Muffin Man

Feb22
on February 22, 2010
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And what a wonderful way to come back…  I was reminded by my editor that this works two ways as Jeff’s parents made their millions off the Bi-Cotton Rod.  I hadn’t even thought of that angle!  I like this strip as it also conveys the characters are sometimes quite innocent at their roots.

Every so often I hit a wave of creativity and I get a sudden burst of comic strip ideas.  As hinted in last Friday’s comic (it updated late, so check it out if you missed) the gang is getting sued now, so they’ll have to come up with some extra income to handle that.  Thus, they’ll all be getting part-time jobs very soon.  Bud and Robyn’s jobs won’t change but Lorraine and Jeff’s new jobs will be fun indeed.  As a tiny spoiler, Jeff ends up working at a Zoo.  Snow will be coming to 1977! No, not the snorting kind, the cold and wet kind.  I think there’s only ONE comic with snow in it, so we need to bring some Chicago snow into the picture.  Poco makes a glorious return with a new habit.  And Bud has to mow the lawn with a few surprises in that tiny story arc as well.  So, stay tooned!

In 1975, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart put out an album called “Bongo Fury” that was a mixture of studio and live performances. I’m not terribly familiar with Frank’s work except to note he was simultaneously a genius and a huge smart ass, and I love that in a person. I was one of those types that actually read the inner sleeves back in the day of record albums. I figured if I’m paying a week’s worth of earnings from mowing lawns, I’m damn well gonna read and look at every inch of the freakin’ album. Inside Warner Bros./Reprise releases, the album sleeves were often commercials for these sampler albums that you could buy a for a buck a record. On these little gems of albums were artists they were trying to spread the word via more popular artists (imagine a Frank Sinatra record buyer hearing a Frank Zappa track on one of these promo albums!) But on these albums were tracks by Frank, Beefheart and other up and coming artists like Fanny, along with odd tracks from the Beach Boys and others. Interesting marketing technique back in the day.

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