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2010-04-05: Noel and Rabot Foiled (War on Crime)
An Entertainment Comic
There is an aesthetic of trashy 50s comics that goes beyond the low quality colour printing; there surely wasn't a technical need for people's clothing to change from blue to orange to green on a single page.
Big thanks to Casey Burns for digitizing a version of the wonky stencilled lettering in old EC comics, and to Les McClaine for making a 1/4 tone CMYK swatch set.
Vote at top web comics to see the sketches behind this fun comic okay.
This comic is in the storyline:
- Variations
A long-running series, maybe the crux of the site. Reader submits a suggestion, and I draw three comics based on that suggestion. Originally all three had to start the same, but it evolved.
This comic includes the contribution:
- Alex Hutchinson suggested: Rabot and Noel's scheme to hold up a store is foiled when Dr. Quickly betrays them.
Text transcript
Rabot: Ha! Ha! Ha! It's a great plan . . . Just great! Noel: And if anyone walks in we'll just blow them a HOT LEAD KISS! Narrator: BUT . . . Civic-minded citizen German Quickly overheard the schemers and went to the police, as any law-abiding young busboy should . . . Rabid: Noel and Rabot? This could be our big chance to put them away for good! Quickly: Not that I need a reward but is there a reward? Narrator: That very evening . . . Noel: What a cinch! You high society types are real pushovers!! Rabish: Please! Don't hurt me, mister . . . I JUST WORK HERE! Rabot: Sacks and sacks of loot! -- You rich folk shouldn't carry so much cash! ... Now to get out of here before there are consequences . . . Rabid: TOO LATE for that . . . And too late for you and your scheme!