DECONSCRIPTION-Writings of Curtis Cottrell Comics Trip
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Alley Oop Caveman Alley Oop With his faithful dinosaur Looks for Miss Oola, His sidekick cracking
in rhyme Antediluvian time. Antman I can talk to ants. My silver cyberhelmet Tunes to their wavelength, Then I ride to victory With my Myrmidon army. Asterix
the Gaul From Armorica, Asterix and Obelix, Miss Panacea, Warrior Tragicomix And Getafix, The Druid. The Atom Why does Doctor
Light Appear only black
and white, Illuminating Our hero caught
in a lamp Cyan, yellow
and magenta? Barbarella An angel is love Psychedelic space cadet Bound by the black
queen On Duran Duran's machine Orgasmatron from above Beany and
Cecil Beany and Cecil The big seasick sea
serpent Had buttons for eyes. They began as hand
puppets Before they became
cartoons. Blackhawk Blackhawk squadron
of Paramilitary jets Swoops in for the kill. Another petty tyrant Falls to the coup d'evil. Brenda
Breeze Skirt above her knees, Brenda Breeze was quite
a tease, Made me pant and wheeze. Since the feminists
complain We won't see Brenda
again. Buster
Brown That brat Buster Brown Almost electrocuted His poor old father When he fixed the radio To fall into the bathtub. Chip and
Dale These good buddies
are The epitome of cool, Calm and collected. Their etiquette never
missed. "After you."
"No, I insist." Dennis
the Menace Dennis the Menace And neighbor Mister
Wilson Are at it again Displaced Oedipal complex Or Kronos eating children? Doctor
Seuss The Cat in the Hat Went down to Mulberry
Street For green eggs and
ham Horton hears a Who
today Or the Grinch that
stole Christmas Doonesburial Hell's Angels,
Fear and Loathing, And The Great Gonzo
Shark Hunt Duke Hunter Thompson's Cremains shot into
the sky Just like the circus Donald
Duck Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Inventor Gyro Gearloose, And Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, Ain't no Mickey Mouse
outfit. Fearless Fosdick Get wildroot,
Charlie, And square the
end of your chin, Then you'll get
your man Unless it's Sadie
Hawkins, And then you
run for your wife. Flash Gordon
and Dale Flee from Ming
the Merciless Personifying Paranoid xenophobic Fear of all things
alien. G.I. Combat Ride The Haunted Tank With Jeb Stuart on
the track Eponymously Mapping ghostly strategies Against the ghastly
Nazis. The Great Pumpkin Good grief! A pumpkin Has taken root
in my yard: Washed up by
the flood From Hurricane
Katrina Just in time
for Halloween.
Green Lantern Imagination Focused through
alien lens Brings the ring
power. You are only
limited By the freedom
of your will. Hawkman Weapons of the
past Join science
of the future: Fight present
danger With a beautiful
partner Flying on waves
of the wind. Iron Man If you have money, You can replace your
body With metallic parts. Unfortunately, one
part Needs more than a little
oil. The Katzenjammer
Kids Katzenjammer Kids Play their mischief-making
pranks On the poor captain, Who wishes he had never Come to this tropic
island. Krazy Kat A brick on the
head Brings sudden
enlightenment And encouragement To the eternal
triangle With rat and
Officer Pup. Little Nemo Living in the
dreams Of a flying rarebit
fiend, Possibilities, Clown, prince
and savage bushman Merge with baroque arabesque. Onomato boy Gerald Mac Boing
Boing, Cousin of John
Cage, Industrial ancestor Audio expressionist. Bill Mauldin Take
a tour of the European
Theater With
our dogface pals Bold
GI's Joe and Willie Tired
of wading through the mud Moonraker Down
the mountain pass A
Bentley skids off the road The
rocket's hijackers The
werewolves hound our hero But
Bond is back in action Plainclothesman Hawk nose and
square jaw, A grotesque heiroglyphic Of law and order: Law of commercial
design; Art of sequential
order. Icon of action: Car curves around
a corner; Tracy dodges
past, Swasticated arms
and legs, Coattail signifying
speed. A reader complains, "Your villains
are so ugly!" Popular phrenology Characterizing
affects. There's nothing
cute about crime. Flattop, B.B.
Eyes, Littleface, Pruneface,
Shakey, Breathless Mahoney, Mumbles, Mole,
The Brow, The Blank, Stooge Viller
and Sketch Paree. Too many questions On two-way wrist
radios: Proper procedure Calls for us
to go at once, Sign off with
a big ten-four. Popeye, goon
and jeep Enact Thimble
Theater Saving Olive
Oyl From evil sea
hag potion Exclaiming, "Et
tu, Bluto?" Anthony Rogers, Airlords of Han nemesis Better known as Buck, Awoke in a world of war Ruled by anti-gravity. Leonard
Sansone Who's that lurking
here? The Wolf in GI Clothing With a nasty leer For Miss Red Hot Riding
Hood And he don't mean her
no good Showcase Jack Kirby’s
heroes Challengers of
the Unknown Live on borrowed
time— Puzzle in a mystic
box Courtesy of Gardner
Fox. Spiderman Radioactive Peter Parker picked a pack Of gossamer web Swinging from all the rooftops Just hanging around downtown. The Spirit Detective comics And sequential narrative On the edge of time Humor, glamor and suspense Zoot suit, wide brimmed hat Terry and the Pirates The Dragon Lady Sends a horde of her henchmen To greet downed pilots, While she waits in her salon Smoking a long cigaratte. Thor Come along with
me, Journey into
Mystery. What’s
that eerie sound? Strike your hammer
on the ground Be the thunder
god you are! Wonder
Woman Why is Diana More sexy with her
glasses Than Amazon garb? When she goes into
action She loses all her repose. The Checkered
Demon's Creator S. Clay
Wilson Recoiled in horror When shown a
child porn comic: "I don't dig 'short
eyes,'" he sighs. Phoebe
Zeitgeist Mike O'Donahue Wrote absurd adventures
in Evergreen Review No tarpits or ex-Nazis Tarnish the name of
Zeitgeist
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