Monday, November 24, 2014

Pickup

Mini-Monday returns to AEET with a tiny comic strip that I found in a Dell paperback from 1962 (and scanned at 400%) called "Nervous in the Service"; edited by Bill Yates. The book itself is a collection of "America's leading jokesters taking a look at our servicemen on land, on the sea, in the air, and far out in space", and this cute martian maiden strip illustrated by O'Brien --simply titled "Pickup" --is definitely the highlight of the collection.








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13 comments:

  1. J_D_La_Rue_67November 24, 2014

    Well, the joke is quite predictable, but I guess servicemen were glad for everything supposed to make them laugh in 1962.
    Speaking of sci-fi jokes, a friend of mine has a question for you.
    "Dear Mr. Karswell:
    You always ask us to prove we are not robots. How do I know YOU are not?
    Magnus, the robot fighter"
    Terrible, huh?

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  2. Crafty CNovember 24, 2014

    Ha! Thats pretty great! And cute!

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  3. Mr. KarswellNovember 24, 2014

    @JD: I am most certainly a robot-- never said I wasn't ;)

    @Carol: I thought for sure you were gonna ask why the guy wasn't taking his clothes off too

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  4. Crafty CNovember 24, 2014

    Ha! I actually thought that while I was looking at it! I was all "what the hell is he waiting for?!?"

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  5. Mr. CavinNovember 24, 2014

    Fantastic. I love mini Mondays!

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  6. Mr. KarswellNovember 24, 2014

    Well if someone had their way, it'd be Teeny Tuesdays instead...

    we'll see

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  7. Mr. CavinNovember 24, 2014

    Would that put the kibosh on Wee Wednesdays and Thimble Thursdays?

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  8. Crafty CNovember 24, 2014

    Well if that person really had their way it would also be Small-fry Saturday. But I'm sure you would prefer Widdle Wednesday

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  9. Mr. KarswellNovember 24, 2014

    Just for that, I'm going with Pint-Sized Fridays!

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  10. Crafty CNovember 24, 2014

    Yay!!! For the life of me I couldn't come up with anything for Fridays

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  11. Mr. KarswellNovember 24, 2014

    Diminutive Days are here again

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  12. J_D_La_Rue_67November 25, 2014

    And lots of Collins-dictionary-evenings...

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  13. JMR777November 25, 2014

    Now here is the question concerning the comic-Is the guy terrified because the thing means him harm, or is he terrified because the thing wants to do the nasty with him. Either way the guy is in for it (and you thought online dating had its risks).
    One parting shot- One thing about robots, the only viruses they have to worry about can be removed via Dr. Solomon software.

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