Original Vintage Art & Text
Script by Will Eisner. Art by Dan Zolnerowich from the story “The Legion of Living Bombs” from Smash Comics #14, 1940.
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MAN: You? Unpopular? Impossible!
WOMAN IN TURBAN: It’s true! I used to be a wallflower! But then...I blossomed out!
1940 Art: Will Eisner & Dan Zolnerowich New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Flowery Words: John Lustig
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WOMAN IN TURBAN: It’s true! I used to be a wallflower! But then...I blossomed out!
1940 Art: Will Eisner & Dan Zolnerowich New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Flowery Words: John Lustig
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All Hail Empress Banana! Squeeze a little to see if she’s ripe!
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What she’s probably thinking:
“Mama always told me to watch out for men who wear more lipstick than I do.”
“You know…I like pudding. I mean I really, really like pudding. The thought of butterscotch just gets me moister than a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie. Is this guy talking about puddin? No? Okay. I can go back to fantasizing about the actor from Reacher covered in pistachio mousse. Oh yeah baby. Oh hell yeah!”
“That’s the trouble with being the villain’s love interest. The sex doesn’t get good until James Bond shows up.”
“Okay. He’s promising you money, power, and unending devotion. So now would be a really bad time to fart. C’mon girl! You can hold it! You can do it!”
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But never mind the most-bored-looking-Fanta-Girl-turned-femme-fatale-ever. The real story is the Magno story in this issue! He could give Wambi the Jungle Boy a run for best character find of the last decade.
Please tell me there was a team up between Magno and Wambi! That would be awesome.
Great stuff, Jams.
But a Magno-Wambi crossover? We can only dream. Or rather you can dream. Me? I’d like to see Magno go up against Magneto!
Yeah, she seems less than thrilled about the prospect of becoming this guy’s empress. Or the strain of holding in that fart is really starting to take a toll….
Why in the world are there severed fingers on the right??? I realize that it is probably supposed to be his left hand up against the wall or something, but it just looks creepy. PLUS, with the size of those fingers, imagine the hand — her head would easily fit in the palm of his hand!
Billy, I’ve used this art before and I’ve always had the much the same reaction as you. However, I’d also add “menacing” to that “creepy” description.
His career counselor told him he had the options of basketball, scalp masseuse or villain. However he didn’t know his own strength. After he pulled the skin off of a basketball and the scalp off of one client, that left villain.
I did notice the fingers this morning , Wanted to make a comment about 1940s AI , Art work !