"I'd give my soul to be where I was a year ago..." -- where' that from?

MamaJohnny · 04.17.2007, 04:17 AM

Hi everyone,
there's this comic book picture in EVOL with the girl saying "I'd give my soul where I was a year ago... if I had a soul left to give". Does anyone happen to know where it's from? Been googlin' for some time now but nothing helpful came up, so I thought you guys might have a clue.

cheers!

something · 04.17.2007, 04:23 AM

kinda reminds of some neil gaiman sandman stuff but i could be wrong very wrong

MamaJohnny · 04.17.2007, 04:44 AM

what's really embarrasing is that I once did know the answer, i.e. name and issue of the comic. I've actually got a proper (though small) scan of the original picture on my computer, but I don't even remember where I got it from. All I know is that's been on my computer for two years now, since I've researched the same thing once before, obviously yielding better results than this time.

screamingskull · 04.17.2007, 08:17 AM

the sonic youth version, is actually a pretty popular tattoo for SY fans.

eatmychild · 04.17.2007, 04:09 PM

Maybe check the SY albums database.

EDIT: maybe i was wrong...it just mentions the picture, has no information as to it's origin.

Bal · 04.17.2007, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MamaJohnny

what's really embarrasing is that I once did know the answer, i.e. name and issue of the comic. I've actually got a proper (though small) scan of the original picture on my computer, but I don't even remember where I got it from. All I know is that's been on my computer for two years now, since I've researched the same thing once before, obviously yielding better results than this time.

this is soooooooooooo going in my sig.
thanks

hirsute_biped · 04.17.2007, 06:24 PM

kind of seems like one of those moralizing christian evangelical comic books, like "chick tracts" (http://www.chick.com/default.asp), where they tell some teen runaway story and then have them regret their choices and convert, often threatened with vivid depictions of hell. but those are black and white, so its probably not that. just something like it... i dunno, i'm guessing.

i just realized she is holding a pocketwatch and chain, i always thought she had slit her wrist and was dripping blood...

Chris Lawrence · 04.18.2007, 12:09 AM

ITS ALLEGEDLY FROM "THE NEW MUTANTS" issue uuuuh 14? i forget. i totally looked it up once cuz i love the image (thanks for the colour one, btw!), but came up a little short. i found a similar character but not that specific image, and i also can't remember if it pre-dated the gig poster that first appeared on...

Dead-Air · 04.18.2007, 12:54 AM

If I remember all of my comic book lore from the '80s right, I think the girl in the picture is "Kitty Pride" as in "New York City is forever Kitty".

I used to have the t-shirt of this panel and wore it constantly in the '80s. It shrunk over time, so I let my girlfriend in the late '90s have it. Then we broke up, and she gave it to another ex-girlfriend of mine. I'd like to think that shirt is still out there stealing souls today...

Danny Himself · 04.18.2007, 10:19 AM

There she is, visible in the hands of the purple henry rollins. Kitty Pryde was a character in the same comics, but she had brown hair. I think this particular blonde character is called Illyana Rasputin.

MellySingsDoom · 04.18.2007, 10:33 AM

^^^Ha ha for the H Rollins comment.

"RAARRGH! I AM ROLLINS! I AM ALWAYS RIGHT! DO NOT DEFY MY RIGHTNEOUSNESS, YOU PENCILNECK GEEK! RAARRGH! I AM PUNK ROCK!"

Cooley · 04.18.2007, 05:58 PM

I just got it off ebay for one cent! I'll post some pages when I get it.

Chris Lawrence · 04.18.2007, 07:44 PM

fuck yeah! good work folks!

krastian · 04.19.2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cooley

I just got it off ebay for one cent! I'll post some pages when I get it.

Ha! That's pretty awesome.....fucking ebay, man.....I tell ya.

!@#$%! · 04.19.2007, 12:25 AM

brilliant research & great ebay score!

i shall dish out rep like fistfuls of coke

Cooley · 04.26.2007, 01:22 PM

Pretty terrible comic, even for mid-80's standards. But hey.

Cooley · 04.26.2007, 01:22 PM

nicfit · 04.26.2007, 02:07 PM

Thanks a lot! Did I rep you already? Yes.

Danny Himself · 04.26.2007, 05:30 PM

You are ridiculously AWESOME. I love you for this, Cooley. If the world were to descend into nuclear war right now, I would survive and travel the newly-destroyed world looking for you. Perhaps this is an unorthodox way of telling you I love you, but okay.

REP.

Cooley · 04.26.2007, 05:48 PM

Aww. Thanks! I'll put some more up later.

04.17.2007, 04:17 AM	#1
MamaJohnny empty page Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Berlin Posts: 3	Hi everyone, there's this comic book picture in EVOL with the girl saying "I'd give my soul where I was a year ago... if I had a soul left to give". Does anyone happen to know where it's from? Been googlin' for some time now but nothing helpful came up, so I thought you guys might have a clue. cheers!
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04.17.2007, 04:23 AM	#2
something bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Location: i live in the desert where nobody goes Posts: 234	kinda reminds of some neil gaiman sandman stuff but i could be wrong very wrong __________________ i'll ride off into the sunset of yr colour T.V. http://www.myspace.com/usedtoaster
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04.17.2007, 08:17 AM	#4
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	the sonic youth version, is actually a pretty popular tattoo for SY fans.
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04.17.2007, 04:09 PM	#5
eatmychild children of satan Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Shire Posts: 321	Maybe check the SY albums database. EDIT: maybe i was wrong...it just mentions the picture, has no information as to it's origin. __________________ I survived Encephalitus Lethargica and all I got were these lousy Parkinsonian symptoms.
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04.17.2007, 06:24 PM	#7
hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,169	kind of seems like one of those moralizing christian evangelical comic books, like "chick tracts" (http://www.chick.com/default.asp), where they tell some teen runaway story and then have them regret their choices and convert, often threatened with vivid depictions of hell. but those are black and white, so its probably not that. just something like it... i dunno, i'm guessing. i just realized she is holding a pocketwatch and chain, i always thought she had slit her wrist and was dripping blood...
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04.18.2007, 12:09 AM	#8
Chris Lawrence Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: southwest canada Posts: 1,888	ITS ALLEGEDLY FROM "THE NEW MUTANTS" issue uuuuh 14? i forget. i totally looked it up once cuz i love the image (thanks for the colour one, btw!), but came up a little short. i found a similar character but not that specific image, and i also can't remember if it pre-dated the gig poster that first appeared on... __________________ http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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04.18.2007, 12:54 AM	#9
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	If I remember all of my comic book lore from the '80s right, I think the girl in the picture is "Kitty Pride" as in "New York City is forever Kitty". I used to have the t-shirt of this panel and wore it constantly in the '80s. It shrunk over time, so I let my girlfriend in the late '90s have it. Then we broke up, and she gave it to another ex-girlfriend of mine. I'd like to think that shirt is still out there stealing souls today... __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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04.18.2007, 10:19 AM	#10
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	There she is, visible in the hands of the purple henry rollins. Kitty Pryde was a character in the same comics, but she had brown hair. I think this particular blonde character is called Illyana Rasputin.
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04.18.2007, 10:33 AM	#11
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	^^^Ha ha for the H Rollins comment. "RAARRGH! I AM ROLLINS! I AM ALWAYS RIGHT! DO NOT DEFY MY RIGHTNEOUSNESS, YOU PENCILNECK GEEK! RAARRGH! I AM PUNK ROCK!" __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.18.2007, 05:58 PM	#12
Cooley empty page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vermont Posts: 15	I just got it off ebay for one cent! I'll post some pages when I get it.
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04.18.2007, 07:44 PM	#13
Chris Lawrence Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: southwest canada Posts: 1,888	fuck yeah! good work folks! __________________ http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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04.19.2007, 12:25 AM	#15
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,546	brilliant research & great ebay score! i shall dish out rep like fistfuls of coke
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04.26.2007, 01:22 PM	#16
Cooley empty page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vermont Posts: 15	Pretty terrible comic, even for mid-80's standards. But hey.
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04.26.2007, 02:07 PM	#18
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Thanks a lot! Did I rep you already? Yes. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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04.26.2007, 05:30 PM	#19
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	You are ridiculously AWESOME. I love you for this, Cooley. If the world were to descend into nuclear war right now, I would survive and travel the newly-destroyed world looking for you. Perhaps this is an unorthodox way of telling you I love you, but okay. REP.
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04.26.2007, 05:48 PM	#20
Cooley empty page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vermont Posts: 15	Aww. Thanks! I'll put some more up later.
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