Furballs

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An all-ages slice-of-life comic strip featuring animal buddies! Updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday! Also on Instagram, Webtoon & Comic Fury! Books available in the link below! By joshnickerson83.bsky.social Links/Books: linktr.ee/furballscomic

Panel 1 - Red is holding a ball as Blue waits in anticipation. Red: "Hmm, if I throw the ball in that direction, it could end up landing in the flower bed..." Panel 2 - Slowly zoom in on Blue as he becomes more anxious. Red: "If I throw it THAT way, it might bounce up onto the roof..." Panel 3 - Zoomed in on Blue's face, as sweat pours down his face and his eyes bulge. Red: "...I could throw it over there, but it would roll into the woods, and..." Panel 4 - Blue snaps and starts shouting Blue: "JUST THROW THE DAGGUM BALL!!!!"
Panel 1 - Blue is playing with a small toy car Panel 2 - Blue rolls the car away from him Panel 3 - Blue begins to chase the car as he barks Panel 4 - Blue suddenly stops, embarrassed. Blue: "Whoops! Force of habit..."
Panel 1 - Red is flying a kite, which is off panel Panel 2 - Blue walks up Blue: "I see you finally got that kite up in the air!" Red: "Yep!" Panel 3 Blue: "I also see you needed a little help to do so." Red: "Well, just a little..." Panel 4 - Pan out to see Egg is holding the kite up in the air as he flaps his wings Egg: "Are (pant) we (gasp) done (wheeze) yet?"
Panel 1 - Red has filled up a water balloon Panel 2 - Red runs towards Blue, ready to throw the water balloon. Panel 3 - the water balloon pops, soaking Red Panel 4 Red: "Looks like I'm due for a claw trim..."
Panel 1 - Blue brings Red a sandwich on a plate Blue: "I made you a sandwich!" Red: "Oh, thanks!" Panel 2 Red: "Hey, not bad... interesting texture... what's in it?" Blue: "Peanut butter and grape!" Panel 3 Red: "Grape JELLY?" Blue: "No." Panel 4 Blue: "Bubblegum!"
Panel 1 - Red and Blue are sitting on a couch watching television Red: "Ugh... there's nothing good to watch on TV..." Panel 2 Blue: "If we don't like anything that's on, why don't we just turn off the television and just go do something else?" Panel 3 - Red gives Blue an odd look Panel 4 Blue: "Right. Stupid question.: TV: "Coming up next, Bowling for Bouillon!"
Panel 1 - Red and Blue are walking through the woods, as Blue holds his neck. Blue: "Ugh, I woke up this morning with a crick in my neck..." Panel 2 Red: "Did you sleep in a weird position?" Panel 3 - We see Blue sleeping in a weird position Panel 4 Blue: "No, just how I normally sleep..."
Panel 1 - Mitzi walks into Blue's backyard where Blue, Red and Leopold are Mitzi: "Hey Blue, I'm back. Thanks for watching Leopold. How'd it go?" Blue: "You're back!" Panel 2 Blue: "We has lots of fun! We took a walk, read a book, and played some games!" Mitzi: "So he behaved himself?" Panel 3 Blue: "He sure did! Leopold was no trouble at all! Right, Red?" Red (off panel): "Yep..." Panel 4 - Leopold has Red in his mouth again Red: "No trouble at all..." Mitzi: "Leopold, spit him out, you'll spoil your dinner."
Panel 1 Blue: "Sure, I'll read you a story, Leopold! Let's go pick out a book!" Panel 2 - Blue and Leopold are looking through a bookshelf Blue: "Would you like to read "The Happy Bunny", or "Multiple Multi-colored Fish", or..." Panel 3 - Leopold hands Blue a book Blue: "... you want me to read you THIS one? Well, okay..." Panel 4 - Blue is reading the book to Leopold Blue: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Panel 1 - Blue is standing by a tree Blue: "Nineteen... twenty... ready or not, here I come!" Leopold: "Tee hee!" Panel 2 Blue: "Now... where could Leopold be? Is he under this rock? Noooo...." Leopold: "Pfft... hee hee!" Panel 3 Blue: "Maybe he's behind this bush! Nooo..." Leopold: "Tee hee!" Panel 4 Red: "He's CLEARLY behind the light pole!" Leopold: "Tee hee!" Blue: "Hush!"
Panel 1 - Red walks up to Blue and Leopold Red: "What're you doing, Blue?" Blue: "Oh, Red! I'm looking after Leopold here for a few hours!" Panel 2 Red: "Oh yeah... the little runt who liked to bite things..." Panel 3 Red: "Ha... looks like you've grown out of that phase, eh?" Panel 4 - Leopold has Red in his mouth Red: "I guess not..." Blue: "Leopold! Spit Red out! You don't know where he's been!"
Panel 1 - Leopold has his leash in his mouth Blue: "You want to go for a walk Leopold? Okay, let's go!" Panel 2 - Red is walking down the sidewalk Panel 3 - Red suddenly looks shocked Panel 4 - Blue walks by with Leopold on a leash Red: "That is messed up on SO many different levels..."
Panel 1 - Mitzi is walking up to Blue Blue: "Hi there, Mitzi!" Mitzi: "Hi Blue, I gotta go out of the neighborhood for a few hours, could you watch Leopold for me?" Panel 2 Blue: "Sure, I'll look after the little tyke!" Mitzi: "Thanks. I should warn you..." Panel 3 - A large WHUMP fills the panel. Panel 4 - A giant puppy is sitting on top of Blue Mitzi: "He's had a bit of a growth spurt..."
Panel 1 - Blue walks up to Red wearing white gloves Red: "What in the world are you wearing?" Panel 2 Blue: "White gloves! I saw some animals on TV wearing them, and I thought they'd look rather sharp on me!" Panel 3 Red: "Two things... one, those animals were fictional cartoon characters..." Panel 4 Red: "And two, I don't think white gloves are ideal for someone with your diet..." Blue (eating a burrito): "Mmmm... triple bean burrito with extra guac sauce..."
Panel 1 - Blue is talking in his sleep Blue: "Mmmrr... why yes, I was the first dog in space... and also the president of france... zzzzzz." Panel 2 - Red and Bianca walk up Blue: "Uh huh... zzz... I invented the hot air balloon... zzz... as well as the pop-up toaster..." Panel 3 Bianca: "Blue's telling fibs in his sleep... should we wake him?" Red: "Nah." Blue: "ZZZ... have you met my wife Tina Turner? Zzz..." Panel 4 Red: "I find it's best to let sleeping dogs lie."
Panel 1 Blue: "I've got the wading pool all inflated!" Red: "Great, I'll get the hose and we'll fill it up!" Panel 2 - Red and Blue walk into the yard where the pool is supposed to be, but it's not there. Panel 3 - Red and Blue look up at the sky. Panel 4 Red: "Blue... what did I tell you about inflating the pool with HELIUM?"| Blue: "... not to?"
Panel 1 Red: "Have you ever bitten anyone Blue?" Blue: "Yes... but it was an accident." Panel 2 red: "What happened?" Blue: "Well, my humans took me to the county fair..." Panel 3 Blue: "And we were walking around all day, and I was getting hungrier, and hungrier, and hungrier..." Panel 4 Blue: "And then... next to the concession stand, was a guy wearing a hot dog costume..." Red: "Say no more... PLEASE."
Panel 1 - Red and Blue are walking down the sidewalk Red: "I've decided to start living in the moment." Panel 2 Red: "I won't worry about the past, and I won't fret over the future... I'll only focus on the present moment." Panel 3 - Someone shouts off panel Voice: "RED!" Panel 4 - Bianca walks up, soaking wet. Bianca: "Did you fill my dumpster with water?!" Red: "That's all in the past, why worry about it?" Blue: "Uh, I'd worry about living through THIS moment..."
Panel 1 - Red is walking outside in the hot sun Red: "So... hot.. can... barely move..." Panel 2 - Red collapses on the ground Red: "Must... cool off... need... to REHYDRATE..." Panel 3 - Blue appears with a glass of water Blue:" Here's some water!" Panel 4 Red: "Need... to rehydrate... with a large chocolate milkshake... topped with whipped cream... sprinkles... and a cherry..."
Panel 1: "HA! I did it! I managed to get through the day without Blue hugging me!" Panel 2: "Though it shouldn't come as a surprise, I am a tactical GENIUS after all..." Panel 3 - Red walks next to a potted plant. Red: "I almost feel bad for Blue... he never had a chance..." Panel 4 - Red turns his back to the plant as Blue emerges with his hands reaching out Red: "Yep yep yep... Red, you are one smart cat..."
Panel 1 - Blue walks up to Egg who is standing by his birdhouse. Blue: "Egg, have you seen Red today?" Egg: "Nah. Haven't seen him." Panel 2 Blue:" Rats. he was nice to me earlier and I wanted to give him a hug, but I just can't seem to catch up to him." Panel 3 Blue: "I guess I'll just head on home... bye, Egg." Egg: "See ya... sorry you couldn't find Red." Panel 4 - Red pops his head out of Egg's birdhouse. Red: "Is he gone?" Egg: "You owe me."
Panel 1 - Red is smiling smugly to himself, as he sits on a tree branch Red: "Ha! I'd like to see Blue give me a hug now, dogs can't climb trees!" Panel 2 - Off panel we hear some sort of vehicle pull up Panel 3 - A strange humming sound starts to come up from under the branch Panel 4 - Blue comes up in a cherry picker bucket Red: "How'd you get a CHERRY PICKER?"
Panel 1 - Red runs up to Bianca Red: "Bianca! You gotta hide me! Blue is trying to GET me!" Bianca: "Blue?!" Panel 2 Bianca: "Blue couldn't hurt a fly! You musta done somethin' really rotten to make him try to get you!" Panel 3 Red: "You don't understand... it isn't because I was MEAN to him..." Panel 4 - Blue pops up from off panel Red: "I made the mistake of being NICE to him!" Blue: "Red! Gimme a BEST FRIENDS hug!"
Panel 1 - Red and Blue are walking on the sidewalk. Red: "My collar's getting rather worn, so my human's buying me a new one. Panel 2 Red: "I hope she gets me a cool one that makes me look tough!" Panel 3 Red: "Yeah, REAL tough! So tough, no one would ever think about messing with me! The toughest cat around! The--" Panel 4 - Red now has a comically large, spiked collar Red: "...perhaps this is a bit TOO tough..."
Panel 1 - Red is following a trail of hairs Panel 2 - Red is following a trail of hairs Panel 3 - Red is following a trail of hairs Panel 4 - Red finds Blue hiding behind a tree Red: "Found you!" Blue: "Aw, it's no fun playing hide and seek during shedding season..."
Panel 1 - Blue spots a flower growing in the crack of a sidewalk Blue: "Look at that! A flower has sprung up from the crack in the sidewalk!" Panel 2 Blue: "It shows that no matter how difficult it can be, you can overcome any obstacle in your way and blossom into a--" Panel 3 - Red walks up and pulls the flower out of the ground Red: "Stupid weeds." Panel 4 - Blue walks away, sighing.
Panel 1 - Red is holding a football, shouting at Blue who is off panel Red: "Go back! Further!" Panel 2 Red: "Keep going!" Panel 3 Red: "Further back!" Panel 4 - Blue walks up behind Red Blue: "Is this far back enough?"
Panel 1 - Blue is eating some honey as he sits next to Bea Blue: "Mmm, this honey sure is sweet! Bea, how do bees make this tasty stuff?" Bea: "Well..." Panel 2 Bea: "First, we suck the nectar from flowers using a proboscis, and store it in our stomachs where enzymes begin to break it down. Then back at the hive, we regurgitate it, and the other bees take the regurgitated nectar... Panel 3 - Bea notices Blue looks sick Panel 4 Bea: "Uhh, I mean... it's MAAAGIC!" Blue: "Oooh, I thought I could taste a bit of magic!"
Panel 1 Red: "I suppose I learned something today, Duke... that sometimes others CAN change their ways. Panel 2 Red: "You may have been a big jerk in the past, but it's clear you're trying to become a better dog, and I think that's great." Panel 3 Duke (speaking off panel): "Thanks Red... and I've learned I don't hate ALL cats..." Panel 4 - We reveal Duke covered in bandages Duke: "...just YOU." Red: "See, we were BOTH taught a lesson today!"
Panel 1 - Red is off panel beating up Duke Blue: "Red! What are you doing?" Bianca: "Tryin' to dislocate Duke's shoulder, from th' looks of it. Panel 2 - Red is pointing at a beat up Duke crumpled on the floor Red: "There! Your evil plot to get revenge on Blue has been foiled you JERK!" Panel 3 Blue: "Red, he wasn't plotting revenge, he was just dropping off cookies he made for us!" Panel 4 - Red looks sheepishly back at Duke, who is glaring at him from the floor Red: "Heh heh... so... uh, what kind of cookies didja make?"
Panel 1 Blue: "Thanks again for the cookies!" Duke: "You're welcome... oops, you've got some crumbs on your bandana... lemme brush those off.." Panel 2 - Red slams open the door Panel 3 - Red sees Duke grabbing Blue's bandana. Panel 4 - Red leaps in the air towards Duke Red: "ASSASSIN!"
Panel 1 Duke: I made these cookies to hopefully begin to make up for how mean I was to you in the past... Blue: "Duke, I told you, I forgive you!" Panel 2 Duke: "Your pal Red doesn't seem to..." Blue: "Oh, Red puts on a mean face, but deep down he's really a GENTLE SOUL." Panel 3 - Red and Bianca flip off the trash can lid Panel 4 - Red leaps out Red: "Time to DIE Duke!" Bianca: "Oof, that trash stinks... like burned cookies..."
Panel 1 - Red and Bianca are trapped in the garbage can Red: "We're trapped! Trapped in a garbage can!" Bianca: "First time?" Panel 2 - Red and Bianca try to push the lid off Red: "Help me push the lid off! We've gotta get outta here and rescue Blue!" Panel 3 Red: "There's no doubt he's suffering Duke's VENGEFUL WRATH!" Panel 4 - Duke has given Blue the box of cookies Blue: "GASP! Cinnamon chip! My favorite! How'd you know?" Duke: "I called your mee-maw..."
Panel 1 - Red is climbing out of the window Red: "I was right! He IS out for revenge on Blue!" Bianca: "What?!" Panel 2 Red: "Oh no! He's coming out the back door!" Bianca: "Quick! Hide in th' garbage can!" Panel 3 - Red and Bianca hide in the garbage can as Duke walks up. Duke: "Whoops, I left my lucky cinder block here in the backyard! It's gonna get dirty laying on the ground!" Panel 4 - Duke puts the cinder block on top of the garbage can and walks off Duke: "There! That'll keep it clean until I get back!" Red (thinking): "You gotta be kidding me..."
Panel 1 - Duke is dumping freshly baked cookies into a box Duke: "I messed up quite a few batches, but I think I've got the perfect box of cookies to give to Blue and his pals." Panel 2 - Red sneaks up and overhears Duke Duke (off panel): "It may have taken me a while, but now I can even the score with Blue, and he'll never see it coming!" Panel 3 - Red runs off as Duke continues Duke: "Now he'll get what's coming to him! It's payback time!" Panel 4 Duke: "Huh... when I say it out loud like that, and without context, it sounds rather sinister... good thing no one heard me!"
Panel 1 - Red and Bianca sneak into the backyard of a house Red: "Pretty sure this is where Duke is staying..." Bianca: "Red, this feels wrong..." Panel 2 - Red jumps on a trash can and peeks in a window Red: "Looks like his humans aren't home... let's sneak inside!" Bianca: "Is this really necessary?" Panel 3 - Red opens the window Red: "Well, of course it is, Bianca! There's no telling what sort of SINISTER REVENGE he's plotting for Blue!" Panel 4 - We see Duke pulling a tray of cookies out of an oven. Duke: "Boy, I hope Blue likes these cinnamon chip cookies!"
Panel 1 - Red and Bianca are hiding behind a tree watching Duke walk down the sidewalk Bianca: "Red, we've been tailin' Duke all day, and he hasn't done ONE rotten thing. Panel 2 Bianca: "In face, he's done more good deeds in the last few hours than I've ever seen YOU do. Red: "It's all part of his LABYRINTH of DECEPTION!" Panel 3 Bianca: "Laby-- has it occurred to you that maybe Duke HAS changed for the better? That he wants to become a positive member of society?" Red: "Hmm... I think I understand what you mean..." Panel 4 Red: "He'll never reveal his TRUE COLORS in public! We've gotta spy on him where he lives!" Bianca: "Oy..."
Panel 1 - Bianca walks up to Red who is hiding in a bush Bianca: "Hey Red, whacha doi--" Red: "Shhh! Get down!" Panel 2 - Bianca is now hiding in the bush with Red Bianca: "'Kay, I give. Why're we hidin' in a bush?" Red: "I'm spying on Duke, so I can prove to Blue that he's still a big jerk!" Panel 3 Bianca: "How ya gonna do that?" Red: "By catching him when he drops the nice guy act and does something awful!" Panel 4 - We see Duke carrying groceries for someone using a cane Bianca: "Like carryin' bags of groceries for a blind nun?" Red: "oh, he is GOOD..."
Panel 1 Red: "Blue, I can't believe you forgave that bullying jerk!" Blue: "You heard him Red, he's a changed dog!" Panel 2 Red: "He can't change, it's his nature to be a creep! Haven't you heard the fable about the frog and the scorpion?" Blue: "Of course!" Panel 3 Blue: "There once was a frog and a scorpion who didn't get along at first,but then they became great friends and moved to Georgia to sell peach jam on the side of the road!" Panel 4 Red: "That... that's not how the story goes..." Blue: "Well, that's the way my mee-maw told it to me!"
Panel 1 - Blue continues to hug Duke Duke: "Thanks for forgiving me Blue... um, you can stop hugging me now, getting a little weird..." Panel 2 - Blue and Duke walk off Duke: "I'm staying with a human couple a few blocks over, maybe we can hang out sometime." Blue: "That'd be great!" Panel 3 - Bianca walks off Bianca: "Alls well that ends well, right Red?" Panel 4 - Zoom in on Red, where he has a look of suspicion on his face.
Panel 1 Duke: "I understand if you won't accept my apology, Blue..." Panel 2 Duke: "I feel terrible about the way i treated you, and if there's anything I can do--" Panel 3 - Blue jumps and hugs Duke Blue: "APOLOGY ACCEPTED!" Panel 4 Bianca (eating popcorn): "Blue sure is quick to forgive..." Red: "Yeah, a bit TOO quick... where'd you get POPCORN?"
Panel 1 Blue: "You came here to apologize?" Duke: "Yeah... I've been doing a lot of thinking and realized what a jerk I've been.: Panel 2 Duke: "Blue, I'm sorry for bullying you. It was wrong of me to treat you the way I did." Panel 3 Duke: "And Red, I apologize for being hostile towards you just because you're a cat." Panel 4 Red: "I-- still get to beat him up, right? Blue: "Red..." Red: "Just dislocate a shoulder..."
Panel 1 - Blue hides behind Red as Red threatens Duke Red: "A'right Duke, put up your... um... dukes!" Duke: "Huh?" Panel 2 Red: If you're here to beat up Blue, you'll hafta go through ME first!" Duke: "What? Look..." Panel 3 Duke: "I came here to APOLOGIZE." Panel 4 Red & Blue: "Huh?" Bianca: "Ooo! Plot twist!"
Panel 1 - Blue runs up to Red and Bianca, who are playing in the back yard Blue: "Red! Help! DUKE'S at my front door!" Red: "What?" Bianca: "Who's Duke?" Panel 2 Red: "He's a BIG JERK who went to the same obedience school as Blue, and he bullied Blue the whole time." Bianca: "How awful!" Panel 3 Red: "Even worse, he hates CATS!" Bianca: "Yes, clearly th' bigger problem." Panel 4 - Duke walks up, as Blue leaps into Red's arms Duke: "Blue?" Blue: "GYAAA!"
Panel 1 - Blue is coloring in a coloring book when the doorbell rings Blue: "Huh, I wonder who that is..." Panel 2 - Blue walks to the door Panel 3 - Blue open the door to find Duke on the other side. Duke: "Hi, Bl--" Panel 4 - Blue slams the door and runs away Blue: "AAAAUUUGGGHHHH!!!" Duke: "--ue..."
Panel 1 - Egg is sitting on a power line Panel 2 - Another bird flies down Panel 3 - The bird sits on the line right next to Egg Panel 4 Egg (thinking) - Doncha hate it when there's plenty of seats available, and someone sits right next to you?"
Panel 1 - Red looks outside to see that it's raining. Panel 2 - Red puts on a rain jacket and boots Panel 3 - Red puts on a rain hat Panel 4 - Red walks out to see that the rain has stopped and the sun is shining.
Panel 1 - Blue is standing in a bed of flowers Blue: "Ah, spring has sprung!" Panel 2 Blue: "... or is it spring has SPRANG?" Panel 3 Blue: "... spring is springing?" Panel 4 - Pull out to reveal Red is next to him, blowing his nose Blue: "Which do you think it is, Red?" Red: "I'm still trying to figure out what's more irritating... the ragweed or this conversation..."
Panel 1 - Everyone is inside the clubhouse eating cookies and talking, with Red looking cross. Blue: "What's the matter, Red?" Red: "This was supposed to be an exclusive club..." Panel 2 Red: "But now everyone is part of it! This isn't a club anymore! It's... it's... Panel 3 Blue: "Friends spending time with each other?" Panel 4 Red: "I suppose that's good too..."
Panel 1 - Mervin and Egg are standing outside of the clubhouse Mervin: "Yo, Cat! Me and Egg heard you had a secret club going! We want in too!" Egg: "Yeah!" Red: "No! Go away!" Panel 2 Bianca: "Just let 'em join th' club, Red!" Blue: "Yeah, what's the harm?" Red: "What's the harm?" Panel 3 Red: "This is an internation secret society, involved in all sorts of important, world altering events, we can't just let everyone join! Our classified secrets and plans could be exposed to our enemies!" Panel 4 Bianca: "We're eatin' cookies an' playin' Candyland." Blue: "And the closest thing we have to an enemy is the tabby down the street who keeps piddling in your yard."
Panel 1 - Bianca walks up to Red and Blue's clubhouse Bianca: "Blue? Red? Are you guys in there?" Red: "Sorry Bianca, members only!" Blue: "Oh, let her in, Red!" Panel 2 Bianca: "So can I become a member?" Red: "Perhaps..." Panel 3 Red: "We only accept the elite of the elite, the smartest, the most talented individuals in the world! What can you offer us that no one else is able to?" Panel 4 Bianca: "I have a box of cookies." Red: (lifting the cardboard box) "Welcome to the club!"
Panel 1 - Red and Blue are sitting inside the cardboard box Blue: "Thanks for letting me join your club, Red!" Red: "Not so fast, Blue, you're not a REAL member yet..." Panel 2 Red: "To be a member of my club, you will have to declare unconditional loyalty to the organization." Panel 3 Red: "And you must sign a blood oath, swearing that you will dedicate your life to this club... FOREVER!" Panel 4 Blue: "Forever?" Red: "Well, at least until we get bored and do something else..."