A little something for the ladies… both those in the comic and those reading it. Pool boy was modeled after me back in 1977… wait, why are you laughing? Man…
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In 1978 Joe Walsh released a 9 minute masterpiece called “Life’s Been Good” I like the song for its references to the music industry as well as two of the lyrics. One, Joe sings “Every say I’m cool.” And the background vocals respond “He’s cool.” And two, the infamous line “I can’t complain, but sometimes I still do.” Love that one, as it hits the proverbial nail on the head.
Oh, and if some of the inking and coloring seems a bit, oh… blurry, it’s because a client of mine invited me out to their fund raiser last night and offered me free beers. Downed four glasses before I went “Man, I gotta finish the comic tonight!” Came home real happy.
Have a great weekend! There will be a comic Monday regardless of what Columbus did. Comedy knows no holidays… only drunken artist days!
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Discussion (21) ¬
That’s the kind of client to have!
I think he’s all for Mrs Bergstrom… If I had his bod’ I’d use it anyway I could… 🙂
Pool boys – get all the chicks (from what it seems)
Yes, luckily I was 160 pound “weakling” most of my life and didn’t have those problems.
Though, playing in a rock band gets your share of chicks too. Met a few the next morning in my apartment as I woke up going “What’s your name, man?”
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In the first frame, “personalized” is spelled incorrectly. Great comic BTW!
That would be the effects of two things: One, the above mentioned fact that I ingested four beers before finishing the comic, and two, the fact that I did not spell check this script. I use to write my scripts in MS Word, and it caught most of my typos, but lately I have taken to hand drawing a rough draft, and that’s where I update the scripts. No spell check on drawing pads for some odd reason!
Thanks for the catch & it’s been fixed. I also took the time to add in the highlights and darken up the skin of the pool boy slightly. He’d be tan for sure.
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Some guys just have all the luck. 🙂
Well, guys with Abs like his… 🙂
so… you had to get drunk to draw a hot guy. We get it! You’re not gay!
Shhhh! I got drunk after I drew him… so you come to your own conclusions.
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“My Maserati goes one-eighty-five, I lost my license, now I don’t drive.”
My personal favorite line of that song.
Joe Walsh is my hero. Plays just killer guitar and comes up with the best song/album titles.
True story: Joe wanted to move into an “exclusive” condo building downtown Chicago. The residents voted “no” on his application to live there. So he bought the building. And at the next meeting entered and stated “Hi, I’m the new owner!” I would have loved to been there for that one! Joe rocks in many ways…
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Bikini cleavage, holy shnikies!
I get how that would be you circa ’77 (not me… ’cause newborns don’t have that kinda physique!). Mighta been me around ’98-’99, though… damn, gotta get back to the gym.
I belonged to a Nautilus work out club in 1979 and did get ripped as best as this skinny little body could. I worked for 6 months to add “beef” to the body… lifting heavy weights, eating high protein, strict diet, etc. At the end of six months I was a lot stronger but didn’t gain a single inch on any major muscle group… (no jokes here now…) My trainer told me I had such a high metabolism (at the time) that I was pretty much destine to have the physique God gave me.
I didn’t break 200 pounds until I was nearly 40. Finally I could stand outside on windy days!
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Wow I didn’t know the banana sack was in high fashion in the 70’s haha
Look up archival footage of Studio 51 disco in New York… all the rage. Less was definitely more back then. 🙂
Byron — am I the only one who thinks the girls busts keep getting bigger? I guess all you guys won’t complain but I was wondering if you noticed. Great work, keep it up!
Yes, the women have had a healthy diet of hormones or something as indeed their bust lines have grown considerably since they were first introduced. One, I’ve gotten better at drawing a woman’s figures (have a long way to go too) and as my audience has grown so has their breasts. Today, Lorraine is leaning forward, thus more of frontal shot, so that perspective may “enhance” her bust size even more. I’m sure it’ll settle down at some point.
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It would be funny if they swim see a tiny shark about 16 inches or 40cm long and run out screaming shark! In my comic the pink ladies scream shark at school of 5 pound paddle fish eating plankton in a lake Eire lagoon. Susan and West surf while the ladies panic at the sight of crayfish and sunfish.