Allan Harvey is quietly producing one of the most entertaining nostalgia blogs EVAH. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of comics, and a great sense of humor. If you enjoy classic comics – especially ones with scenes that make you go HUNH? – you will want to bookmark Gorilladaze.

Allan often features mainstream comic industry attempts to produce work of interest to the fairer sex. Check out this gem from DC Comics, with art by the lovely Liz Berube!

Whenever I want beauty advice, I turn to comic books. Yep.

Romance Comics are always a great way to get the gals rushing to the bookstore!

And in this classic, Jerry Lewis meets Wonder Woman.

Then Brawnhilde, the most, er, homely Amazon you’ve ever seen, arrives with news that Diana’s mom, Queen Hippolyta has been kidnapped by the evil Zodor. Jerry is still feeling sick, and so gulps down a potion indicated by Bratwurst — but it’s the wrong one, and Jerry finds himself impervious to pain!

Diana reliases that with her mother gone, Paradise Island needs a new leader: Jerry!!

Seriously.

“My hero!” cries Brawnhilde, her head awhirl with little hearts.

Hours of wacky fun for the whole family. You will love Gorilladaze.

EDIT: Crikey, how could I forget The Art of Kissing? The whole thing makes me throw up a little in my mouth, so artful kissers beware my pucker.

Speaking of Wonder Woman, Sarah Beach, who has contributed several guest blogs on this site, posted this interesting essay on The Problem with Wonder Woman.

She’s “a babe,” a confident woman, beautiful and bold. And yet, Wonder Woman remains difficult to peg. That is, perhaps, part of her enduring power to fascinate us. We try to sort her out, to figure what makes her tick, because we don’t really want to deal with someone as completely committed to truth and justice as the Amazon princess is. She’s not some wild woman who needs taming, nor some insecure heroine who needs coaching.