Durnell may have disavowed his excuse for a harrowing race course, but his excuse as it stands sounds like a good one to me.
When I shaped up this cartoon, I thought maybe finding a REASON to have a burning hoop at the end of a ramp would be a hard thing to justify in a race.
But no. Competition calls for crazy stuff, and the reason flowed onto the page seamlessly. Makes Durnells almost-instant retraction seem kinda mean-spirited, but I was rapidly running out of panels to use to soften it up.
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you want to try it again.
Fun for the racers? Nope, for the audience and the somewhat sadistic planners. Oh yeah, and us.
You’re saying Greg is a sadistic b&stard? Nah, not him! LMAO
I never questioned his parentage. Sadistic though? Only with his cartoon characters as far as I know.
And we got some nice cool mud at the end to land on once our rumps finish roasting on the fire ring. 😀 Hmm, smells like ham. Cannibals always said human tastes like pork. XD