“Calling for help”

Smeary Soapbox Press 07: Home again, home again... January 22, 2013December 6, 2023 1 Minute

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Whattaya know? The world doesn’t revolve around Watusi! I bet that’s news he’ll take pretty hard…

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Published January 22, 2013December 6, 2023

11 thoughts on ““Calling for help””

Mike says:

January 22, 2013 at 11:24 pm

Looks to be quite a diversion! Maybe W-tusi25 will see some action before he returns to the future!

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1. Smeary Soapbox Press says:
  
  January 23, 2013 at 12:14 am
  
  Or at least some danger…
  
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Brien Wayne Powell says:

January 23, 2013 at 12:35 am

Rocket Rockne! I love it! & I love W-tusi25’s line in panel one! Another great strip Dale! Can’t wait to see where you go from here!

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1. Smeary Soapbox Press says:
  
  January 23, 2013 at 1:18 am
  
  Thought you might get a kick out of Rocket Rockne; sorry I won’t be able to show more of his effort to help keep Big City safe from giant lava monsters…
  
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Tom Cherry says:

January 23, 2013 at 1:00 am

Is this the first appearance of the cell collar? Like Harvey’s “pshaw” comment and it looks like Mitchell is very familiar with the good Professor’s attempts with suspended animation. No Human Spring? Nothing againist the rest, but he’s the true hero of Big City!

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1. Smeary Soapbox Press says:
  
  January 23, 2013 at 1:20 am
  
  Hmmm… maybe. When I first started drawing Watusi comics he had a corded phone! This seemed like a useful upgrade, though…
  
  As for the Human Spring, I like to think he has enough sense to stay out of the way of a giant lava monster!
  
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  1. Brien Wayne Powell says:
    
    January 27, 2013 at 11:55 pm
    
    That’s okay Dale, I’ll take what I can get! I’m sure the lava monsters don’t stand a chance against the Rocket Rockne!
    
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    1. Brien Wayne Powell says:
      
      January 27, 2013 at 11:56 pm
      
      Uh, didn’t mean to put a ‘the’ there, but I guess it sounds kind of cool!
      
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      1. Smeary Soapbox Press says:
        
        January 28, 2013 at 8:55 pm
        
        That’s okay; using the article didn’t seem to hurt THE Batman any…
        
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Ivan says:

January 23, 2013 at 2:34 pm

Professor Harvey’s idea is certainly the time-consuming method of time travel. Mitchell’s reaction to the professor’s “solution” was great! Like Batman’s utility belt, Watusi’s collar seems to be full of surprises. I wonder what else might be in there? A GPs unit? A link to the WWW (that’s the Watusi-Wonder valley-Web)? And if Watusi has a cell phone in there, what possibly helpful tools might Watusi-25 have available that he hasn’t thought about yet?

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Smeary Soapbox Press says:

January 23, 2013 at 5:34 pm

Mitchell was certainly the level-headed voice of reason here; the Professor could have totally come up with a suspended animation device, but wasn’t really thinking about the the logistics of keeping it operating for 500 years!

Guess I’ll have to be careful about what devices I put in Watusi’s collar, too– would hate for it to become a “deus ex machina” storytelling crutch…

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