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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Buttercup Festival by David Troupes</TITLE> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <link rel=shortcuticon href="favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="bfstyle.css" TYPE="text/css"> </HEAD> <table BORDER=0 class=bftable cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><tr> <td width=40 valign=top></td> <td valign=top colspan=3> <div class=bfheader>Buttercup Festival</div> by David Troupes <div class=poemnote>You're just in time for euphoria. New comics every Monday.</div> <a href=https://www.patreon.com/buttercupfestival>Patreon</A> • <a href=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564481643505>Facebook</A> • <a href=https://buttercupfestival.tumblr.com/>Tumblr</A> • <a href=https://bsky.app/profile/buttercupfestival.bsky.social>Bluesky</a> • <a href=https://www.instagram.com/buttercupfestival/>Instagram</A> • <a href=https://www.threads.net/@buttercupfestival?xmt=AQGz-S9gIlPYjDV6jRoFDWBXRXk6x1Yjco65YZWfvBLTquQ>Threads</A> • <a href=https://buttercupfestival.tumblr.com/rss>RSS</a> &nbsp Latest on Patreon April 26th: <a href=https://www.patreon.com/posts/watercolor-and-127528165>Watercolor and gouache spring sketchbook</A> Mar 30th: <a href=https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poem-sound-125551809>New poem: The Sound</a> Mar 25th: <a href=https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-guinea-fowl-125181244>More guinea fowl</a> ORIGINAL COMIC ART SALE: BETTER THAN 50% OFF! <a href=originals.htm>Click here for details.</a> <center> <img src=3-325.png srcset="3-325_2x.png 2x"> <a href=2-1.htm><img src=first.png border=0></A> . . . <a href=3-324.htm><img src=previous.png border=0></a> . . . 3-325 <a href=originals.htm><img src=buytheoriginal.png border=0></a> / <a href=https://topatoco.com/products/bf-comic-prints?comic_id=3-325><img border=0 src=buythisprint.png></a> </center> </td></tr> <td width=40 valign=top></td> <td valign=top width=480> <div class=bfheader>Welcome!</div> April 21st, 2025 Spring art sale: For the rest of April all originals up to number 3-300 are on sale for $40 instead of the usual $100! This includes everything from Series 2. If a "Buy the original" button is there below the strip, the original is still available, and you can just send me a quick email (see bottom of this webpage) to call dibs. Add to your BF collection -- or begin one! Feb 24th, 2025 Have you thought about <a href=https://www.patreon.com/buttercupfestival>signing up to support Buttercup Festival on Patreon</A>? For just $2 a month you can get every comic a week early, and you'll be helping to keep the many birds and unkind squirrels who live near me well supplied with seed. Feb 3rd, 2025 I am spending as much time as possible standing on frozen lakes right now. Just standing there, soaking up the strangeness and the cold. Dec 30th, 2024 The same day I drew this strip my wife went out and bought a set of spoons, so the joke is on me I guess. Dec 2nd, 2024 Way back in 2003 I produced a mini-comic called <a href=https://www.patreon.com/posts/island-people-go-117012167>An Island People Go To</A> starring the Buttercup Festival guy, with less funny than whimsy, full of landscapes drawn from photos of my early adventures in the English Lake District. The paper copies sold out two decades ago, but a scan of my own copy <a href=https://www.patreon.com/posts/island-people-go-117012167>is now available on Patreon</A> in PDF format, either as a bonus post for the mid- and top-tier supporters, or as a one-time purchase. Nov 25th, 2024 If you'd like to give the gift of Buttercup Festival this holiday season, you can <a href=https://topatoco.com/products/bf-comic-prints?_pos=1&_psq=buttercup+festival&_ss=e&_v=1.0>use this link</A> to buy a print of any Series 2 or 3 comic. The links below comics aren't working at the moment, and will take you to a page that says the prints are unavaialble -- but it's a dirty rotten lie and don't you believe it. Just <a href=https://topatoco.com/products/bf-comic-prints?_pos=1&_psq=buttercup+festival&_ss=e&_v=1.0>use this link</A> and manually enter the number or URL of the comic you want. You can also give <a href=https://www.patreon.com/buttercupfestival/gift>a gift Patreon subscription</a>, granting your buddy or beloved or whatever the enjoyment of recieving Buttercup Festival a week early. Thanks for the support, all. Other <a href=about.htm>About</a>, <a href=poetry.htm>Poetry</a>, <a href=sketchbook6.htm>Sketchbook</A>, <a href=readerstuff.htm>Reader Stuff</a>, <a href=oldnews.htm>Old News</a> Series 3 archive <a href=3-1.htm>1</a> <a href=3-2.htm>2</a> <a href=3-3.htm>3</a> <a href=3-4.htm>4</a> <a href=3-5.htm>5</a> <a href=3-6.htm>6</a> <a href=3-7.htm>7</a> <a href=3-8.htm>8</a> <a href=3-9.htm>9</a> <a href=3-10.htm>10</a> <a href=3-11.htm>11</a> <a href=3-12.htm>12</a> <a href=3-13.htm>13</a> <a href=3-14.htm>14</a> <a href=3-15.htm>15</a> <a href=3-16.htm>16</a> <a href=3-17.htm>17</a> <a href=3-18.htm>18</a> <a href=3-19.htm>19</a> <a href=3-20.htm>20</a> <a href=3-21.htm>21</a> <a href=3-22.htm>22</a> <a href=3-23.htm>23</a> <a href=3-24.htm>24</a> <a href=3-25.htm>25</a> <a href=3-26.htm>26</a> <a href=3-27.htm>27</a> <a href=3-28.htm>28</a> <a href=3-29.htm>29</a> <a href=3-30.htm>30</a> <a href=3-31.htm>31</a> <a href=3-32.htm>32</a> <a href=3-33.htm>33</a> <a href=3-34.htm>34</a> <a 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It has its own totally obsolete <a href=buttercupfestival.htm>front page</A>, or you can skip right to the <a href=archive.htm>archive</a>. Searching for a particular strip? Use Glen's wondrous <a href=http://glench.com/misc/buttercup_festival.html>searchable transcription</a>. From the same bygone era: <a href=green/index.htm>Green Evening Stories</A>. Friends, artists, comics <a href=http://www.birdandmoon.com>Bird and Moon</A>, <a href=http://www.catandgirl.com>Cat and Girl</a>, <a href=http://www.qwantz.com>Dinosaur Comics</a>, <a href=https://elsiehooper.com>Elsie Hooper</a>, <a href=http://www.geekstudies.org>Geek Studies</a>, <a href=http://harkavagrant.com>Hark! A Vagrant</a>, <a href=http://www.lauriehastings.com>Laurie Hastings</a>, <a href=http://loveamongthelampreys.com>Love Among the Lampreys</A>, <a href=http://www.etsy.com/shop/geschichtenvonkat>Kate Herron</a>, <a href=http://www.overcompensating.com/>Overcompensating</a>, <a href=http://www.joelrust.com>Joel Rust</a>, <a href=http://www.xkcd.com>xkcd</a> <img src=smallbird1.png> <img src=email.png> <div class=bfsmall>All pages © David Troupes</div> </td> <td width=20></td> <td width=260 valign=top> <center> <div class=bfheader>Prints!</div> <a href=https://topatoco.com/products/bf-comic-prints?_pos=1&_psq=buttercup+festival&_ss=e&_v=1.0><img src=printsmall.png border=0></a> </center> Prints are an affordable way to put a little Festival on your wall while supporting the comic. Just use the button below the strip you want, or <a href=https://topatoco.com/products/bf-comic-prints?_pos=1&_psq=buttercup+festival&_ss=e&_v=1.0>follow this link</A> and fill in the strip number. </td> </tr></table> </body></html>