It All Started With This Purple Footed Ostrich Roller-Skating Down The Old Kent Road...

Whatdyaknow? I actually know what day it is today. So let's have some Sunday Morning Funnies. Since it's been a little while since they were monkeying around here, our stars today are The Monkees! (Yeah, i'm excited)

Most of today's funnies come from The Monkees' 1967 & 1969 UK Annuals, with one little bonus exception at the end...

Sometimes they liked to work with double page spreads for the stories. Those often had border art added to help fit the page format of the annuals. I've trimmed that to fit the page format of the blog. Well - sort of fit. They're big images, so they fits when you clicks...

See it, not saying it.

In one of the early posts on the boys, i ran a couple of panels from a story in which they added a robot to the band. Here's the full story from which those panels came: Volt's Concerto In DC Minor -

For our promised Bonus - more robot fun, this time from Steve Skeates and Jim Aparo -

Don't look so surprised. I did mention that Aparo did multiple Monkees comics last time i ran one. I know of at least one more...

page art from The Monkees Annual #s 1 & 3, and Teen Times #5 (1967, 1969)

DamnIt! We Lost Pete Again

As most of you likely already know, we lost Peter Tork on the 21st of February.

I guess it could be an advantage in being as isolated as i've been lately - for me, Peter was with us for a couple weeks longer. He passed peacefully, his family reported, at the age of 77. I'm sure others have already been reporting on his life and death. I've nothing new to add to the conversation. Instead, we'll go old - back to the 60s and, of course, The Monkees. Let's mix comics and articles (or excerpts) from 1967-68, all featuring Pete, of course -

For a final little brain melting bit of oddness - did you know that Jim Aparo drew a few Monkees comic strips?

In case you were wondering, Valleri was written by Boyce & Hart, so she's probably not actually from Pete's past.

So long, Pete. I'll miss you even though i'll hear you quite frequently.

The music lives on.

pages from The Monkees #s 6, 8, 13 & 16 (US), Monkees Annual '67 (UK), Meet The Monkees, TV Guide and Teen Times/Tunes (1967, 1968, unpub)

illustrations by -3- and Scott Shaw!