A Bartender’s Life in One Panel
Another bartender showing up at your bar for a free drink after you had one at their bar? Check. A vest and bow-tie? Check. Giant hands getting ready to work out that shaker? Check. A little crankiness cause you’ve been slinging ‘em all day? Check. A super curvy redhead walking away from the bar and wearing a groovy shirt that you just can’t keep your eyes off of? Check. And that’s how the life behind the stick operates.
PS: I picked this panel up from the blog Warren Peace, in an article about the artist Steve Ditko (whose art I dig, especially in early Dr. Strange and old horror comics), coming out of panels from The Art of Ditko, edited by Craig Yoe, which is a full book of older Ditko. It almost should go without saying (cause those who read this blog occasionally will guess it already), but I found the Warren Peace blog via a link in a post on the otherworldly Neilalien site.
PPS: I’m not, any more, a professional bartender. But I know a lot of them. And this post is for them, especially the hard-working Andrew B who writes the hard-working blog Cask Strength.
phismi said:
Thirsty drunk unhinging his jaw to pour every last drop of hooch down his worthless gullet? Check.
This is not really related, except that it’s sort-of comics based, but I discovered a new site that I thought you’d dig. Vintage Sleaze. Go to: http://vintagesleaze.blogspot.com/
admin said:
Phismi! Thanks for the additions–and the sleaze. That’s an awesome combination.
