Laughing Boy Comics

Panel 1
NARRATOR
After the battle at Springfield…
LUKE DAY
Well, look who’s back. How’d it go?
DANIEL SHAYS
It was great! We really looked like we were going to pull it off.
Panel 2
LUKE DAY
But?
DANIEL SHAYS
But then that General Sheppard decided to USE the artillery in the armory! Can you believe that?
LUKE DAY
Sigh…
Panel 3
LUKE DAY
Hey, where are you going!?
DANIEL SHAYS
I’m gonna go hide in Vermont with Ethan Allen!
LUKE DAY
That guy’s crazy!
DANIEL SHAYS
I know! It’s perfect!
Panel 4
LUKE DAY
So we had a rebellion and got away with it, huh?
SOME GUY
Yep. They’re gonna reevaluate the tax issue and everything.
LUKE DAY
And no one is even being punished.
SOME GUY
Well, except John and Charlie. They’re getting hanged. But they sucked anyway.
Panel 5
NARRATOR
Meanwhile, in Congress…
CONGRESS GUY #1
Still think we don’t need a strong central government?
CONGRESS GUY #2
Okay. Maybe we should take another look at the Articles of Confederation. Maybe.
CONGRESS GUY #1
I’ll call a Constitutional Convention. Philly good for you?
Panel 6
NARRATOR
And that’s how Luke Day and Daniel Shays Rebellion helped spawn the U.S. Constitution by getting pissy about paying taxes.