Betty Boops Boops, A Fish Out of Water

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Title: Betty Boops Boops (words are upside down) Byline: Walter Thinman

Panel 1 Upper left square: A small fish paddles a green canoe upside down through the air. She says "Hey Ratsuvius" (Text box is upside down.)
Square below and to the right: A rat riding a bicycle looks up at the fish and says "Hey Betty Boops Boops"

Panel 2 Upper left oval, Betty Boops Boops asks, "How ya doing?"
Lower right oval, Ratsuvius responds, "Tired. I rode a century today."

Panel 3 Upper left oval, Betty Boops Boops says, "That's a long time. How old are you now?"
Lower right oval, Ratsuvius responds, "I don't know. Pretty old I think."

Panel 4 Closeup circles of Betty Boops Boops and Ratsuvius looking at each other and saying nothing.

Panel 5 Large rectangle with Ratsuvius saying, "So how are you doing?"

Panel 6 Upper left vertical rectangle, Betty Boops Boops says, "Meh. I feel like I'm not doing a good job."
Lower right vertical oval, Ratsuvius says, "You're doing GREAT! (bold, all caps) Look at you go"

Panel 7 Closeup square of Betty Boops Boops saying, "I don't know. I feel...(bold italic) out of place. Is there an expression for that? I feel like a..."

Panel 8 Closeup square of Ratsuvius saying, "Like a rat without a bicycle."

Panel 9 Betty Boops Boops in a circle above left says, "I don't think that's right."
Ratsuvius circle below right says, "It's (bold all caps) NOT right. A rat should never be without a bicycle."

Panel 10 Betty Boops Boops, upper left circle, says, "I meant I don't think that's how the expression goes"
Ratsuvius, lower right circle, says, "Sure it is. I made that expression myself. I come up with cool aphorisms while I ride."

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