Home on the Strange

Home on the Strange

Many thanks to Ron Evry and Bruce Simon for permission to use art from one of their fine collections of J.R. Williams’ comics:  Hoo-Hah! Out Our Way – The Poetry of J. R. Williams

Original Art

 

 

Transcript:

Scene: Two cowboys riding their horses slowly by a pond. In the background two rabbits run in a field.

COWBOY #1 (sings): Home, home on the range! where the west is wild! and the sex is strange! Oh, if I had brains,I’d come home from the range…and sing soprano after a sex change!

COWBOY #2 (thinks): *

RABBIT #1 (thinks): **

CAPTION: *Thank God I’m too deaf to hear any of this!

CAPTION: **Run away! Run away!

Vintage Art: J.R. Williams New Dialogue: John Lustig
Art from Bruce Simon’s & Ron Evry’sbook:
Hoo-Hah! Out Our Way: The Poetry of J.R. Williams

The Poetry of J.R. Williams-0038

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Scene: Two cowboys riding their horses slowly by a pond. In the background two rabbits run in a field.

COWBOY #1 (sings): Home, home on the range! where the west is wild! and the sex is strange! Oh, if I had brains,I’d come home from the range...and sing soprano after a sex change!

COWBOY #2 (thinks): *

RABBIT #1 (thinks): **

CAPTION: *Thank God I’m too deaf to hear any of this!

CAPTION: **Run away! Run away!

Vintage Art: J.R. Williams New Dialogue: John Lustig
Art from Bruce Simon’s & Ron Evry’sbook:
Hoo-Hah! Out Our Way: The Poetry of J.R. Williams

The Poetry of J.R. Williams-0038


Black Friday

Black Friday

Pencils by Dick Giordano (with inks by either Giordano or Vince Colletta) from the story “Letter from Long Ago” in FIRST KISS #6, 1958.

 

 

 

Transcript:

WOMAN (talking to a man): My job? I’m a shopping consultant! I tell men what I like…and they buy it for me!

1958 Art: Dick Giordano & maybe Vince Colletta Color: Allen Freeman

Happy Black Friday
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WOMAN (talking to a man): My job? I’m a shopping consultant! I tell men what I like…and they buy it for me!

1958 Art: Dick Giordano & maybe Vince Colletta Color: Allen Freeman

Happy Black Friday
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Let’s Talk Turkey

Let’s Talk Turkey

The holidays are always tough. But this year’s Thanksgiving is a real turkey.
Many of us will be separated from family and friends. And that leaves a void no amount of stuffing can fill.
But I hope you’ll still be able to enjoy the day. More than that, I hope you experience hope and feel the love that the people in your life—whether they’re near or far—feel for you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thankful That I’m Not a (Real) Turkey,
John Lustig

 

 

 

Transcript:

Turkey: So… you’re stressed about Thanksgiving this year? Golly! Me too! Maybe we can form a support group…after dinner!

Photo: Jon Sailer Text: John Lustig

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Turkey: So... you’re stressed about Thanksgiving this year? Golly! Me too! Maybe we can form a support group...after dinner!

Photo: Jon Sailer Text: John Lustig



Breast Thanksgiving Ever!

Breast Thanksgiving Ever!

I’ll be posting a new Thanksgiving comic tomorrow. But today’s comic is a golden oldie from the ancient past—of 2014. Mike Pascale and I have teamed up on a lot of holiday gags over the years. This is one of my favorites.

 

Original Art & Dialogue

Artist Unknown. From the story “The Love that Failed” in FIRST KISS #25, 1962

 

 

SCENE: Pilgrim man talking to a Pilgrim woman who has her hand over her face in disbelief at what he’s saying.

PILGRIM MAN: But…you said to “grab a breast!”

PILGRIM WOMAN: I meant the turkey’s…not my sister’s!

1962 Artist Unknown Pilgrim Cosplay: Mike Pascale

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SCENE: Pilgrim man talking to a Pilgrim woman who has her hand over her face in disbelief at what he's saying.

PILGRIM MAN: But...you said to "grab a breast!"

PILGRIM WOMAN: I meant the Turkey's...not my sister's!

1962 Artist Unknown Pilgrim Cosplay: Mike Pascale

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Hounded

Hounded

Many thanks to Bruce Simon for permission to use art from his fine collection of early 20th Century dog cartoons: The Lady Who Used to Feed Him Moved Away: and other incredibly sad dog cartoons.*

Yes, they really are—incredibly sad dog comics. But they’re good & sad. (Or sad and good.) And they’re by some of the masters of that era’s cartoonists: J.R. Williams, Clare Briggs, H.T. Webster, and Edwina Dumm.

I’m hoping that someday Bruce will come out with a companion book: The Cat Ignored Them; and more tales of feline indifference.

*By the way, the book is listed on Amazon incorrectly by the title: The Lady Who Used to Feed Her Moved Away: and more unberarably sad dog cartoons

Original Art:

Art by H.T. Webster

 

↓ Transcript
Many thanks to Bruce Simon for permission to use art from his fine collection of early 20th Century dog cartoons:

The Lady Who Used to Feed Her Moved Away: and more unberarably sad dog cartoons

(Listed incorrectly by the title:

The Lady Who Used to Feed Her Moved Away: and more unberarably sad dog cartoons