ICE DEFIES IDENTIFICATION

 Continuing my looksee through Pep Comics #9, I came upon this little bit of truth:

Well, they've got me there.

Hey!  It's time for some Fun with Out of Context Dialogue! (tm!):

Boy, we've all been there, haven't we?

No?

Oh... never mind.

Look over here!  It's a CMNS MOMENT OF COMIC BOOK GREATNESS! (tm!):

Lesson over.

This has been a CMNS MOMENT OF COMIC BOOK GREATNESS! (tm!)

And just when I think I've found the greatest one ever, I find yet another perfectly amazing bit of Fun with Out of Context Dialogue! (tm!):

Wow... Just, wow.

See you tomorrow!

It's Always Worth the Trip When There's A Big Boob Involved...

Life is frantic, but there's always time for some Fun with Out of Context Dialogue (tm!), courtesy of Pep Comics #8:

Abbie and Maxie are having the best day in recent memory...

Hey!  It's time for even more Fun with Out of Context Dialogue! (tm!):

Doing this blog is like having Christmas on a regular basis.  It really is.

And finishing us off, a CMNS Moment of Comic Book Greatness! (tm!):

Yeah!  Rock on, Bentley of Scotland Yard!

See you tomorrow!

How that Suits Lew... Who, Appropriately Enough, Usually Wore Suits

More silliness from Pep Comics #7...

That's probably a good strategy.  I don't know how many people would buy a ticket to stare at a convalescent.  Lew was shrewd.  "Shrewd Lew," nobody called him... but they probably should have.

Speaking of names...

I'm not trying to make excuses for the guy, but maybe he's a little slow in "learning the ways of the righteous" because you're calling him JOODAR THE EVIL.  If you referred to him as "Joodar, the Work in Progress" or even "Joodar, the Morally Conflicted" he might be a little less resistant to personal growth.

Tay Ling quickly regretted her decision to spend her summer vacation in Florida...

What fun!  See you Monday!

Spanking a Grown Woman ... Don't Do What Kayo Ward Just Did

So I'm taking a look at Pep Comics #7, and I come across this in the Kayo Ward story...

So this is normal where Kayo comes from?  Believe it or not, he didn't come from Jersey!

Actually he was from the Bronx.  I'm inclined to say "Same difference," but I've never been to either so it would a totally ignorant statement on my part.

It doesn't really constitute Fun with Out of Context Dialogue (tm!) because it's actually pretty much in context.  It's just awesome if start and stop there.

Well, no... there's one more panel to throw in:

Why, Rupy.... I believe we've found your thang, you naughty girl!

Let's check in on Bentley of Scotland Yard 

... that I just missed out on a great party!

Thank you, thank you.  I'll be here all week!  Tip your waitress and try the fish!

See you tomorrow!

"I Can Solve this Murder More Quickly if I am Murdered Myself" and Other Questionable CSI Techniques

Okay, my lovelies, here's the deal: I am taking off for holiday vacay, so I'll be back on January 1st to ring in a new year!  I hope everyone has a great holiday season for faiths of all stripes!  Thanks again to everyone.  I'm still amazed that more folks are reading now than ever before, and that's so encouraging I can't even describe it.  Each and every one of you were a gift this year!

But before we say good-bye to 2012, let us finish up Pep Comics #6, starting with Sgt. (Effin') Boyle with some Fun with Out of Context Artwork! (tm!):

It's really funnier if I just kind of move on to the next thing, so I will.  Which means it's off to the Kayo Ward story and more Fun with Out of Context Dialogue! (tm!)

"Tie me up?" "Get these clothes off?"

Kayo's lapse was going to prove disastrous indeed!  I'm not at all comfortable with where that's going.  It brings to mind Ned Beatty in Deliverance. 

Lastly and perhaps leastly, we have Bentley of Scotland Yard.

Okay, follow me.  John Baker peers into an open furnace and...

... okay, got it?  Remember that because it's important.

Keep it in mind as I make a totally unrelated joke:

Barney Reyman and John Baker both had a weakness for Disembodied Floating Heads (tm!).

Okay, back to the furnace thing.  Now his son does the exact same thing his father did and....

See the pattern here?

YA THINK, BENTLEY?

And then Bentley decides that the only way to learn their fate is to....

This is really not Bentley's finest hour.  Sadly, he survives.  As usual, things get way too wordy for me to learn who was doing what and why, but I'm sure it made more sense than sticking your face in a furnace.

And that's it for me, Dear Ones!  I'll see you January 1st!

Fatigued? Maybe You've Received an Undiagnosed Gunshot Wound!

As I've gone through a few of these issues of Pep Comics you may have noticed that I overlooked the "Kayo Ward" feature.  This is largely because I find comics that aren't about people with superpowers (can I say "superpowers" without getting sued by the Big Two these days?) are dreadfully dull.  But this particular installment from Pep #3 caught my eye:

It won't be Kayo Ward!  And as you can tell by my demeanor, I LOVE COCAINE!!!!

Okay, the logic of this kind of threw me off.  Kayo gets a telegram, right?  This is what it says:

Now, I recognize that the Western Union guy probably doesn't pay much attention to the messages he's given all day long, but wouldn't that one kind of leap out at you as you're wiring it?  It's not like the message is so cryptic that even the most careless reader can't glean what the sender is driving at.  Those people at Western Union must be some stone cold-hearted dudes is all I'm saying.

But this panel sold me:

THAT is a man who is not in touch with his body's signals.  I sure am tired.  It must be all the Red Bull I've been drinking.  Or maybe the bullet wound is keeping me from getting a good night's sleep... nah, probably the Red Bull.

That's some good stuff right there.

See you Monday!!