![]() ![]() As their journey continues, full of sight gags, Sam & Max find the shell-shocked owner of a roadside attraction promising “The World’s Largest Prairie Dog” (“Whatsamatter, mister? Seven-foot specter of evil come this way?”), they find that a band of road pirates has been attacking the various bizarre attractions found on the highway, abducting the Prairie Dog as well as others, including (eventually) the Freelance Police themselves… Purcell’s jokes, but visual and dialogue related, simply don’t stop, and while humor is often in the eye of the beholder, the absurdity and brilliance of this issue are undeniable. There’s nothing like a good shaggy dog story, especially one related by an actual shaggy dog. (The Widget thought it was awesome on our last vacation.) Later that night, Max dreams of the awful Auntie Alice leaping through the windshield to strangle him, starting awake in utter terror… I love that whole bit, and have occasionally appropriated “The Legend Of Stuckey’s” myself on various road trips. Sorry, I’m seriously crackin’ up over here. Is it true?” “Nah, I’m just yankin’ your chain, li’l pal.” Sam refuses, and when pressed on the matter, begins to explain: “I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told any rabbit, Max…” That sequence always makes me giggle like a pre-teen full of laughing gas (which is not a recommendation, by the way.) As our stalwart heroes set off on their way once again, stopping only for fuel and sustenance, but when a Stuckey’s beckons, Max whines and wheedles that they have to stop for the legendary pecan log. The leader of the biker gang (or, at least, the second guy) gets apprehended with equally unorthodox means… A day or two into their trip (after a number of wonderful gags that it literally hurts me not to relate to you here), they encounter what Sam calls “another weird lizard farm up ahead!”Įven in the badlands and on vacation, a dog and weird rabbity-lookin’ thing are still Police (albeit Freelance), and quickly engage the malefactors with the power… Setting out onto the open road, our intrepid heroes set out to see America, and possibly buy up a few lacquered frog mariachi bands along the way. My wife will tell you, I use the “all the wheels are on and here are the keys” theory of driving on a regular basis, as will any mechanic between Kansas City and Denver. With provisions in hand, final preparations must be made! Also, this book is probably at least partially responsible for the current obesity epidemic in America. I’m really embarrassed!”), leading to their road trip victuals being comped for their heroism by the thankful proprietor…īe aware: I have assembled the awesome color wheel of junk food before, and it was wondrous. After the Commissioner mentions words like ‘overzealous,’ ‘brutal’ and ‘sadistic’ (“Ah, he was reading from our contract!”) the Freelance Police take his advice and set out for a little R&R…Įncountering a crime in progress, (and, no, I don’t know what those lobsters are doing there) Sam bites the perpetrator (“I’ve never done that before. There’s hardly a nook or cranny of the issue that isn’t filled with some off-hand joke or bit of business, to the point where I’m kind of exhausted after reading it, and it’s hard for me to even break things down for our review purposes. Take a moment, if you will, to examine the detail in each panel. As private detectives, Sam (he’s the dog) and Max (he’s the little rabbity-lookin’ thing) take their jobs VERY seriously, so much so that they might have nudged a teensy bit across the line of propriety and/or sanity… Newer or more inexperienced readers may be wondering what you need to know about the Freelance Police for this issue to make sense, and if you are among that group, I have good news: You don’t, it won’t, and it’s glorious. Previously in Sam & Max – Freelance Police: Though the Freelance Police are known mostly as a multimedia franchise due to their video games and (admittedly short-lived) cartoon series, back in the 1980s, they started out in the pages of comic books, thanks to the brilliance of Steve Purcell (and his brother, who apparently created them and handed them off to Steve to play with.) This episode (“Based on the famed Beat Generation novel, ‘Sam And Max Drive Around In A Car’ by Bucky Kerouac”) begins pretty much the same way all Sam & Max stories do: In a hail of gunfire, which is suddenly interrupted by a phone call! ![]()
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