July 13, 2005

Leaping Lizards!

As in: Comics , Hobarthy , Science Fiction

Month 3:

Interplanetary Lizards of the Texas Plains Cover
This title is your standard Western adventure story, but with alien reptiles as the heroes. Hence, Interplanetary Lizards of the Texas Plains.

I didn't find a sub-story in this one to arrange here, but there are lots of amusing panels. Check 'em out:

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  1. Do Gauchos really pee on cacti?
  2. Lucas wasn't stealing from Streetcar, but from IPLotTP. In a classic sign that a writer isn't confident in his artist, the narrator box tells us what the picture obviously shows.
  3. I find the last panel of this part really funny. The authors constantly give the old man lines like this, to make him seem more "Western", I guess. At one point he says "Don't forget all that stuff I teached ya." 'Teached'?
  4. I like the overhead shot. The contrast between the top panel and the bottom one in the quality of the art show that this guy would be really good drawing landscapes and backgrounds with a partner to draw the action. Also, this is one of several places the authors use "Yikes", which makes me laugh.
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Posted by briley at July 13, 2005 9:45 AM