Ode to Reuben is the twenty-third known Bendy comic. Its publication date is June 10, 1933.
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Plot[]
Bendy, up to his pie-stealing antics again, triggers a chain of events that led up to his capture. Starting with a weight tied to the string the pie was on, it activated a jack-in-a-box. Its sudden pop up scared a bird in a birdbath. As it flew away, it laid an egg on a target, causing a bowling ball to roll down a ramp. Bendy is shown to be running, too focused on the pie to notice the commotion around him.
The bowling ball hits a set of bowling pins, sending one to hit a target that fires a cannon with Ruby's patent on it. The cannon launches an eight ball at a string, causing the cage it was hold to fall. The cage caught Bendy as Ruby gloats about it to the frustrated devil.
Trivia[]
- A Rube Goldberg machine is a device designed to complicate simple actions. Its inventor Rube Goldberg may be the inspiration for Ruby Goldberg's name.
- Unlike other comic strips, the title appears to be a non-sequitor.
| Syndicated comic strips | Barnyard Opry • Sole for Supper • Pie and Pop • Up in Flames • What Crumbs Around, Goes Around • The Artist • Cats and Dogs • Two for One • Rain Rain, Go Away • Bright Idea • Counting Sheep • Hands Off • F for Effort • How Not To • Rocks Cream • Batter's Eye • Pig Sty • Stink or Swim • Bon Appe-Sneak • Ode to Reuben • True Love • Mutt Cuts • Sticky Situation • On Cloud 9 • Mice Try • Opening Act • True Love • Encore • Fleas and Z's • Nothing is Free • Three for One • The Money will roll right in • Poor Yorick • Graduation Day • Pie and the Sky • Automo-Steal • Opposites Attract | |
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| Dime-Store comics | To the Moon • Papa Pluto's Pitchfork • Yukon Bendy • Souper Boris • Alice the Aviator | |
| Promotional comics | Construction Corruption • Showbiz Bendy • Train Trouble • The Devil's Treasure • All Washed Up • Giddyup, Bendy! | |
| Other comics | Tombstone Picnic | |