My thanks to Magnar Nordal for this swell gag. It seemed like a fitting way to launch into the holy holiday season. A commercial pilot and flight instructor, Magnar is making the friendly skies safer and—I presume—funnier.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Al Davoren from the story “Arva Bolling: She Killed to Live” in CRIMES BY WOMEN #6, 1949. Click on link to read entire comic book for free.
Transcript:
SCENE: Young woman talking to an older man who is sipping coffee or tea. She has a coffee or teacup in her hand as well.
WOMAN: God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. And right now I’m loving myself s-o-o-o much! I’m practically a saint!
1949 Art: Al Davoren Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue by Magnar Nordal & John Lustig
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↓ Transcript
SCENE: Young woman talking to an older man who is sipping coffee or tea. She has a coffee or teacup in her hand as well.
WOMAN: God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. And right now I'm loving myself s-o-o-o much! I’m practically a saint!
1949 Art: Al Davoren Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue by Magnar Nordal & John Lustig
DJP.lk198
WOMAN: God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. And right now I'm loving myself s-o-o-o much! I’m practically a saint!
1949 Art: Al Davoren Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue by Magnar Nordal & John Lustig
DJP.lk198
Is that Magnar the Magnificent?
Is it just me or does Uncle Alex really switch topics wildly?
The secret ingredient was sleeping pills.
HA! Ease Uncle Alex into a dirt nap…
My first thought in the revised art was that she was an Amish bearded woman.