The Imported Ticky-Two (Part 7)
Ha! You thought I forgot about the Ticky-Two book, now didn't you?
Just because it's been a while since I've posted about Al Wiseman's 1971 import car book doesn't mean that it's strayed far from my thoughts. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Truth be told, I find it hard to concentrate on anything else. Those cute lil' Ticky-Two cars haunt my every waking hour, then zoom themselves into my very dreams and nightmares.
So much so, that I usually wake up in a cold sweat, my head pounding and spinning with images of hundreds of tiny Ticky-Two cars etched into my retinas.
Oh, how they beep their little Ticky-Two horns: "Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"
But don't let this bother you. I knew what I was getting into when I became the curator of the Al Wiseman Blog. And happily, any adverse effects are fully covered under our generous Al Wiseman Blog Health Insurance PlanTM.
Now, on to the Wiseman art:
Above: (page 13) "Dedicated to our... 9 year old son." 9 year old son? Al didn't have a nine-year-old son in 1971. Is this just some in-joke that I'll never understand? Probably...
Above: Page 33The Imported Ticky-Two:
Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4/Part 5/Part 6/Part 7
2 Comments:
Whenever I see these posts I am reminded of the many Dennis gags involving smaller, import cars. My favorite is the one where Dennis is yelling out the window of the family car as they're driving along. He is yelling at one of these tiny cars, "Get back on the sidewalk!" There's another one where he is on the sidewalk on his tricycle and saying, "I'll race ya!" to a guy in one of these imports driving down the street. Seems there were some comic stories dealing with these gags, perhaps done by AW as well, but I can't remember off the top of my head.
Joe,
You're right.
It might be cool to gather some of those together for a "Ticky-Two Inspirations" post (or two)!
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