Candy Wars: A New Sugar Buzz
A new Star Wars parody comic by 9-year-old creator booksoffuncomics. See more of their work at BooksOfFunComics on Archive of Our Own.
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Kinda a long time ago in a candy store sorta far away....
CANDY WARS
A New Sugar Buzz
Darth Twizzler has lost the plans for the Death Breaker. Princess Cinnamon-
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-Bun has taken the plans for the Death Breaker and hides the plans in her trusty droid Soda Pop D-2. Him and his friend, C-3 Sugar Os, get lost on Planet M&Mene.
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At the Imperial Cookie...
Soda Pop D-2: “Beep Beep!”
Stormallow: “Hey!”
Princess Cinnamon Bun: “It’s a stormallow!”
They both shoot candy sprinkles at each other with their blasters.
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Princess Cinnamon Bun: “Here, Soda Pop D-2. Get this to M&M Kenobi. Now hurry! Take the escape pod with C-3 Sugar Os!”
Soda Pop D-2 hurries to the escape pod, where he meets C-3 Sugar Os.
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They floated to M&Mene.
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Back at the Imperial Cookie, Princess Cinnamon Bun continues her battle with the stormallows. But then -
(Dum Dum Dum - Dum-Da-Dum Dum-Da-Dum)
Darth Twizzler arrives with his red candy cane-saber and takes her to the Death Breaker.
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Back in space, the escape pod crashes on M&Mene. Luke Groundwalker sees the smoke from the crash and goes to investigate.
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Luke Groundwalker: “Hey, it’s droids”
Soda Pop D-2: “Beep Beep”
Luke Groundwalker: “What is it, little guy?”
Soda Pop D-2 projects a recording of Princess Cinnamon Bun: “Help me, M&M-Kenobi. You’re my only hope.”
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Luke Groundwalker: “I’m not M&M Kenobi. Sorry, I’m Luke Groundwalker. But I have a friend with a ship and I bet we can save her.”
They walk to the friend’s house and knock on the door.
Luke Groundwalker: “M&M Solo, I need your help!”
M&M Solo: “I’ll do it for 50 Peeps.”
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Luke Groundwalker: “I bet you got in debt with Jabba the Peep.”
And so, Luke went to buy some Peeps at Squtchulbath’s Peeps (Now zero percent off sale!). (Note that Luke parked his speeder cookie in the parking lot with perfect alignment.)
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And so.... Luke selects a large stack of Peeps.
Jabba the Peep: “You owe me, M&M Solo!”
Then M&M Solo gave Jabba the Peep some Peeps.
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M&M Solo: “Climb up to the Millennium Fondant!”
Stormallow” “Hey!” He shoots candy sprinkles at Luke and Solo.
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While traveling in the Millennium Fondant...
Luke Groundwalker: “What’s that?” he asks Reeces-Baca, M&M Solo’s co-pilot.
But Then...
M&M Solo: “We’re caught in a tractor beam!”
The Millennium Fondant is dragged into the Death Breaker.
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Back at the Death Breaker...
Darth Twizzler: “Tell me where the plans to the Death Breaker are.”
Princess Cinnamon Bun: “Never!”
Darth Twizzler: “Tell me, or else I will blow up your home planet”
Princess Cinnamon Bun: “I’m still not telling!”
The Death Breaker approaches Princess Cinnamon Bun’s home planet.
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The Death Breaker fires at Princess Cinnamon Bun’s home planet
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Darth Twizzler: ”I’m gonna go get some coffee.”
But then...
Luke Groundwalker: “I’m here to save you.”
Princess Cinnamon Bun: “Yay!”
And then they were on their way back.
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In space...
M&M Solo: “There’s a Pie Fighter!”
And then...
The Millennium Fondant shoots at the Pie Fighter.
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Pow!
The Pie Fighter is destroyed.
Then they flew back.
The End.
The Candy Wars characters will return in Candy Wars: The Twizzlers Strike Back
A note from the author’s legal guardian who posts booksoffuncomics’ works:
When asked about choosing to make M&M Kenobi an off-screen character and avoiding the final battle at the Death Breaker, the author replied “Well, I just like Jabba a lot, so I was mainly focused on putting him in the story.”
Proof that each new generation approaches classic stories with new eyes.
While fully acknowledging the above, as a first-generation Star Wars fan, I'm compelled (sorry, can’t help it, pointing this stuff out is an automatic reflex that will only end when I’m dead) to say that Jabba only appears on screen in A New Hope from the Special Edition version forward and was not an on-screen character in the original version of the film, also in which HAN SHOOTS FIRST! For full details on the opinions of aggrieved, first-generation Star Wars fans, please see the documentary, The People vs. George Lucas.
Also, please note that booksoffuncomics is both approved of and laughed at me posting this afterword. They know I’ve been a grumpy Star Wars fan for decades and can’t talk about the films without pointing out... well, what I said above. Fortunately, booksoffuncomics knows their own mind, and has their own view of the world - just as it should be.
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The Adventures of Bob the Burger
A new comic by 9-year-old creator booksoffuncomics. See more of their work at @booksoffuncomics on Tumblr or BooksOfFunComics on Archive of Our Own.
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Panel 1-1: Once upon a time there was an adventurer named Bob The Burger.
Panel 1-2: One day... “What’s that?” Bob asks.
Panel 1-3: “It’s a map!”
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Panel 2-1: But then...
Panel 2-2: X marks the spot on the treasure map. But to get to it, Bob must go from Burger Land through The Cave of Bats and the The Alligator River. (cue foreboding background music)
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Panel 3-1: “And the map leads to buried treasure.”
Panel 3-2: “I’m going to follow the map and donate the treasure to charity.”
Panel 3-3: “But first, I’m going to bed.”
Panel 3-4: Bob getting a good night’s sleep (the key to success in all adventures)
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Panel 4-1: The next morning...
Panel 4-2: “I’m up.”
Panel 4-3: And then he started his adventure.
Panel 4-4: “By-by, house.”
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Panel 5-1: Soon, he came to the end of Burger Land (he stops just before a rickety bridge).
Panel 5-2: “That doesn’t look safe.”
Panel 5-3 “But charity needs money.”
Panel 5-4: Bob maneuvers his way across the rickety bridge.
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Panel 6-1: But then...
Panels 6-2 and 6-3: Ririp... Rip. (the bridge begins to break apart)
Panel 6-4: “Help!” Bob yells as he hangs on to the end of the bridge with his hands.
Panel 6-5: Bob falls.
Panel 6-6.: “AAAAh!!!” Bob plummets to his apparent death.
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Panel 7-1: Meanwhile, at the bottom of the cliff, a random stranger appears. “Well, I finally got this trampoline set up,” he says.
Panel 7-2: “AAAAh!” Bob continues to fall
Panel 7-3: “AAAAAh” Bob falls toward the fortuitously placed trampoline.
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Bong - Bob bounces on the trampoline. He’s saved!
Note: At this point in the story, you might notice a similarity with BoosOfFunComic’s last comic, Sherlock Bacon 2. BooksOfFunComics appears to be fully embracing the Not the Fall That Kills You trope.
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Panel 9-1: The trampoline bongs him up the cliff. “I’m alive,” says Bob.
Panel 9-2: But then, Bob walks past a “Beware of bats” sign.
Panel 9-3: He came to a cave.
Panel 9-4: Bob is surrounded by sleeping, but menacing-looking, bats above and below him.
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Panel 10-1: But then...
Panel 10-2: A bat awakes. “Hey” it says.
Panel 10-3: “Get him!” the bat says.The other bats pursue the random stranger at the bottom of the cliff who set up the trampoline.
Panel 10-4: “Not the guy down there, the guy up here!” yells the bat.
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Panel 11-1: “Where’d he go?” says the bat. “Oh well.”
Panel 11-2: Terrified but relieved, Bob keeps running.
Panel 11-3: “I think I lost him.” Bob says.
Panel 11-4: But then...
Panel 11-5: Bob arrives at the edge of The Alligator River.
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Bob uses vines to swing over and across the river, while the alligators snap their jaws, below.
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Panel 13-1: Bob passes a “Treasure This Way” sign.
Panel 13-2: And so............................................................
Panel 13-3: Bob arrives at X marks the spot and retrieves a shovel from his back pocket.
Panel 13-4: Bob digs and digs and digs.
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Panel 14-1: “I found it!”
Panel 14-2: Bob finds a pile of $90,000 bills.
(wouldn’t it be nice if there were bills worth $90,000 each?)
Panel 14-3: Then he donated it all to charity. The end.
Which charity got the treasure, you ask? BooksOfFunComics is always concerned about homeless people and is particularly worried now, during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you feel inspired by Bob The Burger’s quest to find riches for charities that serve the homeless, please donate to the local charity of your choice.
This comic is also available on Archive of Our Own
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Sherlock Bacon 2: Revenge of the Evil Vegan Dude
In the exciting followup to Sherlock Bacon and the Hogs of Veganland, Sherlock Bacon and Egg Watson must face their nemesis, the Evil Vegan Dude. Will they prevail?
The Sherlock Bacon and Egg Watson series, and other works by 9-year-old creator booksoffuncomics’ are available on Tumblr @booksoffuncomics and at BooksOfFunComics on Archive of Our Own.
in the third panel on the left, above (page 3), Sherlock Bacon and Egg Watson are at the top of the Super Looper roller coaster and say, “I’m scared.” Their random fellow passenger, a waffle, says, “I’m hungry.”
In the panels above (page 5), Sherlock Bacon says, Hey, where’s my hat?” Egg Watson says, “I don’t know.” Sherlock Bacon says, “Good thing I have a hat tracker,” then goes and gets it from a box labeled “stuff.”
After a while, they arrive at their destination by following the hat tracker. Sherlock Bacon says, “it’s this way.”
In the panels above (page 6), Sherlock Bacon hears, “Ha Ha!” from inside a house. He knocks on the door and hears, “Meet me at the waterfall!”
Later, the Evil Vegan Dude says, “I’ll give you your hat if you go vegan.”
“No way!” replies Sherlock Bacon.
“Why you!” says the Evil Vegan Dude, and pushes Sherlock Bacon to the edge of the waterfall.
In the panels above (page 7), Sherlock Bacon yells, “We’re gonna hit the chubby dolphin!’
In the panels above (page 8), Sherlock Bacon and the Evil Vegan Dude bounce ( “bong!” ) on the chubby dolphin.
A Note from they who post on Tumblr for booksoffuncomics (because they’re 9 and personal experience with social media can wait until they’re older):
I’ve written on AO3 about how booksoffuncomics created Sherlock Bacon and Egg Watson because of my endless enthusiasm for all things Sherlock Holmes, but booksoffuncomics hasn’t read the stories.
In Sherlock Bacon 2, I love how booksoffuncomics gets huge canonical facts wrong: Sherlock drinks coffee - not tea, Sherlock drops an important case to go to the Fun Land amusement park with John - but Sherlock is “married to his work.”
But what booksoffuncomics got right, with zero prompting from me, is this:
Sherlock and John, walking away together, holding hands, because they go together like bacon and eggs. Yay, booksoffuncomics gets The Dynamic!
(sniff... I’m so proud) :)
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Super Peep Saves Easter
Just in time for 2020′s shelter-at-home Easter celebrations, comes a new and exciting comic by 9-year-old graphic artist and storyteller booksoffuncomics: When evil strikes, can Super Peep save Easter?
In the middle panel (above), Peep is using their beak to tap on their mobile phone and is not paying attention to their surroundings. The sign says, Be Ware, Super Juice. Peep falls into the super juice (because they’re unaware of their surroundings - personal responsibility message from a 9-year-old, folks).
Meanwhile, (above) a man without a back story decides to dispose of his evil bunny juice by throwing it into a nearby volcano. The evil bunny juice interacts with the lava and volcanic gasses with disastrous results! The Evil Lava Bunny is born!
The author wants you to know that they x’ed out 12 days on the April calendar (above) to indicate that it is now Easter day. Also, the giant white bunny and three-color Easter egg are blow-up/inflatable outdoor decorations, similar to those so many suburbanites put in their front yards for holidays.
The Evil Lava Bunny (above) goes to Super Peep’s house, mistakes the bunny blowup/inflatable decoration for the Easter Bunny, and stabs it.
When the Evil Lava Bunny stabs the blowup/inflatable Easter Bunny decoration, the air inside the bunny is released in an explosive burst, like a cool wind. It instantly cools the Evil Lava Bunny’s lava, causing them to melt. Super Peep is shocked and saddened by the loss of their outdoor decoration.
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