Comic 226
Link: Comic 226
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Title: GUEST STRIP! by Chris Yates
Date: October 3, 2006
Summary: Beaver alphabetizes his spare appendages, while Steve assists in the purchase of beverages.
Cast: Beaver, Steve, Qual'n'gurtha
Onomatopoeias used: "GREET!", "RESPOND!", "OBSERVE!", "WALK WALK WALK", "UNEXPECTED CAMEO!", "PUNCHLINE!"
"Fin" style: Molded in clay
Number of panels: 13
Transcript
Panel 1
Steve WALK WALKs along a rock, while speaking to Steve who is offpanel.
Steve: "Hey Beaver!"
Beaver: "B, C, D, E..."
Panel 2
Beaver stands over a pile of multicolored paper clips.
Beaver GREET!s Steve with: "Hello dear friend Steve! I am alphabetizing my spare appendages!"
Steve RESPOND!s with: "Those are paper clips, Beaver."
Beaver: "You say potato, I say spare appendages."
Panel 3
Steve: "Hey Beaver?"
Beaver: "What?"
Steve: "Have you noticed anything weird today? The backgrounds are more detailed than usual and our facial expressions don't change!"
Panel 4
Beaver: "Whatever are you talking about?"
Beaver: "I'm a Beaver, you're a Steve, and everything is tip-top!"
Panel 5
Beaver: "Now I simply must get back to my alphabetizing these."
Steve: "Okay! I'm going to explore!"
Panel 6
Steve WALK WALK WALKs away, OBSERVE!ing the countryside while Beaver continues to sort offpanel.
Steve: "What a lovely day!"
Beaver: "F, G, H..."
Panel 7
Qual'n'gurtha shows up in an UNEXPECTED CAMEO!
Steve: "Oh hello, Qual'n'gurtha. What's up?"
Qual'n'gurtha: "I have a thirst that is thirstier than any thirst that has ever been thirsted!!"
Panel 8
Qual'n'gurtha: "And there is only one thing that can quench the thirst!"
Qual'n'gurtha: "The smooth refreshing taste of Dr. Pepper!!!"
Steve: "Oh my!"
Panel 9
Qual'n'gurtha and Steve happen upon a soda machine.
Qual'n'gurtha: "But I only have fifty cents."
Panel 10
Steve produces a quarter, which is almost as large as he is.
Steve: "That's okay! I've got an extra quarter!"
Qual'n'gurtha: "Really?"
Panel 11
Steve moves over to the soda machine.
Steve: "Er, it looks like it's out of Dr. Pepper."
Qual'n'gurtha: "RATS!!"
Qual'n'gurtha: "Well, I guess a Pepsi is better than nothing."
Panel 12
Qual'n'gurtha: "Thanks Steve. I will treasure this beverage for all time."
Steve: "No problem! See ya later!"
Panel 13
Qual'n'gurtha delivers the PUNCHLINE! to this strip.
Qual'n'gurtha: "Hey! Come back!!"
Qual'n'gurtha: "My tentacles are poorly equipped to open this infernal container!!"
Qual'n'gurtha: "I am unable to catch the wave of the next generation!"
Fun Facts
The characters in this strip were molded from clay and photographed on an actual rock, rather than drawn.
References
None.
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