Bad Machinery by John Allison for November 21, 2023

Young Amy in the background of the lower left panel. She would’ve been about 14, 15 in the mid-90s. She didn’t have her trademark dyed fringe when she first appeared in Bobbins — possibly due to parental/employer dictate; she was working as a receptionist for her father, Len Pickering, at City Limit at the time — but that’s otherwise pretty much how she looked in the early Bobbins strips.

Lee Lorson’s noggin wasn’t well attached then, was it?

I don’t think I want to know what they are selling at Joe Blows.

Someone needs to give Gary Thickett a heads-up about this. He might be headed for disaster. He should quit while he’s ahead. Or while he has one.

The light-blue scooter keeps detaching Ace Faces’ heads.

Of course, some of that can be chalked up to simply riding a Vespa. It’s one of the least-safe modes of transport.

To be honest, a radio helmet sounds like a very bad idea since the beginning.

God help me, I’m laughing so hard I think MY head is going to come off…