Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for April 05, 2013
April 04, 2013
April 11, 2013
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling The Education of Louis. Louis: We need a hit. Come on, just a hit! You can do it! Television: the pitch... Louis: Yes! Yes!! We got them where we want them now! BZZT BZZT Television: Outside for BALL ONE. Text: Hey, Louis. This is looking good, dude. lets go mets Television: join us on a sunny day... Text: This pitcher sux. Maybe cowgill will walk!!!!! :) :) Television: he hit .303. Louis: NO!! Television: for a called STRIKE.... Louis: 1-1 count! got to use my lucky 1-1 count position! Television: off batter. Louis: No, no, no! My back must not have been bent enough! Television: STRIKE TWO! Louis: Come on, come on! You can do it. It all rides on this! Television: field... Louis: Fight it off, Collin! It's our only chance! Protect the zone! Television: start a righty... Louis: AUGGH! Television: ...big swing, and he STRUCK HIM OUT! Mother: Louis, you're just lying there. Why don't you go outside and get some exercise? Louis: MOM, IT'S ALWAYS BAD LUCK WHEN YOU SAY THAT! Television: ...and there's ONE OUT in the top of the first.
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Rumball Premium Member about 11 years ago
Brilliant!
taratus about 11 years ago
Only Met and Cub fans know this particular anxiety. Fortunately, we Met fans have 1969. The Year the Cubs Collapsed. Jimmy Qualls sucks.
Droptma Styx about 11 years ago
Good to know there are a few people still out there who care this much about baseball …
ickymungmung about 11 years ago
The 1-1 count position, one of the great examples of articulated sympathetic magic, has fallen on hard times in recent years. btw: a left-knee wobble can sometimes bring a fielding error if it’s a home game.
Linguist about 11 years ago
My Cubs have already collapsed. At least my Red Soxs are living up to my expectations, by toying with my emotions early and then destroying my hopes in September !
Packratjohn Premium Member about 11 years ago
Good to see such zeal, but it’s gonna be a long game at this rate
Tommy1733 about 11 years ago
Excellent as always, but I must protest against the use of computers to assist in composing comics. I can tell the difference between something that’s all hand-drawn and something where part of the image is simply replicated in multiple panels.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 11 years ago
Yeah, next time move the furniture around….or something. And while you’re at it, no more computer drawn or animated ANYTHING.Spend more time drawing, by hand, repetitive panels, and less time thinking up funny and entertaining story lines.