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Mister Foxy would get visits from the twin Ashearth sisters from Fairie upon occasion, and he'd treat them to a nice dinner with pie or ice cream for dessert. One time however, their "Uncle" Estvan Silverbrush magically pooked into Mister Foxy's car, just as the group had arrived at the local "Vix's" Supermarket. Just to play it safe, Mister Foxy asked the sisters to watch Estvan because Foxy knew if the crafty, cranky Vulpine saw the Liquor section in the market, there would be the danger of broken and missing stock, plus the possibility of the local constabulary's futile attempts to arrest and lock up Estvan. As foxy left the store with the Trolley full of groceries, he noticed some sort of commotion going on, and heard the sisters yelling something and Estvan's cursing, and using language that indicated that the grey vulpimorph was unhappy with something.
"BLEAT AT ME YA CURSED, METAL MONSTER? TAKE THAT!!" Estvan yelled and started swinging his Shaeleigh at an antique Volkswagen Beetle sitting in the parking lot. Estvan's swing landed home on the little car's mirror and set off an alarm. Over the staccato beeps of the VW's motor horn, Foxy could hear the sisters yelling and trying to calm the enraged Estvan down. "Don't hurt it Estvan!" Trixie exclaimed. "Yeah!" her sister Bridget yelled. "If you hit the poor beast again it might upset The Lady!"
With only one option left, Mister Foxy chose to step between the car and the flailing, wooden staff, and received a sharp blow to the face. "Now Estvan!" Foxy yelled. "You just can't go around, beating on other people's cars! You're going to have to pay for the damages you did." "Pay?" Estvan huffed. "Let's see 'em jus' try an' collect!" And with that, Estvan pooked away from the scene, never to be seen for the rest of the evening.
Foxy and the Ashearth Sisters returned to Foxy's house, and all enjoyed a delightful dinner, with pie and ice cream for dessert. Foxy's only regrets was getting stuck with the bill for replacing the Volkswagen's mirror and wasting a perfectly good skirt steak to nurse a developing black eye.
"BLEAT AT ME YA CURSED, METAL MONSTER? TAKE THAT!!" Estvan yelled and started swinging his Shaeleigh at an antique Volkswagen Beetle sitting in the parking lot. Estvan's swing landed home on the little car's mirror and set off an alarm. Over the staccato beeps of the VW's motor horn, Foxy could hear the sisters yelling and trying to calm the enraged Estvan down. "Don't hurt it Estvan!" Trixie exclaimed. "Yeah!" her sister Bridget yelled. "If you hit the poor beast again it might upset The Lady!"
With only one option left, Mister Foxy chose to step between the car and the flailing, wooden staff, and received a sharp blow to the face. "Now Estvan!" Foxy yelled. "You just can't go around, beating on other people's cars! You're going to have to pay for the damages you did." "Pay?" Estvan huffed. "Let's see 'em jus' try an' collect!" And with that, Estvan pooked away from the scene, never to be seen for the rest of the evening.
Foxy and the Ashearth Sisters returned to Foxy's house, and all enjoyed a delightful dinner, with pie and ice cream for dessert. Foxy's only regrets was getting stuck with the bill for replacing the Volkswagen's mirror and wasting a perfectly good skirt steak to nurse a developing black eye.
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Gah! Other people's relatives -- especially those with trans-mortal magic. It's enough to make me want to build another Mana damper.
Hey. If you can, send me the blueprints for such a device. It would come in very handy around here.
When I was in grade school, I was crazy nuts about Volkswagen Beetles. (My dad owned a '61 VW "Bug".) I'd even draw comics about them. So, this image harkens back to my younger days, and reflects my appreciation for these sturdy, practical, little automobiles.
Ach, t'is a cruel blow! Bent the chrome housing and everything!
Ouch for Mr Foxy too, looks like a mean staff to get bonked with!
Ouch for Mr Foxy too, looks like a mean staff to get bonked with!
Maybe Mister Foxy should go to his friend's Dojo and learn a bit of "Bo" defensive techniques?
A good idea for whenever Estvan might come around to pook things up again!
Tilting at Windmills. And sword fighting with wine sacks. I know what you meant.
Geeze, that fellow seems less than pleasant company!
It depends. As long as he's fed and drunk, he can be sweet as all get out, but he can also get obnoxious as heck.
My friend, Nash the Red Panda has a 1971 black beetle convertible. I ride in it often. It's a lot of fun.
I had to look up Nash the Red Panda to see if he had a page here on FA, and much to my delight, he's friends with Hollyfox. No pictures of his 71 VW beetle though.
I hope he saw this.
I hope he saw this.
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Oi am not afther holdin' with fell magicks what crayate great metal baytles. 'tis an abommynaytion o' nayture.
Mark ye, Lowfolk booze an' cake show there's some good in ye.
Mark ye, Lowfolk booze an' cake show there's some good in ye.
The image of Estvan playing Tony Curtiss' role in "The Great Race" popped into my head when I read that.
"Zo! Youu liikes zee Lowfolk phies und treets, Eh? Chare foor ha piece ha Kayke?"
VOLL HAFF ZOME!!
"Zo! Youu liikes zee Lowfolk phies und treets, Eh? Chare foor ha piece ha Kayke?"
VOLL HAFF ZOME!!
oy vey. if he has a problem with a beetle, wait until he runs into all the other cars with animal names, those can be even viler beasts... like a 58 Impala. XD
also, good thing he didn't poke a certain '53 Beetle with a red and blue stripe...
also, good thing he didn't poke a certain '53 Beetle with a red and blue stripe...
Now that would be something I'd pay to see. "Uncle Estvan Vs. Herbie the Love Bug."
I can imagine Estvan running in terror from the likes of a 1957 Buick Century though. The grille alone is reminiscent of a predatory beast of some sort.
I can imagine Estvan running in terror from the likes of a 1957 Buick Century though. The grille alone is reminiscent of a predatory beast of some sort.
some cars really make faces, right? like they'll snort you up from the pavement and eat you alive...
I'm shocked. I'd have thought Estvan would be indulgent to a beetle, no matter how loud it was.
Your comment got me to thinking what might have led up to the situation. Estvan more than likely got out of Mister Foxy's car and was amazed at suddenly being introduced to the sights, sounds and smells of Twenty-First Century technology. The Volkswagen, being driven by its owner proved so fascinating to the Grey Vulpimorph that he stood at the spot, transfixed, and wondering how the fellow got inside the unusually large beetle. Estvan tried using methods he'd normally use to calm and train beetles in his home world, but the impatient driver honked the car's horn at the fascinated gray fox. Estvan jumped out of the way but watched the "Beetle" roll further down the parking lot and come to a stop. The owner got out of the car, and walked into the supermarket, which Estvan translated as the "Beetle" disgorging its captured victim. Believing the giant insect preyed on People enraged Estvan into attacking the little automobile with his Shaeleigh, which resulted in the Driver's side mirror getting broken.
Oh very nice work!
I've had a 64 and a 66 Bug over the years as daily drivers sure looks good to me.
I've had a 64 and a 66 Bug over the years as daily drivers sure looks good to me.
Yes! Yes, you did. And I'm still looking for a suitable 1/24th-1/18th scale model VW Beetle chassis to build that "Boonie Buggy" scale model on. I am considering painting an image of a winged toaster on the sides of the car although I'm not certain if most younger folks won't get the reference.
It's kind of fun to shake things up, once in a while, Eh?
It's kind of fun to shake things up, once in a while, Eh?
Winged toaster, hmm? Wouldst you be referring to the screen-saver program called After Dark which had a fleet of such toasters among its repertoire? I really should see about setting up an older computer so I can run that and other programs of my youth.
I know, Right? I read someplace that a computer "Wizard" out on the net revitalized "3-D Pinball" which originally came with Windows 7.
Nice! I wonder if anyone has done that with the old 3-D hovercraft capture-the-flag game, I think it was just called 'Hover!' maybe? Ah, yeah, that was a Win95 program. Could probably run it in a simulated Win95 virtual-machine, but might have to tweak the processing speeds to get it to run right.
The Boonie Bug was actually built on a shortened VW bus chassis. It was shortened 16 inches as I remember.
Cool! There are several model kits of the VW bus in 1/24th and 1/25th scale that would make for a nice base for a scale model Boonie Buggy. I could even use the left-over body panels to make another "Volkschopper."
Nice work, and a fun story. My first two cars were beetles, and served me well. Rebuilt three engines, and never ran into anything I couldn't fix on them.
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CHF or not, you draw, draw well, draw memorably, and tell fascinating stories in vivid images and intense dialogue. Still at the top of your game.
But I'm feeling better. (Thanks, msinabottle. your kind words give me the encouragement to carry on.)
How did Foxy end up tolerating a visit from the Ashearth Sisters? That's what I'd like to know.
Lavish spending on CAKE and ICE CREAM to keep them distracted. That's my guess.
Well, I happen to like Trixie and Bridget, plus their Husband Sebastian, The Sister's mother named "Ma", and the way the cubs all mug me the minute I walk into the Lupine Family's den.
(Trixie) We love our mate Sylvester!
(Bridget) YUH!
(Trixie) And Ma says if you're gonna go out we need a new broomstick 'cause she's busted it again.
(Bridget) YUH!
(Trixie) And Ma says if you're gonna go out we need a new broomstick 'cause she's busted it again.
Hey Captain. Good to see you're still out there, watching me.
My first two cars were '74 Super Beetles, the second one was a Wolfsburg Special Edition with automatic stick (not a contradiction, it had no clutch, just let off the gas and shift). Very fun cars.
I kinda like that idea of an "Automatic Stick Shift" Because there are times when I'm about as coordinated as a tank on roller-skates. The Stick shift I can figure out really quick, but that clutch pedal... Oof!
Remembering an old Freak Brothers strip...
"Hey, that guy's car goes BLEAT BLEAT!" 7@=Q
"Hey, that guy's car goes BLEAT BLEAT!" 7@=Q
When I was drawing my VW themed comics, I would write the little car's horn sound effect as "Guik Guik!" (GeeYuuK-GeeYuuK!)
I wish I had been able to get a photo of a custom beetle I saw at a supermarket in Muncie, Indiana in 1989. It was by the highway so it was passing through or I would have seen it around town. it was stretched several feet, jacked up in back with racing slicks and the roof was lowered at a forward slant. the windshield was about 2/3 or 1/2 normal height, and all the windows were tinted ultra-black.
Between that, the red tinted headlights, and the multiple layered gloss black lacquer paint that the owner said had been polished between coats to give an illusion of inches of depth, it looked very much like a giant black beetle with wheels...
Between that, the red tinted headlights, and the multiple layered gloss black lacquer paint that the owner said had been polished between coats to give an illusion of inches of depth, it looked very much like a giant black beetle with wheels...
I seem to recall seeing something similar in a copy of "Hot VWs" magazine in the late 1980s. If anything, I remember those red tinted headlights.
I'd say i don't like beetles either, but I have a soft spot for the Volkswagen species, due to a couple of old movies that have already been referenced.
And it was great to see something new from you. <3
And it was great to see something new from you. <3
Yeah. I need to get back on track after being out of the picture for way too long. The Oxygen therapy actually helped steady my hands and reduced the tremors that would strike without warning. Hopefully, if all continues to go well, there will be more.
Have you ever seen "The cars that ate Paris" which features a spiky VW beetle?
Have you ever seen "The cars that ate Paris" which features a spiky VW beetle?
Well, that's good. I wish you all the best.
And, ha, I'd never even heard of it before. It sounds like quite a trip.
And, ha, I'd never even heard of it before. It sounds like quite a trip.
I was kind of basing this drawing on the memories of a 1961 VW Beetle my dad had. But there are features which hint that this might be a more recent model. Shoot... VW beetles had the advantage of being able to swap the fenders and main body panels from 1949 clean through to the late 1960s.
I am also a Volkswagen lover. I can't drive most of them any more. as they are mostly standards and I need automatics. but with the big back lights I am guessing this is a 73 or later. loved the bugs. hope to see them again.
if trixie and Bridget were to drive the car, would it then be an example of Volkswagen's Fharfromthinkin?
if trixie and Bridget were to drive the car, would it then be an example of Volkswagen's Fharfromthinkin?
"Farfromthinkin'." Dang, I wish I could send you a button or something for that because it helped to brighten up my day. I needed the laugh after having to walk two miles in a cold, "Surprise" rainstorm.
Thanks. I'll have to discuss with my friends the idea of Mister Foxy trying to teach the Ashearth sisters how to drive an automobile. Before that, they only knew the basics of driving giant ants. According to Trixie, "Ants are scary!"
Thanks. I'll have to discuss with my friends the idea of Mister Foxy trying to teach the Ashearth sisters how to drive an automobile. Before that, they only knew the basics of driving giant ants. According to Trixie, "Ants are scary!"
There is a kind of beetle that can pass completely through a frog's digestive system and live.
What year model did you base this on? I ask because my father had a matt black super beetle at one point that he loved more that the plum crazy AMC Gremlin that he later had.
Sorry for the late reply. I'm not quite sure, but the license plate says, "65 Vee Dub." and I used quite a bit of memories of my dad's old 1961 beetle he drove in the late 1960s. I also used an image from a "Classic cars" coloring book to help me with the tricky perspective.
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