Jeff? A math wiz? Who knew? Well, he does read a lot if you’ve paid attention over the years. This math ability will come in handy a tad later in our story. Hint. Being both a blond and a stoner, Jeff has an uphill battle of preconceived notions about him. Luckily, he’s a stoner and doesn’t care.
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Aw, Joan Jett is so cute, isn’t she? She’s also the kinda chick that will knock you on your ass for even saying that too, so there you go. A friend of mind met her backstage a few years back at one of these local events that hires has-been rockers to come and play. She was none to friendly and looked down when he took her picture (he was the official event photographer and had his credentials on). Eh, I guess she didn’t want to be playing a “corn fest” in Illinois that night. Sucks to be you, Joan baby.
Here’s “Bad Reputation” to go along with Jeff’s need to keep up his stoner front.
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Yeah, but I’m still now hiring Jeff as a bookkeeper.
Preconceived & assumed notions can work in your favor, definately! Back in the day when we’d go to concerts & sporting events en masse, I’d get put at the head of the line, cuz with long hair & a beard, security would always check me for contraband, assuming that I was the hardcore stoner in the bunch. My cleaner cut friends behind me would usually pass thru with the goods, usually unchecked of course!
While Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation” is more appropriate seeing as how Plan 9 also has in its ranks a sassy female with ‘tude aplenty, I’d have gone with Thin Lizzy’s “Bad Reputation” – one of my favorites by them, a kick-ass rocker, and released in 1977 to boot! Jett’s didn’t come out til ’80.
hrm. sounds like my dad during his college days. He was an odd combo of math-major-pothead-astronomy-geek-biker-dude. Now, he’s kinda just “Dilbert”.
Have you seen the film The Runaways yet? Bad-ass, and totally 1977 (and ”76, and ’75…).
Sounds like someone just went from an idiot to an idiot savant. 🙂
Just started reading 1977 about two days ago. Now I’m all caught up. Got to say- I love it. But whatever happened to the pinups you did of Lorraine? I never saw them.
LOVE the shadow panel. Love it love it love it. Soooo effective in the midst of all that glorious colour – give yourself a cookie!
Excellent strip and comic! Keep up the killer work.