Bad Machinery by John Allison for July 21, 2023

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    John Campbell  12 months ago

    Spoiler: Ryan doesn’t get to keep the beard. Amy shaves it off while he’s sleeping the first night, in fact.

    The bed Amy’s offering him is actually Shelley’s. Shelley was, at the time, away on an extended trip to Christmas Island with Shelby Winner, the off-model American knockoff Shelley Winters. Shelley will be very surprised when she comes home unannounced in the middle of the night.

    Ryan’s father is the King of Tramps. He is not a good source of life advice.

    This is the last page of “The Case of the Forked Road”. “The Case of the Modern Men” starts Monday. It was not originally the last page; the one with the girls watching the Beetles video was. This page originally came before the one with the boys at the bowling alley, but things were rearranged a bit and a couple pages were added for the published version.

    The text was also redone for print for the published version, and an error was introduced in the process. Both word balloons in panel 5 are supposed to be Amy’s, and were in the original.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member 12 months ago

    Wear a coat when it’s cold. He’s so right!

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    willie_mctell  12 months ago

    I hope the bat has a long happy life in its new home.

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    PapaNambu Premium Member 12 months ago

    Ah, ya gotta love a Hollywood ending. (Apologies to Robert Altman and “The Player”)

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