the scruple notebook: page 6


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description: ah... The Magical World of Burpsi. This is another product page and it was very well recepted. Right about this time, I was gaining a small fan base of people in my classes who would ask every day if I'd drawn anything new. I'd always make sure not to show anyone anything until the page was completed entirely. But about the product, it's "Burpsi", the world's most carbonated beverage. Just open it, and you can watch the miniature fountain of soda. Oh wait... does that sound familiar? Yep. A long while after I made this, Sprite had an advertisement featuring a fake soda called "Jookie". They used special effects to create the fountain of soda. A little while after this commercial came out, people were saying to me, "Sprite stole your idea!" But this wasn't until a while after I stopped drawing so I didn't care. The name "Burpsi" is borrowed from a halloween edition of Cracked Magazine. Just the name was taken, though. It didn't have any fountain spraying. Oh, and this is the third and final company in my little world of fake advertising - remember them all? "Chode Industries", "Anarchy Novelty Items", and "Burpsi Cola Co."

my favorite parts:

- Crazy Grandpa Willy (old man with whip and lolly pop)
- pointless "toilet vending machine (50 cents)"
- Mr. Broccoli Head (top right corner)


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