Welcome back Chet into the comic, our overworked and overlooked computer programmer for 1977. Handy with tools too. Seems he’s looking for a way to spend his overtime.
T-shirt: “I got my Happy Ending Toy. Did you?” with Chet holding his Debbie Does Dallas Action Figure “Cheerleader Thrust Debbie” toy. Okay, how many WOULD buy it? Enough of you raise your hands, I’ll make them up in time for the Chicago Comic Con (C2E2, April 16-18th). I think it’s freakin’ hilarious.
With Ron Wood now fully aboard as a guitarist (Faces now broken up for good) the Rolling Stones headed into a New York and Paris recording studio in 1977 to whip out “Some Girls”, an album that reestablished them as the premier rock band of the time. My issue was the three damn songs played on the radio, “Miss You”, “Beast of Burden” and “Shattered” were not the albums best tracks. But with disco burning up the airwaves, those songs were on target, if not over played (still). For me, “Some Girls”, “Lies”, “Respectable” and “When the Whip Comes Down” are the true rock songs and make the album worth owning. Ian Stewart, road manager and pianist for the group, is oddly missing from this album and there’s much speculation on that subject, but I missed his tinkering on the keys. The album originally had faces of some celebrities in fake wigs, and these folks got a little pissed off at the Stones for using their likenesses (probably because they weren’t paid). The album today has their faces blanked out, but you can Google it and find out the missing stars.
My best memory of this album was over the line in “Some Girls” about “Black girls just wanna get (frakked) all night” which of course drew some controversy. But leave it to Garret Morris of SNL to break it all down by saying on a mock-editorial “Mr. Jagger… *where* are these women?” Priceless.
I’m breaking tradition and posting the song “Respectable” from “Some Girls” as that album most certainly made the Stones respectable once again in rock annals.
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Sometimes B&W is the only way to go in a pinch. Great strip today though…
After I say I’m not going to colorize it, I’m liking this comic a lot and will more than likely post up a newer version, but it won’t be until tomorrow as I’m just packed for now.
Cheerleader Thrust Debbie cracks me up…
See if you didn’t set your coloring bar so high it wouldn’t be a problem.
Yeah, I know, silly me. Most of the time it’s not an issue, but luckily I’ve been very busy of late and that’s good for everything (meaning I can afford to continue to do the comic!)
So, a little B&W never hurt anyone! I like it myself…
A Debbie doll? As a fan of The Subversive 11 1/2 inch Fashion Doll website, I approve whole-heartedly.
That’s an *interesting* site… goes along with this comic:
http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/08/12/go-all-the-way/
I ruined a number of my sister’s Barbies as a young man.
No shirt for me, but I won’t be at the con anyway.
Strange how The Stones couldn’t pull off what Wings did so easily with “Band on the Run”. When contacted “most” of the celebrities initially planned for the cover were “delighted” with the idea. Of course, the US wasn’t aware of who Michael Parkinson, Kenney Ball or Christopher Lee were, but in the UK all the faces were easily recognisable.
Perhaps the secret is to ask *before* the artwork hits the racks?
Well, the Stones have always been the bad boys of rock, and they were pretty full of themselves I’m sure. It also was great publicity. We’re taught in Public Relations that ANY PR is good, even if it’s bad it’s good. So, by creating a stink about the cover, created demand for the album before it got “pulled” by the record company. Nice way to tip the scales of sales in your favor. Bad boys? Nope. Kings of marketing.
by far the greatest thing you’ve thought of, man.
ahahahaha oh jeeze.
LOL! Yeah this made me crack up the entire time I’m drawing it too. I’m my best audience sometimes. I’m getting a t-shirt sample made anyway and see how it turns out!
I will have to say, that at the end of the day comics about Lorraine’s boobs get a much better reaction then comics about hookers. Now, for me, this one is freakin’s hilarious from the mini-joke in the first frame jabbing computer nerds in the eye, to the “Cheerleader Thrust Debbie” to slammin’ McDonald’s Happy Toys. This one is packed.
But, no boobs… So here’s something to tide you over until Monday!
(Tad NSFW)
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn69/arronsky/1190994382368.jpg
I agree Byron! Freakin’ hilarious – a hearty “gufaw” your way my man! While I HATED the song “Miss You” & missed & prefered Mick Taylor over Ronnie Wood, I liked most of the album and agree with you on the strongest cuts and played-to death titles, altho I still enjoy”Shattered” despite the overkill. I also have a cherry condition vinyl LP with the original issue cover – all of the celebs intact. One of these days if I ever decide to sell my 12,000 + LP collection, It’ll probably one of the ones I keep & frame…
I’ve always said that, on the whole, I prefer the early Stone’s music. After “Sticky Fingers” I met each album with “eh”, but this one did bring back some hope. Yes, I’m a Brian Jones/Mick Taylor Stones fan myself.
12,000 LPs? eBay is calling you sir…
You make more on shipping them, but at least they’re gone! Do you have them cataloged at all? Be interesting to see. 
Woohoo! Living colour! Not that I didn’t like the monochrome version
Yeah, I broke down last night and colored it. I haven’t found a B&W method I like yet, but I’m getting closer. The colors do make them “pop” more, so I finished it up. Also, with nothing on Amercian TV but “Idol” and similar shows, I’m totally off watching the boob-tube.
Though… Nathan Fillion’s latest, “Castle”, is pretty good entertainment.
Ah, you users of broadcast telly – you’re so behind the times
I’ve heard of Castle but have zero interest in downloading any of it (my only use for telly series is to download and/or buy the DVDs of classy science fiction series), despite being a major appreciator of Mr Fillion’s talents (and ~cough~ talent ~cough~). However, if you’ve not looked at any of my blogs lately, you might have missed this piece of Fillion-related aawesomeness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTiRnqnvDs
Ah, I may not be posting comments, but I’m catching some of your posts… definitely the Green Lantern one… as a video editor I always get a kick out of fan made trailers… that one was very well made though.
Indeed it was. Just goes to show what a creative mind can do on a budget of zero
It makes even more sense when you consider the small fact that the double arches of McDonald’s are supposed to – among other things – symbolize breasts.