Trudy, wearing a backward pink cap, glasses, and a bar apron, proudly raises a martini glass topped with whipped cream. She smiles wide, saying she’s made a pumpkin spice martini, calling it “seasonal and classy” and “basically foreplay with whipped cream.” Rows of glowing bottles line the bar behind her. Morty the talking Necronomicon sits on the bar, his leather cover twisted into a grimacing face outlined by an eerie blue glow. He mutters that the “Jack-Off-Lantern” has wrapped his vines around Trudy, and complains that every Fall he shows up “like leaves dropping or white girls in scarves.” A bar patron sips from the pumpkin spice martini, commenting “It’s warm.” Trudy, smiling from behind the bar, answers “Yeah, because it’s fresh.” Morty scowls in the foreground, griping that the health inspector will want to know why the bar smells like “a gourd’s prostate.” In the corner, yellow text reads: “To be continued…”Promotional comic panel titled “Aftercare & Advertising” with three neon pink icons on a black background: a globe with a cursor, a Bluesky butterfly, and a Patreon P shape. Below each icon are links: clubpinktaco.com, profile/zombieroomie.com, and patreon.com/zombieroomie. At the bottom, small text reads: “You don’t need the bonus panel unless you’re after nudity. In that case, you definitely need the bonus panel.”

Transcript

Panel 1:
Trudy: Finally! A pumpkin spice martini! Now, that's seasonal and classy.
Trudy cont'd: It's basically foreplay with whipped cream.

Panel 2:
Morty: Oh great... the Jack-Off-Lantern's got his vines wrapped around you.
Morty cont'd: Every Fall, he shows up like leaves dropping or white girls in scarves.

Panel 3:
Bar patron: ...It's warm.
Trudy: Yeah. Because it's fresh.
Morty: Fantastic... Now the health inspector is gonna ask why the bar smells like a gourd's prostate.

Seasonal Spirits
Posted on September 26, 2025 by Club Pink Taco

Bonus panel for the NSFW tiers on my Patreon. Bonus panels are NSFW, but not needed to get the joke/etc. in the more SFW version.

This is picking up on something I did back in 2017 for Zombie Roomie. There's a pumpkin headed creature who the spice flows from...

I meant to get back to it several times, but the cast for ZR really didn't warrant it. I was talking with a friend about their love for the most basic of Fall flavors and I decided we needed to run this back.

So going back to the blurb from the previous strip... I think what I needed to do for Buffy's hair was to have it a little more wild. I'm not drastically changing the shape, but adding more strands/etc..

For Trudy, I'm still working on it. I think this version works enough for this short arc, but she's still got more effort to go before I'm happy.