1977 the Comic

My Bologna

Byron — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

True story… I use to eat my bologna sandwiches with chocolate pudding on them so I didn’t have to eat my sandwich *then* eat my dessert. Hey, I was 10 years old. Also, I have no sense of smell what-so-ever (birth defect of nerve damage in olfactory senses) so I have a limited taste palette, [...]

Dallas Art New Submission

Byron — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:01:06 +0000

With the blog now back on board, I’m catching up on some old stuff that slipped through the cracks. I was part of an article featured on the Dallas Art News website called “Webcomics Imitating Art” and my submission is below. I had a lot of fun with it and coming from a farming background, [...]

Time Warp

Byron — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Believe it or not, I never saw Rocky Horror in the theatres, let alone at a Midnight showing. I was at *other* type Midnight movie showings instead. I saw “Flesh Gordon” really messed up one night with a bunch of band mates. Funny as hell, especially in an altered state. 1977 saw a [...]

Facebook Factoids

Byron — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:15 +0000

Found this on Facebook and thought it was very interesting. Let’s first take a gander at the chart. The number of Facebook fans is roughly 10% of the total unique visits the comic gets everyday, so if we assume the Facebook fans are representative of the fans overall, then this is very interesting indeed. The Male vs. [...]

Satisfied Man

Byron — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Long before Harold & Kumar found White Castle, we 70s rockers/stoners kept them in business. Nothing better than a 6-pack of sliders at 3:00am after a night out. For those of you not in the know, White Castle is a fast-food chain specializing in tiny little cheeseburgers you can eat in a single bite (if [...]

Webcomic Marketing 101 Podcast

Byron — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:41 +0000

A couple weeks ago, as part of my running Webcomic Planet, I recorded a special podcast via TGT Webcomics on how to market your webcomic. I added in a fun little one minute intro and then the rest of the 48 minutes is me handling questions live from the chat room. Even though it’s aimed [...]

War Pigs

Byron — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Of Course You Realize This Means War!

War of the Webcomics! … would make a great motion picture. It would certainly be better than that Tom Cruise “War of the Worlds” pile of crap a few years back… go with the originals! Speaking of originals, who better to help a 70s rock comic declare war then Black Sabbath? None. Prepare to squash the [...]

Classic 1977: Rock Songs

Byron — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

A golden oldie for you all. Many of you were not around in 2007 as I experimented with doing this webcomic. I ended up doing 50 comics in 2007 before I “made the leap” into doing 1977 three-times a week in January of 2008. Those “classic” fifty are now in the Subscriber area. Mainly as [...]

Naked Lady?

Byron — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Now, I run a PG-17 website, so my apologies to the Playboy Centerfold experts out there as I “airbrushed” this one to make it a bit more “viewer friendly” so to speak. Besides, she’s not the reason I’m posting it… read on… In February of 1977, this centerfold appeared [...]

Chicago Comic Con: C2E2 April 16-18

Byron — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:38:21 +0000

Dawn Griffin, of “Zorphbert & Fred”, and I will be sharing a table at the Chicago Comic Convention called C2E2. It is the show’s first year in Chicago and the folks that are putting it on know their stuff. They’re expecting a decent crowd and the show’s floor space is sold out. Hopefully a good [...]

Sunshine Of Your Love

Byron — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Sounds as if David could use a little blue pill… Love the bird’s expressions. “What the hell?” The updated site is settling in nicely. There are tons of new features I’ve yet to roll out, and will do some here and there. I’ve got a cool little random quote rotation widget that I’m going to load [...]

Model Kit: The Seaview

Byron — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:50 +0000

Hobbies are a great thing! I build just about any model that has a Sci-Fi background, and for sure if it is from an Irwin Allen TV production! This here is the Seaview from the TV show “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” and not the movie version as it has only 4 windows [...]

Muscle of Love

Byron — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000

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 [...]

Updated Website

Byron — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:29:57 +0000

Good news Everyone! 1977 has an updated website and now has an independent blog built in! My good friend and Comic Press wizard Phil Hofer created an updated theme for 1977 so that it could take advantage of the most recent Comic Press upgrade. 1977 had been running on CP 2.5, and is [...]

Guest Art: David Reddick

Byron — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:00:38 +0000

There are many words that parted my lips when this image of Lorraine arrived in my email today – all of them words of joy and many of them not suitable for public blogs… but HOLY CRAP!! is what came out first. If you do not know who David Reddick is, then you’ve been under a [...]

In The Hall Of The Mountain King

Byron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000

In 1977, Mike Olson, owner & manufacturer of Gnu Snowboards, made his first snowboard in shop class. You’re welcome Shaun White. While the rest of us were making ashtrays or dust pans, Mr. Olson was saying “I’m gonna make a really fat ski…” The rest is history. Don’t know what a Dilly Bar is? Oh, man, [...]

Stone Cold Crazy

Byron — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Let it snow, man! It’s been almost two years since we’ve seen the powdery stuff here in 1977 and with this being Chicagoland, you gotta have some snow now and then. I am not trying to be too logical in the timeline with the comic, but obviously most of 1977 has taken place thus far [...]

Muffin Man

Byron — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000

And what a wonderful way to come back… I was reminded by my editor that this works two ways as Jeff’s parents made their millions off the Bi-Cotton Rod. I hadn’t even thought of that angle! I like this strip as it also conveys the characters are sometimes quite innocent at their roots. Every so often [...]

Lawyers, Guns and Money

Byron — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Alrighty then…. after doing major work this week on client’s sites and putting out a few personal fires, last night just got clogged up with all types of stuff. So, here’s the pencil sketch of today’s comic. Inks and coloring tomorrow. I’m bringing back Stoner Vision. As Bud smokes weed, various cartoon characters will appear. Mostly [...]

Too Hot To Handle

Byron — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000

Don’t ask why they did this, they just did. Did you ever think something sounded good at first but then when you actually ate/drank it you about puked? Seagram’s and 7-Up are great together… replace the 7-Up with Mountain Dew and you’ve got barf. So, dried up Jalapenos ended up in the stash… perhaps not [...]