Throwback Thursday: A Comics Legend is Born

Just Rob knew that at last he had a hit
When he invented -- hero of the age! --
The Crüemeister. "Oh man, this is the spit!"

He crowed his triumph as he penned each page,

Then he ran o'er to artist, Eric May

The script for Issue One. "It's cool," quoth he,

"But Just, the likeness rights we'll have to pay --"

"My publisher's ex-wife happens to be

That Nikki guy's stepmom. You got any beers?

Get drawing!" "How's his power work again?"

"He flips the bird and Mötley Crüe appears

And 'Doctor Feelgood' starts. "Ok, so then

It's just distraction?" "Yes. And thus the name!"

And that's how Rob and May achieved their fame.

Throwback Thursday: November 9

She'd been so sure all day, it was a prank,
The kid who'd told her, how could he have known?
They'd been in school all day, fish in a tank,
Their campus closed, their motions watched (She'd grown
Annoyed at this, and many months were left
'Til graduation set her free). But Chris
Insisted that the Wall was falling, kept
On whispering so in hallways. Wouldn't this
Be something they'd be summoned for to see
On TV in the library? But Sue
Was thinking of her time zone. Germany
Was many hours ahead. She learned 'twas true
When Tom and Garrick said so. Chris, that sneak
Kept secret how he'd learned it for a week!