Vulpix Come Home 6 – Blank!
Blank version of this comic: http://missingnumbercomics.com/missing-number/vulpix-come-home-6/
NEVER HAVE I DRAWN SO MANY OF ONE CHARACTER IN ONE COMIC. Almost.
After this issue, our Inker swore that he would never, ever, draw Officer Jenny again.
Then we handed him the art.
As most fans of Pokemon know, in the Anime, all the police officers are “Officer Jenny.” Brock claims that each are distinct from each other, with distinct personalities, likes, dislikes, and even differences in physical form (except that he is the only one who can figure out those differences.)
In this comic, we do a bit of a whirlwind tour of Officers Jenny who exist in the Ohno region and beyond. We start with a chase scene of a Team Rocket member in an unnamed-yet Ohno city (who’s emblem is an upside-down Star Trek Delta). We then move on the police office of Green Hill Zone in Sonic (the golden ring is the only giveaway for this. We’re postulating that all Multiverse universes who do not have a native police force get Pokemon universe volunteers due to local overstaffing). The next badge is a Lightning bolt; this is an unnamed Ohno region badge. Next up we have the good ol’ cops of Veridian City*, Kanto region.
Finally, we tie it all in; all the police forces across the Multiverse of gaming are in communication with each other; Officer Copper of Animal Crossing is a bit cross having the radio taken over.
As a subtle design element, the background of the comic is the same V pattern seen on Officer Jenny’s uniform.
(As a side note, our comic artist stated loudly through this and future issues how much he hates drawing pumps.)
Two guest stars appear: Scott McCloud and Naruto. Naruto is there mostly for the cheap “ninetails” joke. Scott McCloud is there as a tribute to one of the most formative people in the Missing Number Adventure. His books about comics have helped quite a bit in making our comic suck less and be that much better. We attempted to draw him in his “comic book” form, but miscommunication baused two major breaks:
- His glasses have eyeballs behind them, which they shouldn’t have, and
- The gap in his shirt turned into a tie
We left it be because the shape is a bit ambiguous… except it’s not. So, Mr. McCloud, if you happen to see this comic, please don’t take it the wrong way that we bungled your character! Thanks in advance.
As a final anectdote, when our sprite artist first built his Officer Jenny sprite, he omitted the purse which is part of the Jenny costume. Somehow he forgot the purse. And everyone forgot as well:
<– with purse / without –> 
Also, there’s a very small hint of the future in this comic… a hint would would most likely not notice except for the fact that we’re pointing it out now and you don’t have to wait for the big revelation months in the future. The cameraman in the top right frame is also part of the police force. That’s as far as we’re going to go in this issue.