Posts Tagged ‘Pat Platypus’
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It sure was fun to be able to draw Pat Platypus and BroWolf again. Seems like it’s been forever.
I could never figure out what kind of villains BroWolf would have, or how to work Pat into a second strip. Then I realized that Pat’s actions were pretty dastardly the first time I used him, so what if for him coercing women into marriage was a regular thing? It would make sense that a hero would rise to stop him. The two were made for each other. I guess we can infer from this strip that things didn’t work out so well for the last girl we saw Pat inject with his venom.
And while we’re on the topic of nefarious deeds, maybe Reggie is more radical in his ways than we could have anticipated. There’s no way this bodes well for him or his creator.
2 strips down and 2 to go! What will happen next time?
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I really should credit Jonathan with this one. He came up with this idea while he, Liz, and I were discussing Platypi. I just took it from start to finish.
Most people think of the platypus as this sort of hilarious fusion of ducks and beavers, but there is some snake in there too. It is somewhat uncommon knowledge that platypi are venomous. It is among the few mammals that produce venom. Well, the males are, anyway. The venomous barbs are actually found on the hindlimbs and not the “wrists” like in the comic, so that is an anatomical inaccuracy. Then again, so is the fact that it is a giant bipedal Platypus that speaks English, so I think we can let that slide. It should also be noted that platypus venom is not potent enough to kill a human, though it would hurt like hell for a really long time. That is, unless the platypus is a man-sized beast injecting you with a sneak attack.
So the next time you find yourself giggling at possibly the most ridiculous animal on the face of the earth, keep in mind that he can still totally fuck up your shit.
- Emery