Hot, brilliant humor for cool, smart readers (and room-temperature dummies) courtesy of Tony Isabella.
Art by the Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Teach Me, My Love” in FIRST KISS #29, 1962.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman talking to her personal mannequin (Molly Mannequin.) In panels on each side of the main panel we see store mannequins.
WOMAN: Oh, my dear Molly Mannequin. Sheltering at home with you has been wonderful. Tonight, let’s read another chapter of Fifty Shades of Off-Color. I hope *giggle* you don’t blush easily.
Molly Mannequin (thinking): Where’s a woodchipper when you need one? I miss my friends at Macy’s.
1962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Dummy Dialogue Coach: Tony Isabella
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SCENE: Woman talking to her personal mannequin (Molly Mannequin.) In panels on each side of the main panel we see store mannequins.
WOMAN: Oh, my dear Molly Mannequin. Sheltering at home with you has been wonderful. Tonight, let’s read another chapter of Fifty Shades of Off-Color. I hope *giggle* you don’t blush easily.
Molly Mannequin (thinking): Where’s a woodchipper when you need one? I miss my friends at Macy’s.
1962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Dummy Dialogue Coach: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk363
WOMAN: Oh, my dear Molly Mannequin. Sheltering at home with you has been wonderful. Tonight, let’s read another chapter of Fifty Shades of Off-Color. I hope *giggle* you don’t blush easily.
Molly Mannequin (thinking): Where’s a woodchipper when you need one? I miss my friends at Macy’s.
1962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Dummy Dialogue Coach: Tony Isabella
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In the first reading, I didn’t grok that Molly was a real mannequin. Maybe a line at the wrist?
I did worry about people missing that Molly was a real mannequin. So, I appreciate your response. A line at the wrist might have helped. I’ll probably leave it as is for now, but I may ask Diego to add a line at the wrist (and possibly elsewhere) if I use the comic in a book. Thanks!
I thought that the dialog made it clear; I was more interested in seeing the original art and context.
Of course I just watched the Twilight Zone episode about mannequins coming to life so I might have been predisposed.