Measles, Snowflake, Littleface, Duke, Frizzletop, Pruneface...
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I changed the link to what I'm guessing was the intended target, Artw.
posted by cortex at 4:11 PM on June 24, 2009
posted by cortex at 4:11 PM on June 24, 2009
"I'm Dick Tracy! Take that Prune Face! Now I'm Prune Tracy! Take that--"
posted by Sys Rq at 4:11 PM on June 24, 2009
posted by Sys Rq at 4:11 PM on June 24, 2009
Whoa, yeah. That's a whole lot more impressive. And disturbing.
posted by ardgedee at 4:14 PM on June 24, 2009
posted by ardgedee at 4:14 PM on June 24, 2009
THIS. IS. PRUNEFAAA... Oh, 200? Sorry, wrong thread.
posted by ooga_booga at 4:15 PM on June 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by ooga_booga at 4:15 PM on June 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Can't wait for someone to turn this into a Facebook quiz.
Which Dick Tracy Villain Are You?
posted by jabberjaw at 4:52 PM on June 24, 2009
Which Dick Tracy Villain Are You?
posted by jabberjaw at 4:52 PM on June 24, 2009
Ned recognizes Dr. Foster, who treated him thirty years ago. However, he does not remember the darkest moments of that era. Dr. Foster turns out the light and sets up a projector. The Juvenile Aggression Study (sponsored by Swanson's TV Dinners) depicts Ned as he really was: a mischievous, destructive troublemaker who insults his fellow playmates in preschool and hassles them.
Little Ned: [barging in] Whee! I'm Dick Tracy! [hitting the other kids] Bang! Take that Pruneface! Now I'm Pruneface, take that Dick Tracy! Now I'm Prune Tracy, take that Dick...
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:53 PM on June 24, 2009
Little Ned: [barging in] Whee! I'm Dick Tracy! [hitting the other kids] Bang! Take that Pruneface! Now I'm Pruneface, take that Dick Tracy! Now I'm Prune Tracy, take that Dick...
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:53 PM on June 24, 2009
Nice find!
I always wished that I could master that brushed line from newspaper comics (I don't know how much it's the penciling and how much it's the inking—I suspect the latter) but I've never been able to.
posted by klangklangston at 5:25 PM on June 24, 2009
I always wished that I could master that brushed line from newspaper comics (I don't know how much it's the penciling and how much it's the inking—I suspect the latter) but I've never been able to.
posted by klangklangston at 5:25 PM on June 24, 2009
Hmm, where are Professor Catface, Mouthoil, Tony the Shrimp, Facer, Yellow, and Otter Pop?
posted by Green With You at 6:15 PM on June 24, 2009
posted by Green With You at 6:15 PM on June 24, 2009
I would love for there to be a service where your submit a name to a artist who could draw in Chester Gould's style and he would turn it into a villain for you.
My suggestion: Hiram Glyphic, stealer of Egyptian art.
posted by Joey Michaels at 7:37 PM on June 24, 2009
My suggestion: Hiram Glyphic, stealer of Egyptian art.
posted by Joey Michaels at 7:37 PM on June 24, 2009
Ohh, I'll play! Brown Sid, hippie dirtbag.
posted by bunnytricks at 7:49 PM on June 24, 2009
posted by bunnytricks at 7:49 PM on June 24, 2009
Which Dick Tracy Villain Are You?
I'm thinking of this more along the lines of something you stick on your refrigerator, like those mood charts that ask "How are you feeling today?"
posted by hermitosis at 8:59 PM on June 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm thinking of this more along the lines of something you stick on your refrigerator, like those mood charts that ask "How are you feeling today?"
posted by hermitosis at 8:59 PM on June 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Can't wait for someone to turn this into a Facebook quiz.
Your face is...
a) Little
b) Fly-infested
c) Prune-like
d) Mrs. Prune-like
posted by Sys Rq at 11:52 AM on June 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
Your face is...
a) Little
b) Fly-infested
c) Prune-like
d) Mrs. Prune-like
posted by Sys Rq at 11:52 AM on June 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
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