Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for January 23, 2010
January 17, 2010
January 24, 2010
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug's Super-Fun-Pak Comix Edited by Ruben Bolling Rick N' Nick Rick: Finally! We waited years for the TOP SPOT in Super-Fun-Pak Comix! Rick: It's a legendary spot and now it's all OURS! Rick: We worked so hard for this... Nick: We hope you enjoy us here. NEXT: Look for "RICK N' NICK" in their NEW position at SFPC - the fourth spot! Stupid, Stupid Comics For Morons Woman: Starr, we'll never outfly Murdor's fleet! Starr: We can if we hitch a ride with that comet! Starr: Robot, grab its tail! Brilliant Art For INtellectuals Starr: We can if we hitch a ride with that comet! Woman: Starr, we'll never outfly Murdor's fleet! The Ghost Of James Caan James Caan: Elliott Gould! Wake up! Elliott Gould: Yaa! It's the ghost of James Caan! Elliott Gould: Wait...isn't James Caan ALIVE?! James Caan: Yes, he'd like his Marvin Gaye CD back... Elliott Gould: Oh, okay. I'll bring it to Dyan's Friday. Percival Dunwoody, Idiot Time Traveler From 1909 Percival: I have come from the year 1909 to warn you of a terrible danger! Percival: A horrific steamship collision in Long Island Sound in 1907! Man: Uh, you traveled FORWARD in time! Percival: I just thought you might be interested. How to Draw DOUG Part I 1 Draw Doug's mother 2 Draw Doug's father 3 Draw cocktail glasses 4 Draw bed 5 Add dialogue Mother: oh my god! Last night, did we...? Man: Um, I gotta go, lady. 6 And there you have little Doug! Next - Part II: finishing up. Drawing Doug's schools, dunce caps and pimples
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mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
Nice homage to Groening in style and content.
Grover Premium Member over 14 years ago
I’ve always wondered about Doug’s family. I have a feeling there is a deep and profound story there, of which we have read only the beginning!
jnik23260 over 14 years ago
Nice homage to Conan O’Brien with Rick ‘n’ Nick.
tototiti over 14 years ago
Not-so-nice homage to Roy Liechtenstein?
BigDanG over 14 years ago
@jnik23260: I thought it was a homage to the Democrats, who squandered their supermajority in the Senate for a full year.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
I don’t know that “Rick n’ Nick” is supposed to be a topical reference, just an inside-baseball joke about the politics of the comics page. Bolling often uses “Super-Fun-Pack” for things like that. I could be wrong, though.
The “Stupid, Stupid Comics”/”Brilliant Art” pairing certainly is meant to bring Liechtenstein to mind, but I don’t think it’s a dig at him, particularly. I remember a dialy strip from a few years back (it might have been “Calvin and Hobbes”, which would make it QUITE a few years) along these lines:
“Comic strips?” “Low Art. Trashy pabulum for mass consumption.”
“Paintings of characters from those comic strips?” “High Art. Ironic reappropriation of iconic images in a context which invites sophisticated evaluation.”
“Comic strip characters talking about those paintings?” “Low Art. Sophomoric self-reference by and for the benefit of the too-clever-by-half.”
On second thought, I think “Rick ‘n Nick” really is about (or at least inspired by) Conan…