“The Trap!!!”

Published April 27, 1997

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "The Trap!!!" published April 27, 1997 - Transcript: Peter Fox: I've never seen a cartoon drawn with such life like eyes. Jason Fox: I'm going for that "graphic novel" look. (The Adventures of Slug-Man and Leech-Boy. A Comic Book Spectacular By Jason Fox. Issue #5,039,246 "The Trap!!!" )(As evening falls over stately Slug Manor, we find our millionaire heroes relaxing incognito over a friendly game of "Jasonrok's Dinosaur Hunter.") Leech-Boy: Video games would be a lot easier if we had hands. Slug-Man: Too easy, my young ward. (Suddenly, like a giant blue light with an "S" in it, the Slug Beacon appears in the sky!!! Wasting no time, our heroes dash to the Slug Cave, located deep underground!!!) Slug-Man: To the Slug Mobile, Leech-Boy!!! Leech-Boy: Why can't we ever take the Slug Saturn V?! (With its 200 trillion Slug Power engine, the Slugmobile races toward the gleaming city of Jasonopolis!!!) Slug-Man: Great, we're stuck driving behind some granny in a Yugo. (Where, our heroes learn, it was not the police commissioner who had summoned them but someone else!!! But who???) Leech-Boy: Holy vermin, Slug-Man!!! Slug-Man: You mean unholy, don't you? Voice from crowd: Cackle cackle. (Yes, it was their nemesis, the evil and vile Paige-O-Tron, who had lured them into a diabolical trap!!!) Leech-Boy: Gasp! I'm choking, Slug-Man! Slug-Man: Must get air... Paige-O-Tron: Fools! My toxic bad breath must destroy you and soon I will rule the world!!!! Jason Fox: I must say, the real satisfaction in cartooning comes from sharing one's work with others. Marcus: I think she just got to the part about her exploding pimple bullets.