Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sergio Aragonés Week, Day 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Sergio


Splash page from House of Mystery #195 (October 1971), pencils and inks by Sergio Aragonés



"Cain's Game Room" from House of Mystery #181 (July-August 1969), script, pencils and inks by Sergio Aragonés



"Cain's Game Room" from House of Mystery #186 (May-June 1970), pencils and inks by Sergio Aragonés



"Room 13" from House of Mystery #185 (March-April 1970), pencils and inks by Sergio Aragonés


Today's bonus crime-against-humanity plastic model kit!: sure, it was a jaunty Herb Alpert instrumental number and a chain of middling taco restaurants, but this caricature of the standard comedy Mexican and his jaunty jalopy is about as politically correct as the Frito Bandito, who we ran out of town with both guns blazing, still screaming about his delicious salty corn chips. Geez, DC, what's next...jokes about the Chinese? (Later in this issue: jokes about the Chinese.)


As from House of Mystery #181 (July-August 1969)


Tomorrow!: A way-out plastic wacky model kit that evokes the hilarity and hi-jinks of the Second Battle of Ypres! Liner notes by Robert Graves, who advises you to put the decals on carefully to keep them from ripping!


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1 comment:

  1. BillyWitchDoctor10/20/2011 1:58 AM

    It's not like Tom Daniel was joking/not joking about a high-voltage electric fence along the southern U.S. border some forty years later.

    Fun fact: you can still buy the "Rommel's Rod" and "Tijuana Taxi" kits on Amazon, along with Daniel's "Red Baron" kit and Dave Deal's "Messa-Schnitzel" which are likewise bound to twist someone's weinerschniztel in a knot.

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