tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post1717163039459690280..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1699: George Washington bites!Pappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-78614770267537153842015-02-20T10:10:41.824-08:002015-02-20T10:10:41.824-08:00J D, you never know...it could be the folks who cr...J D, you never know...it could be the folks who create Dr. Who were influenced by Herbie. Stranger things have happened.<br /><br />I am sure Herbie had at least some influence on some underground cartoonists, although I can't see any direct references. But as I mentioned to Daniel, some of my fellow comic fans in the sixties "got it," and picked up on the hallucinatory aspects of Herbie. I remember correspondences with some friends where it was mentioned. LSD was much in the news in those days.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-75910319036706239892015-02-20T10:02:54.661-08:002015-02-20T10:02:54.661-08:00Daniel, no doubt Herbie's humor is an acquired...Daniel, no doubt Herbie's humor is an acquired taste. I think it is only slightly more exaggerated than some of Richard E. Hughes' "serious" stories. I'd just call the humor bizarre. <br /><br />Maybe it's my generation, but back in the '60s my fellow fans and I seemed to get it.<br /><br />If fats to the brain are good, then why am I a fathead without being more smarter? Hyuk, yuk.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-41132088313646884572015-02-20T09:56:48.761-08:002015-02-20T09:56:48.761-08:00Ryan, here's a 2007 posting where I articulate...Ryan, here's a 2007 posting where I articulate the same position as you! <a href="http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2007/07/number-157-herbie-hallucinates-in-hell.html" rel="nofollow">"Herbie hallucinates in Hell"</a><br /><br />It got me in some trouble at the time, which I address in a postscript.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-33122437255655906202015-02-20T09:50:17.098-08:002015-02-20T09:50:17.098-08:007f7, I just think of Dad as being from Ogden Whitn...7f7, I just think of Dad as being from Ogden Whitney's central casting, where all characters (except Herbie and the occasional real-life celebrity) have the same look.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-82099388200278669922015-02-20T06:06:09.494-08:002015-02-20T06:06:09.494-08:00Red Coats Chomondeley & Mainwaring! Last pane...Red Coats Chomondeley & Mainwaring! Last panel on page 5 has what looks like Herbie's Pa as the honcho red coat. Pa Popnecker seems to play multiple parts in an Ogden Whitney comic as we've sort of noticed before. All good. Thanks, Pappy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-71370544814262763872015-02-20T04:53:35.058-08:002015-02-20T04:53:35.058-08:00Herbie is always such a funny reading... like an u...Herbie is always such a funny reading... like an underground comic without the omnipresent references to sex and drug culture... No, wait. I just saw page 5, and the boy's having quite a trip in page 8... Is it a dame wearing the red jacket - yellow hat in p. 1? Looks like a mix of the third and fourth Dr. who. Very British.J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-51487064721677724052015-02-20T02:15:25.106-08:002015-02-20T02:15:25.106-08:00Beyond the, uhm, arguable lack of humor, this stor...Beyond the, uhm, <i>arguable lack of humor</i>, this story seems to discard completely the device of Herbie's father (Pincus) being oblivious to Herbie's having extraordinary talents. And the narration itself adopts some of the father's attitude, calling Herbie “Good Old Fatso”.<br /><br />BTW, one <i>ought</i> to be a bit of a <i>fat</i>-head! The brain actually needs a great deal of fat to operate properly. Cognitive function and mood can be impaired by a diet too low in fats.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-60211453721873578752015-02-20T01:56:57.332-08:002015-02-20T01:56:57.332-08:00At first, I thought, "This is total bull$h!t....At first, I thought, "This is total bull$h!t." Then I realized, "Ah! Herbie's 'time lollipops' are full of hallucinogens!" So the little fatso dreamt the whole thing in the most outrageously imaginative way. No wonder Dad whooped his butt!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389353987133860660noreply@blogger.com