The Kid is still searching for modelling advice, but The Boss is more interested in discussing fantasy football, player selection and a rather unusual piece of headwear.
What begins as another conversation about life away from football soon produces a new commercial idea: the super-size beanie.
The Modelling Questions Continue
The Kid has not abandoned his ambition to become a successful model.
After hearing about footballers who built careers away from the pitch, he continues asking The Boss for advice. Unfortunately, The Boss is more interested in talking about football than clothes, photographs or commercial campaigns.
The two are having the same conversation for completely different reasons.
The Kid wants a modelling opportunity.
The Boss wants to discuss how players should be selected.
Fantasy Football Selection
The conversation turns towards fantasy football and the difficult task of choosing the right players.
The Kid is still playing the fantasy game and wants to know whether experienced football figures use any special methods when selecting their teams.
Form, fixtures, goals and assists should probably be the main considerations.
Appearance is not normally part of the calculation.
That does not stop The Kid from noticing a possible business opportunity.
The Super Size Beanie
A photograph of a particularly powerful footballer wearing an oversized beanie gives The Kid an idea.
With his own distinctive hairstyle, an ordinary hat is unlikely to fit. A super-size version, however, might solve the problem while also creating a completely new fashion product.
The Kid immediately begins imagining the commercial possibilities.
Whether supporters are waiting for giant football-inspired beanies is never established.
Football, Fashion and Personal Branding
The episode continues Chapter 2’s theme of footballers building identities beyond their performances on the pitch.
Players have long appeared in advertisements, fashion campaigns and sponsorship promotions. Their hairstyles, clothes and celebrations can become almost as recognisable as their football.
The Kid understands that distinctiveness can create opportunity.
His difficulty is deciding whether every idea deserves to become a product.
The Football Inspiration Behind the Comic
This strip draws on the growing relationship between professional football, fantasy games and player branding.
Fantasy managers judge players through points and performances, while advertisers often look for recognisable personalities and memorable appearances.
Storybook combines the two worlds by allowing a conversation about fantasy team selection to become an unlikely fashion proposal.
The result is less a business plan than another example of The Kid hearing precisely what he wants to hear.
Characters Featured
The Kid
The Kid remains determined to explore opportunities outside football. His unusual hairstyle presents a practical problem, but he quickly turns it into a possible commercial advantage.
The Boss
The Boss is attempting to discuss players, selection and football. He has not realised that The Kid is interpreting every comment as potential modelling advice.
The Super Size Beanie
Not yet a product and possibly never likely to become one, the super-size beanie is designed to accommodate football’s most ambitious hairstyles.
Behind the Gag
The humour comes from another misunderstanding between The Kid and The Boss.
The Boss is talking about selecting footballers.
The Kid is thinking about selling hats.
Once he sees an oversized player wearing a beanie, the idea appears obvious. His own famous hairstyle simply requires an even larger version.
The final warning suggests that somebody else has already experimented with the look—and did not consider it one of his better ideas.
Looking Back
Originally published in 2015, this episode continued The Kid’s brief fascination with fashion and modelling while bringing the Storybook narrative back towards fantasy football.
It also demonstrated how recurring visual jokes could become part of the wider series. The Kid’s oversized hair was not simply a character feature; it could shape entire conversations and create increasingly unlikely ideas.
The next Storybook episode leaves modelling behind and introduces a very different group of characters: the Cowboys.
