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[robot_roll_call]

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=11092005

Uh oh, Showbiz is back in town. This can only end in a death.

[evan]

Note that his bag is full of Hunt's Ketchup packets... he's too poor for Heinz Ketchup packets.

A: Because their boyfriends eat with their hats on

[Bozack]

Well, I'll have to say, that is pretty shocking.

Think about it! We'll party!

[LCB]

So is that truly a four-sided sign, or does Showbiz have another sinister purpose for what is truly a wine bottle divider and disguised it as a four-sided sign?

Also, does it look like he's all twitchy whenever he manipulates the sign? If that was not Onstad's intent, that's how it came across to me.

[mrchee]

Only 8 dollars?  Sign me up!

[Doc]

Did anyone else get the raised eyebrow in the last panel, Showbiz is just so impressed with his own business acumen (did I just make that up? is that even a word?).

[misterqueue]

Yes acumen is a word... I took it not so much as impressed, but like a magician unveiling the final non-location of his lovely assistant.

This is "The Entertainer" after all.

The real question is why the hell anyone would need so much mustard and ketchup in packets.  I guess even the homeless can find fries on the side of the road.

[jmcc]

I wonder if Showbiz was inspired by Jaime on that moustache.

[sam_spade]

I guess body mics are working again. No Ray. No Ray?!

Panel ... 12: check out the detail on that divider. TWIP!

[CortJstr]

I think the eyebrow in the last panel is more of an "if you think you can handle it" face.

Otherwise, neat idea. But yeah, I sense Beef being down a non-trivial amount of money before the 'biz leaves town.

[Emergent_C]

Showbiz's expressions actually complement the sign's various messages. For the homeless portions, he looks as innocent and harmless as can be, while his lascivious leer at the end matches his promise to tell you the shocking (sexual?!) reason cowgirls walk bowlegged.

[V-Adore]

The four-sided sign is actually a better idea than I would have expected from Showbiz. Gasp, shock, etc.

I call shenanigans in the days to come.

[aparrish]

Bring back Ray!

[side_show]

I used to live in an area with hella' panhandlers, and one guy was so good with his signs.  My two favorite of his were:  Help me become a Jedi Knight! (I saw him get loads of cash off that one) and the far more performance-arty "Kick-A-Punk: $2"  he would cower on the street, and cringe really hard when anyone approached, holding out his hand.  I saw lots of conflicted people, giving him money, then embarassedly explaining that they really didn't want to kick him, but I also saw people pay and kick him, and a business man who payed him then smack/punched him, then the punk got angry shouting "It's 'kick-a-punk' not 'hit-a-punk, yolu jerk!"

Also, wonderful was the obese guy who always begged in traffic, with his "Cold, Broke, But Not Hungry Cause I'm Fat" sign.  Honesty, people.

[Roger]

Finally, a break from Ray's package.