* * * * *
… and you thought the real story was inside!
> WAKE UP LAURA! HE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!
>
“The Dick Van Dyke Show Comic Book—Issue #9 cover blurb [1]”
Which had nothign to do with the stories in the comics …
> LAURA COMES TO HER SENSES AND LEAVES THIS MAN [picture of Dick Van Dyke]
> FOR A GUY WHO ART DIRECTS COMIC BOOK COVERS.
>
“The Dick Van Dyke Show Comic Book—Issue #10 cover blurb [2]”
… but everything to do with a story happening in the background …
> GOOD RIDDANCE! ROB IS SPIRITED OFF TO THE PLANET TWYLO AND NEVER COMES
> BACK!
>
“The Dick Van Dyke Show Comic Book—Issue #11 cover blurb [3]”
… between the art director of comic book covers and Mary Tyler Moore's
character …
> LAURA REALIZES SHE HAS FOUND THE IDEAL MAN
>
“The Dick Van Dyke Show Comic Book—Issue #12 cover blurb [4]”
… just prior to his taking a nice long vacation wearing a white coat with
long sleeves.
I think the concept of a series of cover blurbs telling a story in and of
itself over consecutive issues, independent of the stories in the comics is
an intriguing idea. That's just … so … so … odd … in a compelling way that
were I to publish a comic book (or magazine) I would have to do this—tell a
story of some event going on behind the scenes through cover blurbs.
[1]
http://povonline.com/dvdcomics/dvdcomics09.htm
[2]
http://povonline.com/dvdcomics/dvdcomics10.htm
[3]
http://povonline.com/dvdcomics/dvdcomics11.htm
[4]
http://povonline.com/dvdcomics/dvdcomics12.htm
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