Antin Tarina 2
In Finnish, with some English lyrics.
See also: First part/Ensimmäinen osa
Translation:
Panel 2: Falco - Is that so.
Panel 3: Falco - No wonder modern women are suffering from hysteria and feminism.
Panel 4: Falco - Too often, men shirk from their God-given responsibility!
Panel 5: Falco - Luckily, I’m here to help.
Yes, Falco is terrible. No, I don’t think that Andy is a good role model either. Yes, I know that there’s no Mochi, we can’t have Mochi everywhere, can we?
Mayann’s song is “My Handy Man“, by Andy Razaf and Eubie Blake. There’s another blues/vaudeville song that fits: “Handy Andy” (also by Razaf, who was not only a genius lyricist and a good friend of Thomas “Fats” Waller, but also a handsome prince of Madagascar*).
*sometimes I ask myself why I bother to invent stuff, but real history is just too incredible sometimes. About Razaf, nice photo here and song samples here.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Hysteriaa ja feminismiä?!!!
Hienoo, vaikka Mochi olis kyllä voinu olla siinä Antin kans…
July 31st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Poor dutiful Andy, being all… dutiful…
August 1st, 2008 at 12:12 am
The real reason why he’s working for Mayann and Lou: They were the only employers who would accept his union’s demands.
Andy’s contract includes a 8-h workday, six weeks holiday plus May Day and Midsummer’s Eve, full health care package, pension plan and paid paternity leave (just in case, you never know)…
Of course, this is just a phase in his Marxist mole work.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Falco is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Or a sheep in wolf’s clothing? (He looks all hot and exciting but has actually very boring ideas.)
What does Andy do on his holidays? (I can imagine all kinds of cute things.)
I hope Mochi will be on the next page.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:57 pm
One of Falco’s charms is his ability to get all hot and excited about rather boring things (such as papal encyclicas). But maybe it’s just another layer of cloth… or fur.
Andy tries to get involved in the labour movement in Paris. He is looking for some nice revolutionary syndicalist gang to hang out with (maybe CSR). In practice, he’s strike muscle and might even be game for some sabotage. Under the spring of 1920, many French trade unions tried to organize a general strike, not just against employers, but against the state. That would be exactly Andy’s kind of hobby.