“Cat gonna be okay, Uncle Lar’?” “Well, Little Tommy…” Back in my day of the 70s/80s on WLS AM radio station, a DJ named Larry Lujack did a segment on his morning radio show called “Animal Stories” and eventually in each segment something terrible happens to a pet or something and that vocal exchange would take place. Even knowing it was coming, you’d still laugh your butt off. And, the cat will be okay, maybe…

Yes, the cat’s name is Ballou after the 1965 film with Jane Fonda.  Regardless of her political opinions, etc., she was a really beautiful young woman and the movie is a classic.  The horse scenes with Lee Marvin are worth hunting down on YouTube.  What better name for a female cat then Ballou?  Cat Ballou!

Oh, kindly click back and look at Friday’s comic again, my editor suggested adding the small panel of the “flame on” and damn, she was right. It is such a staple in comics I’m surprised I didn’t think of it. Also, I didn’t like the way Poco looked originally and I’ve redrawn his pose as well. The beauty of being a webcomic is that we can go back and update things as we desire. If that had been printed in a newspaper, then it would be done and over. So, raise your can of Huber beer to webcomics!

1977 had a ton of great music and Heart’s “Little Queen” was a just one of the classic albums to come out. Today’s comic title was not one of my favorite tunes on the album. It does rock but it seems like it didn’t quite gel, but it was good enough, and it certainly fits today’s theme very well.

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