Let’s try this again…
Yes, to answer the questions I know everyone is going to ask, I just wiped out any and all memories of Bud’s transformations for his friends here on forward. No one will remember but him (and his little memento). So to all of you who have asked is Old Bud telling his daughter of the transformations, the answer is clearly no. I know I’ve pulled a Star Trek bending the time line sorta thing here, but the transformations had run their course, in my opinion, and I did not want to have a 50 year old man suddenly turning into a woman every time someone cut him off in traffic… and in Chicagoland, that’s at every turn practically. The events of the Road Trip have not changed… Bud’s car is still cut up, Jeff’s car is blown up, all of the pets are gone (except ol’ Poco) and so on. Only Bud will remember his transformations and he won’t transform again… UNLESS a certain frog happens back into his life… hint. So Budette may show up again… just something else will trigger it.
I do not often get a chance to put in a political zinger that rings true from 1977 to today, but when I wrote this Road Trip finale months ago, I knew I wanted to take a crack at our 43rd President. You may send you hate emails to… Anyway, in my attempts to track down where the Bush family lived in 1977, I came upon the interesting fact that George W. and Laura were married in 1977. Oh, that capped it, I was going to use this joke.
Ah, 1968’s “Beggar’s Banquet” from the Rolling Stones was one of those albums I didn’t discover until much later in my life, but what an opening song “Sympathy for the Devil” is! The only thing I’m not too hot on is Richard’s guitar solo which seems painfully out of place for some odd reason (at least to me). So, a little sympathy as our lady Devil looses Bud’s soul. 🙂 (BTW, I do not spell the titles in the song box bellow, that’s some other miscreant’s misspelling!)
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Discussion (60) ¬
Haha, it’s all good Byron. It’s cool seeing the ‘sketchy look’ with ’77. We’ll be here for the finished version… 😀
Good job on the storyline. 🙂
Sometimes seeing the bare bones is a special treat for the fans. It’s like watching a ‘the making of…’ special extra on a DVD 😉
I am STILL convinced that that’s Frank the LiveJournal goat, y’know…
Because she broke a spell, she also broke the contract?
one soul cancelled out the other. nice. 🙂
budette must make a reappearance. and maybe learn how to play bass left-handed…after all, if i could … then she could too! 😀
this’ll look nice in colour.
good luck gettin’ yer shit done for the day, man.
–dee!
still awol. but happy that its no longer -19F out.
So my new year wish for you came true. The one for myself didn’t, so far, but that is par for the course. I hope the biz picks up so much the comic goes to a once a week format. I’d miss the comic, but all that dosh coming in will ensure longevity. I like to plan long-term over instant fix.
I once saw the Stones do SFTD with a raft of African drummers. The intro was super long, they invited audience members up to join the rhythm section, then suddenly Jagger began to sing and a seemingly unconnected complex drum piece became SFTD.
Magic.
Bryan Ferry also does a version I like on his first solo album, though it’s not for everyone, and then there’s the ethereal version from Alien Nation (during the Stripper scene) which sounded interesting.
Keep up the good work when you can.
Steve.
Well, wait’ll Bud gets into his 40’s, he’s married, let himself go a little and we’ll yet again find himself commenting what a nice “rack” he has!! But this time, they’ll be nothing but saggy moobs!! o.O
Why do I get the feeling this Devil couldn’t program a VCR, because you have to read the manual for that too. 🙂 Not that we…use VCR’s much anymore. Oh man, that made me feel old. LOL.
I found this comic on stumbleupon, and haven’t stopped reading it after I decided to impulsively read it from start to current submission. I absolutely love the transition from the start to now, and I am very excited for the rest to come. But I as well enjoy the sketchy look to this comic, occasionally. Just wanted to drop that, thanks though.
The pencil line drawings are good, but why not make them “Subscriber’s Treats” every week, thus promoting subscriptions and giving the pencil drawing freaks (;) ) something of their own.
I personally love the colour drawings as they really “come to life” and the transition from B&W to colour makes the comic really work for me (despite you saying you’re not that good at it!)
Oh and I’ve worked out a “sliding scale” for man-boobs, in order of size from smallest to largest they go mits – moobs – mosoms! 😉
LOL
😉
Keep ’em coming and I to am glad you’re getting some work again.
As a self-employed peep myself i have some hard times too!
Bob
Man, the first comic that I ever saw on here was the first time Bud transformed into girl Bud. I’m gonna miss here. And for more than that reason. 😀 Anyways, nice comic and, I’m sorry, I just can’t think of the comic without her.
Minor typo, I meant: I’m gonna miss HER.
well glad I read the comments, I was about to lament about girl-Bud vanishing. You arn’t going to make it that being splashed with cold water makes him a girl and warm water back again are you? LoL.
This should cut down on creepy fan mail nicely. 😉
does this mean no more sexy Bud?
oh wait yeah of course it does -.- great work i’m a big fan
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! ~rolls on floor laughing~
Ohh-kayyy, the completed strip is TOTAL WIN. Especially the punchline!
Since this one was up in its rough form for a few days before you brought on the full glory of the finished piece, you might want to mention that when you post up the epilogue – just in case people miss it.
This is a comment for all you avid webcomic readers out there According to the “Dave’s Dead, Dave” storyline in the webcomic Narbonic Dave Davenport was born in…1977. You can find the strip here. http://narbonic.com/052701.html. Just thought it was oddly relevant.
Oh just to ask. How is your son’s comic coming along. Haven’t really heard much about it for quite a while, and it got me curious.
I went away and came back and it’s magically in colour. WOOHOO!
Ha ha doing a sex-change on a character is always funny. Not to mention added boob factor!
The 4th panel is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen and you should do it without speech bubbles as a desk top.
Seconded!
Yep 1977 is very significant … I was 21 in June 1977!
In the peak of my youth and raring to go (actually had been “raring” for a good few years by then, but still…)
Bob
*LOUD LAUGHTER*
Love it – especially with the “new” punchline. (I saw the original sketch; the inked/ revised version is a big improvement.)
Great stuff, dude. Thanks!
(I guess we’ll agree to disagree on Keither’s guitar solo – it’s one of my all-time favorites ever, in my all-time favorite Stones cut. Funny – I always wanted to figure out how to play a bass guitar version of that one…)
Cheers!
Byron, that’s hilarious! You hardly ever (;)) get to hear a guy say he had a hot rack and the last panel was brilliant.
Relax about the Politician joke… Just about every one of ’em sells their soul to somebody at one point or another. Usually, it’s to one industrial giant or another… And they can usually only provide A senator’s seat. If you want the BIG chair, you gotta deal with the big D.
So that is how George W Bush became president not just his father George H W Bush nor his brother or even Cathy Harris. She is one hot devil poor little goat thing are baaaaad.