1977 goes Back to School!
Bud and Jeff are headed off to Illinois State University for a weekend of sex, drugs & rock and roll… for sure. Sit back and relax as they end up in the middle of ISU’s Rites of Spring concert weekend, plus Bud gets tempted to stay at ISU along the way. We’ll see how this all works out.
The inspiration for this story came from my days at ISU. The University put on a free concert at the end of the school year called the Rites of Spring. It was held on the weekend before finals, or thereabouts, as a way to give students a small break before cramming for exams and going home. For 5 years the concerts went off perfectly… until 1977. Yeah, we trashed the freakin’ place. Pissing in bushes, leaving trash every where plus drinking and smoking were rampant and in the end, the University had to spend $30,000 to repair the damage and clean the Quad (the grassy area where the concerts were staged). I was proud to be a student that year and to have contributed to the decadent lifestyles that ended the concerts forever. Today, I’m not really proud of my behavior, but hey, I was 20 and really drunk.
Say what you will about Chuck Berry, but he did make some great little pop tunes and today’s song not only fits the theme perfectly, it is one of my favorite songs from him. This and “No Particular Place to Go” are on my iTunes play list constantly despite the fact that they sound nearly identical.
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No. No they will not.
One page comic!
LOL! Yes, you caught I’m making fun of TV shows that tease viewers with a possible ending to the series. Like in the old TV show the “Fugitive” they would have teasers like “Will Richard Kimble find the one armed man?” Um, no, or the series would end. The castaways will not get off the island, the Robinsons will not find their way home in the Jupiter 2, etc., etc….
Comic books are guilty of the same thing. So, you’ve been teased… and of course you know the answer.
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to bad buds no longer suffering from the curse. i would to see what would happen when his girflfriend and future wife would see him transform. and how did she die? i future bud said his wife died
There are a *ton* of bread crumbs in the comic that point to what will happen in the future with out gang. Some are very obvious, others … not so much. I have the ending to 1977 already scripted. I’m not ready to end the comic yet, so it sits ready for the day I decide to toss in the towel.
But, unlike TV shows, I intend on presenting an ending instead of just leaving the characters hanging. It won’t be a dream sequence either.
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to bad we never get to see buds girlfriends face when he transforms into a woman, cause the devil took that curse away
Hmmm… you never know what may come back… perhaps in the next storyline…
I’m the king of doing teasers…
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Hang on, that’s not decadent! That was just badly behaved. Decadent would have been having a major – unexpected – party in the Dean of Admissions’ mansion 😛
Well, we had that party on the grass of the Quad instead… the Dean’s wife was very nice indeed…
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So you’re the one who started the original MILF meme, eh…
Hey, I love older women… wink, wink… nudge, nudge…
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Of course not, but he may be able to do both….School of Rock!!
My guys would eat Jack Black for lunch and smoke him that night…
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Nice retro cover. Very classic Marvel with the drama and angst.
Yes, I used Marvel specifically as an example for doing this cover. With the characters in the upper right corner (even snuck in the pot logo), the heavy shadows and the overly dramatic cover that really won’t match the interior action at all. Even got the logo behind Bud’s head like they do a lot.
Anyone notice that Bud has eyes now? I gave up the “Little Orphan Annie” eyes now that I’m doing more comic book style pages.
I noticed! I noticed! 😀
I Done Saved it. i plan of saving all of the new Comic Covers. Love it!
Thanks man! Best compliment a guy can get!
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All of the sudden I’m thinking of Alice Cooper’s appearance on the STAPLES commercial:
Little Girl: “I thought you said ‘School’s Out Forever’.”
Alice: “No, no, no…the song goes, ‘School’s Out for Summer’…nice try, though.”
In one version didn’t he say “You didn’t listen!” too? Strikes a memory chord or two for me …
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Incidentally, nice dynamic pose! John Romita would smile upon you.
I assume you mean Sr. but I’d take a nod from either Sr. or Jr.
JRJR got his start in 1977 and his father started drawing Spiderman dailies in 1977. This year rules the universe, yes?
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WOW…I did not know that! Spectacular!
Love it Byron! Neat new format, with the cover and 1-a-week full pagers… think it’s gonna be a fun ride.
#thanksdawn
Yeah, I’m diggin’ it too. We’ll see if I get bored with this any time soon. Thus far no…
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So what day will you be updating now?
(And, yes, I like the Marvel-style cover too. It would be interesting to see a DC-style cover as well — maybe one of the “Superdickery” ones… )
I’ll be updating on Mondays but will toss in some extra stuff from time to time. The extra stuff will not be story related, so the primary story will always update on Mondays.
I’m going to change my header to included the update schedule now.
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I love this cover! I t definitely has that 70’s comic book feel to it. 🙂
Thanks George and I’m lovin’ the beat up Santa in your Avatar…
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I love this cover! I t definitely has that 70’s comic book feel to it. 🙂
If I write a story about West and Susan child going to college wonder if I could include Bud and Jeff? I should remind you it is alternate 1977 deciding weather to have a Korean war caused by the 1976 popular tree incident. Four American soldiers were killed by North Korean soldiers as they attempted to cut down said tree eventually it was cut down in operation Paul Bunyan. Or the first orbital space mission an the prototype of a Boeing or Lockheed SST super sonic transport flight. The young soul may be named Marianne or Velma studying independent film studies, astrophysics, differential calculas, Pelaponnesian wars, zoology, economics and Tolstoy really book smart. Has red hair wears a helmet, leather jacket, gloves, leopard printed halter top pink denim hot pants, knee high biker boots riding a Curtiss Wright motorcycle. With a cute cheery ice cream smile but is flat chested just so Bud and Jeff won’t be staring as Velma tutors them wearing a flower printed dress talk about forlorn. Velma was to be sent to a sorority full of valley girls but is ad hac recruited as a frat mom. Even though Velma isn’t really a woman hemaphrodite at least to the valley girls it’s because of the way Velma dresses. Buddet would have an understanding friend and Jeff someone to make flat cheated jokes about. While regret doing so after having a spider down his pants having him scream like a little girl. Though Velma has the last laugh being a honor roll student and the spunk to worthy of any frat or sorority while Bud and Jeff just aren’t made for frosh week. Meanwhile with plunged grade points the valley girls are regretting teasing Velma’s fashion sense. Then again Velma may have the hots for ether Bud or Jeff Susan the mom had the hots for Taras. Velma could even be the college majorette or cheerleader and Bud and Jeff could teach her street smarts hopefully not ruining those important grade unless Bud and Jeff to be the dumbest students ever.