Busker: Give A Street Musician An Octopus, And He’ll Eat For A Month

By Mrstrongest @mrstrongarm

Back in the 90s, I did a comic strip about a little street musician named Busker. You
can read more about the strip in this previous post.

Most of Busker’s adventures took place on a street corner, but sometimes he ranged further afield.

I got the idea for this strip after reading about how fans throw octopi onto the ice at hockey games. Here, they take it a step or two further, but that’s OK with Busker.

street musician Busker with saxophone walks past sign saying musician needed to play national anthem at hockey rink

street musician Busker playing national anthem at hockey game, someone throws fish onto ice

street musician Busker playing national anthem at hockey game, fans throw more fish onto ice

street musician Busker playing national anthem at hockey game, fans throw fish, octopus, swordfish, lobster, shark, penguin, jelly fish onto ice

street musician Busker walking off hockey rink ice pulling wagon filled with fish, he's hungry reading book of seafood recipes

Busker goes back to my pre-computer days. The strips usually ran 5-6 panels, but the feature was always published as a large single panel with two rows. Here’s what the original looked like in all its hand-drawn, hand-lettered glory.

I count 8 different kinds of “seafood” in the wagon: fish, swordfish, shark, seal, lobster, octopus, jelly fish, penguin. Which explains why I never order the deluxe fisherman’s platter in restaurants… : P