Most people would dream of their business being destroyed, but he dreams of everything but his business going away. Mind, many of the old movie palaces have vanished.
First the people leave, then the buildings. Small piece of fantasy? Or a prophetic glimpse into a future of urban decay, as people left for the suburbs and neighborhoods that once teemed with activity went downhill? Too bad he woke up before an urban renewal project could be built.
Reminds me of a vaudeville theater in Manhattan that was moved some years back (sometime in the 1990s, I think) so it could be preserved but still allow for a new construction project. Everything around it had been razed so it stood alone, just like in this comic, until it was removed from its foundation and slowly transported to its new location a few hundred feet away.
Finally, to echo the punch line used in many sitcoms, cartoons and other media depicting strange dreams, this guy needs to give up eating rarebit before bedtime.
Atanwat about 9 years ago
I don’t doubt that the page sequence numbers (here: “141”) are accurate, but I would be interested to know the source from which they were determined.
SKJAM! Premium Member about 9 years ago
Most people would dream of their business being destroyed, but he dreams of everything but his business going away. Mind, many of the old movie palaces have vanished.
VICTOR PROULX about 9 years ago
Great city-scape
paullp Premium Member about 9 years ago
First the people leave, then the buildings. Small piece of fantasy? Or a prophetic glimpse into a future of urban decay, as people left for the suburbs and neighborhoods that once teemed with activity went downhill? Too bad he woke up before an urban renewal project could be built.
Reminds me of a vaudeville theater in Manhattan that was moved some years back (sometime in the 1990s, I think) so it could be preserved but still allow for a new construction project. Everything around it had been razed so it stood alone, just like in this comic, until it was removed from its foundation and slowly transported to its new location a few hundred feet away.
Finally, to echo the punch line used in many sitcoms, cartoons and other media depicting strange dreams, this guy needs to give up eating rarebit before bedtime.
Peter Maresca Premium Member about 9 years ago
Kind of a reverse of R. Crumb’s " Short History of America"