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The Attack of the Spray Cans: a “Somewhere in Chicago” Story

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Nothing can get weirder somewhere in Chicago, or so we thought? The Vandal’s are on a mission to defeat Spray Can Monsters.

Image: Somewhere in Chicago Volume 12 black and white comic cover. Digital illustration shows a large spray can with viscous teeth attacking the streets with four smaller cans following it. Three vandals are fighting back while a small cat looks at the chaotic scene. Created by Buflo.
Image: Somewhere in Chicago Volume 12 black and white comic cover. Digital illustration shows a large spray can with viscous teeth attacking the streets with four smaller cans following it. Three vandals are fighting back while a small cat looks at the chaotic scene. Created by Buflo.
Image: Somewhere in Chicago Volume 12 black and white comic cover. Digital illustration shows a large spray can with viscous teeth attacking the streets with four smaller cans following it. Three vandals are fighting back while a small cat looks at the chaotic scene. Created by Buflo.
Image: A black and white illiustration depicts a spanish news anchor announcing breaking news, "Maria Gomez: Breaking News, we have a bizarre and alarming situation unfolding in downtown Chicago. What appears to be a twelve foot spray can followed by hundreds of normal sized cans seem to be equipped with metal bird like legs are terrorizing buildings and causing chaos to people on the street. We advise everyone to lock up and stay inside until we know why these cans are doing this." The vandal who is laying on a bed exclaims, "I gotta call the guys! They did say they were. painting downtown tonight!"
Image: A black and white birdseye image shows vandals overlooking the attack of a spray can onto vehicles. Six vandals question the motives of the attack, "Is that a big ass can destroying our city or am I tweaking?!" "That's definitely a big ass can destroying our city." "Where's all that rattling coming from?" "Where'd the mouth and bird feet come from?!" "I don't know man, but they do seem pissed off"
Image: Two black and white scenes show two vandals getting swarmed in by three spray can monsters and exclaiming, "Easy now, we're not tryna hurt you!" "Talking to them like cats ain't gonna work! We gotta jump off this roof!" and while they jump one of the vandals exclaims, "We need to call AK asap!"
Image: Four black and white scenes show GAD studios front facing view, AK screen printing t-shirts while answering the phone, "You need all the haze remover in the shop? You better pray this works!" and a vandal in another scene with three spray can monsters behind him speaks on the phone, "It's the only way! Meet me at the hideout asap!" and AK responds, "One last thing bro...kill em all."
Image: Black and white illustration shows AK driving a van up to three Vandals with a cat and two Cholo Sad Clowns announcing, "I made some one of a kind emulsion sprayers with mobility wires for you guys! This should finish em off!" and a Cholo Sad Clown holding onto a dog says, "We're here to help too foo, me and sleepy saw the noticias and came here right away!" and the other joins in, "Good thing I brought my botas eh?!" while kicking a can after having broken two with his kicks.
Image: Black and white digital illustration shows a spray can monster being attacked by the vandal who is spraying the emulsion and exclaiming, "These bungees got me feeling like Eren!" and the cholo sad clown responds, "He ain't ever fight no titan like this tho! Palabra!" and sleepy the cholo sad clown knocks out the spray cana monsters leg while yelling, "TOMA!"
Image: Black and white digital illustration shows a dead spray can monster taken down by two vandals and a cholo sad clown who celebrate the win, "We did it!" "Those cans ain't stand a chance against us!" "You saw how I broke this foos leg?! I said untz untz untz!" To be continued...

About the Artist: “Buflo” is a Latino graffiti artist who has been painting illegally for more than 10 years. Lately he channels his earliest memories of doing graffiti through short stories giving a glimpse on what one artist might go thru during painting a night in the south side of Chicago. 

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