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"Roly-Polympics 2016: Men's Handball (Origins)"
by RobCat
Anthro Artist
9 years ago
Even though the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have long since ended, I still want to parody them through my series of "Roly-Polympics 2016" cartoon gags. I have a few more comics with corpulent critters - whether they participate in a specific sporting event or (in this case) design the playing field for the venue of one of these events...
When I'd heard about 'Men's Handball' at the Olympics, I was expecting it to be the sort of sport my late father (Joaquin Martinez) used to play on weekends (in the Bronx [back in the 1950s and 1960s] and down in south Florida [during the 1980s and 1990s]) - smacking a tiny black ball against a tall concrete wall... Boy, was I way off!
The international version of handball combines the elements of such sports as 'Water Polo' (without the water), 'Rugby 7' (but with a rounder ball), and '(American) Football'. But what really got my attention was the playing field (or pitch, as it's called overseas) - as part of the design (for both indoor and outdoor versions of the sport) bared a striking resemblance to bellies (complete with its navels)...
So, instead of a sports action gag, I'd decided to draw a burly bear, pitching his idea for the pitch to a CEO (a plump panda) at the organization behind the Roly-Polympics. And, whereas the RL Olympics has the International Olympics Committee (or the IOC), there's the Bureaucratic Union of the Roly-Polympics (or BURP, for short)!
Check out the bear and his sated siblings (who were the inspiration for the design of the handball court)!
"Roly-Polympics" concept and artwork (C) RobCat
When I'd heard about 'Men's Handball' at the Olympics, I was expecting it to be the sort of sport my late father (Joaquin Martinez) used to play on weekends (in the Bronx [back in the 1950s and 1960s] and down in south Florida [during the 1980s and 1990s]) - smacking a tiny black ball against a tall concrete wall... Boy, was I way off!
The international version of handball combines the elements of such sports as 'Water Polo' (without the water), 'Rugby 7' (but with a rounder ball), and '(American) Football'. But what really got my attention was the playing field (or pitch, as it's called overseas) - as part of the design (for both indoor and outdoor versions of the sport) bared a striking resemblance to bellies (complete with its navels)...
So, instead of a sports action gag, I'd decided to draw a burly bear, pitching his idea for the pitch to a CEO (a plump panda) at the organization behind the Roly-Polympics. And, whereas the RL Olympics has the International Olympics Committee (or the IOC), there's the Bureaucratic Union of the Roly-Polympics (or BURP, for short)!
Check out the bear and his sated siblings (who were the inspiration for the design of the handball court)!
"Roly-Polympics" concept and artwork (C) RobCat
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Fat Furs
Bear (Other)
1100 x 745
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xanfowler
~xanfowler
why are there stomachs growling?
RobCat
~robcat
OP
Well, one bear brother's on his umpteenth drink (hence, "Gurgle-urgle!"), and the other brother is eating another submarine sandwich (ergo, "Grumble-rumble!"). Any more questions?
xanfowler
~xanfowler
yes...is one of them borbor?
