Yes, it’s the Return of Lily and Rose. Been a while, and this reunion is not starting off on the right foot.
I really went all out on the page composition today. It just hit me from the very start how I wanted it to look. Weird how that happens. For a full view of the background plate, click the thumbnail to the left. Yep, no tires on the car as who would see them? As you can tell, it takes a bit of back and forth to figure what goes where, but this is essentially how I roughed out this comic. Nailed it the first time.
New to this storyline? Over there in the right side-bar is a link to the first page of this story. The thumbnail of this story’s cover. Read from the beginning and enjoy!
Also, if you’re new to the comic, you may not know why Bud’s car is a hand-made convertible. You can find that comic by clicking the comic’s thumbnail below. They were heading to California and Robyn wanted to go in a convertible, especially since Jeff’s convertible Firebird had just blown up.
A lot of new people joining the site, so lots of things to catch up on! Book orders go out this weekend. I’m sketching each commission then inking them in the order I received them. Yours is coming soon! Family time with Spring Break and the Easter Weekend ate some of my time, plus a had a brochure to design for a client. Silly customers wanting stuff done on time. Man…
Two more pages then we hit a new story! Stay tooned…
How about a little Supertramp for your Monday. This was my theme song for a while there in the late 70s… “Some they will some they won’t and with some it’s just as well.” “Breakfast in America” was their best album IMO.
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happy easter fman. and belated happy anniv!
Thanks! I’ll take greetings anytime… 🙂
Love your composition on this one and the background. Now if they could only find the tires, they might move this thing.
Yeah, looks like the old Chevy has been parked downtown Chicago too long.
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OHHHHHH That is all kinds of bad
Maybe our boys will be a bit clever and figure something out… doubtful, we can hope!
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Breakfast in America was a great album… haven’t heard it in years! Also really liked Crime of the Century. Loooove prog rock!
Crime of the Century and Even In The Quietest Moments are all good albums, but BIA is one I can listen to anytime and pretty much every track. That’s a sign of a good album!
And this was my favorite song on the album even before it became a hit.
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The boys are DEAD MEAT! 😀
More than likely, yes… 😛
There’s 4 Times! unless i missed one.
Hmmm…. I think I’ve missed your reference here… If I’m pulling an old fart moment, I’m sorry… so fill me in!
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Jeff’s Eyes.
I’ve already said it elsewhere, but I’ll say it again – the composition here is frakking AWESOME. And so many little touches that really make the artwork *move* (which is more than can be said for their tyreless car, heheh).
LOVE Jeff’s expression in the penultimate panel!
Took two versions of that to get the right expression. Not as easy as you might think.
And thank you for the super kind words! I am trying my best…
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Supertramp YES!!! Saw them in concert in 82 in St Louis. What a show, except for the announcement that the band was breaking up, One of my faves is Fools Overture from the Paris album
Good band. And could pull it off in concert as well.
Oh shit son.. They are gonna get it. lol
“Oh shit son….” is an expression used by my Father many, many times in life as he looked at the path of destruction I left in the house as a very young lad. I was a one-man wrecking crew at age 5. I will have to dig up a photo of me… in diapers I believe… leaning against our refrigerator smiling big-time and there’s a HUGE path of mess behind me where I had just walked through the house. I was a spoiled young man to say the least.
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finally done with the whole archive! awesome comic man. kinda sad that i have to wait for updates now.. on a side note, i kinda forgot about rose til now!
Everyone’s forgotten about Rose… Lily and Rose were around before their trip to California and have made minor appearances since. But, they’re back and we’ll have to see what happens next!
Yes, I watched your comments as you made your way through the archive! Love when readers do that. Tons of fun and I do it myself from time to time to remind of things like, oh, Rose and Lily.
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Minor nitpick, but the car is not a hand made convertible, it is a top chop or a roadster, a convertible implies that the top can be put up. Pet peeve of mine, I own three convertibles and I hear top chops called convertibles all the time.
And I like how your drawing style has evolved, very nice work.
Well, you can tell I’m not a motorhead… I know enough about cars to be dangerous. I can drive them around dirt roads like nobody (thanks to being raised around farm towns) but I stand corrected.
In fact, I’m actually going to go back to the comic where Robyn “chops” the car down and correct her dialog as… in fact it is NOT a convertible as it’s kinda permanent what she’s done to Bud’s car!
Thank you and I’m glad you like the comic regardless of my nerdiness!
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Did Jeff inhale the joint? O_o
Talk about uncanny occurrences, Synchronicity Department. I read the page above, and just as I arrived at the last panel, the compilation sound file I was listening to kicked right into “Birds Of Fire” by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Great strip so far, by the way.
Thank you very much! This comic has been a big part of my life and it brings me much joy and satisfaction that others can enjoy my quirky humor and drawings.