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Description Of no relation to the Valley Bandit ).

Bartow Laughingbones was once a proud member of the Seaside Bandits, but left after a dispute over the group's mission statement and set himself up in the mountain pass to do solo work. Though he lives off the road, hidden in the mountain wood, he spends the majority of his time loitering on the path where he waits for travelers and merchants to pass by. There is no local law enforcement in those parts, so he is mostly unhindered in his work except when dealing with escorts and bounty hunters. When traffic is low, he cuts down bears and eats them.

Bartow is a large man, weighing roughly 300 pounds and standing at a little over 7 feet tall. He primarily targets travelers with consumer goods, taking food, drink, and materials needed for maintaining his home. Money is useless where he lives, so he has no use for it. Despite his violent disposition, Bartow is a lover of women (or, more appropriately, is favorably biased towards them) and will often let them pass unharmed after exchanging a few words and maybe asking for some food (of which he is also a lover).

Well, that's about everything of interest.

It was fun drawing Bartow's face (he actually looked like Kittan for a while before I changed his hair), and the sunset was an amusing experience as well. Went back to alpha based shading for this one - hadn't done that for a while. Haven't also uploaded two deviations in a week for a while.

Made in Flash

EDIT: It seems like a number of people are inquiring about the axe, so I guess I'll address the issue regardless of how obscure it is (see how much I cater to you guys?). Bartow's axe is a double edged axe he uses to cut things. It is sharp and heavy and dangerous to everything. He got it from an axe store. There, I hope that sates your hunger for trivia.

Oh, and its name is Pretty Betty and it used to be a normal axe until he mugged a wizard (I think) who, upon learning of Bartow's weakness for women, turned his axe into a girl in hopes of rendering Bartow's aggression useless. But as an axe, Pretty Betty was quite encouraging, and things ended poorly for said wizard. Now Pretty Betty keeps Bartow company when nothing is happening, and they enjoy crude jokes together and discussing life and food.
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Comments: 540

SlishSlash7 [2014-10-13 04:28:43 +0000 UTC]

i like the style

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masterofsteam [2014-01-12 00:56:36 +0000 UTC]

Randomness. Randomness everywhere.

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FUX-art In reply to masterofsteam [2015-10-25 06:04:59 +0000 UTC]

wtf

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VexMageworks [2013-09-21 02:04:14 +0000 UTC]

haha I love the face he is giving while swinging the axe. I give props on the entertaining work good job!

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Shadow-Stone [2013-06-13 21:19:35 +0000 UTC]

Nice!!

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TheToonDevil [2012-07-29 05:47:48 +0000 UTC]

lol, never seen that before. XD

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Kabal-monk [2012-03-16 23:53:35 +0000 UTC]

XD She kinda always knew she'd end up his Axe Girlfriend....

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Purplestar31 [2011-05-13 20:48:35 +0000 UTC]

dis reminds me of Elemental Gelade

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first2fall [2010-09-16 21:04:57 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me an awful lot of those Fire Emblem mountain bandits.

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sonic12399 [2010-08-17 21:25:55 +0000 UTC]

This art....just defined win.

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DesuBaba [2010-08-05 18:02:23 +0000 UTC]

Loli Axe=mad damage, stats top tier.

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MaxHD2490 [2010-07-30 00:49:22 +0000 UTC]

Pretty betty is the axe? Ok I don't want to get hit by Pretty betty

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JohnSu In reply to MaxHD2490 [2010-08-03 01:20:10 +0000 UTC]

because that would hurt your feelings!

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TurtleSage [2010-03-03 09:23:57 +0000 UTC]

The axe is brilliance.

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RobZenoth17 [2010-02-03 02:46:48 +0000 UTC]

haha niceness. that sounds like it would be a nice, interestingly funny short manga and/or anime.

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greysmoke321 [2010-01-10 23:25:14 +0000 UTC]

i love the drawing lines and coloring. His battle ax is so cute...

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GTHunt [2010-01-09 21:32:57 +0000 UTC]

You have been mislead sir, that is clearly Race from Johnny Quest with a new found fetish for killer lolitas.

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p3rsh1ng [2009-11-29 09:09:18 +0000 UTC]

this is definately totally random

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redcarstudios [2009-10-09 05:27:30 +0000 UTC]

This is a fun little bit of awesome. XD I love the axe!

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Toxicbob2000 [2009-10-03 20:42:43 +0000 UTC]

You're a creative fellow! The axe bit...wow. That's great!

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Magran [2009-09-12 04:41:44 +0000 UTC]

Love the story behind the axe, hilarious stuff!

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dragon-mist [2009-09-10 20:07:18 +0000 UTC]

that axe is friggin' hilarious

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shigemitsubaki [2009-09-10 16:39:23 +0000 UTC]

crap, I saved this months ago, and I forgot to fav.
Still makes me laugh everytime I see it. Truly a highwayman's best friend is... his axe.

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neveraskwhy [2009-08-20 14:53:57 +0000 UTC]

make fun of his axe and itll be the last thing u see as it penetrates ur skull

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masHugac [2009-08-19 06:34:06 +0000 UTC]

Thats cute XD

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Venthor78 [2009-08-15 10:44:02 +0000 UTC]

haha XD there's cute little thing, haha

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Tulsatrash [2009-08-03 19:26:08 +0000 UTC]

a 7 foot tall ax wielding highwayman.

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apeman505 [2009-07-05 18:31:30 +0000 UTC]

That is one cool axe..... I can't help comment on it!

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Bearberrygirl [2009-06-29 02:02:56 +0000 UTC]

awesome axe lol

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xenblade [2009-06-23 02:11:38 +0000 UTC]

HA! You have my admiration and quite a bit of skill good sir. I tip my non-existant-invisible-fedora to you sir! I love the axe way too much than any person should. XD

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redkintoba [2009-06-21 00:22:52 +0000 UTC]

A clever combination, poor, poor wizard....*snicker*

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Atomic-Bubblegum [2009-05-31 22:03:11 +0000 UTC]

Epic ax.

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Nebelstern [2009-05-18 11:49:41 +0000 UTC]

aww man, 'c mon!

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melllic [2009-04-29 04:19:20 +0000 UTC]

Haaha, Nice. Always full of interesting stories. ^_^

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SatansBestBuddy666 [2009-04-25 12:40:21 +0000 UTC]

Why do I get the feeling that, if these two ever stared in their own comic, I'd wind up reading every single page?

Oh, right, cause I would.

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ghijaholic [2009-04-14 01:49:09 +0000 UTC]

you are disgustingly creative.
i am amassing idea for me to make into a movie and/or tv show similar to "Alfred Hitchcock presents..."
this idea and Otoshimono would do nicely for a combined episode.
i will contact you in the future when i become famous.

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JohnSu In reply to ghijaholic [2009-04-15 00:43:03 +0000 UTC]

yeay~

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arcadian-knight [2009-04-13 16:11:58 +0000 UTC]

I want to be this man's friend! He sounds awesome!

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giantflyingradish [2009-04-02 03:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely nothing should come between a man and his axe. It's the greatest friend someone could ask for.

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lil-nega-nin-chan [2009-03-30 05:21:13 +0000 UTC]

which ones the mountain bandit lol

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Keikuina [2009-03-30 00:00:01 +0000 UTC]

I like his axe

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Demon-Chic0666 [2009-03-13 05:27:25 +0000 UTC]

Wow that pretty amazing that axe is slightly disturbing though...

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tri-edge64 [2009-03-12 02:15:36 +0000 UTC]

The Moe-Axe.
The 300 pound bandit who looks less then that.
The story begins when he first got himself a knife. he then killed his family and stole food from the dead people. he found out that he could steal after shortly after kindly asking for some apples. he then got his ass-kicked by a samurai girl and then a panty shot! he loved to look at it everyday but he couldn't. so every time a woman came by. he make them show there panties and then a wizard came and started talking shit about how his life was old fashioned. the wizard died from aids and he stole the Moe-Axe. he named the axe bob but later changed it to Pretty Betty. Pretty Betty was a fun thing to hang around with jokes and life. they soon started living somewhere in there moms basement and lived in the mountains instead. the two started to kill people for food and supply. money wasn't important for he needed more then that. he needed gold. he soon had sex with his axe and baby hatchets came out.

Fin~ c:

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InpuUpUaut [2009-03-03 00:18:50 +0000 UTC]

I have never seen an axe so cute as this one...

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DreamScenario [2009-03-02 14:08:48 +0000 UTC]

That is the best axe EVER!!!

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6-Qubed [2009-02-26 06:51:04 +0000 UTC]

The perfect girlfriend...

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Specter-Von-Baren [2009-02-21 05:11:20 +0000 UTC]

It's interesting how many people say that this would make a great series. Starting up with following some merchants coming by and Bartow doing his thing followed by Betty cheering him on and them sorta weirding the travelers out before we get some sort of break down fight perhaps afterward while Bartow is checking his spoils we get an explanation of what's going on.

And then the next couple episodes would just be Bartow meeting and dealing with random travelers of different sizes and shapes as well as some of his more menial work.

Then it would start off with some sort of arcing storyline that would get set off by some traveler doing something to Bartow, or someone from his past that he then proceeds to chase for whatever reason, or maybe the Seaside Bandits come for revenge and he's forced to move on to new pastures and goes through various cities causing trouble and maybe helping people.

Add to this funny jokes and weird dialog between a man and an axe and you really would have a pretty good series.

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JohnSu In reply to Specter-Von-Baren [2009-02-23 07:06:43 +0000 UTC]

And every week we will have him fight a new monster!

Yes, you are totally onto something there. You are sitting on a gold mine, my friend.

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miasaka [2009-02-19 22:49:07 +0000 UTC]

That is what I love about your works. It's so dramatic looking until you notice something is intercepting the image.

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BlackMorass [2009-02-04 08:03:18 +0000 UTC]

So much awesome~ I love this

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