NASTY NOCTURNE

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NASTY NOCTURNE
Nasty Rabbit accidentally knocks out The Great Bolloni before a performance, and is enlisted to pose as the great conductor, and do the show in his place. After Nasty figures out what kind of act he's part of, he leads an orchestra and choral ensemble through songs like "Godzilla" and "Won't Get Fooled Again," and ultimately causes a riot for which every musician on stage is arrested.

Nasty Nocturne is the second of two Nasty Rabbit episodes written entirely in rhyming quatrains (see: Nasty's Pain).



"It's ["Nasty's Pain"] totally an homage to Bill Watterson, and his sort of bonus rhyming story at the beginning of The Essential Calvin and Hobbes. I used a shorter format, though. It wasn't until long after I did the second one, "A Nasty Nocturne," that I realized Bill Watterson's was called "A Nauseous Nocturne!" I inadvertently ripped off the title, with my poor memory."



Nasty Nocturne is one of three Nasty Rabbit episodes infamously lost in a hard drive crash before they could be published.

See also:

Hare Net

Supervisor of the Flies

In August of 2015, it was announced that "reference photocopies" for all three episodes had been found, with some final panels - from Nasty Nocturne - also found. Former Brothers has said it will be possible to reconstruct and restore all three for future release.