(If you missed Thursday’s comic, use the Previous Arrow above to check it out first)
Don’t you hate it when someone one-ups you in the storytelling department? Not what you expected? Maybe, maybe not. But I know there are a lot of Robyn fans having to go fan themselves off about now. I’m going to leave the rest to your imaginations… better that way.
Oh, yes, that is the same crook that held up Bud at Jenkins Record store two years ago. Small towns only have so many thieves, so he’s out on bail and gets clobbered… apparently for good this time. Note the flowers on his chest. A nice cartoon gimmick if there ever was one!
A little Fleetwood Mac for your Monday. From the first album with Buckingham/Nicks on board and the best line-up for sure they’ve ever had. This album is actually better than “Rumours” but not as popular. It ends with “I’m So Afraid” which has a haunting guitar solo at the end by Buckingham, a very under rated guitarist who could make a lot of noise as the only guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, especially live. So, a little “Say You Love Me” to get your week started. It will help Robyn, it seems…
ROCK AND ROOOOLLLLL!!!!
That first panel is frakking EPIC. Seriously. And how much do I love Robyn’s realistically spiky-ish hair? Very, very 1970s.
This is neither a criticism nor a nitpick, but given that we’ve seen Bud and Lorraine in the sack, it’d be great fun if we could get equal time for Robyn and her cop likewise. Or does Bud’s infamous wild night as Budette count for that? Heh.
Personally, I like panel 5! Those flowers landed perfectly! [smirk]
Wow, did I fail to call it!
I have not failed a prediction so badly since I said that “Pac Man” game was terrible and would never catch on…..
I was sure Robyn was going to cut loose on somebody else, but I didn’t know who or why. Good thing she’s got Officer Janice there to clean up and deal with the paperwork. I hope this doesn’t delay their getting back to their personal lives too long.
I got a couple of events I didn’t comment some time back so, I’ll just put them here.
First of all, I’m sorry to hear your wife’s health problems keep coming back. I hope she get’s better soon.
Second, I hope you feel better for the moment. If you have to be strong to help your wife through these dark days it can be pretty difficult not to crack under the pressure of everything coming together at the same (wrong) time.
Third: This one’s really good! I think nobody saw that coming.
Last, Finally a band I’ve heard of, yay ^^
Excellent comic mate! Funnily enough I second the call for a little “police action” 😉 Can’t imagine why! LOL
Sorry to hear about the ongoing probs at home, send your wife my best, and as someone who has had an awful lot of pain over the years, she has my deepest sympathy and my hopes that anything that can reduce the pain doe so, and is good!
That Fleetwood Mac album is great for road trips.
And I totally did not expect this page.
I hope you and yours get better, man!
I love how you turned that one 180 degrees differently from what I was expecting, Byron. Nice twist. 🙂
Glad to hear you’re both doing better Byron!
Altho we’re usually on the same page musically, I do have to differ on the Fleetwwod Mac. I agree about Lindsay Buckingham: great, underated guitar player & his solo on “I’m So Afraid” (ESPECIALLY off of ’80’s “Live”) is killer, but as far as I’m concerned, anything with Stevie Nicks was an abhoration… I can’t stand her croaking. Give me the original line-up with Peter Green’s great guitar work, or even the “mid period” – ’70 to ’75 stuff with Danny Kirwan & Bob Welch, ANYTIME. You do redeem yourself with the holdup guy’s line tho. Now I’m gonna have to pull out my BTO “Best Of” CD & crank up “Gimme Your Money Please” when I get home!
HA!! LOL!! Did NOT see that coming! Totally loved it. AND, I did notice the flowers on his chest, first thing.
Excellent!!
Robyn’s had that cap for 35 years ??! Dang. Knows how to take care of things.
Would have expected a bit of blood and maybe a few flying teeth to go with that hit, though. Girl can pitch a flower pot near-perfectly horizontal … bet that guy still has a mark & ringing in his ear.
And, yeah, cheers on the flower pot slapstick in panels 4&5. Immediately thought of a Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner gag as I was reading. Panel 6: “Nice moves, Robyn.” I can hear that line in a deadpan Adam West delivery. 😀
On Fleetwood Mac: I was an avid collector of pre-Stevie Nicks material. Had half a dozen bootleg vinyls, a score of cassette boots, a couple dozen CDs and a few digital rips of bootlegs. Kiln House, Bare Trees, Mystery To Me, Then Play On… some great Peter Green era live stuff from some Boston clubs, etc. etc. Musician friend has ’em all in Latvia now. Hurts like hell, but they’re in good, appreciative hands.
But, I don’t really harbor any ill-feelings toward the later efforts with Stevie Nicks. That’s a band where, one way or another, I pretty much enjoyed everything up through Tusk. Just at different times and for different reasons. An unnatural amount of musical genius concentrated into just about all their work.
I love the entire strip BUT i love the thief’s line “Give me your money PLEASE” WHAT criminal says please lol at least he was raised KINDA right! LOVE IT!
Fantastic page! I think I’d have added cracks to the flower pot in panels 3 and 4, and maybe a potsherd or two in panel 5, but those are the biggest nits I have to pick. Fantastic comic.
the pot was intact in the air and then …teleported away, leaving the cleaveland steamer-esque pile on his chest?
Though Robyn was going hit the cop with flower pot. Instead does good by preventing armed robbery with only a flower pot. None the less too ill temper for the police and now for romance.