The Lost Fred the Clown strip

When I was doing Fred the Clown as a weekly web strip, I was usually never more than a week ahead. Consequently, I had a "buffer" strip standing by in case things got on top of me and I didn't have time to do the strip. The fact that my buffer strip was this kind of disturbing one probably kept me from ever needing to use it - although I kind of like it now more than I did at the time.