Mid-Atlantic Moods
Last time I made reference to “Dame David Bowie” was about 15 years ago and someone got really upset, like, properly upset. But when I was a youth, Bowie was always referred to as “The Dame”, which means I must have got it from Smash Hits magazine, an unimpeachable source. Obviously I love the music of David Bowie. I can point out gems where you might imagine no gems were to be found, eg the 1992 soundtrack to Ralph Bakshi’s “Cool World”.
Who was the (live action) star of Cool World? A very young Brad Pitt. I remembered it being Alec Baldwin. IIRC Pitt plays a cartoonist who clearly has a bigger suit budget than any other cartoonist I have met (excepting perhaps Seth).
I like to think Cool World is an underrated gem.
In my defence, I’ve not seen it in a *very* long time.
Dolphins are, indeed, not relaxing.
Indeed. It think it was a about the early aughts when we turned on dolphins after learning about their real life behavior that belied the peaceful, harmonious, New-Agey image built up around them during the 80s and 90s.
And the ’70s!
Humans do some pretty depraved things too, y’know. Let he who has not sinned cast the first harpoon
Would Jack even know how to use an audio cassette? To a 21st century lad like him, a tape player might as well be an Edison phonograph.
Jack’s a smart lad. I’m sure he’d pick up quickly after watching a few historical documents (I.e. Wayne’s World, High Fidelity, etc).
I mean, there’s a very good chance he’s seen Guardians of the Galaxy, right?
And in fact it’s likely he’s already figured it out. See the September 4 page, panel 1.
Plus, cassettes are currently enjoying an ironic renaissance not unlike that of vinyl LPs.
I even recently bought one by Allison Crutchfield (because it came with a digital download and was inexplicably cheaper than just buying the digital download directly)
The dolphins are not what they seem.
I think the blend of Jack’s haplessness with his aura of mystery has grabbed hold of Shelley’s heartstrings. Ah, but she’s fated to remain with Bruno for some years yet.
Is she, though? That depends very much upon the way that time travel works in the Bobbinsverse. Unless the Shelly we all know and love met Jack in her youth as we’re seeing here, his arrival in the past is something “new” and is bound to have unforeseen consequences, future revelations blocked by gibberish notwithstanding.
Yeah, I thought about qualifying my statement with some sort of “depending how time-travel works”, but I decided to keep it simple.
In panel #4, thanks in part to Jack’s gesture towards Shelly, I keep wanting to read the sign on the door as one of John’s classic sound effects.