Story title: "Castles in the Air"
Cover Date: December 1936
By: Sheldon Mayer
Scribbly is taking his little brother out for a stroll when he runs into his friend Eppie (I decided to start using his name since he seems to be a recurring character). So they sit down and begin talking.
Meanwhile, Scribbly's brother decides he's gonna throw mud at them.
Both of them, that is.
You know, I thought he was kinda sweet before, curiously following his big brother around, but the little guy is growing more annoying with each issue.
Anyway, Scribbly is no pushover, so he fights back!
He's being nonchalant about it though. His brother is a pain in the ass for sure (although I don't know whose ass is hurting more now), but at least serves as inspiration for his comic strip, as he tells Eppie. He dreams of becoming a big cartooner like his hero, and then meeting him properly. In his head, he and Ving Parker are peers within the highest-standing, cocktail-drinking, suit-wearing, fundraiser-attending high class... Of comic strip artists. Which is when he finally gets a chance to apologize for that infamous "ball-to-the-face-o'-'36". It's obviously forgiven! He was just a dumb kid back then!
He keeps fantasizing, but his tiny-asshole little brother decides to pop his bubble. (Or crush his "castle in the air" if you will).
Some more spanking ensues, and look at this!
He did it! He said the phrase! Man, I love it when MCs do that!
In the meantime, Ving Parker decides to quit the creepiness and show up as a visitor at Scribbly's home, like a normal person.
It looks like the boy's fantasy won't take too long to become reality, because apparently, they're finally meeting next time!
And that's it for now. Read this and other Dell Scribbly stories here,
It looks like the boy's fantasy won't take too long to become reality, because apparently, they're finally meeting next time!
Now, the ratings:
Quality/Enjoyment: 2/5
There's not much here. The fantasy was amusing and it's kind of cool seeing Scribbly's thought process, but once again, most info here had already been given to us. I also don't quite like seeing what once was an endearing side character turn into one more stereotypical annoying little brother-type character.
Historical/Cultural/Narrative Significance: 1/5
That's it for today. We still have like ten more Scribbly entries to go through so we'll be doing that for a while... Thanks for reading and have a nice rest of your day!
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