Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for January 23, 2014
Transcript:
enjoy this vintage 1993 classic tom the dancing bug every thursday panels from the annals of the tom the dancing bug archive check back every friday for a fresh, brand new tom the dancing bug! tom the dancing bug 1993 ruben bolling chapter iv sussex county, new jersey. charley, a living specimen of australopithecus afarensis (an extinct species of apeas that evolved into humanity) has escaped! lazarus and dr. faucet must find and return him to... pliocene park faucet: there he is! lazarus: incredible! faucet: he's eating ants! lazarus: yech. charley: what! they're not bad! want some? lazarus: come on back to pliocene park, charley. the storm's let up -- the cable's probably on... charley: back off! i... am... not an animal! well, o.k., technically i am, but i'm not going back!! i've had it with your park! it's tacky and depressing! so long! faucet: you know, charley isn't so different from us. maybe we don't have to go back 3 1/2 million years to find our animalistic side! faucet: we are animals -- social animals, with the same capacity for savagery and for kindness as our forebears! charley: guys! wait up! could i get a lift into town? i heard some creepy sounds in the woods back there... lazarus: faucet, you wouldn't be interested in buying some land in new jersey, would you? plio pa home of the ferocious ralopith
What?! They cut out the ending where an Australopithecus robustus suddenly jumps into the frame, grabs Charlie in his massive jaws, and steals his wallet.