Bryan had an interesting comment on the sketches I posted earlier this week. He suggested the characters be developed into a Sunday-only serial strip. This intrigued me, because it brought back a memory from when I’d read the comics as a kid. In The Atlanta Journal, we’d see “Buz Sawyer” in the funnies Monday through Saturday. Buz had been a Navy pilot during the war years, but he was a civilian adventurer and corporate mercenary by the time I came along. His was a swashbuckling serial strip, expertly produced by Roy Crane, and I loved it. However, on Sunday, in the large color format, the strip was about the man who’d flown with him as a gunner in the Pacific; his name was Roscoe Sweeney, a bellicose sidekick who’d been providing comic relief since their flying days. By the 50s, Roscoe lived on his orange grove in north Florida, with his younger sister. The Sunday strip was titled “Buz Sawyer, Featuring His Pal Roscoe Sweeney,” but each week would be a self-contained comic happening within the Sweeney household. It was a sit-com premise that might seem a tame life for such an old war horse, but combat veterans like him literally were everywhere in those days. Domesticity and normalcy were in big demand, and I suppose this was Crane’s version. Anyway, I always enjoyed Roscoe Sweeney, and I’m happy to be reminded of him.
Wither Thou Goest
By Jimmy Johnson
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109 responses to “Wither Thou Goest”
Jerry, I’ve had Speelczech mark proper names if I didn’t capitalize them. That may have been its problem with Velcro, since it’s a brand name. I get the same thing with Jello and a few others.
GR6, you can continue to Google, just don’t Bing.
Nancy, Velcro is a ®™; to protect against nasty lawyer letters just call it “hook and loop fasteners.”
Debbe 😉 These next few songs were part of the soundtrack of a pretty decent movie. Can you guess the movie? Clue #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEWuAcMWDLY
Good morning Villagers…
Have any of you ever wondered what happened to who from way back when? Yesterday I received a sympathy card (rerouted from the funeral home) from an old friend who I went to Lockyear College with….we’re talking 1973 here. I had not heard from her in all these years. She said the kindest words, that she remembered my mom’s hospitality when she came to my house. I rode with her on weekends to and from E’ville. She drove a Volkswagen, and I hated that little car. But I loved her friendship. Will be getting in touch with her…soon.
Picked up Shirley, lectured her on hanging around her ‘friends’ who are not a positive influence. As I’ve said before, she is a victim of her own demise. My husband and BIl say I will be fighting a losing battle if I think I can rehab her…..if she’s going to work with me, she will have to.
Eggs were filthy yesterday…told The Boss about them and that I did not want to experience A Close Encounter of the Alex kind…again. (He was on his way back from N. Carolina with two of his sisters….they are trying to get the rest of their mother’s ‘suff’ and put her house up for sale. His mother is back in town….) anyhoo, he said he would stop by and talk to me personally…..he knows I am a very fragile person right now.
And it’s only Tuesday……
ya’ll have a blessed day
Jerry…..Velcro shorts??????
GR 😉 ….”The Big Chill”!!! And I didn’t cheat either. I couldn’t remember the name of the movie and could only think of one actor’s name (Jeff Goldblum), so I googled his name to get the title of the movie…hey, the old synapses don’t fire like they use to.
So, what do I win 🙂 , but do keep playing that playlist…some good songs from that movie .
Let me throw you a little magic today…………..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYNuD4CwlI&list=RDmDYNuD4CwlI
https://i.imgur.com/mojTKUy.webm
My cats do the same thing whenever I brush them….they grab the brush, bite into it, then rub their cheeks with the bristles…..I think it’s some sort of ‘scenting’ thing.
JJ may move into a new strip any time, but here goes. TIP BlogSpot:
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
9CL started a new ‘change in the phone booth’ series yesterday.
Peace, emb
Debbe: My machine says Windows cannot open that file.
Peace, emb
Speaking of Velcro®™ and silly stuff…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWGLwRn96o
For bonus points, place the accents.