More whimsy from Black Lightning creator Tony Isabella—who is confronting “ghostly evil” in real life by running for office!
Art by John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
SCENE:
SCENE: Woman in a costume (trapeze artist or superhero, take your pick!) is on a stage. She appears to be doing a shimmy with a bunch of cloth behind her posterior. An appreciative audience looks on.
CAPTION: By day, Marissa’s the host of HGTV’s hit series Haunted House Renovation.
CAPTION: By night, she dons her mystic drapery to confront ghostly evil as…
CAPTION: Drapery Doll, the Material Girl Who Closes the Curtains on Evil!*
CAPTION: *Okay, well, she’s still working on her hero name. All the good ones have been taken.
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
Art by John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
CAPTION: By day, Marissa’s the host of HGTV’s hit series Haunted House Renovation.
CAPTION: By night, she dons her mystic drapery to confront ghostly evil as…
CAPTION: Drapery Doll, the Material Girl Who Closes the Curtains on Evil!*
CAPTION: *Okay, well, she’s still working on her hero name. All the good ones have been taken.
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
Art by John Prentice from the story "Bedeviled" in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
“She doesn’t even use a net!..
…That’s why we keep finding blonde hairs in the nachos we buy at the concession stand!”
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…Although with a rear like that, she’d just bounce if she fell! So I guess it’s alright!”
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…She also doesn’t use a bra! Man is she gonna have back problems in a couple of years!”
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“Quiet!..
…Her butt may be blind, but it hunts by sound! It can’t find us if we remain absolutely silent!”
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…She’s about to start the part of her act where she toots ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ in perfect three part harmony!”
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…I really want to enjoy every nuance of her scream as she plummets to her doom!”
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“Don’t Miss Ross!…
…Showing America your Underalls only works if you remember to wear them!”
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…Leave it to our imaginations! Please! We’re begging you!”
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…State law requires you to make a ‘beep, beep’ sound if you’re suddenly going to start backing up!”
And I’m sorry for all the butt jokes. But the eyes of every person in that crowd is fixed right on her keister. The expression of the guy on the far left, third row partially hidden by the curtain is like one of awe. Like, in gazing upon her deirriere, he has at last come face to face with an expression of the divine.
But my favorite is the guy behind him. He’s just got this look like he’s thinking, ‘Is…is that a butt? I…I’ve heard of them. But I’ve never actually seen one…Maybe that’s not really a butt. Maybe it’s like a Yin Yang tattoo that isn’t completely filled in yet. Then again…it might be a butt…Hey Mac! Is that a butt?”
“Quiet!”
Anyway. Sorry for all that. For some reason this one just really got me loopy. Happy Friday.
Great gags—as usual—Jams. And I really enjoyed the “butt awe” commentary. Happy Friday to you too!
Jams – She’s just shakin’ her moneymaker.
I have to confess my eyes were immediately drawn to Drapery Doll since it stands out in the text. That made me think of of Mopsy Modes in the Sunday funnies of my youth. Quite a cartoon babe was Ms. Mopsy.
I’ll say this for the name “Drapery Doll”, it’s better than “Medium Rare Maid” a few weeks ago.
I am trying to remember a joke that was probably from a parody of “Gone with the Wind.”
First Woman-“We’ve already used the drapes to make clothes.
Second Woman-“Then, it’s curtains for us.”
If not for Venetian blinds, it would be curtains for all of us.
WOW Jams! You are in top form today! I’m still cracking up!
You’re right, though, that one guy in the back looks really confused… almost frightened. It’s like he’s wondering if he should poke it with a stick. If he decides to do that, though, I hope he’s careful… it might make a noise!
Careful! With that sheet, she’s getting ready to “Dutch Oven” the crowd!
Have I mentioned lately how much you folks crack me up?