Billy Bat 38

BILLY BAT #38

tl by molokidan

3)
1: Let me tell ya somethin', Billy! If you wanna be my boyfriend, you're gonna have to be good at this!
2: What?!
3: Oh boy...but I've never even TRIED water-skiing...
4: Hrm? What was that?
5: N-n-nothing!
6: OK then, let's begin!
7: Yikes!
8: Readyyyyyy, start!!
9: Wahooooooo!!

4)
1: You're pretty good! Keep it up!
2: Help meeeeeee!!
3: Hmph! Look at that dolt, acting all cool by himself to get C.C.'s attention!
4: But I'll have the last laugh!!
5: Aieeeeeeeeee!!
6: Ahhh!!
7: Help me, Billy!!
8: Grrr, that Gailey! How dare you steal my C.C. away from me?!
9: Woahh!!
10: The boat's out of control now that there's no one driving it!!

5)
1: Sorry, excuse meeee!!
2: Be careful!!
3: Wo-woahh!!
4: Waaaaaaaah!!
5: In this case, there's only one thing to do...
6: Help me, Billy!!
7: Here I come, C.C.!!

6)
1: What the?!
2: Wh...where are you taking me?!
3: Here's your lifeline. Grab on tight!
4: Hooo, I'm saved!
5: Waaaah! This is attached to his boat!!
6: Are you alright, C.C.?
7: Aaaaaaaggh!!
8: I can always count on you, Billy!
9: You did it again this week, Billy!

7)
1-2: knock knock
3: I'm back.
4: gacha
5: I'm back--...
6: It's me, Kevin.
7: I'm hoooome!!
8: I'm...

8)
1: home...

Chapter 38 – The Return of the Real One

9)
1: 1950 - LA--
2: You can't just come in here whenever you want, ya know.
3: I was just about to put the sign up.
4: FOR RENT...?
5: Wh...what happened to the comic studio that was here?!
6: Oh, that's all been cleaned up.

10)
1: Cleaned up...
2: Who did?!
3: Beats me. Ask the boss for the details.
4: Excuse me?!
5: This was my workspace!!
6: My desk was right in here.
7: It's where I used to draw Billy Bat!!
8: You drew Billy...?
9: Yeah. I had some business in Japan so I returned for half a year, and then I come home to this!!
10: Ohhh!! You should have told me from the get-go! I'm a big fan!
11: Uh...uhh, thanks.

11)
1: It's an honor to meet you!! So YOU'RE Chuck Culkin...
2: No, I'm not...
3: What are you saying? You're drawing Billy Bat, right?
4: Then you're Chuck Culkin!
5-6: Haa

12)
1: Wha...
2: What is this?!

13)
1: No...like I said, we received proper authorization.
2: From who?
3: Well, it was YOUR authorization,
4: so we sold off all the rights to that place.
5: To who?
6: Some company named B. Bat publishing.
7: The quote was an outrageous sum, you know.

14)
1: Well, just calm down.
2: We're pooling together your share, of course.
3: While you were in Japan, your assistant Chuck decided to continue the series...
4: And he managed to keep it going somehow...
5: But you know, it was really no good.
6: The popularity went way down. Only you can draw Billy Bat after all.
7(2b): And then this guy claiming to be Chuck's manager appeared, asking him to sell the rights to Billy.
8: Chuck's manager...?
9: It was obvious the series was going to be canceled sooner or later...
10: and he couldn't get in touch with you...

15)
1: Incidentally, once the "Billy Bat" publishing started over there,
2: everything changed.
3: It was pretty popular when you were drawing it here,
4: but if you get right down to it, it was really just popular with the hardcore fans.
5: Chuck's version of Billy is different.
6: The comic's popularity is worldwide now.
7: A program called the "Billy Bat Hour" has even started running on television!!

16)
1: This is what it means to "let a big one get away."
2: Now Chuck is the poster boy of the times.
3: There are even rumors that the million-dollar mark's been stamped on the contract money for his autobiography.
4: I hear it's called "The Bat & Me"...
5: Hey, Kevin.
6: Don't think about suing at this point.
7: It's unfeasible.

17)
1: Beverly Hills--
2: Please leave!!
3: Master Culkin will meet with no one.

18)
1: Japan Town: LA--
2: Well, that's a pretty sob story.
3: With no good ending to it.
4: But you know, if you think about the olden times, a distress like that isn't much.

19)
1: When we published "Pistol Hair Goes West"
2: you were drawing just so you could keep eating, right?
3: Looks like you'll have to get your fan club to support you.
4: Fan club...?
5: Oh, you know, that western-style town you used as a model when you were drawing Pistol Hair.
6: We can still only publish enough manuscripts to go on eating ourselves here,
7: but if you want to continue Pistol Hair, I'd be glad to publish it.

20)
1-2: gakong
3: Wooooweee, this brings back memories, doc!!
4: We've been waiting for the day that we could keep reading your comics!!
5: Yeah especially now that that Chuck Culkin bastard's gone and smeared shit all over Billy Bat.

21)
1: Hey, that shithead's show is about to start.
2: The Billy Bat Hour
3: Hosted every week by the father of Billy Bat...
4: Get on out here, you lily-livered pig! I'm gonna blow your head off!!
5: Turn that off, please.
6: Ah...
7: Thanks...
8: Everyone...

22)
1: I'll draw another good manga with all my heart.
2(2b): scrawl scrawl
3: scrawl
4(2b): scrawl scrawl
5-6: scrawl

23)
1: Yo.
2: What are you drawing?
2: Is this really what you wanna draw?
3: Go away.
4: What do you REALLY wanna draw?
5: If I say go away, then go away.
6: You really wanna draw MY story, don't you?

24)
1: Listen up, bub. Just let that impostor do as he pleases.
2: You're the only one who can draw the real thing.
3: I'm gonna tell you the rest of the President's story. Boy is it a goodie!
4: So good you won't be able to go without drawing the rest.

25)
1-2: ta-tan ta-tan
3: ...so you started drawing the new Billy Bat.
4: Even though you're the impostor as of now...
5: I'm not an impostor.
6: The bat...
7: talks about who the real one is...
8: Alright, then prove that you're the real one.

26)
1: Where's Oswald?
2: Dallas.