Thirteenth in a continuing series of fine Disney fanart drawings by Bob Ito
<ito@[...]>.

"Belle a Bill!" (391x595x2, 6440 bytes) is sort of a sequel drawing, if 
drawings could have sequels like movies.  :-)  One of Bob's earlier
drawings, "Belle at Bat" (bellebat.gif) was inspired by a whimsical "news
flash" post to rec.arts.disney that Bob wrote about Belle getting drafted
by the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team.  Jeff Wilson
<jdwilson@[...]> wrote a followup "scoop" claiming that Belle 
subsequently deserted the Dodgers to play American-rules football for the 
NFL's Buffalo Bills.  Bob is not one to let a good idea go unexploited, so 
here's Disney's heroine showing what she can do on the gridiron.  :-)

Now, these "news" articles and drawings may answer questions about Belle's
career now that she's done with BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, but they raise some
questions of their own:

--Why is Belle wearing jersey # 99 if she's a place-kicker?

--Where is her protective gear?  Or does she expect the Beast in the defensive
line, so she wouldn't need any?  (Hey, he can turn Walter "The Refrigerator"
Payton into an ice cube tray in no time flat!)

And, most important of all:

--Why in the world would she choose to play for the team that's LOST FOUR
SUPER BOWLS IN A ROW?!?  (Heck, the Bills *need* Beast in their defensive
line! :-)

This image will be available shortly via anonymous ftp from cco.caltech.edu 
(131.215.139.20, 131.215.6.9), /pub/disney/images/ito/, where previously 
posted drawings reside.  Don't try to ftp there now, though; cco has 
suffered a serious system crash and is DOWN.  They're also available via 
the World Wide Web, on http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dacut/fdc.html.  
Contact the archive maintainer, David Cuthbert <dacut@[...]> for more 
details, and Bob <ito@[...]> for comments and queries on the
drawings.  Please ftp during off-peak hours if possible (4am-11am PST,
GMT -0800).

I am cross-posting this image directly to r.a.d and r.a.a because it is
very small--roughly the size of a long regular post.  If you feel
this is a problem, please let me know.

I've also posted Jeff's original article to rec.arts.disney separately, in
case you're curious about it and would like to get a laugh or two out of it.
:-)

If you would like to receive scans of future drawings as they become
available (whenever Bob feels like doing 'em, and I get around to scanning
and posting 'em :-) please drop me a line and I'll add you to the distribution
list.  Those of you already on the mailing list will get a copy of Jeff's 
article under separate cover.