'The Meeting' or 'Have a Nice Day, Mr Horse'

The next morning, Stan, Mabel, Roady, Bobby and Roberta met a horse called Houston.
He was carrying a bassoon.

Not a lot of people know that this illustration was loosely based on this which was inspired by this which was influenced by this.

Stan and Mabel escape

"I've got an idea," said Mabel. "Quick, let's go. And bring that banjo of yours..."

Stan and Mabel going places

A revisit to a sequence of illustrations from 'Stan and Mabel' where Stan and Mabel and their new found musical friends catch a flight to Milan before their nerve wracking performance at the world renowned La Scala.

Then they all took a short taxi trip to the bus station...

caught a bus to the train station...

took a train to the airport...

and got on a plane to Italy.