Saturday, February 23, 2019

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 16

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 15

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 14

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 13

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 12

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 11

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 10

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 9

PREHISTOTIC FUSCO 8

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 7

The Fusco Brothers originally had a teenage nephew, but I quickly realized that he and the teenage wolverine would simply compete for the same gags, so he was dropped from the strip.

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 6

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 5

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 4

Sylvia becomes Gloria and gets a last name, triggered by the joke.

PREHISTORIC FUSCO 3

I came up with The Fusco Brothers in 1985 and pitched it to the newspaper syndicates, who all turned it down. Later, in 1989, I pitched it again and it got picked up. In the interim, newspapers had changed the size requirements for comics, so I had to redraw the strips to the new size. This is another one of the original versions (I posted two others here a month ago). This one is especially rare because Gloria was still named Sylvia.

Friday, February 22, 2019

SMART WOMEN STUPID CHOICES



Gloria Castillo.

PETER TORK

Back in 1991 I did a Fusco Brothers strip in which their band was considering wearing Monkees shirts and Mike Nesmith hats. Through my syndicate I got a letter from Peter Tork (not Mike Nesmith) asking if he could have the original. I sent it to him and asked if he had any original Monkees stuff to send me in return. He sent a bunch of sweatshirts from a Monkees comeback tour and a folder with a photo and an inscription in it.



Wednesday, February 20, 2019

SEPARATED AT PUBERTY

                                               

Glenn Ford and Glen Foerd.