For those not familiar with it, 9 Chickweed Lane is a syndicated comic strip by Brooke McEldowney that features lots of wonderful, steamy art and scenes. (No actual nudity, though.)
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Cappello from the story “My Diary Exposed My Secret” in True Life Secrets #11, Jan. 1953. Charlton. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman with her back to us. She’s naked except for a bath towel.
SOUND: Ding Dong
WOMAN (thinking): Those %$#@ Last Kiss readers! They’re always trying to catch me naked! Why don’t
they stay at 9 Chickweed Lane where they belong?
1953 Art: Art Cappello Comic Stripper: John Lustig
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SCENE: Woman with her back to us. She's naked except for a bath towel.
SOUND: Ding Dong
WOMAN (thinking): Those %$#@ Last Kiss readers! They’re always trying to catch me naked! Why don’t
they stay at 9 Chickweed Lane where they belong?
1953 Art: Art Cappello Comic Stripper: John Lustig
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SOUND: Ding Dong
WOMAN (thinking): Those %$#@ Last Kiss readers! They’re always trying to catch me naked! Why don’t
they stay at 9 Chickweed Lane where they belong?
1953 Art: Art Cappello Comic Stripper: John Lustig
TrueLifeSecrets011-023
Diana figured Ruth would have plenty of face cream: Bill, Tod, Harold, and Dell had all been talking about they had each given her some face cream over the weekend…which was odd since none of them worked for a cosmetics company…
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“Who’s there?”
…”Towel Inspector ma’am. I need to sniff-er-check the towel you just used.”
…”Pool Boy ma’am. Someone peed in the pool and I’m taking swabs from everyone to identify the culprit.”
…”Land Shark…”
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Secrets contained in Ruth’s diary…
…Dear Diary, Today I killed my 100th hobo!
…Dear Diary, It’s my fifth month of not shaving my pits. No one’s said anything thus far, though that guy from France keeps hitting on me.
…Dear Diary, I never thought something like this could happen to me! But today, Diana’s brother and husband came by, asking if they could inspect my towels…
…Dear Diary, A guy with a microphone asked me today what would I do for a Klondike Bar. Thus began my dance with death…
Jams – Are you saying she started killing hobo’s for a Klondike Bar?
You continue to amaze me, Jams–and in the best possible way. Great riffs!
That is some very good art work. The attention to the back and calf muscles, the ankle bones detailed. Very nice.
Used to look at 9 Chickweed years ago. She was cute as were some of her friends is a comics way but the plot lines were boring.
I’ll admit that I don’t read 9 Chickweed L consistently. But every once and awhile I do drop in and read a few strips at a time. The plots are s-l-o-o-w for sure. Sometimes I love ’em. Sometimes I’m struggling to know what’s going on. But I do love the sensuality that infuses so much of the comic.
No sensuality at all in today’s (June 13, 2022) comic unfortunately!
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