I'll do #8 sometime later.

In that one Belle Starr post I screwed up the format of the coolest page in the set, so here it is again.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I'm just gonna say this crappy news with deep regrets, as I know a lot of you liked that cat, but I had to give Frankie up a few days ago. It wasn't a terribly fun decision; the cat has always had mental problems, and they got a little out of control that night, had to decide if I was capable of taking care of this cat anymore, decided I couldn't.

I got a little moany the past few days and couldn't draw much, but I'm a bit better now. I saw the Small Stars on Halloween, and it cheered me up a bit... but it was also their final show for the indefinite future, so that was a bit sad too. This was Miles from Fastball, his good friend Jeff (not from Fastball, though he does play the sax on some of their albums), and 3 others playing as a "Lounge band from Reno 'temporarily' relocated to Austin", which is just what it sounds like. One of the funnest live bands ever, they'll be missed! And now we'll always have Fastball.

And Darcy. And a new cat, eventually. :|

Here's the latest Girly. It turns out this is an all right place to pause things, so there's going to be a two-week pause now while I collect my bearings and also get started on some other secret thing.



Almost the home stretch. It's the home stretch to the home stretch.

Ohhhh. Right. LJ Syndication is still down. At this point I just suggest dropping the feed if you're on it, y'all. No point in getting the from both this journal and the feed (When it decides to work)

When we last left Belle, she was still locked in a closet, and the bandits managed to piss off the U.S. Marshals.


Karbo's brigade manages to miss everyone except the hostage. And they weren't exactly making an effort to avoid him. The point being, this is not a nice Marshal.


Jim continues to panic and decides to bolt, much to Daniel's chagrin. He tries to shoot him (and Belle) in protest, but Belle's quick thinking keeps them safe for now.

Trying to use Belle as cover isn't exactly a great idea. The Brigade just killed the goddamn hostage; of course they're not going to care about some dame.

And in fact, they're about to mow them both down right now. What's a gal to do?


First, flash back to the time when her brother was killed by Union troops. DAMN YANKEES.

Then... shoot them all:



Okay, obviously this isn't an ordinary girl. Why, it's none other than Myra Belle Shirley!

( Belle escapes, meets Sam )

The name of the comic is Belle Starr Bandits, by Akihiro Ito. It is one of the best comics ever!

Back in 1993, Ito took the Belle Starr mythos and wrote a punchy 3-volume story in the style of a crazy balls-to-the-wall John Woo-style action series.

I know the first chapter doesn't show much of that, but I'll be posting more scans. They won't be long chapter summaries like this one, mostly pages that display whay the comic is awesome.

Soon!

Looks like LJ syndication is broken again. Best get back to posting these, then!

( a bit of commentary )

There will finally be some more Myra Belle adventures in the next post.