Oh my God! Lorraine’s gone blonde!  I would suspect not for long… we’ll see.  Hang on to your ass, Mr. Bergstrom, there is nothing worse than a woman scorned…

Enjoyed this one too much as I went nuts fixing this and that and in general spent too much time in the “sketch” mode.  Getting the curves right on the women folk is not as easy as one might think.  Guys are easy, women are hard… hey, that’s true in life in general!  We comic artists should write books…

“Blonde On Blonde” is an album from 1966 by Bob Dylan.  It is regarded as one of the more influential albums in rock and roll as it solidified Dylan’s transition from acoustic folk singer to an “electric” sound.  Many hard core fans of Dylan’s folk music thought he’d sold out, but the album went to No. 1 and double platinum status despite a few pissed off coffee house folk music fans.  The album was also rare for the times as well as it was a double vinyl release.  Not many musicians or bands rank a double album as it was expensive to press, package and thus puts off many potential buyers.

The single, “Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35” (Best known for the chorus “…everybody must get stoned!”) reached number 2 on the US charts despite being banned by many stations for “drug references” ala the chorus.  Apparently Dylan recorded the song while stoned, and listening to Dylan laugh at the other musicians, you get the idea that’s true.

I used the album title as a slight reference to Lorraine now being blonde.  Oh, Robyn’s t-shirt is a little nod to the webcomic “Imy” where the lead character sports a black t-shirt with “rock” on it.  Robyn’s take on it is more 70s.  Oh, the creator of “Imy”, Irma, may very well be sharing a table with me at a show in Sweden next April.  Never invite me over, I will more than likely show up.  Especially if there’s food involved.

🙂