More fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Al Williamson & Frank Frazetta from the story “The Weeping Walloper” in John Wayne Adventure Comics #8, March 1951. Toby Press. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ Transcript
SCENE: Cowboys John Wayne and Dusty are riding their horses.
JOHN WAYNE: I love being a cowboy! I love riding the open range! I love my horse! And I love you, Dusty!
DUSTY: Aw, shucks, Johnny. Tonight, I’m gonna shave and...we kin play sheriff...and saloon gal!
1951 Art: Al Williamson & Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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JOHN WAYNE: I love being a cowboy! I love riding the open range! I love my horse! And I love you, Dusty!
DUSTY: Aw, shucks, Johnny. Tonight, I’m gonna shave and...we kin play sheriff...and saloon gal!
1951 Art: Al Williamson & Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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And I thought about that movie, asked if it was that way
He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way
As he thought about some friends he will never see again
He said, “I never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima”
‘Sands of Iwo Jima’ by the Drive By Truckers
Link to the full lyrics –
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=sands+of+iwo+jima+lyrics&si=AKbGX_rdaVK-rhf5KHnOAD2drrRmADv7R3TkES869sRtvhJtAOFIxRuJ9oGiG6TvSdbxEwiWWAcfaJn5nvyglCDw2dHPxlqWmQ2Yxu–WIwq2wP19wLUpFn-cY-NBSK586z_M25I9v3rvs9W8wfWSnKLzfZ-w1drsA%3D%3D&ictx=1&ved=2ahUKEwiB2KaMjdOEAxXSpIkEHQiAAb8QjukCegQIKxAC
RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT!!!!
(For good luck)
Moving on…..
What all will Dusty shave?
And who’s going to play the Sheriff, and who will play the Saloon Gal?
Now I want to rewatch “Repo Man”.