Billy Bat 36

BILLY BAT #36

tl by molokidan

1)
1: Yes...we found him.

Chapter 36 - An Annunciation to the "Simpleton"

2: In Dallas.
3: That's right.
4: Oswald is in Dallas.
5: We are still investigating whether or not he has the scroll, however.
6: The scroll...

2)
1(2b): Nah, he doesn't have anything like that. He's a "simpleton," after all...
2: A "simpleton," sir...?
3: That's right.
4: He may look like he's definitely got it...
5: But that's the type of person he is.
6: More importantly...

3)
1: there is a possibility that the you-know-whos may be controlling him.
2: The you-know-whos...
3: Waachoo!!
4: Do you have a cold?
5: No...just getting my makeup done.
6: Now then, have you located the comic artist?
7: We located the publisher in Los Angeles,
8: but a strange interference arose.
9: There have been many cases in which the artist incorporated the places he was living into his art.
10: Huh?
11: He has a tendency to put his surroundings in his comics.

4)
1: Is that so...
2: In any case, search out the whereabouts of that artist before you deal with Oswald. Ga-chak!
3: This town is a harder place to live in than the desert!
4: You're pullin' my leg.
5: Yeah, there was absolutely nothing in that desert town I visited once upon a time...

5)
1: but at least they still possessed humanity.

6)
Chapter 36 - An Annunciation to the "Simpleton"

7)
1: "a tendency to put one's surroundings in his comics..."
2: How wonderful.
3: Hmm?
4: That's just how I felt after hearing the secret to the birth of your comics.
5: That's why Billy Bat is constantly overflowing with warmth, no matter how popular it becomes.
6: Your work is the conscience of America...
7: Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to listen in on your conversation...!!
8: It's alright, Kate. I appreciate your words.
9: Sorry, I just...
10: knock knock

8)
1: Time's up!!
2: Alright, let's go!!
3: Ah...your necktie...
4-5: klak
6: Well? Did you find the artist of the fake Billy yet?
7-9: klak
10: Not quite.
11: What a pickle this is.
12: You got your attorney moving, right?
13: I'm sure my readers will be able to discern the real one.
14: Especially the young ones...

9)
1: That copycat is just drawing for himself...
2: But I'm always talking with Billy and drawing him for the sake of the children.
3: Fantastic...!!
4: Going on air!!
5: On air!!

10)
1: snap snap snap
2: It's time for your weekly dose of dreams and adventure!!
3: In the Billy Bat Hour!
4: Hi there, Billy! What fantastic world will you be taking us to this time?!
5: And here comes your host, as always...

11)
1: The father of Billy Bat!!
2: Chuck Culkin!!
3: Hello viewers! How are you all doing out there in TV Land? I'm Chuck Culkin,
4: and I'm here to introduce Billy's latest adventure to you...
(TN: BOY does this guy look a lot like Walt Disney...)

12)
1: Calmed down a bit?
2: Yeah...I'm fine now...
3: I really think you should go the hospital...
4: The hospital? For what...
5: Well, you know...to detox, and...
6: check myself into a mental hospital while I'm at it...?

13)
1: That might help.
2: I don't think so.
3: How many times have I told you?
4: When I'm sober, the bat appears.
5: When I'm in control of myself, he shows up.
6: The only way to make it so that I don't see him...
7: is to just keep going crazy like this!!
8: Hold on a moment.
9: There's a department where I work that's focused on studying people like you.

14)
1: There, they call people like you "ESPers"...
2: People who can move objects without touching them, can see things others can't, or predict things...
3: No.
4: That stuff has nothing to do with me.
5: I don't have an ability or anything like that.
6: The bat just shows up and then starts telling me things.
7: When did this start, anyway?
8: It began..
9: When I thought up the character Billy Bat...

15)
1: He was fun to draw...
2: And really easy to as well. The lines and drama just kept coming and coming...it was like...
3: Like...?
4: Comic artists often say this. That characters who are easy to draw
5: almost feel like they're alive, and are moving and speaking on their own...
6: But...
7: After a certain point...
8: It really did start talking on its own...
9: Yeah...all of a sudden, he appeared...

16)
1: Talking about how the son of one of the richest businessmen in the world would become President in the wink of an eye...
2: And how he had two smart brothers behind him...
3: who would work together with him to sweep away all of this country's darkness...
4: If each of the three brothers became President in order, it would equal to 24 years...
5: That's enough time to clean this country of darkness, isn't it?
6: So they got scared.
7: They...?

17)
1: Them. The ones who need darkness in this world.
2: These three brothers are the rays of hope for this nation, after all.
3: Then, the oldest said something unbelievable.
4: "We choose to go to the moon!"
5: When did you draw that scene in your comics?

18)
1: Over ten years ago...
2: But I didn't think it up!!
3: The bat...
4: he told me to write it...
5: And you've known the names of those three brothers for all this time?
6: Yeah...
7: I hid them in the comic, though...

19)
1: Kennedy...

20)
1: clang
2: pssssssh
3: clang
4: klak
5-6: clang

22)
1: slip
2: Looks just like the set of a Western.