Surprise! After 34 years, Bud’s dreams finally come true and once again they managed to get, erm, um, interrupted. One sharp reader noticed that Lorraine in the previous comic had stated that Bud was “the only male friend who hadn’t tried to have sex” with her. Um, remember Jeff? Does this mean Thor’s Hammer found it’s way into our hot-blooded Italian? We’ll have to find out.
Welcome rock chick turned biker chick Robyn back into the story. I don’t think she’s there for the same reason as Lorraine, but now the mystery builds as to what’s going on. Is it Universal Karma bringing the old band back together? Or just dumb luck. Knowing Bud…
I’LL BE AT CHICAGO COMIC CON THE NEXT FOUR DAYS! Come say hi and bring me a can of Mountain Dew to earn your free commission sketch! The convention is at the Rosemount Center near O’hare airport. Just follow the signs.  You can’t miss the airport…
Harry Nilsson is a favorite of mine for songs that just make you laugh as well as being some damn good tunes. This song has always been a favorite of mine, and rings true with Bud today, but is gonna be hard now that his (still unnamed) daughter has walked in on him and Lorraine!
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can you say AWKWARD!? haha
As a matter of fact, I can! 🙂
PS: NOT a true story… 🙂 I don’t have any daughters…
Closure!
also FIRST! MY first time being first!
damnnit i took too long to type and got sniped. oh well….
You get an “A” for effort. Try harder next time. 🙂
First or last, I appreciate all comments! 🙂
And this is why the knock was invented.
What inspired this is my wife watches a TON of soap operas and nearly EVERY time someone is doing the dirty-nasty, they get walked in on. Ever hear of a little thing called a “lock”? Just push it in or turn the key.
Actually walked in on a guy in college in my dorm. I wanted to borrow an album. I knocked, heard “Come in” and opened the door to a similar scene. They had actually yelled “DON’T come in…” Also, LOCK THE DAMN DOOR! She was hot by the way…
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*snicker* “just push it in” should be a motto for many reasons.
Behave!
The knock was actually invented by the same guy who invented the door. It’s precise genesis after the door and having it opened by his kid while doing the nasty. It was a stop gap measure between that night and figuring out how the heck to invent a lock.
Lock, Knock. they rhyme for a reason. Same inventor
Lock, knock AND sock. The same guy clearly invented socks just so he’d have something to hang on the doorknob as a warning.
oh …. my. WARNING! Danger, Will Robinson! WARNING!! 😀
Robyn a biker chick @50+ … no surprises there. 😉 Bet she’s hauling on one mean, custom hawg. Probably an original Vincent Black Lightning 1952, or possibly a cherry Indian of some powerhouse vintage. Thinkin’ about it, though, an Irish gal like her would make one fine Red Molly ,,,
What’re the odds of both the girls showing up on the same day after so many years? Well, such silly arguments about statistics & physics in such a universe will only result in cat girl fatalities.
Better yet to speculate: Thor may have taken a mighty swing of his Hammer, but the Norse gods are known for their flaws and imperfections. It is not assured that he connected, only that he tried.
Bonus points for looking past Lorraine and seeing the models in the background! I have models all over the house. In this scene is a Klingon Bird of Prey, the original Enterprise and everyone’s favorite Robot from Lost In Space. Note he is leaning in to look at the fun going on. I’m clever that way.
I’m shit a drawing motorcycles, so I’ll go my best to have Robyn be on a cool one.
And yes, it is NO coincidence BOTH Plan 9 gals have shown up at Bud’s doorstep (for different reasons we assume).
More on Monday! 🙂
Go with the Vincent Black Lightening 1952. Find the Richard Thompson song to go with that and give it a listen, if you happen to be unfamiliar with it by some strange reason. It’s iconic. Do a google image search for that bike. It has numerous unique features and should give you a nice challenge .. and you’ll pull in some hard core fans if you do it justice.
Robyn (I well imagine) would go with a tougher, leaner & more stripped version that’s all about eating up Route 66 while muttering and grumbling sweet Kerouac nothings into her dreams, as opposed to many of the overly-tricked out and sissified Vegas-style show trophies. Black and burnt blue chrome with well-weathered leather, perfectly greased & custom fitted gear to put the finest silk top shame. Her beast will have a name and it will purrrr like a jaguar kitten when she calls it and scritches its ears.
Nothin’ less from Robyn, dude. Nothing less. 😛 😀
You just gotta love the models of the Bird of Prey, The Original Enterprise NCC-1701 (No bloody A-B-C- or D and E) and Robot B9 from Lost In Space. So much nostalgia! That’s my room too!
Bonus points too for the shout-outs to Richard Thompson. “Vincent Black Lightning” is my favorite song from him, and you, 3X, utterly rock for mentioning it. 🙂
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I’ve got quite a few favs from him. Would probably put 1952 VBL in the top 5 somewhere, but Beeswing will always defend its crown from the #1 slot.
Oooh yes – Vinnies FTW! Or, if we want to be a bit less ultra-vintage, how ’bout a Norton 750 Commando. Several of those graced our family from time to time.
She didn’t walk into his room and see he was still decorating his room like he was 15 and walk back out?
15? I build models all the time! If you’re ever in my bedroom (pants required for you) you’d see a similar scene…
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You have an angel of a wife. Hold on to her tight..hahah
HOLY MACARONI!!!! (with an Italian Ice from 31st street..lol) 😀 I just lvoe the look on his daughter’s face!
Thanks! It was fun to draw the reaction a bit cartoony. I don’t often go that route, but this reaction called for it!
“Where our Bud has never gone before!” Well, at least not with Lorraine. 😉
And he won’t be in orbit for long…
Shouldn’t there be a bottle of viagra or cialis somewhere near by?!? [smirk]
Man, it’s great to see you back in the saddle again, my man! (Yeah, that’s to Bud and Byron both!) 🙂
I’ve always said Bud is way cooler than I ever was… 🙂
Glad to be back, it feels great!
SO glad I never walked in on my parents. My mom’s a hardcore Catholic, so I’m assuming that means after my sister was born, there was no chance to do so :0P
Probably… 🙂
The saddest part of never having kids of my own is never being able to embarrass one quite as completely as that! 🙂
That’s okay, that’s what your friend’s kids are for!
I’m such a “good” role model for kids… (not)
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Woosh!
Totally… 🙂
Woah! Didn’t see that coming! ( & neither will they now it looks like…). Also, from my own experience, I don’t see anything good coming from this. Hopefully it won’t compromise their friendship the way it did mine, we’ll see. Great song btw! I love Harry Nilsson, & Nilsson Schmilsson was his absolute best imo. That album included “Without You”, “Jump Into the Fire”, “Coconut”, The Moonbeam Song”… not a bad cut on it! Also, Wikipedia it sometime & see the personnel list! KILLER!
Yeah, the gang Harry Nilsson hung with in the recording studio, including producer Richard Perry, were all killer… absolutely.
Harry was even with Lennon on his infamous “lost weekend” if memory serves.
Those WERE the days! 🙂
TOLD ya panel 6 was a winner! Woot!
And you were correct! 😛
That image is gonna be burned into her brain forever.
Yeah, there’s not enough alcohol on the face of the planet that will erase that scene from her head.
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Coulda been worse. Bud coulda “hulked out.”
Epic, just epic. But why do comic/ sitcom/ movie characters never close the door when they’re umm… you know… ? 😛
I hear you. Seems to be a running theme. Kinda like the moment came so fast they forgot to do the essentials… like lock the door!
But then we wouldn’t have these types of scenes either. And we writers wouldn’t write it if we hadn’t experienced it at least once (luckily for me never with my parents).
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Thank god for sheets! [smirk] o.O