Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for June 20, 2019

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    This is a nice comic strip art rendering of the Gammarelli tailor shop, the more or less official tailors to the Popes since the last years of the 18th Century. [Only Pius XII chose to use a different tailor.] The Gammarelli family has operated the shop for over 200 years, the sixth generation in charge now.

    But I have to admit when I saw the colorful outfits in the window and the partial name over the window, “GAMM…” I thought of a different comics related tailor entirely. In Flash comics, Paul Gambi runs the Gambi tailor shop. The colorful outfits he offers, though, are the costumes of Flash’s enemies, the super-villains collectively called The Rogues. Here it is…

    http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/745/flash141-gambi.jpg

    Well, someone has to make ‘em. They can’t all be skilled costumers in addition to their full time jobs as criminal masterminds.

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    DanFlak  almost 5 years ago

    Lunatic Fringe. Sound like a rock band, or maybe one of my past employers.

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    gnome  almost 5 years ago

    Like a dog chasing its tail. It’ not “Time to change”", it’s time to do what is right!

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    Jogger2  almost 5 years ago

    Is that one of Dog-Ma’s puppies? Or, if the characters age in real time, is it one of her grand-puppies?

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    ChukLitl Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    The lunatic fringe is now in power, both left & right. Have a nice apocalypse.

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    oakie817  almost 5 years ago

    you betchum, Red Rider

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