When I think of the U.S. Border Patrol I think of uniformed officers stopping people at the border and checking for contraband. According to Wikipedia the agency called the United States Border Patrol was founded in 1924, far too late for the tale I am showing today. “The Wandering Killer” is a story of an undercover agent of the BP, investigating some mysterious killings. Referring again to Wikipedia, as early as 1904 there was an organization of mounted guards, working for the U.S. Immigration Service, but they never numbered more than about 75, and as the article states, they only went to work when resources permitted. You could fit this story somewhere in that time frame, but for now I’ll just consider this posting from
Border Patrol #3 (1951) an exaggeration using artistic license; it is anachronistic to call John Brand a member of the Border Patrol. But then, the story is actually a tale of Indian slaves, sinister Mexicans, and the hunt for buried gold.
The handsome drawings are by Harry Anderson.
Ah, yes, San Vaca, whose name translates as “Saint Cow”. (Of course, one of the more famous neighborhoods of San Diego is named “La Jolla”, which translates as … well, nothing. The Spanish for jewel is “joya”.)
ReplyDeleteThe drawings are quite nice, but of a sort especially vulnerable when the printing is careless, as here.
When I think of the Border Patrol, I think of being stopped two-to-four times in each direction as I travel to or from Tucson, to visit my parents. I also think of a department so arrogant that it effects warrantless searches and that its agents billed a young woman as if their' sexually assaulting her were a service.
The talking idol ruse -we'll never get tired of that one. It always gets results.
ReplyDeleteAs a kid I would have enjoyed this story. I still have enjoyed it. Nice art work, yes. Thanks, Pappy.
OMG Pappity we crossded tha borderer 2 Boston PHOTO OF ME Our anim8or Peter is gunna live-anim8 us from tha comic con 2moro but OMG we havant sleepd in 36 hous so we cartunes R gunna crash xoxoxo we luv u Pappy xoxoxo We'll tell Mickity Monkee u sed hi or sumthing mayB xoxo
ReplyDeleteHay Pappy hears a pic of me & Deb w/tha Dad of Josh2 from Devo He rearrangded our posters 2 put us on top WeR sitting next 2 Josh @ tha Northeast Comic Con Our new vine got a hundred thouzend loops xoxoxo luv u Pappity
ReplyDeleteOh theirs video of Micky Monkee on Peter's FB
ReplyDeleteMan, I never knew there was an issue # 3! I used to have # 2 framed and mounted. Thanks, Pappy! Go Border Patrol!
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ReplyDeleteOMG PAPPY U SHULDA BIN THEIR we luv u Pappy xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Luv,
Debbie American Hooray!
Alicia, Debbie, you move in much faster circles than this old Grandpappy.
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Daniel, nothing is said in the article as to cause why agents would target this young woman. Did she say something, act suspicious? What? It's hard to believe it was caused by spite, especially when getting a local hospital involved.
ReplyDeleteNot that I think she was guilty, I just don't understand the overkill on the searches without some sort of provocation.
7f7, darn it, I always get fooled by the talking idol. I mean, who would think there would be somebody doing the talking? I'm just gullible, I guess. Then again, I see the image of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (Church of the Subgenius) in clouds, in patterns made by wood grain, or on a piece of toast. And he speaks to me.
ReplyDeleteI can only speculate as to specifics of the motives of the Border Patrol agents who violated that young woman's rights.
ReplyDelete"Bob" Dobbs, Church of the Subgenius humor worked for me. Had a soft cover book on that until I enthusiastically loaned it -the last I saw of it. Glad you get the spiritual boost wherever you look. That lucky, a guy doesn't need talking idols. And maybe talking idols don't need us.
ReplyDeleteAs always, we are thankful for your work and humor, Paps.
Pappy--the third and eight panel are returning an error warning from Google: "500. That’s an error. The server encountered an error and could not complete your request. If the problem persists, please report your problem and mention this error message and the query that caused it. That’s all we know."
ReplyDeleteWilliam, you were correct; somehow the files for those pages were corrupted. To fix them I converted them from JPEG to BMP files, then back again to JPEG, and that seemed to work. I don't know what happened to corrupt them, but I hope it won't happen again.
ReplyDeleteCool--all fixed and gorgeous; Thanks for your work on this blog--much of your work is a revelation! Cheers from California!
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