Bonus Boy Billy: Behind the Curtain 1

 

One of the big appeals for me in doing this year's special as a play being put on by the characters was the idea of a BTS gag comic. That idea alone is what really propelled the entire narrative framing device. Here, we see Billy sometimes goes a bit overboard when preparing for a role. 

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