Wednesday, August 5, 2015

REACH FOR HAPPINESS Episode 12

...as we present a splash page featuring Greg and Rita that has nothing to do with the part of the story we're running today, since they don't appear until Part 2, next week!
And, while some seek temporary oblivion in the arms of Morpheus, others are just beginning their evening's revelry...


Next Week...
The explanation for the splash page!
We can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Yeah, we say that a lot...but it's true!)
This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #120 (1967) was written by Jack Miller, with layouts and pencils by several different people including Jay Scott Pike, John Rosenberger, and Gene Colan with inks by several people I can't identify right off.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

PERFECT LOVE "I Didn't Want Him Back!"

For a book called "Perfect Love"...
...this series presents relationships that are anything but "perfect"!
Girls don't want Donald Trump wanna-be "bad boys" who prioritize control over others and making money above all else?
My real-world experience says otherwise, but perhaps artist Harry Anderson and the unknown writer of this tale from St John's Perfect Love #10 (1953) know something I don't...
Next week:
The Return of Reach for Happiness...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Things are really getting juicy...)

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

TIPPY TEEN / VICKI "3rd Finger, Right Hand"

She's supposedly two different girls, almost a decade apart...
...even though both of them have the same boyfriend!
When this story from Tower's Tippy Teen #3 (1966) was reprinted in Atlas/Seaboard's Vicki #1 (1975), more than just the fashions and hairstyles were altered*.
Tippi became "Vicki", though her boyfriend remained "Tommy Trippit" in both versions!
Why did Seaboard change the character's name from Tippy to Vicki?
Nobody's certain.
But, since Vicki was cancelled after only four issues, the question is now moot.
 
*With sales falling on most non-superhero genres in the late 1960s (including Western and war as well as romance and teen humor [except for the Archie titles]), "updated reprinting" became a common practice on teen humor and romance comics until the genres all-but died out in the late 1970s.
Editors felt that:
a) the plots were relatively timeless.
b) updating the art was cheaper than totally-redrawing the story. 
c) the artists were better-utilized doing stuff that sold better (like superheroes).
d) the audience for teen humor and romance comics, unlike superhero comics, totally-changed every 5-6 years anyway, and wouldn't notice the "old" plots.
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)

And now a word from out sponsor...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

REACH FOR HAPPINESS Episode 11 Part 2

Art by Jay Scott Pike
...wait a second!
This scene, though the cover shot, is actually the final scene in today's story.
But this is what leads up to it...
And, now on with our tale...
Note: this is the wife Bob's currently separated from, as shown HERE.
Be back next month for the fireworks as the almost-ex and wanna-be bride go at it!
Next Week...
We haven't decided yet what we'll present, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Yeah, we say that a lot...but it's true!)
This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #120 (1967) was written by Jack Miller, with layouts and pencils by several different people including Jay Scott Pike, John Rosenberger, and Gene Colan with inks by several people I can't identify right off.
And now a word from out sponsor...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

REACH FOR HAPPINESS Episode 11

...in the little town of Danville Corners, where lust and naughtiness reign...
I hope Peggy isn't going to take that statement literally...for reasons we'll reveal
 Next Week...
The explanation for the splash page featuring (you guessed it) Peggy!
We can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Yeah, we say that a lot...but it's true!)
This chapter of "Reach for Happiness" from Secret Hearts #120 (1967) was written by Jack Miller, with layouts and pencils by several different people including Jay Scott Pike, John Rosenberger, and Gene Colan with inks by several people I can't identify right off.
And now a word from out sponsor...
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