Kliban by B. Kliban for January 18, 2017

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    Steve Bartholomew  almost 8 years ago

    Not a bad plan.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    I find this very funny for several reasons, but I am certain that some will find it offensive. I don’t see it as denouncing any church, and I think there may be several reflected in the drawing. I see it first as an absurdist cartoon. It proposes an absurd scenario, then imagines what it might look like.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    So…. they headed for Paraguay with all that money…

    and 30 or 40 years later….

    there was a new Pope from right next door in Argentina.

     

    Coincidence?

    Yeah, probably.

     

    Liverlips….

    Kliban has been gone for over 25 years.

    His cartoons were, and still are, immensely popular, including quite a number of irreverent jabs at religious subjects.

    He loved to skewer the pompous regardless of gender, faith, occupation, or politics.

    I don’t think you need to make excuses for liking it.

    Feel free.

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    wecatsgocomics  almost 8 years ago

    Lenny Bruce would have liked this one. It would fit right in with his ‘Religions, Inc.’ bits.

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    pumaman  almost 8 years ago

    We’d all be better off.

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    Linguist  almost 8 years ago

    The Vatican Bank is broke ! How do you split $1.99 nine ways ?

    I guess the Pope gets the extra penny ?

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    brad.karal  about 4 years ago

    And so, in 1724, came the invention of the Pontiff Scheme.

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