THE BONUS STORY ARC COMIC CONTINUES! PAGE 6 IS LIVE!
After two years of what the movie folks call 'development hell', the Car Wash bonus comic is ready for release! I initially planned this thing to be a print-only comic that would conclude Puck Volume 2, but then Puck Volume Two never really happened due to low (to no) demand, so now I'm putting it as a voting incentive! Yay! Every week will bring a new page, and new pages will be dropping all summer, so please...
VOTE TO WASH THAT CAR REAL GOOD!
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THE BONUS STORY ARC COMIC CONTINUES! PAGE 6 IS LIVE!
After two years of what the movie folks call 'development hell', the Car Wash bonus comic is ready for release! I initially planned this thing to be a print-only comic that would conclude Puck Volume 2, but then Puck Volume Two never really happened due to low (to no) demand, so now I'm putting it as a voting incentive! Yay! Every week will bring a new page, and new pages will be dropping all summer, so please...
VOTE TO WASH THAT CAR REAL GOOD!
Ahh, there’s nothing like an Affably Evil Dark Lord to inject some levity into the situation.
In a Caddy!
Thanks to Dennis Leary, whenever I see a ragtop Cadillac, all I can think about is a certain song…
Which song? The only Dennis Leary song I know well is “I’m an A–hole”.
Exactly. Something about a 1956 Cadillac El Dorado with whale-skin hubcaps, etc…
Oh right. That’s from the monologue in the middle, I think? I don’t have a clear memory of that. But this right here is a ’76 El Dorado, I think. Which I’ve been told by car enthusiasts is a ‘highly undesirable’ model. Satan has unusual tastes, I suppose.
Yeah. ’76 is after the whole smog bull-stuff that came into effect in 1973.
Every car had to have catalytic converters and everything under the hood was operated by vacuum [including flip-up headlamp covers].
All that made them dogs the size of whales.
Whale-dogs, if you will.
As long as those whales are sexy whales, though, that’s all that matters.
Then Papa Shnorf must resign as Papa and just be a regular Shnorf. He can’t live up to the responsibilities that go with the title.
Downgraded to some other Shnorf? What would his name be? Maybe Stoner Shnorf.
Is there an opening for a Junior Shnorf?
He’s his own son? That’s weird. Once Papa, now Junior? Junior Shnorf would have to be an annoying kid character.
Shnorf Shnorf. Problem solved.
There’s more than one type of pothead?
Well, they’re all similar, but I do believe there are certain subcategories within the larger clade. For what it’s worth, Papa Shnorf’s behavior and attitude is vaguely based on a real guy I used to work with who was never not high. It was just the way he functioned. Though he didn’t really fit the stereotype of what we see in media. He was articulate, brash, and like Papa Shnorf, a bit of a player.
I’m afraid to ask where this was and/or if it was a campus work study gig.
Should I ask…. no. Wait, no.
WAIT.
Nah, not campus-related. It was at a computer store. The most distressing aspect was the fact that the dude used to drive around completely baked. Like, he’d make business deliveries between cities while hotboxing in his car. He assured me that he was a better driver when high. I never got into a vehicle with him.
Don’t blame yourself Phoebe: Every girl crazy for a sharp dressed mascot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw
I don’t think that song was about mascots. But it might have been, because the members of ZZ Top look like mascots, if we’re being honest. I mean, come on. You can imagine one of them coming out at half time during a local football game, and the announcer saying, “Hey look, it’s the Elkton Hills Beardo, ready for more zaniness!”
And here he comes now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuM9gWSxM5E
Okay, I kinda like Gritty. Just so many wrongs … make it right.
Phoebe, Puck and whoever the commentator is have all had very different lives to mine.
Only in Canada, I guess.
We live differently up here.
(Honestly, though, we don’t. We just like to pretend we do.)
Heh. 🙂
Poor Phoebe.
By the way, Tyler read his script. Good man.
hm, makes me wonder what kind of guy phoebe *could* have a happy relationship with…..somehow, i´m picturing a shy, nerdy guy who will introduce her to poetry and encourages her to do stuff thats not reliant on her looks. for example, she clearly has great fashion sense and can sew, so why not start a fashion boutique instead of serving beer and wings?
Well, we shall see. Not Papa Shnorf. But maybe something a little closer to your description might be good.
A friend of mine is kinda in a similar situation to Phoebe. She’s smart and kind and gentle at heart, but she looks a little (okay, a lot) like a cheerleader. Her appearance means that the educated, reliable-type guys see her as very much not their type. (To quote ‘Legally Blonde’, she’s a Marilyn, not a Jackie.) And so the guys she dates are always, well … kinda like Papa Shnorf here. They work in construction, and hit the gym a lot, are hard-living and they usually have a few addictions under their belt. It saddens me to see how things have gone for her, but it’s a hard box to get yourself out of.
Did she tried wearing glasses?
Oh, the glasses. What magical things those are. Maybe that’s the answer, I dunno. My friend in question doesn’t wear glasses. But that might be all it takes to chase the Neanderthals away.
I wear glasses, wear plaid and cook a mean quiche Lorraine.
I wish her well.
I hope that Puck didn’t hook up with that thing with a Bald Eagle’s head and wearing a Marauders jersey…
Well, university is a crazy time. 😉 But I think there are even worse options out there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youppi!
I am a Habs fan and respect the legacy of the Expos, so Youppi is OK in my books.
GRITTY however…
Meanwhile, off to the side, Daffy’s getting a bit of an education. If all goes well, she may even profit from it.
It’s a good lesson to learn: following your heart can lead to happiness. But it can also lead to getting stomped on.
Phoebe would be a good girl for some decent guy. As long as none of them have made deals with her dad, she steers clear of online dating services, and match makers, she should do very well. I mean, if Puck, Daphne, and Tracee were able to find someone…
Maybe? Maybe? Though finding a decent guy and finding ‘someone’ are slightly different.
Puck should be able to find somebody that will be good to and for Phoebe; she should start working on that immediately.
Would I trust Puck in that task? Honestly … no. I wouldn’t. Though I don’t even really trust myself in that capacity. In my younger years I tried to play matchmaker one or two times. It was always utterly disastrous.
That would make the perfect storyline.
Enh, I already kinda did that a long time ago in the old black and white comics. But yes, it would make a good story arc.
From what I remember that was Colin paying some guy to take her out.
I would like to see Puck’s choices.
Charging, charging some guy. And he wore a touque.
@EG
Well, this is your chance to make good.
Rekindle the romance between Satan and TRACEEE, at the Car Wash.
This car wash thing took place before the prom. It’s WAY before the prom, around comic #425. So no rekindling needed.
So this is before the “Monkey-Bear” attack? I see no damage on the Caddy from them…
Exactly. Way before that. Car is still in one piece.
Satan – TRACEEE – Phoebe….
This Car Wash thing is getting interesting !
Well, not too interesting. This isn’t a full story arc, really. More a Goofy little side experience.
Y’know…Papa Shnorf could be having his own fears of relationships and committment. He just came up with this to drive Phoebe away. (It’s a bad way to do it, for sure, but it could be that.)
Well, most guys who are ‘playas’ do have fears of relationships and commitment. So yeah. Valid.
Phoebe should attend a mixer, meet a young Christian minister and date him. This would create an interesting story arc with multiple character reactions from all concerned.
Honestly, that’s a great idea and I’ve toyed with such ideas before. But I’ve avoided it because it just may get a little too … real. Even though I’ve got Satan as a character in this comic, I use him as a figure to more poke fun of human foibles and the lifestyles of the rich and privileged. I’ve never gone in for the ‘religious commentary/criticism’ angle, and I’m probably best keeping it that way.
Though it is tempting.
Well, if Phoebe doesn’t want *Puck* getting in trouble for assaulting him, Puck could always tattle to her BFF’s daddy dearest…
I’m not sure he would interfere. He loves the Shnorfs. Has a whole room full of Shnorf memorabilia.
What does he love more, his daughter or Shnorfs?
Probably Shnorfs. He’s not the greatest dad…
Re the car wash: Hey kids, you’d better stop talking about religion or you’ll lose your new customer. 😉
Exactly. No room for Baby Jesus with this sort of clientele.
This clientele is a client from hell. 😉