Good ol’ Marge certainly deserves a night out, doesn't she? But
has she
made the best choice of movies? I admit to loving the film, but there’s a more
practical reason for screening it for Marge and Grubworth. It seems the
copyrights were never filed correctly on
Night of the Living Dead, so that no
one owns it anymore. Or rather, everyone owns it. It moved quickly into Public
Domain, which is why you can find so many copies of it in all formats from
multiple companies. In my case, it means I can use it without getting into any
legal trouble.
The idea behind this series of strips was to run a tribute
to the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. That’s the last crew of the Satellite
of Love, Mike Nelson and his robot pals, in panel 2. Check out their current
movie riffing venture at Rifftrax.com.
Since these strips require so much less drawing than usual, I
will be posting them once a week through the month of August. A new story line
will start in September. Enjoy!