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Tasli wants a soda. Let's see if he's successful...

Tasli puts the coin in the slot and presses a button.
The machine fails to dispense a soda.

TASLI: "For crying out loud---where's my soda!?"

[Tasli jams his arm into the dispenser]

TASLI (to self): "I'll just reach in and pull it out! ...Gah! My hand's stuck!"

[Tasli notices some adults happening by]

TASLI (to self): "Ah! Here come some grown-ups---they'll help me!"

[a crowd forms around Tasli; the crowd takes advantage of the situation, camera-phones in hand)

TASLI (irritated; to self): "...Or not"

FURRY: "Selfie with the Cola Kid!"

FURRY2: "C'mon, kid---say something funny! (this'll get so many views!)"

FURRY3: "This is clearly a consequence of global warming!"

Hm... I think 'Furry2' is the Acesexual Fox (formerly knows as the 'Asexual Fox'). Interesting. :3

Anyway, I'm sure Tasli will be rescued soon ...that or he'll simply let go of the soda (which will make his hand 'smaller' so he can free himself). Time will tell. :3

Pencil...

The featured pencil is a long-ferruled specimen from the early 20th century. It's fairly unique for most pencils of its time in that it has a square barrel (an enlarged image of the pencil barrel is shown in the lower-right of the comic).
Square-barrel pencils are known as '*boxy' pencils---I've never before seen such an early example of a boxy pencil as this.

*I'm aware of the Japanese 'Boxy' pencil by Mitsu-Bishi. They patented the square pencil barrel, though clearly they didn't invent it. :3

The pencil is advertising a product called 'Chero Cola'. Chero Cola has an interesting story,

"The pharmacist who invented Chero-Cola was Claud A. Hatcher of Columbus, Georgia. In 1905, he developed his first concoction – a ginger ale which he called “Royal Crown” – and went into business as “Union Bottle Works.” In 1910, he jumped on the cola bandwagon with a cherry-flavored version called Chero-Cola, which was successful enough by 1912 to become the new name of the company. Coca-Cola eventually responded to the competitive threat by successfully claiming trademark infringement, forcing Chero-Cola to drop “cola” from its name in the early 1920s, contributing to the beverage’s market decline and the company’s eventual discontinuance of it. However, Hatcher bounced back in 1924 with a fruit-flavored brand called Nehi and changed the name of his company to Nehi Corporation. In 1934, Nehi entered the cola market again with Royal Crown Cola, which eventually became the company’s flagship brand."

SOURCE: aths.org/chero-cola-story/

In light of the story, this pencil has 'Cola' in its name, so it's around 100 years old. :3

Before buying this pencil, I had my choice between it or a pencil advertising 'Namar Beer' from Cooper Brewing Co (a brewery that was in existence for only a couple years or so).
The latter ...is perhaps somewhat more valuable (maybe?), but this boxy pencil was more interesting to me, and certainly easier to feature with my (mostly) family-friendly quickies. :3

Description
Tasli wants a soda. Let's see if he's successful...

Tasli puts the coin in the slot and presses a button.
The machine fails to dispense a soda.

TASLI: "For crying out loud---where's my soda!?"

[Tasli jams his arm into the dispenser]

TASLI (to self): "I'll just reach in and pull it out! ...Gah! My hand's stuck!"

[Tasli notices some adults happening by]

TASLI (to self): "Ah! Here come some grown-ups---they'll help me!"

[a crowd forms around Tasli; the crowd takes advantage of the situation, camera-phones in hand)

TASLI (irritated; to self): "...Or not"

FURRY: "Selfie with the Cola Kid!"

FURRY2: "C'mon, kid---say something funny! (this'll get so many views!)"

FURRY3: "This is clearly a consequence of global warming!"

Hm... I think 'Furry2' is the Acesexual Fox (formerly knows as the 'Asexual Fox'). Interesting. :3

Anyway, I'm sure Tasli will be rescued soon ...that or he'll simply let go of the soda (which will make his hand 'smaller' so he can free himself). Time will tell. :3

Pencil...

The featured pencil is a long-ferruled specimen from the early 20th century. It's fairly unique for most pencils of its time in that it has a square barrel (an enlarged image of the pencil barrel is shown in the lower-right of the comic).
Square-barrel pencils are known as '*boxy' pencils---I've never before seen such an early example of a boxy pencil as this.

*I'm aware of the Japanese 'Boxy' pencil by Mitsu-Bishi. They patented the square pencil barrel, though clearly they didn't invent it. :3

The pencil is advertising a product called 'Chero Cola'. Chero Cola has an interesting story,

"The pharmacist who invented Chero-Cola was Claud A. Hatcher of Columbus, Georgia. In 1905, he developed his first concoction – a ginger ale which he called “Royal Crown” – and went into business as “Union Bottle Works.” In 1910, he jumped on the cola bandwagon with a cherry-flavored version called Chero-Cola, which was successful enough by 1912 to become the new name of the company. Coca-Cola eventually responded to the competitive threat by successfully claiming trademark infringement, forcing Chero-Cola to drop “cola” from its name in the early 1920s, contributing to the beverage’s market decline and the company’s eventual discontinuance of it. However, Hatcher bounced back in 1924 with a fruit-flavored brand called Nehi and changed the name of his company to Nehi Corporation. In 1934, Nehi entered the cola market again with Royal Crown Cola, which eventually became the company’s flagship brand."

SOURCE: aths.org/chero-cola-story/

In light of the story, this pencil has 'Cola' in its name, so it's around 100 years old. :3

Before buying this pencil, I had my choice between it or a pencil advertising 'Namar Beer' from Cooper Brewing Co (a brewery that was in existence for only a couple years or so).
The latter ...is perhaps somewhat more valuable (maybe?), but this boxy pencil was more interesting to me, and certainly easier to feature with my (mostly) family-friendly quickies. :3