again, it honestly might not fit her (or at least, it’ll be pretty uncomfortable doing anything in it). Why an M&M specifically? Because I had a very cheap printed-on yellow peanut M&M costume for about a year or two when I was like 9. Western Betty’s a solid choice, but She might have to check in on Lotta to make sure they don’t twin at the gathering. If Betty becomes a Cop, everyone’s dead (and it has nothing to do with race if you’re wondering). Betty’s a pirate like every two days, so it's the most predictable option out there for her. However, dressing up specifically as her late ancestor, Cutthroat Betty, might give her a tiny pass there. Betty as Charlie Brown really only works when you remember she’s bald (Charlie Brown has very light hair, I know, shut up. Plus, she really IS bald due to a high school science experiment). I actually had that idea of Betty dressed up as the blockhead for way longer than you think, so I knew it was time to finally make SOMETHING out of it. Zombie Betty’s pretty sick if you ask me, but God, let’s hope she can easily get herself cleaned up afterwards.

 Mickey Mouse; Mickey Vs. The Master of The World (1985)

Synopsis: A special stone grants The Phantom Blot the power to become enormous, and it’s up to Mickey and Goofy to reduce his newly gained power.

Mickey contre le maître du monde (F JM 85136) | I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

“Mickey contre le maître du monde” isn’t the best story to read if you have Arachnophobia (as one of the main plot points in the comic centers around a giant spider), but it is a great story to read that kinda gives off halloween vibes but also can be viewed as just a regular Mickey story. It ALSO comes to us from France, and it’s here that we get another unique panel layout than most of the usual Disney comics. Comics that were originally made in France are formatted in a way that still has 4 rows of panels, but unlike others where each row would have 2 panels, France decided to bulk it up alittle and make it 3 panels per row, thus increasing the normal number of panels a page from 8 to 12. This can often make the story either very complex or very crammed, depending on who the artist is. Thankfully, this story’s the former.

So, this is one of hundreds of Mickey stories that puts him and his main…friend...ish?, Goofy, in a mystery that usually climaxes or ends with Mickey solving the puzzle out. This series of kinda detectives Mickey and Goofy comics originally started when our villain of today’s story first appeared; 1939's “Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot”. An epic action-packed mystery that Floyd Gottfredson helped paved the way for… slightly less epic action-packed mysteries. So that’s why you have Mickey and Goofy alongside the local police tracking down criminals across their city, Mouseton (yes, both he and Donald live in different towns in the comics, and Yes, Mouseton is a more stupid name for a city than Duckburg).

As for this particular story, it’s alright. I do like how Goofy ISN’T causing nothing but problems for Mickey on their adventure for once (spoilers; that’s gonna be an ongoing thing in these stories). The layouts are solid all throughout and having more than one action scene in this is very cool to see considering it being a 10-pager. Although, I will say, you’d think at this point they would have locked the Blot up in a more protected prison or something, if he keeps escaping to perform his multiple acts of crime.

"Goofy, I know there's this big ass Spider web in the middle of nowhere, but I think you were just dreaming about the big ass spider in question." Then again, the police ACTUALLY trying to investigate is more unbelieve then the spider who belongs in Australia.

Blot, I don't know how you STILL can't figure out how Mickey defeats you if a cage made of slightly thicker popsicle sticks is the toughest container you can put the fancy-dressed mouse in.

Why... are you terrified of a different giant spider if you JUST saw one last night? I don't think your brain grew alongside your body, buddy.

 I've Got MY Crown, Cap'n!

I don’t trust a woman like Betty Boop in being a pirate. Not because I don’t believe she’s incapable of being one, actually it’s kind of the opposite. Whenever she’s written to be an actual character who doesn't just stand around and look “hot”, she can really pull out a good fight. After all, she IS someone from the deep pits of New York who just survived the notorious Roaring Twenties and now has to live through the Great Depression. She kinda HAS to learn to defend for herself in some way, otherwise she’ll either die homeless or get shot.

No, my problem is that she has a hard time focusing on more than one thing, and usually that thing is how to look as expensive and glamorous. She’ll tear a buccaneer’s chest open to keep all the treasure for herself but forgets that her boyfriend’s nearly dying cause he’s pretty much on his own. Then again, I feel like that’s part of the New Yorkian oath; “Thou shall heed help for another company unless it caters to Thou’s own personal needs and nothing more”. If any form of consideration was performed over there, Time Square would end up looking like it was frozen in time for months.

Now, surprisingly, I didn’t actually do the original layout for this. I mainly cleaned it up and inked it. That part goes to my partner, Corey C., whose penciling and craftsmanship I consider near-perfection, with how smooth and solid it looks while still maintaining its own unique look to it. Also, he’s REALLY quick with his work so I, as the good sport that I am, am always… extremely jealous towards considering how long I take to get anything done.

More info on this for some stupid reason; This was based off this one Betty Boop statue I own that’s supposed to be used as a candle holder for Halloween. This is abit of a rant, but I personally find it annoying that, for how much merchandise this girl has every year, she rarely ever has anything of her as the swashbuckling new yorkie she could easily be. Keep in mind, there’s this, there’s ONE plush of her in a captain outfit, and there’s like two table statues of her as one. OH, and there’s also that stupid bobble head that Funko did years ago that doesn't even match what she’s supposed to look like on the box. That’s it. This sounds nitpicky but she usually has like a billion versions of her usual look (Cowgirl, nurse, birthday cake, and witch) that it kinda makes it look like they’re not interested in changing it up for a day. Also yes, we both agreed to make her a dog like she used to instead of making her a human like the candle holder because Poodle Betty > Human Betty.

 Plague Doctor, I Presume?

Whenever people were severely sick during the dark periods of the Middle Ages, it was usually a VERY bad sign when the local plague doctor comes a-knocking at your door. Now, is Jr. sick, you may be asking? Not really. He’s pretty healthy when it comes to avoiding any kinds of diseases or viruses and is one of the few students in his high school who actually bothers to wash their hands, so he gets a gold star for doing the bare minimum. He does, however, have what some scientists have termed “Pathogenus Ludi Electronicii”. An extremely common disease that many folks tend to have, especially when cooped up indoors because the city council refuses to add more sidewalks and instead wants to add another 50 kinds of highways. What happens? It’s when you think purchasing a $600 Nokia N-gage that looks like it’s been beaten with a crowbar is a good investment and not think twice about it.

Tom and The Death Salesman

The sole keeper of souls despises many a-things when it comes to members of society (a.k.a everyone on his never-ending hit-list). Some of whom are those whose weekly schedules regularly follow the seven deadly sins, while others are those who spend more time harassing people he/she can’t stand and REALLY need to go out more and get a life. But the people he hates the most are those who mock and imitate him. You would think committing an act, to him, would be seen as a dishonor to his job (which is to solely maintain the basic foundation of life itself), but confidentiality, it’s much more personal. I mean, as we all know, picking out the correct cloak is a challenge in itself. It has to perfectly match the approved Bear paint at Home Depot paint-card, which is a slightly deep black, so it doesn't come off as grey, but not complete black so it makes him look like he’s nothing but a shadow (he has to show you his presence SOMEHOW).

Also, if you understand what the painting on their wall is, I both congratulate you for having a sharp eye and apologize for reminding you that it used to be a fairly popular children’s game.

 To Dance Around in Your Bones

October has started once again, and everyone’s celebrating for the next 30 days. From the ghosts and ghouls, to the vampires and werewolves, to even the hundreds of skeletons seeking out literally ANYTHING that’s not either dirt and grovel or the wood from their coffins. When they finally disengage from beneath the earth’s unseen soils, the REAL skeleton dance begins. Or rather “dances” because you KNOW their uncovered asses ain’t stopping at just one dance at the ballroom. They’ll keep those records spinning until the groves uncoil themselves so much that they end up becoming home-made Slinkys.

Now if you’re wondering, this piece is based on one of the layouts used on the sheet music cover for the tune “Tain’t no Sin (To Dance Around in Your Bones). Is the song good; depends on which band/orchestra is playing it. Why is the “WAckY FunNY fAce” here; God if I know. Also, I love the fact that the couple on the sheet music cover, you know, the literal dead decomposed skeletons, have bouncy hair just sticking up there like they came back from the local barber shop (something I also drew in the piece if you carefully notice). I would say there's no shame in hiding any bald spots you may have, but they're god-damn skeletons! They have NOTHING on them! They're all bald! Glueing wigs on you is only just gonna make it more noticeable.

 A Witch's Special Delivery

The season of Autumn has finally set up camp for the next couple of months, and everyone who doesn't have the 1st edition completely un-changed (for the worst) holy bible sewed on to them (though a good amount of them DO and still get exiled from most parties) is getting their supplies ready for October, And this includes witches. Spells have to be practiced, Curses have to be checked so they have an overly-complicated method in reversing it, and the cauldron they got at a flea-market decades ago need to be bluewing with potions that looks more appetizing than Campbell’s Chunky Chili Mac soup (seriously, who in the chilly dark pits of hell’s putting that in their mouth; especially when they’re sick?!).

Every kind of mixture, even from the most wicked of witches, needs SOME kind of actually fresh products for it. In comes the severely under-paid delivery boy (or in this case, the grocery boy) to save the day… and more realistically their butt from their being used as a lab rat to test the potions.

If I find someone else on earth besides me who either remembers or even knows the grocery store "Genuardi’s", I’d be a very happy camper for the day.

Treasure Deep in the Dark

You have a better chance in uncovering all kinds of treasure in caverns and caves, where they might’ve been stashed long ago and not underground where they’d be buried like some kind of time capsule, especially if you want said treasures to not be completely scratched and bruised in microseconds because of all the dirt and gravel. Even sand can easily damage what you buried if you’re not careful. But then again, the idea of pirates putting parts of their plunder somewhere that can easily be found (even self-storage units keep everything protected lock and key) confuses the hell out of any historian.

But The Piracy Pimples aren’t real pirates. They’re fictional non-real characters that usually follow what the script or outline of a script tells them to do with all of their backdrops being completely drawn for them to interact in. So of course, the booty’s completely polished and untouched. They can literally hand that treasure chest over to PCGS and they’ll see a perfect rating on its report card with a quickly drawn smiley face on the top. Chef’s kiss.

A Screwball's Life for Me

If you go and ask someone on the street what’s their favorite holiday, you'll end up getting piles full of the exact same answers; Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day for the VERY hopeless romantic kind, maybe New Year’s for those who ACTUALLY believe in fulfilling new year’s resolutions, the usual likings. But if you ask Betty, the only woman known to man who’s powered on Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries, you'll get “International Talk-like-a-Pirate Day” . That day where people get a two dollar pirate hat made out of form, say “Ahoy there”  once and then just… give up. Not really much of a holiday, but to the girl whose main hobby is being a pirate, not only is it like a national holiday to her, but she drags her friends along for the ride, no doubt including you know who.

Betty does everything she likes to do as a pirate, but usually makes it more like a giant event than a usual outing in the ocean. Drinking as much untouched rum as she can, sailing around and annoying every single isolated island she can that has at least more than one living being that inhabits it, and gathering as much plunder and gold as she can. Lotta, being more used to living out in the west than on the sea, happily takes pleasure in shooting around those who question her position as a pirate and collecting all the “loose” change that falls out of them when they run away. Jade, however, is alot more secluded when playing pirates. Her only main goal is tidying up the ship, fighting off any incoming enemy ships, digging up the multiple treasure chests that've been buried around every island across the globe, and getting her paycheck from Betty for showing up.

When Betty asked Tom to play along with her and the girls, he gets on the sailor suit he bought years ago and drags Tom Jr. along because when is he NOT dragging the teenager everywhere he goes. Despite being her boyfriend, he’s stuck with the job a sailor gets when aboard the ship; peeling potatoes because how else can Betty cut and fry them up into homemade potato chips? Also, Jr’s a monkey because monkey be funny because monkey except actual real-life monkeys and chimpanzees because they hate anything that even looks at them.

 Donald Duck; The Fearless Pirate (2019)

Synopsis: Donald’s acting in the new pirate movie, playing the role of Captain Featherbeard. But after he accidentally hits his head, he starts to believe he’s the real Featherbeard.

The Fearless Pirate (D 2016-169) | I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

“Den frygtløse pirat” highlights our favorite trademarked-by-Disney Duck in the position he’s been presented on at least a couple of times; the role of an actor. Rather it be on stage or, in this case, for a feature film. The role he’s selected to play as is the role of the dreaded pirate captain “Featherbeard The Terrible” (who 100% is a real person and not the duck version of Blackbeard, which is funny in this case because nowhere in this comic does Donald dons a beard, but you know, it fits). The comic is also another member of the (for some on-godly) series of comics where a character gets a short-term version of Amnesia and thinks he or she is someone else. This happens ALOT with Donald and especially with Scrooge, which I feel like that’s not very healthy for someone his age.

This story is one of dozens upon dozens of comics drawn by the masterful Paco Rodriguez, who’s penciled layouts are chock full of perfectly solid characters and poses that are both easy to tell what the action is conveying and are so full of life. The scenes where the staged ship is being dragged across the heavy waves with Donald and the other actors struggling to stay aboard is nothing but beautiful and so jammed packed with action and excitement. I will say though, that I do wish we had atleast an extra page of the ship landing in the park’s fountain, because it does feel like something was cut off. It’s weird because most of the Denmark Donald stories usually are exactly 10 pages, so this being only 9 definitely shows that they had at least a page left to tighten the blot just a small bit. Not really an issue, but something I noticed in which is otherwise a pretty solid donald story.

Considering this IS Donald, I know that bandana peel was all Fate's fault (But knowing how often Donald blames him for his own nonsense, I see it more as revenge) 

Donald did NOT study on who he was playing if his OWN confused mind thinks his crew swabbing the deck is considered a punishment for disobeying orders. Maintaining the ship's KINDA their job if they're not on battle.

Could you imagine opening up the window shades of your house and you suddenly see a GOD DAMN WATER TORNADO just sliding across town as if it's on its way to work?

The director of that film must REALLY know Donald if he picked him for the role of the guy whose empire committed Mutiple acts of mass Genocide. Also, you KNOW Donald dragged the kids into the theater to watch that shit!

An Eagle Out for The Game

 Football season has reached out onto the playing field once again, and everyone (or those who actually care for the sport) is cheering on their favorite teams. Rather it be paying a boat-load of merch-

andise (that’ll either gather dust around their house if they go all out and win the super bowl or be burned completely that’ll be slightly mistaken for a forest fire if they make a slight mistake out in one of the games), betting all of their life savings into if they actually make it onto the super bowl, or it being yet ANOTHER excuse for people who clearly need to join a group of alcoholics anonymous members and raiding their local bar and gurgling down as much blandly-tasting beer cans as they can before they end up in a hospital. Fun!

Anyways, I’m not a sports person, I just draw whatever I feel like, and if it so happens to cross paths for a sport, especially if a big game like football comes in, then I know for sure Tom’s willing to be dragged into it for me (Unless it’s him participating in playing with the Cleveland Indians because there ain’t NO WAY I’m drawing Tom in redface).

Note to self; invest in either an ACTUAL good scanner or Neon Yellow markers that doesn't fade away when scanned.

 Captain Buccaneer Booty Betty: The True Pirate Queen

A debatable question that’s asked across multiple historians is “Who would be considered the real pirate queen?”. A buccaneer that not only looks as dashing as one in royalty, but one who knows all ins and outs when it comes to piracy. Now, when asked, you’ll get the usual answers “Anne Bonny” and “Mary Read”, or (if the person REALLY has done last night’s homework) “Ching Shif”. But there’s one that’s always hidden away from every pre-1st edition history book. An ex-sailor who’s so infamously dangerous and reckless that she’ll scare the head right off Blackbeard. Her name’s O’l Betty Jenkins, or as it says on her Piracy license “Captain Buccaneer Booty Betty”.

Don’t let the name fool you into thinking she’s just some common tavern wench who decided to play dress-up. She got that name from just HOW she gets the aforementioned Booty. She quietly steps onto the dock of a local town or island in the middle of the night, removes some of her more visible pirate accessories so she looks the part of a local sexy woman, and (in her most attractive and sweetest voice), asks for some love. When everyone in the bar comes near, she quickly strikes and knocks out all of them (with her fists of course), plunders EVERYTHING they got, and gets away with her crew on her grand ship “The Betty Roger”. 

She’s always one who’ll do anything to get her hands into two things: treasure and rum. She’ll drink as many bottles of rum as you can think and sing away her glory plunders in a drunken manner (with the slight intoxicated hiccup here and there). When an enemy ship (or more usually a ship that just so happens to cross her path) comes near, she raises the flag now covered in red food coloring, a sign of no-return for the ones who dare to face her in person. She adores a nice battle, especially so she can rub it in the captive’s faces that she now owns their possessions. Although sometimes, she would get alittle too power-hungry for her liking, much to her crew’s dismay. So, they commit a mutiny upon her and sentence her by either hanging from the yardarm or by feeding the hungry sea creatures after she walks the plank. She swears and cries for revenge, but she also knows after a minute whose fault it is (and if she does refuse to be fair to her royal pirate brothers and sisters, she’ll never get to plunder again), so she gives in to their understandable demands.

(Why did I write an entire character synopsis for artwork of Betty when this isn't even her full-time pirate alter ego)

 A Mermaid's New Nails

You know, for someone who’s supposed to be the smartest one out of the entire cast, she sure kinda forgot that… nail polish spreads across water and doesn't stay still. That is, unless it’s completely dried, but I’m not exactly sure how long a mermaid can withstand the sun until their gills collapse. Considering that most kinds of standard nail polish take about a good hour or two to dry, I don’t think she’ll last long when the colorized coating hardens. But hey, at least her skeleton will look pretty when studied in The State Museum of Pennsylvania. Wait, are their tails like fish scales and it’s not actually their bones? Oops.

 The Unwelcoming Cruise

Most crews aboard a cruise ship typically would try and hold their tongue when handling rowdy and uncooperative passengers, especially if said passengers are affecting the safety of others. Keep in mind, you’re not in a theme park or a hotel where you can easily be kicked out and have to drive back home. You’re stuck in the middle of the freezing dangerous waters of the ocean, with the only thing holding you in are the handlebars looped around the top deck of the vessel. If anything were to happen with your tickets when riding aboard the cruise, most of the time, you'd be asked to either pay right up or leave, typically before the cruise had left the arms of the dock.

So… how on god’s green earth did Tom and Betty get themselves stuck in a situation like this? Who really knows. Bad luck probably. The only kind of cruises where passengers would be forced to walk the plank are those Barbados-based pirate-themed cruise lines that have a surprisingly large number of good scores on Tripadvisor. But you gotta admit, the crew’s pirate outfits are a perfect 10/10… even if they’re most likely REAL cutthroat buccaneers. Betty’s kind of fancy, but not really what she wanted on a relaxing vacation with her boyfriend.

 A Little Push for a Quick Dive

As the final weeks of the warm season come approaching, everyone tries to scratch off their final itch to go swimming. Now, of course, a good amount of people (usually either more careless mid-teenagers or insane people; you know exactly who I’m talking about) prefer to spice up their water aerobics session by skipping the left turn where the beach is and to make a sharp right turn over to… the nearest cliff.

Completely isolated, unsupervised, without a single eye in sight. Though, there are the occasional small school of fish swimming around the bends of the sharp rocks that's poking out of the blankets of water. There’s also the rare flock of birds, refilling their free subscription of Liveleak as they get a crisp clean view of the next new idiot who decides it’s a good idea to bungee jump something that couldn’t be more of a death zone even if it wasn’t trying to (Mother Nature forms her earth the way she decides, though it could be argued she makes a game out of it and does her spells blindfolded). Or even worse and more often the case, the victim of intense peer-pressureing by the group of Fair-weathered “friends”. Sure, they’re chant for the kid to dive right in, but there ain’t no way from Hell and back they're gonna pay for the huge hospital bill after all of the surgeries.

Of course, Tom isn’t that type of guy. He just likes to have fun… while not fully knowing the outcome of what’s about to come. Betty knows Tom like a book and loves him to death, but even she can agree Tom can be the handful sometimes. Tom doesn't have to worry about any hospital bills, but he may have to worry about Betty beating his ass when she climbs back up the cliff. A perfect life-lesson lol.

Donald and Fethry; Fethry's Raffle (1977)

Synopsis: Fethry wants to sell Donald a raffle ticket, but he isn't interested.

 A Rifa do Peninha (B 760317) | I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

“A Rifa do Peninha” is one of the many MANY early brazilian stories starring the pinnacle of raw unfiltered energy, Fethry Duck, one of Donald’s many relatives. Unlike his other cousin, Gladstone, who’s the antithesis of Donald who, instead of an unlucky job-applying fellow is one who’s so filled with luck and so stuck-up about it that the mere idea of having to own a job is something more private than what’s inside pandora's box, Fethry has the exact same kind of hobby-seeking skills Donald processes. However, Fethry mainly prefers to obtain as many jobs and hobbies as he can, not for the money (though it never hurts to get some kind of paycheck from it) but more for the thrill of it. Tom Kenny voicing his only animated appearance in the Ducktales reboot is as fitting as you can get, as he’s how Spongebob adores his one and only workplace, but this time, he takes that raw dedication to any kind of occupation he can find.

Now why is this an issue for Donald? Because just like all of his other relatives, they really like dragging him into the picture for some reason. Fethry, in this story, is hosting a raffle and wants to get people to get tickets to bet on their winnings, but aside from the only other person he picks (which turns out to be the punchline of the short story) he dashes over to Donald’s house and does EVERYTHING he can to get Donald to buy at least one of them. In typical Brazilian fashion, as you'll soon see over time, it’s set more less like an epic Dell Four Color story, and more like cleaned up storyboards for a late 40s slapstick cartoon. There’s alot more action around Fethry getting kicked out and Donald hustling to get him off of him and later his TV.

As for the actual artwork, while it’s not like the previous Brazilian mickey story where it feels more like a cleaned-up S-code story, alot of these early Donald and Fethry stories have nowhere similar looking to the original Fethry stories Al Hubbard did. Those were ultra sketchy and rough looking while these Brazilian stories have more polish and solid posing.

Not sure how others would feel, but I honestly adore how much of a dick Fethry's being here. "C'mon Don, be a good sport and get yourself a ticket. You know I ain't gonna move if you don't.."

You know, Fethry, considering how much you really like tracking down Donald whenever he so much as breathes, You REALLY should've known that was gonna happen. Or at the really least, knew that letting Gladstone bet was game over automatically.

 Wildwood Doodles

There’s (almost) an entire world to run out to explore and tour, especially if you’re planning on a short-and-sweet vacation. But to most people, they typically prefer to relax and enjoy the warm sandy beaches… depending on if there’s one in their area. For me, I usually like going to New Jersey for vacation. More specifically, the edge of New Jersey; Wildwoods. Not only is it just the perfect kind of relaxing mid-year entertainment I always wait for, but it’s also perfect material for writing gags and storyboards. That’s what these are; goofy looking doodles around some things I got out of one of my many trips over there.

 Summertime Music

Most people don't mind alittle bit of noise while they’re done for some fun under the sun at the beach, rather it be the rushing roaring sweeps of fresh saltwater, the cheerful sounds of children (where they’ll seen playing in the water, drawing Illuminati signs and symbols across the sands, or begging their parents for that $9 Sonic popsicle from the traveling Ice cream man), or, in this case, music to ease the mind while you’re enjoying yourself. Now the question on if the selected music is actually good… yeah, I ain’t got an answer for you on that.

Gyro Gearloose; Lunch of The Blue (1996)

Synopsis: Gyro’s little helper accidentally launches Gyro’s fresh batch of frankfurters into space. And without any mustard on it!

 Launched Launch (D 92186) | I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

“Frokost i det blå” is one of those comics that's just perfect for the warm season, if for any reason other than having Gyro grilling up some Hot Dogs. Except, these AREN'T Hot Dogs, but rather a more unique dish more commonly eaten in Europe, like Denmark and Germany (which is where this scan comes from), Frankfurters. The main core difference between the two is that while Hot Dogs are made up of different kinds of meats, like Chicken and Beef, that’s been blended into the Pork that’s tucked in with a 6/10 bun, Frankfurters is 100% pure pork with a couple of spices like a KFC bucket of Chicken that’s been stripped down to nothing like it’s working at the Gold Club in Philadelphia.

You do gotta love how completely disarranged Gyro’s workshop is when he literally raw rocket fuel in colored bottles that can easily be mistaken for condiments that’s RIGHT NEXT to a flaming grill. Doe.. does Gyro not have a backyard he can cook in?... he can’t just ask Donald if he can cook in his backyard? Pretty sure he’ll be cool with it considering he’s not after his house payment like Scrooge. You’re telling me this dumbass can afford to make all of these insanely complex, sometimes unneeded inventions in his workshop but can’t afford to get a landscaper to give him some grass behind his house, so he doesn't burn his house down?! 

Also, those astronauts are seriously gonna risk getting their lungs blown up like discounted firecrackers that’s at the back of a Walmart over some $5 sausages?! Then again, if I was stuck in outer space with nothing to eat but flavored pills and all my drinks were in weed packets that’s been sanded off to where you would mistake it for leftover rock particles, I also would risk it for ACTUAL food.

 Red, White and Blue All Over

There have been many stories around the Revolutionary War, one of the most important roles in forming the United States of America to make it the way it is in the modern era (for better or worse depending on your point of view). The many members of the war between red and blue, like any battle or war, have their own horror stories on their experiences out at war. Some longer than others, and some with either a depressing ending or a… slightly depressing ending (again, depending on how you feel). Even the mascot of Great Britain, the brave and mighty lion, the very one titled “king of the beasts”, has his own nightmares he tells his therapist on the weekends. Take a WILD guess as to who’s to blame?!

Now, this isn't THE trio of rubbery donuts we all know and… hopefully know. These are some of their many ancestors. Three of the many soldiers and civilians ready to help up their friends in need and defeat the multiple numbers of oncoming enemies.

Now I will admit, this isn't the BEST piece of mine. Using pencil and erasing on thick cardboard-like watercolor paper is like a strong mixture of raw gasoline and a lit Duck match. The areas I erased ended up becoming slightly torn and messy, so I had to go from wanting to do traditional art to digital art. Because of this, some of the actual linework on the layouts were abit off, forcing the digital linework to be altered in order to savage the piece before the 4th of July holiday. So… my bad on this one lol