The gang has arrived at the catfish pond...
MIMI: "You'll catch me a fish, won't you, Gene?"
GENE: "Get your own, Mimi"
MIMI (matter-of-factly): "Then I guess I won't have time to build the cooking fire"
MUBBA (from afar): "I'll get you one, Mimi!"
MIMI: "Why thank you, Mubba---you're such a genetleman!"
TASLI (knowingly; to Mubba): "You don't know how to catch catfish, do you?"
MUBBA: "No"
TASLI: "The first step is to take off that stupid helmet!"
MUBBA: But---I need it!"
D:
GENE: "Why? Are you hiding something under there?"
TASLI: "My guess is a brain, but is it of the bird or the pea variety?"
MUBBA: "I need something 'tween my head and the world"
*a pine cone falls on Mubba's head*
MUBBA: "Case and point"
*Gene and Tasli exchange glances* (show Gene shrugging)
TASLI: "Whatever---it won't save you from the monster catfish, anyway"
MUBBA: "Monster catfish!?"
Of course, Mubba's helmet is a bit more complicated than a mere shell, but that's for another day.
Pennies, long tails and laser pointers---where could all this be leading? We'll find out (eventually) when I draw the next comic!
Anyway, I'm usually asked when the next page will be coming out. The answer is I don't always know---just depends on when I prefer drawing Gene and Tasli instead of ACO.
I realize ACO isn't my most popular subject on InkBunny, but it is elsewhere (DA and FA) ...and ACO is also my preference; comics and quickies are bonus material. ^^
TASLI: "That's she, there"
TASLI: "She's the biggest and the best! And some say impossible to catch!"
MUBBA (determined): "But we can, together---for Mimi, right?"
GENE: "Pfft! No! That catfish is too big. Besides, 'we' aren't catching Mimi anything ---YOU are!"
TASLI (nudging Mubba hard): "And you better not disappoint!"
MUBBA (frustrated): "Well what do I do?"
GENE (demonstrating): "Just stick your arm in a catfish burrow. The fish'll bite, and you pull it out. Simple!"
MUBBA: "I don't want it to bite me!"
GENE: "It won't hurt too bad; they don't have teeth. We've done it lots!"
TASLI: "Don't bother, Gene. He's scared!"
MUBBA (angry): "If you were nicer to me, Tasli, I'd be less afraid! I don't trust you not to trick me, or to help if I needed it!"
TASLI: "I'm just calling out your wimpiness---if you don't like it, prove me wrong!"
GENE (calling; to Tasli): "Tasli!"
*Tasli takes the fish caught by Gene, to put it in the cooler*
*Gene waves to Mubba, to join him in the water*
TASLI (to Mubba): "Your go, Mubba!"
MUBBA: "I don't want my shorts to get wet---and what about that giant fish, there!?"
TASLI (annoyed): "See? That's why no one likes you, Mubba"
GENE (to Mubba): "She doesn't come this close to the bank; the water's not deep enough here. Anyway, it's Mimi you need to worry about!"
*frustrated, Mubba jams a hand into his pocket; Mubba feels the laser pointer and removes it; looking at the laser pointer gives Mubba an idea*
*Mubba points the laser at the water, just ahead of the monster catfish
The catfish gives chase to the laser. Mubba turns the laser off*
MUBBA (to self): "She went for it!"
MUBBA (to Tasli): "You'd like me if I caught that big fish, wouldn't you, Tasli!?"
TASLI: "I won't waste my mind on that question---as it is, you won't even get wet"
*Gene appears, and shakes himself dry next to Mubba*
WATCHER: "It just happened to notice how Mubba stands out against the other three in the middle panel, as he seems to be the only one with non white fur.
He´s special"
...You know, I didn't consider any kind of racist angle until recently (long after this comment was made). But now that I've thought about it, I can see how some can perceive it/my characters that way ...either way, 'I' can't unsee it now. :P
Just to clarify, I'm not racist and neither are my characters. I've made it clear Tasli's dislike of Mubba stems from Mubba ratting on he and Gene---it has nothing to do with anyone's color.
WATCHER: "The more of these come out, the less i'm liking Tsali. He's so mean! What the heck, dude? Cut the kid a break!"
WATCHER: "If you wanted to make me not like Tasli and Gene and like Mubba instead you're succeeding"
This has been a fairly universal perspective, and ...I get it. ^^
I went a bit too far with the teasing of Mubba. So, I'm ending this story here and now---I want to continue making Gene and Tasli comics because I'm too lazy to create new characters (Timmy is too risque, and there isn't much interest in BtrfyFx/Fix). So I don't want Gene and Tasli to be hated or cancelled. :P
Anyway...
There are two endings for this: the ending I'm giving it now, and the ending the comic was going to have. I'll describe both. :3
Mubba asks Gene if it's true that the water in the fishing area is too shallow for the monster fish. Gene confirms.
Mubba suggests Gene closes his eyes as he's about to try something. Gene complies (kinda).
Mubba uses the laser pointer to entice the monster fish. The fish is hypnotized with greed, and goes after the light, even into the shallow water.
Tasli narrowly avoids being eaten by the fish (Mubba moved the light in Tasli's direction).
The three cut up the fish and bring their catch to Mimi. The four enjoy a meal together, with Gene and Tasli having a new respect for Mubba ("he's pretty smart---we should want him on our side!").
The end.
Original ending.
Pretty much the same, except Tasli is caught by the fish. Gene and Mubba work to try to free Tasli.
Unsuccessful, Mubba gives Gene the laser pointer, telling Gene to point it at his tail. Gene complies, unsure what Mubba plans to do.
The fish sees the light shining on Mubba's wagging tail. The fish releases Tasli and catches Mubba's tail.
Mubba, consequently, loses much of his tail fur to the monster fish, but Tasli is saved because of it.
The monster fish manages to shimmy its way backward, into the deeper water. The fish, too, escapes death.
Mubba laments that he failed to catch the fish, but Gene and Tasli have only good to say to him (the fish 'could' have been caught---Mubba's idea was ingenious, and he gave his tail to save Tasli's life, despite all Tasli had said to him).
Also, Mubba would have found a tiny catfish in his helmet, to give to Mimi. ^^
On a side note, Mimi would have had something to say about the tail, given Mubba's remark at the railroad track. ^^
That's about it. ^^
I'll be deleting this comic in its entirety from FA and DA, but I will leave it on IB (because IB gets all my junk art anyway).
Anyway... my next project will be better than this (I hope!).
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