FRANK DRAWS TO A INSIDE STRAIGHT

This is why Frank is always in trouble, this is why Frank only has five lives left. You never, ever, draw to a inside straight. But here he is at the “Card Shark Gaming Parlor” about to make another bad bet, like that time he thought he could outrun that Rottweiler.

This chapter of “The Adventures of Frank” was painted by local Santa Cruz artguy, Vern Scharf, with finest French acrylics and protected for the ages with several coats of glossy varnish, making it a bet that this story will have at least nine lives.