Comic 65

The master shoe...

Link: Comic 65

Title: Rupert hits the town - part 10

Date: April 15, 2005

Summary: Beaver and Steve are in a bad position

Cast: Beaver, Steve, Shoe Goblin, Panda

Onomatopoeias used: "CREEEK", "GLUK", "SNFT"

Number of panels: 10

Transcript

Panel 1

Beaver: (waking up) "Uhh..."

Panel 2

Beaver: "W-what the..."

Panel 3

Shoe Goblin: "Ah - Ye're awake at last."
Shoe Goblin: "I'm afraid I've decided to keep the Master Shoe for myself, but don't be afeared..."
Beaver: "You fiend!"

Panel 4

The shot reveals a large shoe CREEEK'ing right above Beaver and Steve, tied up with a rope extending to the right.
Steve: "Ooh!"
Shoe Goblin: "...I've left ye one a little smaller"

Panel 5

Shoe Goblin: (holding a beaker of liquid above the rope) "One last parting gift.."

Panel 6

Close up of the beaker that reads "BAMBOO OIL".
The Shoe Goblin is pouring some of it on the rope with a GLUK GLUK sound.

Panel 7

Shoe Goblin: "...And now I must bid ye farewell!"
Shoe Goblin: "Ha ha ha ha ha!"
The oil is emanating a smell to a nearby opening in the wall, from which a "SNFT SNFT" sound is heard.

Panel 8

The lower half of the face of a creature appears from the opening, making another "SNFT" sound.

Panel 9

Steve: "No... it can't be..."

Panel 10

The creature emerges from the opening and is revealed to be a panda.
Steve: (off camera) "NOOOOO!"
The panda MEW?'s.
[To be contd.]

Fun Facts

None.

References

• Steve has a serious as-of-yet unexplained vendetta against pandas, as previously seen in Comic 24 and Comic 38.

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