"BLOOM" 8 Page Preview from Hero Tomorrow Comics

HeY, RamSeY,
let’s go home.
tHat danCer is
givinG me tHe
cReEpS.
Ted Sikora
Butch Mapa
RamSeY?!

CLEVELAND, 1969
SONUVA --
HEy There! |
SEe YoUR RIDE HAS
A PrOBlEM WITh
ITs ChIMnEy.
YeAH, | GUeSs
IT DOeS AT ThAT.
CAN | USE YoUR
PhONE?

HEy GEoRgE,
IT'S RAMsEy, | TOoK OuT
ThAT WAGON, ANd IT
StARtED SmOKINg
OVER HERE AT 55Th
ANd BrOaDwAy.
ShOuLdN’T DrIVE
IT BACk. DID MIKEy
GO TO LUNcH
YeT?
YeAH, CAN
YoU JUSt SENd
HIM WITh ThE
TrUCk, ThEN?
COoL.
SEe YoU
GUyS IN
A FEW.
ThANkS.
HEy, HOW
MUCh IS That
MANnEQUiN?
ShEeEiT,
LOoKIT
ThIS!
DORIS MUSt
NOT BE PUTtIN’
OuT! TIME TO TAKE
MATtERs INtO his
OWn HANdS!
| GOT A WIDE
SpADE DrILl BIT
ShOuLd MAKE
ThAT ThINg WORk
FOR Ya, Ram.
NAH,
for RAMsEy
a HALf-INcHER
OuTtA DO IT.

“HONEY, |’M
HOME!”
UP
HERE!
“| GOT ThOSE
SAMpLES FrOM
SUN CARpETINg!”
ARE
YoU REaDY
TO --
-- WhERE
DID YoU GET
ThAT?
OH, HEy
HON’, UM,
AN ANtIQUe
StORE.
YeAH?
yEah, |
ThOuGhT IT MIGhT
BE A GOoD WAy TO
FIGURE OuT HOW ThE
TATtOoS WOuLd
LOoK FrOM VARIoUS
ANgLES --
-- FOR WhEN
|, YoU KnOW,
ILlUStRATE her IN
ThE COMICs.
WhY
WOuLd YoU
DO ThIS TO
A WOMAN?
ShE’S A
VILlAiN, HONEy.
MOSt VILlAiNs ARE
MEN, | ThOuGhT
ThIS COuLd BE
SOMEThINg
DIFfERENt.
ANd IT AiN'T
EXACtLY “ThE
PATtY DUKE
ShOW.”
| DON’T
BELIeVE ThIS.
YoU COMpLETELY
FORgOT ABOuT
TONIGhT, DIDn’T
YoU?
NO. FORgOT
ABOuT WhAT?
IN ThIRtY
MINUTES WE’RE
meEtinG ThOMAS
ANd MARgERY
AT ThE --

“-- HEsSLER STReET FAiR.”
So, ThERE WE WERE
| GO TO
COMpLETELY LOSt SlEeP ANd HAVE --
iN ThE WOoDs -- NOThiNg NO ShitTiNg AROuNd --
to do BUT StOP ANd SET ThE DrEaM OF
CAMp FOR ThE
MY LiFE!
NiGhT --
HERE WE GO,
ANd NOW | HAVE A
LiFE-SiZE ChiCk-DOLl iN
MY HOuSE WiTh DEViL
SYMbOLs ALl
OVER iT.
WhAT iS iT? A
MANnEQUiN ThAT
COMES TO LiFE OR
SOMEThiNg?
NO, ShE’S
A VILlAiN. ShE’S
SORt OF...
UM --
-- HIDEoUS?
can |
JUSt TELl
ThE StORY?
go
aheAd.
maYbe
afTer tHe
tenTh time
|’lL get it
toO.
IT WAS IN ANcIeNt
TIMES, ANd ALl ThE ANIMALs
of NATURE WERE GAThERED
TO DETERmINE WhO WAS to
be ThE KINg.
SO ThEy HelD
ThIS TOuRnAMENt,
anD tHere was an
osTricH tHat was
comMenTatinG --
ThE BATtLES BEGIN.
YoU HAVE TIGER VERsUS
WOLf, ALlIGATOR VERsuS
GrIZzLY, Ya KnOW?
ONE
QUeStIoN,
WhAT WERE
YoU ON?
YeAH,
ACtUaLlY
| WAS...
UM, | --
...

WOW! GET
A LOaD OF
HER!
The music is a hypNotic, tRipPy gRoOve witH
heAvy disTorTiOn anD aliEn reverBatiOnS.
TheY rocK like tHeIr very life depenDs on it.
MAN,
ShE’S
WILd!
EyES
BACk IN
YoUR HEaDs,
BOyS!
tHe higHligHt on every tune comes wHen tHe
guItarisT takes his exTenDed BlisTerinG solo,
anD tHe bacKup vocalisT takes cenTer sTage --
SonG afTer sonG
sHe moves like a
forCe of nature
in anD oUt of
sTyles --
BelLy --
Tribal --
FlamenCo --
-- inTo tHe
sPotLigHt.
Romani --
Gogo --
weAvinG a tapesTry
tHat is alL her owN.
RamSeY’s fasCinatiOn
sTrikes a fever pitCh.
HeY RamSeY,
| tHinK |’ve had
enoUgH.
RAMsEy?!
LET’S
WAiT...
sHe doEs.
UHh --
sHe can.
He wonDerS if sHe can
danCe tHe enTire set
witHoUt repeAtinG
herSelF.
eAsily.

AFtERwARdS.
JERrY,
so GlAD YoU
MADE IT! HOW
yOu feElin’?
|’M ALl
ThERE,
GIVE OR
TAKE.
WELl,
|’M NOT ALl
ThERE. GUeSs
ThAT’S WhY |’M
HERE.
CAN YoU ANd
SANdY StOP
BYThE HARvARd
TONIGhT? SAME
DEaL AS LASt
TIME?
HELl
YeAH!
ThE
TAMbOuRINE
ThANkS YoU, BABY.
HEy, | wanT ThAT
VESt!
WOW, YoU were
PhENOMENAL! HOW
OFtEN DO YoU
PERfORm?
|’m Not a
fan of tHat worD
“perForM,” But
besides tHe banD, |
AlSo leAd a tRoUpe,
anD do my tHinG
alL daY anD
everywHere.
YeAh, So
| Had A KINd
OF FUNkY IDEa
WhILE YoU WERE
DANcINg.
YoU ANd
EVERY OThER
GUy IN ThE
CrOWd.
NO, NOThIN’
LIKE ThAT.
|’M DEVELOPINg
ThIS COMIC BOoK
SERIeS, ANd YoU
WOuLd BE PERfECt
AS, SORt OF, ThE
INsPIRATIoN FOR,
UM --
-- ThE
VILlAiN.

YeAH,
SO WhAT --
YoU DrAW ME
WhILE | StANd
LIKE ThIS FOR
TwO HOuRs?
IT WOuLd
PrOBABlY BE
BETtER TO, UM,
ShOoT SOME
PhOTOGrAPhS?
HEy, DID
JEFf TALk
TO YoU ABOuT
GOiNg TO
DINOBlE’S?
HE DID.
NOT GONnA
MAKE IT.
| HAVE
SOMEThINg IN
MY CAR FOR
HIM ThOuGh.
LIStEN, | GOTtA
RUN, SwEeTIe. CALl ME
ABOuT ThIS PhOTO
ThINg. SOuNdS LIKE
A GAS.
WhAT’S
YoUR
NAME?
RAMsEy.
LATER,
RAMsEy!
LATER...