“There, there, lie quiet now. You just had a bad dream.” Yep, it had to be the “off-gassing of the plastics” in a helmet that’s sat in the attic since 1980. In addition to her prowess at video games, Donna’s also some kind of an expert in plastics chemistry.
Tag: comic books
Heeeeere’s Johnny!
I can’t recall whether “Johnny” Howard was even part of the Act I cast. But as Funky Winkerbean retcons go, having young Johnny appear in today’s strip is pretty inoffensive. Though I wonder why coming into possession of what would become the most valuable comic book in history didn’t result in DSH John being “set for life,” to quote Crazy Harry. Being from the future, of course Crazy would understand the potential value of this comic. Would “Johnny’s” find inspire him to go on to open the Komix Korner? It certainly didn’t make him rich. In fact, it required the sale of a comic book from another time travel arc to keep his business from going under.
EERIE Coincidence
vince
April 20, 2022 at 9:14 am
so who’s the other kid viewing comics? I’m assuming he’d be too lazy to draw someone unless it’s important…maybe it’s a girl? I dread thinking the Eliminator origin story is about to happen.
I guess it isn’t stealing if Harry’s figured out some way to pay for this comic without tipping everybody off that he’s from the future. Meanwhile, everyone here has long since figured out that that is indeed young “Don/nald,” finding inspiration for her Eliminator persona among the comics on that spinner rack. And speaking of a “rack” (sorry), what is going on with Donna’s budding bosom? In order to fit that recreation of the cover of EERIE #57, her giant grinning head, and the suggestion of boobs, the artist has given Donna a chest like Lillian’s.
It Don’t Come EZ
Looks like Harry’s already gotten over having blown an opportunity to potentially spare his friend a miserable death…
Any time a person or a place in the Funkiverse gets lovingly, weirdly specifically rendered, it sends me down the rabbit hole to investigate. Captain E-Z’s Confectionery, according to an April 15, 2018 story in the Chronicle, stood on Middle Avenue in the Cleveland suburb of Elyria, and was “popular with Elyria High School students for the close proximity it offered to candy, pop and comic books.” On Instagram, I came across an undated image of what appears to be the real place in Ohio. The (poorly taped!) sign in the window advertises milk at $1.55 a gallon, suggesting that this pic dates to circa 1975.
Crazy Harry is excited to get his hands on Amazing Fantasy #15. Last September, a near-mint copy of this comic, which introduced the Amazing Spider Man, sold at auction for a record-setting $3.6 million dollars. Of course, that comic was graded CGC 9.6, and one of only four known copies in such near-mint condition. It’s doubtful that the comic Crazy is drooling over is anywhere near that kind of condition, if it’s been sitting in the spinner rack since it was published in 1962.
Actually, No, You Don’t Have It, Maddie’s Adopted
(If you saw a different post earlier, it’s because you’re getting caught in a time vortex and totally not that I got my days mixed up.)
So Young Harry, who was completely baffled by the concept of “comic book store”, can think of nothing more important to ask his future self than “does my mom throw away all my comic books?”. And Old Harry’s response is basically “no, but your wife does, because wives are just like moms, basically, making you get rid of what really brings you joy”.
I could really do without that last panel, honestly. I know they’re technically the same person, but a teenager talking about sex with a strange old man he just met is a bit uncomfortable, and Young Harry’s face really does not help it.
Son of Stuck Funky 