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Title: "A Blast from Hipsville"
Writers: Gordon Bressack & Charles Howell
Penciller: Walter Carzon
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Jo Meugniot
Cover: Allen Helbig
Release Date: February ??, 1996
Cover Price:
$1.50 U.S./ $2.10 Canada Summary:
Dot tries to become a beatnik.
Description:
In 1968, the Warners show up at a poetry
contest, Dot hoping to hit it big. But her pleasant style doesn't go over well
with the mellow fellows, so she goes to the DMV and removes her flower, to
depress herself. She then adopts a new style, which goes over well, but her
brothers convince her to return to her old self. Wakko gives her a new flower,
and she decorates the whole place with bright colors and flowers. The beatniks
decide to convert to this more pleasant style and the Hippie era is born.
Pages (out of 32): 12 pp.
Quote of the Story:
DOT: [Delivering her first, more pleasant poem]:
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree
But I sure hope I find a stanza
Half as cute as Tony Danza!
Review:
Much better than it sounds. A very nice jab at the
beatnik era, with a lot of great gags (the DMV bit is priceless). Carzon is
getting a better handle on the Warners, although there are still spots where
they're off-model.
Rating: 
Title: "Dot's Dress Up" (NOTE: There are no credits
listed for this activity.)
Description:
A cut-out doll of Dot, with three different
costumes for our "Hip Chick"—"Nod to Mod," "Flower
Power," and "Disco Dot."
Pages (out of 32): 2 pp.
Review:
Pretty nice, I guess. I haven't tried, but I'd guess
it's be fairly tough to cut out some of the smaller items (Mood Ring, earrings,
etc.), not to mention putting them on her. Also, since I haven't tried it, I
have no idea how well the clothes fit her. They were nice enough to put it on the
back of two ads so you don't cut up any of the comic, but I still wouldn't
recommend doing it directly in the book…
Rating: Groovy!
Title: "The Mod Couple"
Writer: Dana Kurtin
Penciller: Walter Carzon
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Jahrome Youngker
Summary:
Brain holds a party, with the Fab Four as the band,
In order to steal everyone's Go-Go boots.
Description:
Brain plans to threaten everyone to hurl the
Earth into the sun, but needs rubber for the slingshot. He decides to throw a
party, and as the teens dance, the static electricity they create will activate
Brain's "Static-o-Matic," which Pinky will be pedaling, and will suck
the boots off their feet. The Fab Four is the band, and everyone dances so fast
that the machine explodes.
Pages (out of 32): 10 pp.
AYPWIP:
BRAIN: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
PINKY: Yes, Brain, I think so. But how do we get Twiggy to
pose with an electric goose?
Quote of the Story:
BRAIN: Try to see the big picture, Pinky.
PINKY: I'll try, Brain. But the TV screen's only 12 inches
wide.
Review:
The epitome of pointlessness. Not only was Brain's
plan bizarre and stupid, but half the lines in the story are verbatim (or
semi-verbatim) quotes from Beatles songs. I wouldn't necessarily call it bad,
but those who aren't Beatles fans will be thoroughly lost, and those who are
Beatles fans still probably won't find it terribly funny. The P&tB TV
episode "All You Need is Narf," which would come later, is a much
better spoof of the Beatles, and '60's pop culture in general.
Rating: ˝
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