I invite you to speculate #3: Royal Crown Hair Dressing

[write-light.livejournal.com]

What IS going on here?  Has he said something wrong?

Comments

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Is the skin just drawn dark, or are these meant to be for African-Americans with the oil smoothing down the frizzy hair?

(I adore the red spotted dress, too).

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I would guess that their target market is African-Americans (based on the ads I can find) but at that point in time, EVERYONE was pomading their hair.

[mcpino.livejournal.com]

Yes, his product is aimed at black folk.

When I was a lad, my "second family" had a can of this in every bathroom.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Something about confusing Royal Crown Cola with Royal Crown Pomade?

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Honey, I was JOKING! I know you didn't put RC cola in your hair!

:frosty silence:

[ms-hissyfit.livejournal.com]

I think that would explain her hurt look (and slightly unflattering bangs)! Otherwise I really like the style of the drawings.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

She thinks her left side is the best because of that cute beauty mark by her eye and refuses to turn around. He's starting to fear there's something really going on on the right.

[alysonfun.livejournal.com]

she looks to be avoiding his bad breath. maybe he drank too much crown royal with royal crown cola.

[fearandloathing.livejournal.com]

I used to think of "hair dressing" as setting in rollers, etc, now I tend to think of hair dressing the same way as salad dressing.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

OM NOM NOM HAIR SALAD

[brinylon.livejournal.com]

Light and bright, uh-huh.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

"You look beautiful tonight, Nancy. And you seem so...thoughtful. So serene."

"Damn...that bitch Rita is getting all the attention in that goddamn red dress. I'm going to dump a big glass of burgundy down the font. Bitch. And Rodney better get his hand off my ass or else."

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what expressions they're trying for, but to me it looks as if this is a picture of an argument in progress. The kind where everyone else at the party tries to pretend it's not happening by making awkward little jokes and half hearted chit chat.

Tales from the Ottoman Empire Ballroom:

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

"You're not supposed to use down there, Floyd!"

"But, Agatha, We ran out of Lysol!"

[hooverdam.livejournal.com]

I really dig the vintage black folks ads. Keep 'em coming!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Happy to! I have a couple more at least.

[mackinzie.livejournal.com]

The drawn background art is gorgeous and the woman's beautiful but the guy's eyeballs being the same color as his skin is kind of throwing me off when her eyes aren't like that.

[herbadness.livejournal.com]

She looks pissed and he looks afraid. Maybe they're supposed to be like that, but if they're selling the idea that pomade is glamorous, maybe she's supposed to be dreamy looking and he's supposed to be seductive.

[chr1st1an.livejournal.com]

They still sell this stuff and the package looks exactly the same.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

She may be pissed that he didn't shave off his porn-stache as he promised?