Choose your own Franky Banky adventure

by | Oct 20, 2023 | Comics, Podcast

A choose-your-own adventure comic strip entitled, “Choose your own Franky Banky adventure!”. A female fox cartoon tending to her gelato stand asks a male customer named Franky Banky, “may I take your order?”. Franky Banky wants to say vanilla but he stutters his order. He is thinking to himself, “aw man”. </p> <p>There are three next step scenarios he can take. The first is he says, “uh, lobster” to which the girl at the counter says “Here you go!” as she hands him a lobster ice cream cone. In the next panel, Franky Banky is walking away eating the ice cream but is disgusted. “Lobster” he sighs to himself, “bleah”.</p> <p>In the second scenario, he stutters his order, “va-va-vanilla”. The girl says, “here you go!” As she hands him a vanilla ice cream cone. In the next panel, Franky Banky walks away feeling embarrassed. “Why did I have to stutter? Why? Why?” He asks himself.</p> <p>In the third scenario, Franky Banky stutters his order, “va-va-va” but is interrupted by the girl who asks “Would you like cherry? Lemon? Pickle? Poutine? Lobster?”. Franky Banky explains in the next chapter, “no, I stub stub stutter. Vanilla, please”. The girl says, “Here you go!” as she hands him a vanilla ice cream cone. In the next panel, Franky Banky is happily eating his ice cream and saying “Yum! Yum! This is the best vanilla ice cream ever!”
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Courtesy of The Franky Banky Podcast.

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Author’s commentary

I always enjoyed those choose-your-own-adventure books as a kid. So many different outcomes from just one or two decisions.

It made me think of how much the stuttering experience is indeed a choose-your-own-adventure. The decisions we make come with consequences, both positive and negative.

September 30, 2023

 

Daniele Rossi's artistic signature
An illustration of the author standing next to a pile of sketchbooks. Franky Banky is sitting on top reading one of the books. Ti-Ger is sneaking around the bottom.