I wrote three versions of this comic before deciding on this version.  Bud’s expression and little dance in the final frame makes it for me.  The other versions were essentially following the guitar from manufacturing to several owners then to Bud, but I didn’t like the fact that the bass was not new and always Bud’s, and the second one was a different time period with Bud and his bass with his Mom watching him play or practice or whatever.  The latter was a bit too sentimental for me, so I went with this one, where the bass sits for a long time waiting for Bud to arrive and take it home.  Thus the title of “Long and Winding Road” even though I freakin’ loath that damn song.  Mainly because I lived through it being number one on the charts and hearing it like every 5 damn minutes (it was the Beatles’ last album as they broke up officially by the time this song hit the airwaves… even though it had been recorded in 1968… yeah, go figure)

A little randomness this week to have a little fun before we return to the recording studio to see if Bud survived the construction or not.

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Oh, some trivia… the t-shirt Bud is wearing was my original idea for the shirt he’d wear all the time, but getting the BTO logo right each time proved to be a pain, so I went with the baseball shirt concept.  Glad I did…