Cover illustration for Chapter 173: Jump In The Line of The Beach Bears Story.

Drawn for me by  whitefire_nomura

A bit of an departure from what actually happens in the chapter. It was done at my direction, so, don't blame the artist. No, Birch did not call both Stan and Sam (although he might have earlier, then sent Star to convince Sam). But the picture does capture the essence of the chapter, that being the appeal to them to come on the cruise.