Original Ratsy's Pizza












Description:
A vertical series of comic panels.
Top Panel:
Betty Boops Boops, a Grey-blue fish, is sprawled out on ground. There is a hazy moon in the night sky. Ratusvius the rat stands in front of his bicycle looking down with concern. He says, "Betty Boops Boops, are you okay? Did you fall?"
She replies, "I fell into a pit of anguish and despair, or it fell into me.
Second panel
Ratsuvius says, "Only one thing for it then. Get on the bike."
"Betty Boops Boops says, "Not another one of your aphorisms..."
Third Panel Ratsuvius is pedaling the bike with Betty Boops Boops behind him. He says, "Not an aphorism. I know something that might make you feel better."
Fourth Panel: A brick pizzeria building with a green awning. On top a white sign reading 'Ratsy's Imagine Pizza' with 'It Tastes' diagonal on the upper right. Red-yellow lights run around the perimeter of the sign. At the upper left of the sign is a pizza and Ratsy's face in profile. He's wearing a a hat with a black and white checkerboard pattern. Below the awning there are two windows and a mouse-hold shaped entrance. The window on the left has the word OPEN lit up. The right window says in diagonal red lettering 'Ratsy's Special Taste 15.99!'
Fifth Panel: Betty Boops Boops asks, "Imaginary?"
"Ratsuvius says, "No, it's real."
Sixth Panel: A yellow beam of light from Betty Boops Boops' eye focuses on the word 'Imagine' in the sign above and she says, "But..."
Ratsuvius says, "Yeah, I know."
Seventh Panel
Interior of pizzeria. Ratsy stands behind a green and yellow checkerboard counter where several pizzas are displayed. behind glass. The floor is red and white checkerboard and the front of the counter is black and white checkerboard. There are two paper signs taped to the front of the counter. The one to the viewer's left says, 'ALL YOU CAN PAY IS ALL YOU CAN EAT'. The sign on the right says, 'SLICE OF LIFE VIGNETTE $2.75 The Forbidden Rooster $4.25'.
Eighth Panel
Ratsy asks, "Would you like regular taste or special taste?"
Ninth Panel
Ratsy says, "My friend's having a rough day. Make it a special."
Tenth Panel
Ratsy says, "I have just the thing: Walli's 4 Toad Prophecy Full Fillment."
A heart shape dots the i.
Eleventh Panel
Betty Boops Boops asks, "Are there real toads in it!?!?"
Twelfth Panel
Ratsy replies, "Just those naturally occurring in the pizza. I don't add any."