Tag: Kilimanjaro

Present Tents

Today TB shares another “looky what I drew” page from the Funky Moleskine. Compare the black and white sketch, ostensibly drawn from life during Batiuk’s Kili climb, with the screen toned “finished” strip, drawn in the comfort of the studio. There’s actually some visual interest and depth. Maybe Batiuk should ditch the graphics tablet and Photoshop and just draw everything on lined paper.

All Your Hot Water Bottles Are Belong To Us

Dan, you pathetic, cringing little milksop. Nobody thought it could be done: you have officially out-pussied Les. “I’ll take six” hot water bottles; in other words, “the other five of you sitting at this table can freeze tonight! Nobody told me it gets this cold in Africa!” If Dan is in fact based on a real person that TB met on Kilimanjaro, I hope he’s a good sport, because he really comes off as a complete douchebag here.

Dapper Dan

“My kid brother looked like a tick about to pop!” – Ralphie, A Christmas Story

With Les following his daughter’s lead in becoming acclimated to conditions on Kili’s slopes (they don’t even need gloves today), it now falls to Dan to serve as the expedition’s weakest link. His bulky form in panel 1 makes Summer look svelte by comparison. Even Les allows himself a smirk at overlayered Dan’s expense.

Grace-Les

Wow! “Leaving our footprints/pawprints/buttprints in the snow of Kilimanjaro!” Tell it to Neil Armstrong and (New Jersey’s own!) Buzz Aldrin. The footprints that they left on the moon 43 years ago this month? They’re still there. Footprints in the snow of Kilimanjaro (or anywhere else on earth)? Not so permanent. Still, anytime Les is made to look like an even bigger fool, it’s all right with us.