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Yeah...I'm at a loss on this one. I think Eryk might be right on the pretty bare extent of the joke.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Going by the pitcher's stance I think the ball is still mid-pitch, and MAYBE the gag is that it's called a strike before the batter can reasonably swing. "Funny"!
What are the signals the ump is making? Is STRIKE ONE cover text? If it is dialogue, who is saying it?
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It looks to me like the batter is disagreeing with the call, and the umpire is making a fist, getting ready to deck the batter. If that is the case, I think it is kinda strange that the umpire is making the fist with his left hand, unless he is a lefty.
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If the gag is that it's being called mid-pitch (which isn't a bad gag), then you'd think they would've shown the ball mid-flight. As well as making more obvious that "Strike One" is the umpire's dialogue.
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Since the umpire's right arm is in an impossible position (try it - you can't put your arm at that angle behind you with your thumb down), it's probably just bad, rushed, art.
It occurred to me that the pitcher may have called "strike one" to distract the batter, and the batter may be objecting to this (possibly even, in a never-in-real-life moment, mistaking it for the umpire calling it). Or it may just be the logo being in the way of the call being in the more logical place.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: So, now I'm wondering if "Splash Waters" was originally published by someone else.
Century Publications (a Canadian company) - 1946:
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Century was part of Superior Publishers Limited: "A Canadian publisher who mostly reprinted American comics from the same time period. Also published a number of original series that were distributed in the United States."
Haven't found info about a comic titled Splash Waters or other mention of a story (in an anthology book) with him as a character, although we know it exists. No sign of his identical cousin Pound Sand either.
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GCD page for Full of Fun. It's clear FoF reprints the story Exy posted. GCD notes: "Most likely Bernard Baily Studio material from the mid-40s."
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