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   Dave Dell on June 1, 2022 at 3:45 am

   Reads as if “Emile Zola” is attempting to channel Emile Zola. Probably raiding ideas from Les Rougon-Macquart.

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     John on June 1, 2022 at 9:22 pm

     I’ll have to take your word for it. I’m a Zola illiterate–except for this comic For a Night of Love.

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       Dave Dell on June 2, 2022 at 7:17 pm

       Oh, I’ve never read his stuff. Too dry I’m sure. Too Many Words… Just one of those people that are stuck in your head due to a funky name associated with other stuff like Byron’s writing, the Moulin Rouge, and/or Toulouse-Lautrec.

       I have a half-baked theory about semi-famous people whose last names start with a Z. You may not remember why you remember them but you know you’ve heard the name in some vaguely remembered context. I knew Zola was a literary figure of some sort from some pre-WW1 period in France. All other details escaped me if I ever knew ’em in the first place.

       I googled Zola and found Les Rougon-Macquart which twenty volumes about the doings of a couple of rich families probably (I’ll never know) has many plot lines used in many soaps (and comic books). If said plot lines even started with Zola.

       God, I just love the intertubes! More useless stuff to know about than I could learn in two lifetimes.

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   Rudolf vonLuchen on June 1, 2022 at 10:32 am

   “Love for Sale” by Cole Porter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_for_Sale_(song). About a dozen covers available on YouTube: Ella Fitzgerald, K D Lang, Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Scott Bradlee & Sunny Holiday, and more.

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     John on June 1, 2022 at 9:20 pm

     An excellent song choice for this comic, Rudolf. I listed to the Lady Gaga & Bennett version–plus one of the Ella versions!

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