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And now for page #2 of the first Cutey Bunny story to see print , (Not the best plot I’ve ever written)… the final gag is dependent upon knowing that Ronald Reagan, a senile old coot, who at the time, was doing president impressions (while also being up to his turkey neck in, Iran-Scam) had been in a former career, a B-actor, featured in such forgettable flix as “Bedtime for Bonzo,” “Girls on Probation,” “Hellcats of the Navy,” …Not to mention that late-night TV “classic”, “Bonzo goes to college,” where at times, it can be somewhat difficult to tell the Chimp from the Chump…
While this is the first Space Gopher story to see print, it’s actually the second to be completed – their first story has never been printed (somehow, just never got around to it)… This is also Pandora’s first appearance…
Page #2: A note on Pandora, she’d joined the team as I thought that Al & Al might be more salable with a bit of cheesecake added… This was before I started thinkin’ about a Cutey Bunny comix, though she does do a cameo in the story…
Page #3: This may or may not be of interest, but Al & Al were loosely based upon and named after an old high skool friend, who became a rather better truck driver than the Gopher delivery service… Al’s voice sounded a lot like, Jim Jordan, of the old-time radio show, “Fibber McGee and Molly,” which is how I hear the Gopher’s voices in my head…
Page #4: Tachete does a walk-on here, for no better reason than I needed a patsy for Al & Al to pull a shifty trick on… And so, as the Gophers rocketed off to a rendezvous with Cutey in Army Surplus #, I can only add, Th- That’s All Folks!
Having finished with the Fan-Tastic #2 pages, seems we’re back to the Bunz & Katz continuity as they rendezvous with the U-115 and the Greenland berg (somehow unmelted, we’ll learn more about that later) However, for now, Katz has a different sceme up his sleeve – that is, if he had sleeves…
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