WEIRD STORIES AND ILLUSTRATED FAIRY TALES
THE BRIDE OF THE WORK HORSEMonster Art and Surreal Comics! “THE BRIDE OF THE WORK HORSE” Two young genetically modified steno-philes have worked their way towards an economically viable nuptial. He has acquired a magnificent beast-body, with minimal repercussions to his health, enabling a quick and violent rise to corporate success. She has broken into the fashion world with her unique “flower nose” and is quickly becoming all the rage in genetically enhanced outer-garments. Unfortunately the evanescent celebrations are perpetually interrupted by computer messages, teleconferencing, emergency business trips and en vogue surgical updates, thus postponing the event with disastrous results. Demanding a separation from her now aged and disgruntled groom, the Bride of the Workhorse, still dawning her veil, turns up her new nose and vanishes. Finding it difficult to move as he did before the implanted “secretarious” ( a surgically bonded secretary commonly found attached to yes-men & business big-wigs alike), the Workhorse, extra appendages and all, chases his lost love into futility, a slave to the busy streets & business deals, aimlessly trotting for the rest of his days and on into eternity… This terrifying fantasy, inspired by a short story with a very similar written name by Lord Dunsany, was drawn with fine point technical pens and black India ink on board,Weird and unusual contemporary Canadian cartoons by Mike Parsons 2010.
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