It must have been very cold when David went after Goliath which would explain the shrinky-dink of the statue. Lorraine decided to “enhance” David long before spam email promised *me* a bigger Mr. Happy… My only question is how do the pills know which area of your body to “enhance” or would I end up with really big ears. Bummer, man…
Speaking of Mr. Happy… “Muscle of Love” by Alice Cooper was released late in 1973 and was the follow album up to “Billion Dollar Babies” which was a huge seller for Alice. It originally came in a cardboard sleeve with simple printing on it and stains on the bottom. Now, this is when album packaging was at it’s peak and superstar groups and artists were really trying to out-do each other with concepts for album covers and art. There are sooooo many examples, I could fill this website up with images and descriptions. But one good example is from Alice himself with his “School’s Out” release which when opened looked like an old style school desk that lifted up and let you store your books and pencils and candy inside. The record itself was wrapped in a pair of pink panties, and for some of us 14 year old boys, it was the first pair we’d ever actually seen or held. It was like a present from heaven.
Suffice to say, CD versions of these album covers just plain suck and should be banned. Speaking of being banned, today’s comic title was banned on more than one radio station as the lyrics refer to a young man who gets lucky at the matinee, then finds his Dad’s dirty magazines and ultimately locks himself in the bathroom with his muscle of love. Alice tried to shake off some of the controversy by adding in the line “my heart is a muscle of love…” but no one was buying it Vincent (Alice’s birth-name).
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Lol, great strip today! I’m a big AC fan. I loved the ‘Nightmare’ special he did for TV that had Vincent Price in it. I believe it was a Hallowen special at the time. Alice had SO many good tunes and the thing that I think seperates him the most from wannabes like Marilyn Manson (apart from the songs) was that Alice was so tongue-in-cheek with his stuff. Classic. 🙂
Brogan — the Muppet Show version of Welcome to my Nightmare is as awesome now as it was then! I ganked it off my brother-in-law who collects Muppet Show DVDs and files. Much of the time I’ve no idea who the guest stars are, but EDVERYONE knows the Coop 😀
Also, I agree about the songwriting. He’s done some stuff that will never go stale!
Manson’s persona is tongue-in-cheek, too; he’s just playing to a different generation than Alice was. Alice was trying to piss off the grown-ups of the 1970s – and he succeeded. Marilyn was trying to piss off the grown-ups of the 1990s – and he succeeded. Sadly, neither one of them holds much relevance these days, although Marilyn keeps trying anyway…
Poor old Vince, he was always a bit confused…nice guy, but between the golf and the godbothering, definitely not the man we used to know…
So…which one of the two ladies can write her name in the snow? Or is it both? My money’s on Lorraine…for the obvious reason…
(And yes, there are women who can. Trust me on this. It’s all about pelvic floor muscle control…muhahahahaha…)
As long as the birds don’t peck on his pecker.
I like the new design, Byron. This strip just keeps getting better! Thanks! 🙂
Hahaha! And damn, Bearman took my joke 😀
Man, this site is lookin’ gooooood! I love the new design. 🙂
I got a huge laugh out of that. I had a friend back in the day who used to add love muscles to all the snow men on the block. I sorta feel sorry for the kids who made them though. LOL. 🙂
Yeah, he’s pretty big, but you didn’t get the whole story from Mrs. Snowman. Apparently he’s got a problem with….melting…
LOL! totally reminds me of a comedy sketch by Pablo Francisco. He was making fun of the old greek sculptures and the size of their.. um… “fig leaf”… and then posed the question: “what if these were black guys?”
This was followed by the visual of a whole flock of seagulls lined up on a much longer “fig leaf”. And the dude needing a little plastic owl to keep more away.
That’s it. You bring your Gallagher DVD’s to C2E2, I’ll bring some Pablo.
Been reading for a while. And I’d like to say thank you for finally including a ‘latest’ update button. Makes my comic browsing so much easier. Not to mention the comic is really good 🙂 Keep it up! (no pun intended)
There is a theory that the size of David’s equipment is actually something Michaelangelo did on purpose – see, one of the things that plays “Shrinky Dinks” with man’s best friend is fear, and David, at the moment of depiction, is about to walk out to face Goliath. Hence, his grapes have turned into raisins.