Bunny Burglars

Ten newspaper style comic strips together telling a story of mistaken identity.

In the first strip, Franky Banky is standing in front of a heavy barbell and is about to pick it up. In the second panel, he picks up the barbell with all his might. The cartoonist wrote beast mode, appears beside Franky Banky. In the third panel, Franky Banky smiles as he lifts the barbell above his head. In the final panel, Franky Banky suddenly he falls through the ground with the barbell!

In the second strip, Franky Banky is perplexed at having fallen through a hole due to having raised a heavy barbell over his head. After dropping the barbell onto the ground in the second panel, Franky Banky looks around and thinks to himself, Looks like a secret tunnel. In the third panel, he notices something and gasps. In the final panel, gold bars are neatly piled on the floor beside Franky Banky as he exclaims gold bars?!

In the third strip, Franky Banky discoveries an underground tunnel with a pile of gold bars. As he holds a bar in his head he remarks to himself, I didn’t know gold bars were so heavy. How did this pile end up under here? In the second panel, he remembers a newspaper clipping of a bank robbery from a few days ago. In the third panel, three small bunnies carrying gold bars suddenly appear on Franky Banky’s right. The lead bunny is saying let’s build a new pile next to… and stops talking when he notices Franky Banky. In the final panel, the lead bunny smiles and says oh, our first customer.

In the fourth strip, Franky Banky is talking to three bunnies. He asks the lead bunny what he meant by calling him their first customer. However, the lead bunny asks Franky Banky, Why do you talk like that? In the second panel, Franky Banky replies, I just do. I spee spee speak with a stuh… stuh… stutter. One of the other bunnies reply with “oh” while the lead bunny asks Franky Banky, how did you find our gym? In the third panel, Franky Banky looks around and asks, this is a gym? The lead bunny replies, yes! And we will be using these heavy rocks we found at the bank up the street! In the final panel, Franky Banky has a surprised look on his face and gasps, you stole them from a bank?! The lead bunny corrects him by saying “found”.

In the fifth strip, a bunny is recalling an event from the immediate past where he and his two bunny friends are beside a hole in the wall of a bank. The bunny is holding a gold bar in his hands and saying to his friends, I found these long, yellow rocks in that hole over there. In the second panel, they are back in the present in this second panel where the bunny is explaining to Franky Banky, we found more yellow rocks and we brought them here. Another bunny explains, they are heavy, too. Perfect for bodybuilding. In the third panel, Franky Banky stutters his reply sss sorry to tell you all this buh buh but you sss stole gold bars from the bay bay bank! The bunnies looks at the gold bar each are holding in their hands. One of them asks, gold bars? In the final panel, the bunnies drop the gold bars, yell, and run away in fright.

In the sixth strip, Franky Banky is talking to three bunnies. He says, you’ll have to return thuh the go gold bar bars you stole from the bank. The bunnies are worried and they exclaim, they’ll toss us in jail! In the second panel, Franky Banky explains, No they won’t. Juh juh just explain thuh thuh. One of the bunnies interrupts him and says you tell them. In the third planel, the bunnies turn and start walking away. Franky Banky asks them Weh where are you go going? One of the bunnies replies, to the calisthenics park. In the final panel, the bunny continues by saying you send the gold bars back. To which Franky Banky gasps, what?!

In the seventh strip, Franky Banky is carrying an armful of gold bars towards a bank. He is thinking to himself, good thing I keep up my strength. These gold bars are really heavy! In the second panel, Franky Banky is inside the bank telling the bank manager, I f… f… found thee thee these gold buh buh buh buh but interrupted by the startled bank manager who gaps, you’re the thief! In the third panel, Franky Banky says What? Nuh nuh no! He continues. Suspicious, the bank manager replies, you’re lying. In the final panel, the bank manager continues by saying I can tell you’re lying because you’re stuttering. The cartoonist wrote the word, ignorant, beside the bank manager.

In the eighth strip, Franky Banky is holding an armful of gold bars. He is inside a bank and talking to the manager. I’m not lie lie lying. I just stuh stuh stutter, he says. However, the bank manager is suspicious and replies then you’re nervous. In the second panel, still holding the gold bars, Franky Banky replies I’m not lie lying, I just stuh stuh stutter. Still suspicious, the bank manager then says, you forgot to breathe. In the third panel, still holding the gold bars, Franky Banky replies I’m not lie lying, I just stuh stuh stutter. The bank manager suggests maybe you’re drunk?. In the final panel, still holding the gold bars, Franky Banky replies I’m not lie lying, I just stuh stuh stutter. The bank manager says, you didn’t stutter then. Franky Banky yells, these gold bars are heavy!

In the ninth strip, Franky Banky is holding an armful of gold bars. He is inside a bank and talking to the manager who mistakes his stuttering as a sign of deception thinking Franky Banky stole the gold bars. Lih lih listen to me, Franky Banky says with a fed up voice. I’m. Not. Lying. I. Speak. With. a. Stutter. Capish? The bank manager replies, oh sorry. In the second panel, still holding the gold bars, Franky Banky angrily explains, I found these gold bar bar bars and I’m re re retiring them. In the third panel, Franky Banky yells, so here, and drops the gold bars on the floor in front of him. They land painfully on the bank manager’s feet as he yelps in pain. In the final panel, Franky Banky walks away, throws up his arms, and says Sheesh! You try to do a good deed! While the bank manager is hopping on one foot in pain.

In the tenth and final strip, A television set is showing the news. A woman reporter says Welcome to the 6 o’clock news. In the second panel, Franky Banky is sitting on his couch watching the news. The woman reporter continues, an ancient fish statue was stolen from the art gallery today. In the third panel, Franky Banky chuckles and says to himself, I wonder if the bunnies… hee hee hee no, couldn’t ’t be… hee hee hee. In the final panel, his tiger companion suddenly shows up with a fish statue in his mouth causing Franky Banky to jump out of his couch and yelp, jumping Jupiter!