Awwww yeah. This is the real stuff right here.
This time we’ve got the story of how a guy called James, nay, Smith (You’d think that they wouldn’t use the take where they messed up his name on the first try) went to America and invented basketball, apparently as a way to entertain all the moustachioed dudes with suspenders. Right on. As I’ve mentioned before, all I really want from these Parts of My Heritage is for them to be embedded into my brain so that I can reference them throughout my life. Well, we’ve got referencability coming out all over the place in this one. “But I need these baskets back,” alone is but several other lines are suitably memorable. Oh, and also the music is pretty sweet. Plus, basketball apparently had tackling and a vastly more comical form of dribbling? I totally approve, pretty much all around.
This one goes all the way. A classic that totally deserves Five out of Six Pieces of PDR’s Reviewing System Cake. But who is the dude watching Peach Basket guy retrieve the ball?
Todays comics are coming to you later than usual thanks to a power outage.
First up, just one page of SecGov Robots:
Then there’s this Phone Guys thing:
And then there’s another thing:
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this last one:
PDR: Hey, Patrick, can you draw a lion?
PDR: Not really…
PDR: Would you try for a joke that was good enough?
PDR: Sure would!
PDR: Okay, well what if the joke isn’t good?
PDR: Eh. Fine.
Here’s something: I don’t like to drink tea. No type of tea has ever been an appealing beverage for PDR. Sometimes people who like tea try to convince me to try it. And somehow, every time this occurs, I end up using the expression “It’s not my cup of tea.”
This is never done intentionally. I’m not purposely making a pun in this instance. It always comes out of my mouth before I can catch it. And the weirdest part is that, as far as I have noticed, it isn’t an expression that I often use in other circumstances. If someone was trying to get me to like lobster, I’d just be like “Nah, I don’t like lobster” but with tea it’s always “Nah, it’s not my cup of… dammit!”
Sometimes I wonder just what goes on inside my brain.
Here’s something PDR did a little work on:
FF: 50 Fantastic Years #1
Written by VARIOUS
Select Character Artwork by GUS VAZQUEZ Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER
Celebrating 50 years of Marvel’s First Family This issue spotlights a Future Foundation bio, an update on the Fantastic Four and an entry on the FF’s various headquarters! Plus: FF Allies (Artie Maddicks! Alex Power! Roberta the robot receptionist!), FF enemies (Dreadface! Dr. Sun! Mister Miracle!), extraterrestrials (Shalla Bal! Ovoids! De’Lila the Skrull!) and a sampling of the odd beings the FF has encountered (Karisma! Chupacabra! Cauldron!). Featuring original Gus Vazquez art for the majority of profiles!
64 PGS./Handbook/Rated T+ …$4.99 In Stores: Sep 28, 2011
Not as much done this week as much as I’d like, but here it be.
SecGov Robots:
Phone Guys:
