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6-string-theory.bsky.social
M.K. Iodine
@6-string-theory.bsky.social
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Guitarist, photo-funny maker, lover of humor, follower of real journalists. Unless expressly stated, I do not own the rights to any of the images I've so cruelly defiled, either here or over at mikemakesfumetti.blogspot.com
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@tribe-xx.bsky.social "... but only because we *want* to!"
A color panel from a combat-themed comic book. A soldier in a helmet is shouting to his troops, "We're pullin' out, men!" His face is contorted with the urgency of the moment.
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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#FumettiFriday takes you behind the scenes, but you gotta find your way back.
[Black & white image of a dour-looking publishing executive (natty suit, bow-tie) in a book-lined office. His desk is stacked with papers and wire baskets full of more papers. He is speaking with an unseen superior.] Unseen Superior: Good idea you had, Harkins, getting the estate of Alex Comfort to lend his name to a cook-book. "The Joy of Comfort Food" is our number one seller in the Asian market. Harkins: Thank you, sir. For the translation, I used a very cunning linguist. US: Ah-heh. Of course, the section on Tossed Salad means Walmart won't stock it .... Harkins: Not to worry. We'll make up the difference with a holiday-themed trade paperback of attention-getting appetizers. How do you like the title, "Grab 'Em by the Paté"?
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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You will be visited by three spirits:
Three Marx Brothers: Chico, Harpo & Groucho.
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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@jimstewart.bsky.social
Just did a face scan to verify my age on Bluesky
Early 20th Century photo (colorized) of an elderly man with bundle of sticks strapped to his back. He is bent under the weight of his burden. He wears a black hat, shabby coat & trousers, and supports himself with a gnarled wooden staff. His name turns out to be Lot Long, but it took about 50 years for the public to learn his identity, after this image was featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's untitled 4th album.
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#FumettiFriday Safari, so good.
[Black and white still photograph of a veranda in Africa, population: 3. Humphrey Bogart wears a pith helmet, khakis and a sneer. He is holding a pistol, still in its holster. A woman and a man, both well-dressed, regard him with no small amount of trepidation.] Bogart: Hey, whay aren't you two dressed for the safari? We're heading out in ten minutes. Gerald: We thought we'd give it a miss today. Charlotte isn't, ah, quite feeling herself. Bogart: Well, I can't say I'm surprised, considering the dent she put in our gin supply last night. Charlotte: Now see here--*OW!* Gerald, it ... it hurts when I speak. Bogart: Now you know how the rest of us feel. Y'know, "staying hydrated" isn't just a fancy way of saying "poach your livers in ethanol."
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Thank you ... I am mad at YouTube, myself. Yesterday it couldn't find me a *full* version of the Bugs Bunny classic, "Little Red Riding Rabbit."
Still from Looney Tunes classic, "Little Red Riding Rabbit," with the Wolf in Grandma's sleeping gown & cap, Red Riding Hood (a stylized Cass Daley), and Bugs Bunny. Red holds a picnic basket.
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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#FumettiFriday ... or, as it's known, the "left-over turkey sandwich" of internet humor.
[Black and white image of a handsome young couple who, for purposes of this feeble wheeze, seem to have just been joined in matrimony by a sort of religious figure: short, dressed in black, and with a shock of white hair. They're all shaking hands; the male half of the couple has a large wad of cash peeking out from his fist.] Guy: We're grateful to you for performing the wedding on such short notice, Reverend. Gal: We'd ask you to the reception, but we're not *having* one since we have to leave in kind of a hurry. Isn't that right, *Harold?* Guy: You're making trouble again, Phoebe. Reverend: Don't give it another thought, my children. And, uh, keep your money. It's probably coated with a fine dusting of cocaine.
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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#Fumetti Thankful for no ungrateful offspring.
[Black and white image of a tense family scene in an elegantly appointed drawing room, circa 1902. An elderly old man is recoiling from a small glass of goodness-only-knows-what being offered (at arm's length) by his daughter. Behind the old man, a man claiming to be a physician clasps a too-familiar arm around his shoulders; next to him, the son stands holding his top hat and looking grim. He speaks:] Son: Come on, dad, drink it down. Doc says it's the only thing standing between you and involuntary commitment. Doctor: Don't worry, Mr. Silvestri. This new concoction has been thoroughly tested. There are only a few noticeable side effects, and, uh, would you mind filling out this waiver? It's purely a formaldehy-- I mean, *formality.* Daughter: Don't make me get out the funnel and bungee cords, father. 'Cause you know I will.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#FumettiFriday Remote possibilities
[Black and white image of a couple in the throes of domestic pugilism: an older man in evening dress has backed his wife up against a desk. She wears a frilly frock and looks alarmed. She holds a small object in her left hand, apparently trying to keep it out of reach.] Him: Come on now, you little minx! Give me that remote! Her: *Never,* do you hear? My soap starts in five minutes! You can just go watch your silly old football at the tavern! *Go!* Spend time with your friends, the free-flowing beer, and the serving wenches! Him: I ... yeah, all right. Uh, don't wait up.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Take two tablets and call me in the morning.
[Black and white still from Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" ... Charlton Heston (as Moses) stands on a rocky ledge, having just received two stone tablets from "God" (or so he says). For the purposes of this gag, he is being grilled by an unseen group of critics.] Caption: Early on, Moses had a rather rough time with focus groups. Focus group member #1: Well Moses, we've had a look at your proposals, and we think it's a bit, ah, *risky* to front-load all that boilerplate about intellectual property rights and non-competes. Moses: But, but ... this is the written word of God. I am but a messenger! Focus group member #2: Uh-huh. *Sure* you are. Focus group member #3: [whispering] Is it just me, or does anyone else think it's time for a tox screen and a psych eval?
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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As the saying goes (more or less):
[Black and white image of a woman walking down a city sidewalk, convulsed with laughter. There are several children looking on, and they are keeping a safe distance ... because, as the caption reads:] "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Laugh hysterically *at nothing* in the middle of the day and you get the sidewalk all to yourself."
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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#FumettiFriday your one-stop multi-level marketing garage
[Black and white image of three well-dressed people, two women and a man, in a tastefully appointed bedroom. One woman, seated on the bed, seems to be explaining a business proposition. The other woman, sitting in a comfy chair, is closely examining a cut glass bottle. The man, mid-frame, leans casually on the chair. He seems skeptical. We join them mid-sentence.] 1st Woman: ... then, when you've established a pool of people *you* can get to sell the product, the more money *you'll* make! Man: And I still say it sounds like one of those, whattaya call 'em, *pyramid* schemes ... 1st Woman: Hey, do I *look* like Imhotep to you, motherfu-- 2nd Woman: Say, are you sure this stuff is even legal in this state? 1st Woman: Well, let's put it this way: it isn't *not* legal.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Welcome to Target
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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#FumettiFriday Presenting our new "compensation" package
[Black and white image of a gathering of middle-aged female revellers waiting in line for refreshments. A woman in a uniform is ladling drinks from a crystal punch-bowl.] Reveller: Go on, Marjorie, try the punch! Marjorie: Golly, I don't know if I should. [To waitress] Excuse me, is this juice freshly squeezed? Waitress: If by "squeezed" you mean forced out due to crushing pressure, just like all accumulated wealth is from the pockets of the poor and desperate, then yes. Marjorie: Well, aren't you just a li'l ol' ray of sunshine? Tell me, Mme. Defarge, have you been thoroughly patted down by our security detail? What they may lack in subtlety they compensate with plausible deniability. [Black and white image of a man in evening dress (we're talking top hat AND cape) enthralling a nurse. With penetrating gaze, he looks deeply into her eyes, and yet ...] Man: I suppose you're wondering what I, a trained magician, am doing in this institution, my dear. Nurse: It's no mystery. You managed to make your *career* vanish, hit the skids, cracked up, and now you're in need of constant care. Man: Yeah, well ... you may not be big on tact, but you more than compensate with erudition. Nurse: Eh, it's a living. Now step lively, Mandrake. It's almost time for your high colonic.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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[paume d'visage]
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Mamie Malehorn vs. Clinton Malehorn
Columbia County (Oregon) Circuit Court Case Files, Feb. 1921
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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#FumettiFriday Trick or Tracts
[Black and white image of Dracula and Frankenstein's creature. They are in a cavernous room made of crude stone, and the lighting is harsh ... but this isn't an issue of House Beautiful anyway. Dracula has his hand on the creature's chest, as if to say, "Let me me handle it this time."] Dracula: No, let me me handle it this time. The sign quite clearly says "No Soliciting." Frankenstein's Creature: But they're not selling anything. They're Jehovah's Witnesses. Dracula: In that case, they can "witness" me telling them to *piss off!*
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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irresponsibly posting my location on social media
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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#FumettiFriday deleted scene from "Sister Act 3: The Reckoning."
[Black and white image of two women; one, a nun, is behind bars. The other is dressed in the simple garb of her people. A scarf covers her head.] Not a nun: I hate to be the kind of person who says "I told you so," but in this case ... A nun: Rubbish. You are *loving* this. But go ahead, enjoy the moment. Soon I'll be out on bail and *then* we'll see who has the last laugh. Not a nun: I think you missed a memo, "Mother Inferior." Sister Estelle copped a plea and flipped on you. Looks like you're goin' down. A nun: Wait, *what*? Listen, you gotta get me outta here. I'm too pretty to be inside. They're trading me for cigarettes. I think they're gonna use a make-shift branding iron on [sob] my cute li'l ass!
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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"The car is here. We, uh, can do this easy way, or the hard way."
October 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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#OnlyWhenYouPlayYourCardsRight can you gin up an excuse to have another round.
[Black and white image of a cozy scene in the first class section of an airliner, circa 1957. Two women and two men are playing cards around a low table; a stewardess leans in to offer cocktails.] Woman (to stewardess): Thank you, but I really don't know if I should. Stewardess: Ah, c'mon, live a little. We won't be landing for another two hours. Besides, if you're serious about filling that inside straight, you need all the help you can get.
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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#FumettiFriday a scene from "Test the Patience of Dracula" (1971)
[Black and white still from a Hammer Films Dracula movie. Dracula (Christopher Lee), clad in black, is about to sink his over-developed canines into an unconscious young blonde (Linda Hayden) in a low-cut sheath dress. Behind them stands a brunette woman (Isla Blair) wearing an even lower-cut dress (Hammer Films, remember), and a knowing smile. She speaks:] "Say, Count, wanta know what's over-rated? Young blondes like the one you're holding up, there. Now you take me ... *Please!* Ha-ha! No, seriously ... what does that trampy little peroxide job have that I don't, besides an impending case of anemia?"
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Currently listening to Lenny's "Elect Me, I'm Not a Nut" album ... "The Palladium" is one of his best bits.
(This is the back cover; the front might upset the moderation team)
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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A certain Rush album cover seems like it's ready for its close-up this Saturday ... especially with the whole puppet motif.
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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@jollytunes.bsky.social Me in 1982 wearing my "If it ain't Stiff ..." T-shirt.
Black and white image of a guitarist playing an imitation Les Paul and attempting to sing. He wears a black t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase, "If it ain't STIFF, it ain't worth a fuck," a promotional item from UK-based Stiff Records.
October 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM