from Bay City Jive #1 (WildStorm, July 2001), script and letters by John Layman, pencils by Jason Johnson, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by David Baron
Friday, January 02, 2015
Today in Comics History, January 2, 1976: The Transamerica Pyramid Building makes a bold move to break the panel border
from Bay City Jive #1 (WildStorm, July 2001), script and letters by John Layman, pencils by Jason Johnson, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by David Baron
Flashback Friday: Olive, You're a Fine Girl
Filling up Fridays: Fine Flashback Fosts Posts, re-presenting some of my favorite Comics Oughta Be Fun! entries that you might not have seen, or would enjoy seeing again, or maybe you're just going to go out to the pub tonight so you won't have to worry about it, see if I care...anyway, re-presenting a Bully classic originally published on March 17, 2008! (I was six then.)
There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine
The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves
He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home
The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean fall an' rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say
She hears him say "Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
"Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Now, crank it up and read it again!:
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine
The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves
He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home
The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean fall an' rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say
She hears him say "Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
"Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 2: Fear of a Black Robot
Panel from Droids #1 (Marvel/Star, April 1986), script by Dave Manak, pencils by John Romita, Sr., inks by Carlos Garzon, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Grace Kremer
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Today in Comics History Future: We got ninety-nine problems one problem but crime, inflation, unemployment, sexual and racial discrimination, deterioration of moral values, junk food, bad TV and so on ain't one.
House ad for The Survivors! (aka Jeremiah) from The Comics Journal #76 (October 1982), art by Hermann Huppen
Comics News for January 1, 2015
Top: from Captain America #105 (Marvel, September 1968), script by Stan Lee,
pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dan Adkins, letters by Sam Rosen
Middle: from "Rosie and Red Russia!" in Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, November 1956), pencils and inks by Ogden Whitney
Bottom: from "The Case of the Crazy Crimes" in Batman #136 (DC, December 1960), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris, letters by Stan Starkman
Today in Comics History: Please make it a New Year's Resolution to not ignore your rocket science
"Countdown on Excellence" PSA printed in The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #76 (May-June 1963), script by Jack Schiff, pencils and inks by Sheldon Moldoff, letters by Ira Schnapp
365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 1: He Got that Hat at The Gap
Well, hey, how about last year's 365 Days of KirbyTech feature that I never quite finished, huh? (shuffles hoof nervously, clears throat)
Hey (he said, frantically gesturing in the other direction), look over here...something new for 2015! This year, all year, every day, it's 365 Days of Star Wars Comics! Starting with January 1 and running right up to and through the at-your-local-cinema release of Star Wars Episode VII: There Better be Wookiees In This One.
Let's kick things off with a scene cut and never seen in the original movie, from the very first Star Wars comic book! Then we only got approximately seventy-three thousand left to go through.
Panels from Star Wars #1 (Marvel, July 1977), script by Roy Thomas, pencils and inks by Howard Chaykin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Novak
So check in daily, and May the Thingee Be With You!
Hey (he said, frantically gesturing in the other direction), look over here...something new for 2015! This year, all year, every day, it's 365 Days of Star Wars Comics! Starting with January 1 and running right up to and through the at-your-local-cinema release of Star Wars Episode VII: There Better be Wookiees In This One.
Let's kick things off with a scene cut and never seen in the original movie, from the very first Star Wars comic book! Then we only got approximately seventy-three thousand left to go through.
Panels from Star Wars #1 (Marvel, July 1977), script by Roy Thomas, pencils and inks by Howard Chaykin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Novak
So check in daily, and May the Thingee Be With You!
Today in Comics History: Comic books tell us that people in the olden days were gullible
Panel from Sensation Comics #108 (March-April 1952); script, art, and letters by Mort Drucker
Today in Comics History: Once again ducks start out the New Year by forgetting to wear pants
Panel from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures #27 (Gladstone, July 1994); script, pencils, and inks by Don Rosa, colors by Scott Rockwell, letters by Mike Taylor
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