their backstory during Water 7 killed me. old comic from 2008.
tumblr absolutely murdered the image quality, much better quality on my AO3!
ID under the cut
[ID: A vertical, wordless comic without panel borders depicted entirely in blue ink on a white background, titled “Franky’s First Cola” with a small cartoonish speedo under the title.
Image 1 contains one large panel.
Panel 1: Iceburg and Franky are depicted at ages 12 and 16, respectively, in their workshop at Tom’s workers. Franky’s desk is scattered with doodles and blueprints for Battle Frankys. He is asleep on his drafting table, his pen in his hand, drooling, snoring loudly, depicted with a speech bubble of a log being sawed. Iceburg, his work area pristine, is glaring at him. The paper in front of Iceburg is blank; he's been completely unable to work due to Franky's loud snoring.
Image 2 contains four panels.
Panel 2: Iceburg, in profile, looks like he’s attempting to concentrate, head propped on one hand.
Panel 3: Franky continues to snore loudly, this time depicted with a speech bubble showing a buzzing bee.
Panel 4: Closeup of Iceburg’s eyes from the front, glaring to the side in Franky’s direction.
Panel 5: Overhead shot of their workstations, Franky still snoring at his messy desk. Iceburg’s neat desk has its chair shoved away, empty.
Image 3 has five panels.
Panel 6: Iceburg is checking the fridge, hand on one hip.
Panel 7: Iceburg yells to the residence in general that he’s going shopping, indicated with a speech bubble showing a stick figure of Iceburg receiving a bag of groceries in exchange for money.
Panel 8: Franky, miraculously and suddenly awake, pops around the corner, eyes wide.
Panel 9: Tom calls out that they need fish (cartoon fish in his speech bubble). He is holding a hammer, mid-job.
Panel 10: Kokoro says there’s a shopping list (speech bubble of a piece of paper indicating various food items). She is chopping carrots.
Image 4 has five panels.
Panel 11: Iceburg is on his way out the door, one hand on the doorknob and the other hand holding the shopping list in front of his face as he inspects it. Franky, much shorter, tugs on his shirt and says he wants to come with (speech bubble with a cartoon Iceburg with horns and a pitchfork and a grocery bag plus a cartoon figure of Franky)
Panel 12: Iceburg looks annoyed.
Panel 13: Franky looks stubborn.
Panel 14: Iceburg hunches his shoulders with a frown, looking put-upon.
Panel 15: Iceburg calls over his shoulder that Franky’s coming with him (speech bubble with non-devilish cartoon Iceburg and shopping bag plus a cartoon Franky with horns and a pitchfork)
Image 5 has three panels.
Panel 16: Kokoro, offscreen, yells that Franky needs to put on shorts (speech bubble with an angelic cartoon Franky plus a pair of shorts). Franky is still holding onto Iceburg’s shirt, looking in Kokoro’s direction. Iceburg, one hand still on the doorknob, is looking down at where Franky is holding onto him and frowning.
Panel 17: Franky yells back at Kokoro that he’s going in his speedo, shaking his fist (speech bubble with speedo and multiple exclamation marks). Iceburg has put the shopping list in his mouth and is attempting to detach Franky from his shirt.
Panel 18: Kokoro, still offscreen, throws a pair of shorts in Franky’s face (speech bubble with shorts and many exclamation marks), causing Franky to fall over, still attached to Iceburg’s shirt, and take Iceburg down with him. Iceburg yells an drops the shopping list from his mouth as he's falling.
Image 6 has a divider followed by three panels
-- a divider of alternating cartoon speedos and shorts --
Panel 19: Iceburg is carrying a bag of groceries. A little behind him, Franky is kicking a rock, wearing shorts and looking dejected, hands in his pockets.
Panel 20: Iceburg frowns back at Franky, looking thoughtful.
Panel 21: Closeup of Franky pouting, in profile, hands in his pockets.
Image 7 has three panels.
Panel 22: Closeup: Iceburg’s gaze slides to the side.
Panel 23: A wooden hanging sign saying COLA, read vertically, with a dark bottle of cola next to the word.
Panel 24: Closeup of Iceburg’s lower face, just visible above the bag of groceries. He is smiling ever so slightly.
Image 8 has two panels.
Panel 25: A faded wider shot of Iceburg, facing away from Franky, handing a cola back to Franky, behind him. Franky’s body language indicates he’s taken aback. In the faded style, they lack facial features.
Panel 26: A faded closeup shot of Iceburg’s hand, holding the cola, and Franky’s hand reaching for it, about to grasp it and take it.
The word "End" is at the bottom.
/end ID]
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