21 January 2007
Tinker, Pepper and Max are buddies, all do comic strips, and somehow this has inspired me to have a go myself. As a tribute to them? To stick JB in the Sabrina world? I'm not sure, but it's fun to do! I can't draw - but I CAN do sketches... well, sort of! I'll store them here till I get fed up of them. Don't expect any graphics...

One of Jay-B's own personal 'beast wars'...

BIRD CALLS	**WHOOOSH!!** ===========> (cabbit) carrot beak vanishes	**WHOOOSH!!** ==========> (scrat) acorn eyes vanish	"HEY! GIMME THAT BACK-!" chases, trips over snowbird **SPLATT**	sulks, head in hands snow pile "Bah humbug..." '~'
snowbird with carrot beak and acorn eyes Jay-B pleased

More than meets the eye... (Pepper's idea, this one)

BIRD CALLS	Jay-B plays with game, back to camera. bird claw at chest level passes component to extended hand (game sound effects) Silverbolt, out of frame; "Thank you"	Silverbolt pauses with repairs, looks at component, puzzled "How did..?" (game sound effects)	Silverbolt looks at Jay-B Jay-B plays with hand-held game as before (game sound effects): "New High Score!"	Silverbolt, warily; "Perhaps ignorance is bliss..." (game sound effects)
Jay-B plays with hand-held game in repair bay (game sound effects) Silverbolt engrossed in repair work, hand held out; "Pass component 59, would you?"

Training discs (work in progress)

BIRD CALLS	Do not interrupt us, vermin! You must continue practicing, Jay-Bird! Until you can duplicate the move I showed you on the training discs!	Rattrap; Training discs? What training discs?	looks at Star Wars DVDs	Ha-ha! Jay-Boid's a PADAWAN! Ha-ha! "Vermin you are FODDER!"
Rattrap in corridor of ship, chef's apron on, calls out; "Yo, Jay-Boid! Chopper- face!! Food's on!"

Victory unintentional

BIRD CALLS	Jay-B pokes head around the doorway; "Wotcha Timmy!"	Timmy looks up and up and UP at big Jay-B, girl TF drops toy in horror	"WAAHHHHH!!!" **WHOOOSH!!** ==========> exit frame, runs off in terror	toys all cheer Jay-B, mystified; "..o...kay..?"
Toddler Timmy playing/eating toy TFs Big Timmy, tiny transformer victims

You'd expect *some* reaction...

BIRD CALLS	Jay-B in corridor, Sabrina pokes sleepy head into frame, left; sleepily; "Oh, it's you."	Sabrina heads to kitchen right Jay-B puzzled	Sabrina emerges right, mug in hand, looks at Jay-B who is still there Sabrina, blankly; "..must be more tired than I thought..!"	Sabrina back to bed left Jay-B, mystified; '~'
blackness, voice calls out of frame left; "What's all the noise..?"

All fantasy fiction explained

BIRD CALLS	Jay-B, 'schoolteacher'; "..there's an infinite number o' posibilities, each based on a small but significant difference 'tween *that* world an' *this*..."	"..logically, the further you step, the weirder it gets..." toy TFs, puzzled *?*	toys look at Jay-B, who looks back *!!!*	Smokescreen; "That first step must've been a doozy!" Jay-B '~'
Jay-B explains to toy TFs; "..according to the principle o' parallel universes..."

Robotic Invasion...

BIRD CALLS	Sabrina looks from doorway in horror toys flying, bouncing on bed toys; "hey!" "watch it!" "whoopie!"	Sabrina in background, furious; .\ /. voice out of frame; "It in't 'ere?! Calls 'erself a collector?!"	voice out of frame, triumphant; "Ah-HA!" Sabrina stops suddenly *!!!!*	Jay-B cuddles a boxed exclusive toy of herself in delight; "Knew she wuz a proper fan!" ^-^ Sabrina, soppy; "Aww!" ^-^
Sabrina in corridor, noises from her bedroom! voice out of frame right; "S'gotta be 'ere somewhere..."

Convention. (Oshiri means bottom. I'm learning Japanese.)

BIRD CALLS	Looks at various tails; "Guess big tails is in this year. Right bunch of rat-tails back home!"	"Not that I can talk." (oshiri)	Cute boy bunny with a red baseball cap on; "Now *that* I can do!"	2 long black wing feathers poke up behind her hair-feathers and helmet; ^-^ "Hee!"
Jay-B looks around convention hall in wonder

Let's pick on Max ^-^

BIRD CALLS	Bird lands on Max's shoulder; "Caw!" Bunny, surprised but mild; "Hey, there! Where did you come from?"	Max tickles bird under beak; "You can hang with me a little while, but then we find your owners, OK?" Happy birdie; "Caw!"	Tinker wanders into left frame, searching; "Jei-Baado! Max! How can I lose them both?!" Out of frame, right; "Caw!"	Tinker, relieved; "Ahh, there you are!" Bird flips, Jay-B transforms; "Wotcha Tinker! Found 'im!" Maxibun, hand to face astonished/impressed; "Cor!"
"Caw!" (view through electro-binoculars as we zoom in on black bunny with baseball cap)

Misunderstandings

BIRD CALLS	Jay-B dreams of different tail 'styles' (fluffy red tail, skunk tail, striped tiger tail)	"The next thing I knew I got cut off!" *pop* Jay-B wakes up, sees Maxibun bottom	Jay-B, thinking (bunny bottom with long fluffy tail, dotted line across tail) "Cut off?!"	Jay-B hugs and fusses bunny; "aww, poor bunny!" Max in heaven Pepper and Tinker, confused
boys + beer, talk about computers and phone bills Jay-B fascinated by waving tails

Too much of a good thing is never enough

BIRD CALLS	Pepper puzzled; "But *all* rabbits have small tails!" "They 'ave?" stops fussing bunny Maxibun miffed, arms crossed .\ /.	Pepper, reference book; "See? All rabbits have small white tails." Tinker checks Max; "well, *most* do..."	Max, dramatic acting; "WAHHHH! They always notice my BLACK tail! It's not my fault I was born that way! I'm so ASHAMED!" everyone startled	Jay-B hugs and fusses bunny Max in heaven Pepper oy-vey 9_9 Tinker miffed, arms crossed .\ /.
"Jay-B, when we said 'cut off', we meant-" Jay-B covers bunny ears, scolds Pepper; "In't nice to mock the afflicted!"

Disaster averted!

BIRD CALLS	Skunk tail twitches Pepper, alarmed; "Err, Max? You don't want to cause a big *stink* in East-West relations, do you..!?" Max sees twitching skunk tail; *!!!*	Max, quickly; "How about a few hugs our buddy's way? Don't want him left out! It'd mean a lot to me!" Jay-B, puzzled; "Okay!"	Jay-B hugs and fusses skunk Tinker startled *!?!*	Happy Tinker ^-^ Pepper grins; "Sneaky..." Max relieved; "Phew!"
Tinker miffed, turns his back, arms folded .\ /. Jay-B hugs and fusses bunny Max in heaven

Couldn't resist an Easter joke

BIRD CALLS	Pepper, over coffee, laughs; "Max?! Dress up for Easter? That I'd pay to see! You'll never get *him* in a costume! Never!" Tinker chuckles	Jay-B arch; "Oh, yeah? Wot's it worth?"	Pepper behind paper; "In theory?..oh, at least 50 bucks! But I'm telling you - it'll never happen. His *mom*couldn't make him pose for Xmas snaps..." Jay-B, sly look ¬_¬	Jay-B in bathroom, putting a carrier bag into airing cupboard Bag; 'Get-Up To Go Costumes and Partywear'
Pepper reading paper, advert on back page - Easter photo competition Jay-B; "Aww, innat cute! Max'd make a super-cool Easter bun!"

You're lucky she left the baseball cap

BIRD CALLS	**THWIPP!** t-shirt + waistcoat fly out of window "#LAA-LAA-DEE-DAH!#"	**WHOOSH!** jeans + underpants streak off "#OHH-WHOA-YEAHH!#"	**ZZZZIPPP!** towel exits window "#tum-ti-tum-tum...# Huh..? What the-?!"	bird on roof with contraband "caw!" out of frame below; "HEY!!!"
view from outside upstairs window; bathroom mirror, part of sink and tap on view, baseball cap + specs on windowsill off-key singing; " #LA-LA-LAAA!#"

Don't worry, Max got half the bet-money... eventually!

BIRD CALLS	Jay-B, smug, holds out picture; "Gotcha photo. Worth fifty you said, wunnit?"	(photograph of bunny in easter-egg outfit, exit bathroom, embarrassed) Pepper; "..huh?"	Tinker impressed; "Wow. How you make him do that?" Pepper counts out notes from wallet	view of roof, underpants on TV aerial, small bird beside them out of frame below; ".. got me methods..."
breakfast table with Tinker and Pepper Jay-B enters left with photo