What Wendy really can't grasp is that Richard is still going through his mid-life crisis - he's moving towards/into old age and he's in big time denial about the natural aging process as it applies to his physical body. Being an actor he's used to adopting different personae, so he slips easily into playing the still young mature guy. Don't you love the way Demetrio draws Eliza's and Wendy's hair? And who is the colorist on these Demetrio stories? Nice job!
Despite the obvious chemistry between herself and Steve, Wendy continues to be carried along by her infatuation with the illusion that Richard presents. But as Steve predicted, Eliza won't allow it to go too far, although she is not exactly the bitch about it that we'd been led to expect. Instead she gives Wendy a fairly good shove in the right direction by setting up a rendezvous for her with Steve, after first counteracting the spell that her husband had cast over the younger woman by letting her see him without his props. What was she thinking? Really! And she knows it - she was bewildered by Richard's charm and status, but now she has all the facts she sees which side her bread is buttered on. Yes that young, handsome man Steve, who adores her so, will make a much more appropriate lover and father for her future children. Age gaps can be okay, but this one wasn't right, not by a long way. And Wendy should have known better than to go messing with a married man. Does she really want the reputation that goes with that? I don't think so.
Great comic, KB~! Thanx for sharing~! The outfits and colors seem much more pleasant and bearable here than they were in the actual 70's~! Hard to believe any of us survived that decade~!
ReplyDeleteThanks for appreciating! Yeah weren't the 70s weird!? Especially fashion-wise. Certainly a decade of transition and unfulfilled 60s expectations. I think I'd take then over now, though!
ReplyDeleteGreat story! There is actually a similar one that DC put out, with pretty much the same ending -- though it was a woman who was wearing the wig and was actually bald! I will have to dig it up and post it sometime.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of hair... I really like Steve's do!!!