Oh brother. This might not come out well.
But you won’t find out until Wednesday, because Monday, there’s a really cool surprise here at Groovy, Kinda! Tell your friends! Heck, tell strangers!
Wait, no, that might not be good. Okay, use your own discretion.
And Happy Easter! Hope there’s chocolate bunnies a plenty!
Robespierre looks very cute sleeping on the sofa arm.
I guess all the art wore him out.
I hope he hasn’t been in the Gin, as well.
It had a very busy day, finishing off its lair, dropping flower pots, and playing with paint and paintbrushes.
It was especially busy since Edison doesn’t have any flower pots, and it had to steal them from other apartments.
The little bugger is kinda cute like that. Though, I’m surprised how quickly Edison got over the thing stealing all her clothes.
But can someone please explain what “Trapdoors and Trolls” is about? Is it anything like Dungeons & Dragons? Or is it a boardgame like “Orcs at the Gates”?
Oh, Edison expressed her displeasure-it’s just that I didn’t want to slow the story down by showing it.
“Trapdoors and Trolls” is this world’s version of “Dungeons and Dragons.” They’re remarkably similar, especially with the earliest, pamphlet sized rules (the ones I used to play with).
Okay, the last time I heard “my son Dilbert” it was spoken by Rosemary Pimpkin in Edison’s flash back. If Edison wants to see her son, she may have to sober up and dye her hair (Gasp!).
I’m not sure of Edison’s marital status, but she introduces herself to the ‘kissing repair man’ as a ‘bored, lonely housewife’ (again, Rosemary Pimpkin in Edison’s flash back).
I just wonder if Larry isn’t headed for a romantic dead-end with a married woman (again). I know exactly what it’s like to be totally ‘snookered’. The woman I loved turned out to be a stranger (what can I say, I’m stranger than most).
He may be headed for another ‘wish I had a bullet’ moment.
Charlie’s stories generally strike me as being a bit softer than that, more fun and less pathos. Big story line turns seem to let you learn more about the characters. Let’s face it, Larry is one storyline turn away from having a robo-BDSM-artistic foursome. I am sure Charlie will give us the sads now and then to balance out the story, but I think he is reserving “depressing” for special occasions. Even when a major character died recently, I felt insulated from much of the grief.
Then again, I could be talking out of my arse.
Ah, we shall see what we shall see.
But Monday we’re taking a break from the story for a special surprise!
Whenever Edison remembers her son Dilbert, she becomes a “Mela’choly drunk”. This time she’s “gonna do somethin’ really stupid”. Her really stupid somethin’ is eagerly awaited.
I can’t help myself, I’m plagued by ‘flights of consciousness’.
– The ‘I wish I had a bullet’ quote is from Cat Ballou (I love that movie!). I was recalling ‘Can I borrow your gun a second? I just wanna see something.’ (Larry, G.K. page 135).
– Larry bounces around the margins like a ping-pong ball. He reminds me of Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace (I love that movie!).
– Utopia Unlimited connected me to Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera of the same title.
– Lyssa and the Pirates is full of quotes from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.
– Lyssa Strada connected me to the Greek comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes which, in turn, connected to Aubrey Beardsley whose illustrations turned the play into a late nineteenth century porno-graphic novel.
‘Oh, curse this useful power!’ (Edison, G.K. page 44).
“Can I borrow your gun a second?” is still one of my favorite panels in the entire strip.
“Arsenic and Old Lace” was the first play I ever acted in. I was Dr. Einstein. It’s still a fun movie.
Can’t get enough Gilbert & Sullivan. I ran across a full recording of “Utopia, Ltd.” from the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and I still think it’d make a great opera set in space. A space opera, if you will.
Love “Lysistrata,” and I think it’d make a great comic sometime. Yes, Lyssa was originally a very feminist character back in the 80s, when I did the comic for my college newspaper. I had posted some of the strips so you could see the first appearance of everyone, and I may put some back up.
“Oh, curse this useful power” indeed!
Are you a Peter Lorre clone?
Back in the 80’s, I attended a touring production of ‘Pirates’ in the newly restored New Orleans Saenger Theater (I did the organ). The interior was a Florentine Renaissance courtyard with a 52′ wide stage. When the lights dimmed, the dark, arched ceiling revealed twinkling stars and projected clouds that slowly moved from right to left.
I imagined dozens of plays, ballets, and operas that belonged in that environment.
I see myself as more of a Humphrey Bogart kind of guy. I played him in two productions of “Play It Again, Sam.” Then, when I wake up, I realize I’m not.
I once did a play in the Historic Calumet Theatre. It was humbling, playing on a stage that Sarah Bernhardt once trod.
Still, I’d love to hear you say ‘But Joneee . . .’
Allen probably awoke from that dream many times . . . to the same realization.
It’s funny, the original quote was “You played it for her, you can play it for me . . . If she can stand it, I can! Play it!”, but everyone quotes the play’s title. Eh, close enough.
Try ‘Utopia LLC’.
Sara Bernhardt on stage: Step, thunk, step, thunk, step, thunk . . .
Sorry Charlie, but like I said, it’s a curse.
Alphonse Mucha’s art for Bernhardt’s ‘MEDEE’ is scary beautiful. Today, he’d be doing covers for horror comics.
Sometimes, stupid actions are the most powerful ones.