Instead of showing the original, vintage panel art, I’m posting the opening, splash panel from that same story. Frankly there’s a lot more going on it and I thought it’d be more fun! —John
Transcript:
SCENE: Young woman skiing rapidly and out of control down a mountain.
CAPTION: Dear Santa:
Thank you for the skis!
I didn’t see any instructions. But I’m sure I’ll figure it out!
WOMAN: Where the %$#@ are the brakes?!!
1948 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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SCENE: Young woman skiing rapidly and out of control down a mountain.
CAPTION: Dear Santa:
Thank you for the skis!
I didn’t see any instructions. But I’m sure I’ll figure it out!
WOMAN: Where the %$#@ are the brakes?!!
1948 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk583
CAPTION: Dear Santa:
Thank you for the skis!
I didn’t see any instructions. But I’m sure I’ll figure it out!
WOMAN: Where the %$#@ are the brakes?!!
1948 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk583
So it’s like a Last Kiss Fun Page huh?
>Quick Kids! How many plot holes can you spot in this picture? Hint: You’ll need a calculator.
>Glory Forbes pushes off the top of the ski slope at 1:00 PM at a speed of 10 meters a minute. The slope is a kilometer long with an average of 2 other skiers per 100 meters. By what time will everyone on the ski slope have realized that Glory isn’t wearing a sports bra?
>It’s a Last Kiss Mad Lib! Fill in the blanks for your own snarky fun:
What with the ________ in the air, things haven’t been so _______ for
Miss Glory Forbes. In fact, she’s been going _______ for ________-but
never on _________!
>Quiz Time!
1) Icicle Lodge it THE lodge for THE people. ‘The’ People are:
A) The Keebler Elves
B) The voices that live in John Lustig’s head
C) The voices that live in John Lustig’s mustache
D) Pudgy older men in speedos
2) The red streaks on the snow in the original are:
A) The result of the colorist’s two martini lunch
B) Blood from all the people Glory has run over that’s stuck
on the bottom of her ski
C) Crayon streaks left from the 6 year old who originally owned
the comic this was scanned from
D) A very misguided attempt to add ‘texture’
3) What’s causing the avalanche in the upper left hand corner?
A) A desperate attempt to cover up an ink stain on the art page
B) Somebody having Popeye’s chicken for lunch
C) Who cares? Did you know Glory isn’t wearing a sports bra?
Nice to know she has experience going down.
Is that a Karma Sutra position?