I’m showing my age a bit here (as that’s never happened before) with the Miss Kitty reference, but who else showed our 50s/60s western lawmen a good time? Damn straight, Miss Kitty.
Bud and Lily will be at a comic convention this week. 1977 was a year for a couple big conventions, most notably it’s the year the New York Comic Con was NOT in New York. In celebration of my first comic convention appearance this weekend, I had to have my gang tag along.
I’m also bending the rules a tad by featuring a Deborah (Debby) Harry song from 1989. Now, it’s not totally off, as she was in Blondie in the 70s, so her material is fair game. But, how could I NOT use this song to kick off comic convention week? That’s right… As a bonus, I am tossing in the William Tell Overture as well for you Lone Ranger fans!
Deborah Harry – Comic Books (from 1989’s Def, Dumb & Blonde)
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William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger Theme)
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Bud’s looking more buff than the Lone Ranger ever did in any of the images and clips I’ve seen 😀
I’ve never seen Gunsmoke either, but it’s impossible not to know about it. Oh, and our ancient moggie is called Miss Kitty, so there 🙂
LOL! Yeah, I give Bud (me) a much better physique then I ever had… artist’s discretion I suppose…
Yeah, Clayton Moore and George Reeves both wore tons of padding for their shoulders and stuff if you look closely at the old reruns.
I’m not ever likely to even look *distantly* at old reruns, much less closely 😛 But I’ve certainly seen photo images of George Reeves. Honed and toned, he was definitely not…
You are the demigod of the 1977 universe. Therefore you can take any shape you want!
Wow they even dressed up for conventions back then.
You know, I was wondering if that was done back then or not.. .but then I remembered we’re talking about comic geeks… yeah, I’m sure someone showed up as Superman or something…
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Hey, why not? It worked for Barry Hughart. ‘A comic strip of a 1977 that never was…’
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HA!! What fun!
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Here’s hoping your very first convention is loads of fun. You deserve to have a blast! I wish I could go so I could hang out with one of my favourite comic writers. Yeah I’m talking about you! 😉
Well, I just wanted to be clear… Thanks! 🙂
Hate to be That Guy, but there’s a lone “a” ranging in the first paragraph – “the a her first comic convention”.
“TO a her first comic convention.”
It’s contagious!
My editor must be getting lazy… 🙂
No problem on pointing it out, that’s why I have you guys around! It is now corrected!
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I hope to attend the Anaheim Comic Con this upcoming weekend myself. It will be the first one I’ve ever gone to.
I’ve been to several Sci-Fi conventions, but never a true comic con, so I’m a comic virgin. 🙂
I’ve done a ton of tradeshows and know how to chat with folks, so that part should be cool.
Hope you enjoy your show! I did notice it was the same weekend!