BEER chapter 9 92, 95: "Psycho"

[Fiona Shnapple]

This probably has nothing to do with the secret police, HA,
totalitarianism, or Wind Dust's DC comic card, the map used to hunt the
 Snark,  the Nazi philosopher nobody can read, not even the lady with the
alligator purse, but, as Space Ghost always sez,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinking_badges

On Monday, December 9, 2013, Michael Bailey wrote:

>
> >
> > The author veers off on a few Brenda Starr riffs before getting to the
> Vinelandish heart of this novel, with the easily recognizable communication
> of families long accustomed to weirdness and just happy to see they've
> managed to survive. Someone needs to extrapolate on "Black-orchid serum",
> whatever that is.
>
> Hmmm, the sidelong way you mentioned that...Brenda Starr will never be the
> same for me.  The explanation or explication of black orchid serum would
> call for literary theory, etymology, post colonialism, queer theory,
> Eldridge Cleaver...
>
> Her mystery man was gone an awful long time, but he finally returned with
> the goods!  Probably the 2nd coolest thing Gerald Ford ever did was send
> congratulations on the occasion of Brenda and Basil's wedding.
>
> A-and remember when Hank, who always looked like an acorn with her little
> beret, quit smoking?  Oh the times, they are a-changing!  Then darn
> Doonesbury with his power play forced a lot of comics off the page...but I
> can find Funky Winkerbean and Broom Hilda and Tank McNamara on the internet
> now, though nudged by your words I learn that the Brenda Starr vehicle's
> been decommissioned along with Annie!
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/10/brenda-starr-comic-strip-ending_n_794892.html
>
> Bonus find:  apparently this guy Josh reads the funnies and makes fun of
> them, he does it pretty well, too...
> http://joshreads.com/?cat=64
> Seems to be a bit addictive, tho'
>
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