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Ghost Rider Budget Cuts

Single-panel comic about the Ghost Rider sequel's budget cuts. Ghost Rider yells AW C'MON at a tiny flaming tricycle with pink tassels while a crew member hands him an orange wig, explaining there is no budget for a flaming head past the opening credits, and the studio brass deliberately waited until Nic Cage was on set to tell him.
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Single panel. Ghost Rider stands in the desert beside a tiny flaming tricycle with pink handlebar tassels and yells: "AW C'MON!!!" From off panel, a crew member holds out an orange wig and a clapboard: "Here's your wig Mr. Cage. We dont' have a budget for a flaming head past the opening credits." Caption: "To get a second Ghost Rider film approved, budget cuts had to be made..." Second caption: "(The brass thought It'd be a good idea NOT to tell Nic Cage until he got on set.)"