Always Pack Protection, Page 2

PANEL 1

Tuna looks excited while Rachel counts socks.

TUNA: "So, when do we leave?"

RACHEL: "Eh, make it six pairs. You can never have enough socks."

RACHEL: "You're not going."

PANEL 2

Tuna looms dramatically, shocked and angry.

TUNA: "What?!"

PANEL 3

Rachel bends down to explain to a dejected Tuna.

RACHEL: "They don't let cats ride the Greyhound."

TUNA: "Can't I sneak on or something?"

RACHEL: "We already tried that, remember?"

PANEL 4 (FLASHBACK - dashed border)

A flashback shows Rachel wearing sunglasses, a "Born 2 B Wild" vest, and holding a white cane, trying to pass Tuna off as a guide animal. Driver Joe stands by the Greyhound bus, unimpressed.

DRIVER JOE: "No seeing-eye-cats."

That last panel is so adorable, it could stand alone. That’s a picture of a Greyhound bus from one of my actual Greyhound bus trips in the background. I scanned it and ran it through some Photoshop filters. Some might balk that it’s “cheating,” to which I can but ask, do you want me to tell the story now or do you want to wait until I learn how to draw buses?

Comments (Archived)

  1. TattooedHeart

    I support seeing-eye-cats!! xD

  2. Lynne De Rien

    Oh my gosh, you are totally right! That last panel is wonderful. Make it into postcards, stickers, posters, and other fun stuff ^.^ It is too cute!

  3. Senyah

    Buses are hard to draw. And as my American History teacher (yes I said teacher) once said: “It’s not cheating. It’s assisted production.” She also said: “it’s cooperative learning” when we did “group testing”.

  4. Rachel the Great

    “Assisted production.” I like that. Sounds like your teacher is a fan of Andy Warhol. Also, group testing taught me one valuable thing: Don’t let your cohorts’ shit work drag the team down. Keep their asses in line.