Toon in Monday for the exciting conclusion! It’s not what you think… or is it? Hmmm…
New to the story? Start HERE.
Anyway, this was a fun one to draw. I think the first panel looks like crap but the rest I’m really happy with. A little something for you Robyn fans too… those big eyes in the fourth panel are my nod of the hat to the King of Comic Boobs: Dean Yeagle. Man, he’s my God for drawing boobs. If I ever get as half as good as him, I’ll be a happy man.
A little ELO for your Thursday and “Do Ya”. A question I’m sure the officer was asking Robyn in today’s comic. Love or hate ELO, this is a good rocker. Crank it.
Made her move a little too fast? O_o
Once again homophobia makes people do dumb things……..
Seriously I never understood why people get so tweaked by a polite pass. Its flattering really. I just tell them I don’t swing that way. If they don’t listen nicely, THEN you can belt them! 🙂
And ELO is my FAVORITE band! I’m still wearing a big brass ELO belt buckle from 1977. My pod has everything the did, the remasters, and even the more questionable box sets. Cough, cough “Afterglow” Cough cough…….
I think this was as much fun to read as it was for you to draw, Byron. I kept scrolling hoping to read more. Alas, I must wait. 🙂 I love the dialogue in the first panel. Funny!
oooohh! Breakin’ the Law! Breakin’ the Law!
OKay, well technically … Robyn hasn’t actually broken Officer Janice. Yet …
And, thanks for the hint in the above comments, Byron. Made me look a bit closer. It would seem (panels #4 & 6) that Robyn’s eyes are not focused on Janice but, rather, on something (or more likely someone) behind her.
Today’s strip is chock-full of excellent facial expressions. Panel #4, of course, is quite dramatic and eye-catching. But Janice’s looks in 2 & 7 also nail it solid; Robyn in 3 has that quintessential “huhwuh?” of dawning comprehension. Even the “simpler” lines for 6 are about perfect.
Quibble on 6, though. Either Janice’s boobs have dropped or the table has risen by several inches. Compare & contrast first three panels.
Or, when Robyn slapped Janice’s hand away, Janice slid down in her seat.
Like the Expat, I smell a red herring! 😀
Looking forward to the next part, that’s a fer-shure…
(And just so another side is heard from: I’ve found that with the passage of many years and a second suck-and-see, some bands and genres of music seem less eurrggh-worthy to me – but not ELO. Never, never, NEVER ELO. Never EVER on my watch. There’s a fiftysomething family friend of ours who was and remains a rabid ELO fan, and not that long ago she subjected me to endless video and concert clips of them and…just…no. They were never musically and emotionally honest enough to be real rock and never powerful and multilayered enough to be really orchestral, and ultimately the compound weaknesses resulted in a brain-melting vanilla mush of elevator music. Not trying to change the opinions of anyone here, but I can’t stand by and say nowt in the face of all this adoration…)
Well, I’ve spent 25+ years with people telling me why I’m supposed to venerate The Clash and The Sex Pistols instead of Yes and ELO so I know all about people people gushing over “just say no” junk.
If you only had one ELO fan to match the legion of punk rock zombies I’ve had to deal with over the years, count yourself lucky. The best part about getting old is you get to love your music all you want, and people FINALLY stop trying to sell you inferior replacements at the cost of social ostracism. “OK, I like Daft Punk, but then again look who they sample from”
Hang about – Yes were fecking amazing! Not often my personal cuppa, but I never had owt but respect for their musicianship and for the exquisite complexity of their (admittedly pretentious, but hey) music!
Oh, and I’ve *always* loved the music I wanted to love, at any age. Byron can attest to this. I’m a cantankerous bitch of long standing 😀
p.s. The Clash have had their moments. The Sex Pistols, though – total wank right from the off. Posing puling brats. I sneered then and I’ve never seen any reason to stop sneering!
Is Robyn barefoot in that first panel?! Wow! Even back in the ’70s the restaurants that my family frequented (and some of them were real dives — we tended to live in the poorer parts of town) required *at least* a pair of sandals on one’s feet in order to even enter, let alone be served.
Don’t think you needed *slap* in there. Pretty obvious what was going on. Panel 4’s my favourite.
Cheers,
Rod Salm
http://www.deathatyourdoor.com
Patti Smith’s subversive version of “Gloria” –
“Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine”…
Although i guess that if Robyn were to be propositioned by another woman whilst standin’ by the parkin’ meter, she’d rip it out of the ground and whack her with it…
Something tell me Robyn is going to jail for assaulting an off duty cop.