Austin J. Jenkins

 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.