#Bunco Grifter

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Finished another page tonight!

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Confidence trick

A confidence trick (synonyms include confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust. Confidence tricks exploit characteristics of the human psyche, such as credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, irresponsibility, and greed. The perpetrator of a confidence trick (or "con trick") is often referred to as a confidence (or "con") man, con-artist, or a "grifter". Samuel Thompson was the original "confidence man." Thompson was a clumsy swindler who asked his victims to express confidence in him by giving him money or their watch rather than gaining their confidence in a more nuanced way. A few people trusted Thompson with their money and watches. Thompson was arrested in July 1849. Reporting about this arrest, Dr. James Houston, a reporter of the New York Herald, publicized Thompson by naming him the "Confidence Man". Although Thompson was an unsuccessful scammer, he gained reputation as a genius operator mostly because Houston's satirical writing wasn't understood. The National Police Gazette coined the term "confidence game" a few weeks after Houston first used the name, the "confidence man." A confidence trick is also known as a con game, a con, a scam, a grift, a hustle, a bunko (or bunco), a swindle, a flimflam, a gaffle or a bamboozle. The intended victims are known as "marks", "suckers", or "gulls" (i.e., gullible). When accomplices are employed, they are known as shills.

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A few hours before opening time! Looks like they’re getting everything ready.

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Inktober, Day 24: Dizzy. You’ve gotta love toon physics, right?

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Graveyard Gaffe finale! Man this took awhile, but I’m glad I finished it!

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Two pages in one night, baby! Woo! I am seeing how dialogue-heavy these are. This is good practice for when I get to the main part of the story.

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Inktober, Day 9: Swing. Hey, times may be tough, but at least he’s still got that swing!

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You know that feeling when you’re stuck in a car with an angry driver? Cause Bunco does now.

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Graveyard Gaffe update! They’re finally in the clear (well, maybe not Bunco...)

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Inktober, Day 3: Bait. A local conman with too much time on his hands. It’s prank time.

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For what may be the third time, the Skeleton Gang has lost another car to Bunco.

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Escape time!

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I’m gonna make it. Almost done with this prologue comic.

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The first page of the Penpoint story! The rest of the staff are going to be developed more, as it goes along.

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Questions for the Toons?

Hi! If anyone has any questions about my toon characters (such as Cordelia, Michael, Bunco, etc.), feel free to ask! They’ll be written answers, since I don���t have my computer at the moment.

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The end of the road is in sight, folks! For now, here is the next page of “Graveyard Gaffe”.