TITLE The Bastich By Hart
PANEL 1 (BASTICH sits on the couch watching television.)
PANEL 2 (The TV shows the title screen for a show called "CAPTAIN BARBARIAN" featuring a long-haired muscle-bound man holding a giant sword.)
PANEL 3 (BASTICH sits pensively imagining himself even more muscular and surrounded by women.)
PANEL 4 (BASTICH rushes to a gym named "The Bulging Behemoth Body Shop".)
PANELS 5 and 6 (Quick montage of BASTICH doing bench presses and arm curls.)
PANEL 7 (Later, BASTICH is back on the couch relaxing with his hands behind his head.)
PANEL 8 (The TV screen reveals that Barney the Dinosaur is up next.)
PANEL 9 (BASTICH gasps in panic.)
PANEL 10 (BASTICH struggles as his body is in pain and he can't move his arms.)
PANEL 11 (Close up on Barney's smiling face with hearts flying out.)
PANEL 12 (Close up of Bastich's eyes, full of fear.)
PANEL 13 (Close up of the TV remote, untouched by his side on the couch's arm.)
PANEL 14 (Tighter close-up of Bastich's eyes.)
PANEL 15 (Tighter close-up of Barney's gaping mouth.)
CAPTION THE END
CREDITS Bastich (c) 1997 Joshua Adam Hart
Commentary
Another wordless comic. I have no idea if people "got" this one. I was taking a gym class at the time and lifting some weights, so I was familiar with the pain that come with overexertion (or any exertion, for some of us).
And of course I couldn't resist taking another shot at Barney the Dinosaur. What did he ever do to me?