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2010-10-22: Rabid's Stuffed Friends (are strictly rationed)
Flamboyant spending
Rabish, being both gainfully employed and sensible, is spending her hard-earned double ration on a couple of new bath mats. Dr Quickly has a tenured position at the University. Space Frog lives in a warehouse with packed shelves of useless junk, so he can show off how much new useless junk he can acquire every week.
Food and shelter are free. The folks behind the exit line are selling used items and perishables (they get a Stuff Credit for a sale).
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:
- Daniel Snyder! suggested: Rabid is collecting stuffed animals. But why?
Text transcript
Dr Quickly: You're asking me to break Market Law so you can have another SQUISHY TOY?! Dr Quickly: I spent YEARS earning a triple license! Throw it all away on BABY JUNK?! Rabish: Are you still spending all your rations on stuffed animals? You're crazy! Rabish: Why don't you try to get a patron for an artistic license? You could probably get all the stuffed animals you want! Space Frog: I DIDN'T GET A FIFTY-ITEM LICENSE BY JUST HANDING OUT RATIONS TO EVERY STUFF-JUNKIE WHO CAN WRITE AN ARTIST'S STATEMENT Rabid: ... Space Frog: BUT UH CAN I UH IS IT COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR ARTISTIC VISION IF I SNUGGLE WITH THEM TOO Rabid: ... sure ... Space Frog: SOLD