AJ and Magnus by Bryan and Simon Steel for July 14, 2019

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    winston5610  over 5 years ago

    Uh, okay. I hope he didn’t burn bridges at his former job.

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    Pirate_Kitty79  over 5 years ago

    Gods dammit.. I really hoped the feeling of foreboding I got after Joe met Alex was wrong.. guess not. :(

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    Baarorso  over 5 years ago

    Perhaps the employees would EMBRACE John’s husband. This isn’t Stonewall and the year isn’t 1969 you know!!!!!!!!!

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    Theseus2  over 5 years ago

    Well one thing is sure. If I ever heard that my boss did something like that, he would get a piece of my mind. I mean come on, when do we live? In the 1950? Not sure, I wanted to work for someone like that. Probably rather not.

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    Charles Spencer Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I’m amazed someone with that attitude would consider hiring someone with John’s ‘Road Warriors’ hair in the first place. I think the style would have kept him out of a closed-minded outfit.

    It’s a minor nit to pick; it just wandered through my empty head.

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    rcoaster  over 5 years ago

    …And there it is.

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    danketaz Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Now over to A.J.for the counterattack.

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    guinevere25  over 5 years ago

    Well that attitude just sucks – as if John couldn’t do his job because he is gay. What a crock !!

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    guinevere25  over 5 years ago

    - writers – where are you going with this bad attitude ????

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    Terr Bear  Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Thank you for finally letting that shoe drop. Been waiting for it with a bit of dread. So angry & sad. Hopefully, people like that Joe are a dying breed.

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    mamaoliver Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Joe is an all to common employer. They are homophobic, but use their employees as the excuse for not hiring gays. Bet he’s gonna lose a lot of employees when they find out!

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    SolaceCollestan  over 5 years ago

    The pink triangle was a nice touch. Really great composition with this page, and the dialog hits right where it’s supposed to.

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    danketaz Premium Member over 5 years ago

    If you want to live in a different world, you have to make a difference.

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    bookworm0812  over 5 years ago

    What, you were gonna go around telling all the other employees about his sexual orientation? News flash, you jerk. THAT’S NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS!!!! Whether they would embrace it or not it’s not something that’s supposed to be discussed in the workplace! I’ve never talked about my sexual orientation in the workplace. I’m sure the fact that I was working with the man I was married to was a pretty big clue, anyway. Although these days you can’t be too sure. I actually wonder now if my ex wasn’t as straight as he said he was.

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    TennesseeFran  over 5 years ago

    Yeah… although I figured this was coming, it really isn’t that realistic. I’ve worked in a lot of different businesses over the years with LGBTQ people and it’s not been a big deal for anyone. A gay man is one of the top-polling presidential candidates, for heaven’s sake. A boss might think this, but he’s not going to come right out and say it. Lawsuit, anyone?

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    saxie5  over 5 years ago

    I don’t understand how Joe can say they’re friends and then pull a stunt like that!

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    brettforrest  over 5 years ago

    I don’t think you know what “friends” means you homophobic jerk…

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    mysterysciencefreezer  over 5 years ago

    How much of a friend could he be if he didn’t know John was gay?

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    FrankSF Premium Member over 5 years ago

    There’s still a chance that someone above Joe will get wind of this bs stunt and put a stop to it.

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    theincrediblebulk  over 5 years ago

    With my staff I only care about the job they can do, not about their personal life. It’s none of my business who they are involved with so long as it doesn’t interfere with their job performance. I do admit though that when a new employee is hired I do wonder why they feel the need to tell me their sexual orientation. Being male are the women letting me know so I don’t flirt with them? For the men are they hoping I’ll flirt with them? I just don’t understand why they feel that I, as their boss, need to know their sexual orientation.

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    ars731  over 5 years ago

    I am sad to be right…

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    Onasaki  over 5 years ago

    Someone better hit that asshole over the head.

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    bt  over 5 years ago

    I hope this storyline ends with that douchebag getting his ass handed to him in a lawsuit.

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    levisovo  over 5 years ago

    Isn’t that, I dunno, a little illegal? You could definitely sue over that, seeing as companies are not allowed to reject you based on your sexual orientation, gender, beliefs, etc.Though I don’t think John would do that to such a… good friend. Alex on the other hand.. might

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    Kwen  over 5 years ago

    You think you “feel awful” yet, Joe, really? Just give A.J 5 minutes to put this story on “Facepage” and your new business is stillborn…

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    JudyHendrickson  over 5 years ago

    shouldn’t this be called discrimination??

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    glowing-steak32  over 5 years ago

    You’ve GOT to be kidding me…

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    matjestaet  over 5 years ago

    Come to Europe…. We need good people, and we don’t care, whether you are gay, lesbian, straight or whatsoever…. OK, most of us don’t care….

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    poopsypoo Premium Member over 5 years ago

    That is so like the people of today. I’ll bet anything that the employees wouldn’t have a problem with them at all. I think it’s that idiot!!!!

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    Dawn Premium Member over 5 years ago

    This law was designed to protect companies that want to specifically discriminate against LGBTQ people in hiring, for reasons they claim are religious in nature, from being subjected to civic pressure to hire fairly: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chick-fil-a-law-texas-governor-signs-law-prohibiting-adverse-actions-due-to-religious-views/ Just sayin’ . . .

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    winston5610  over 5 years ago

    With friends like this….

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    ConnieEmbury1  over 5 years ago

    When are we seeing the next chapter of the story?

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    JudyHendrickson  over 5 years ago

    over3 weeks the same comic strip!!! really!!! give it up!!!

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    noonstar  over 5 years ago

    Hey guys, this July 14th comic is still appearing as “today’s comic” on August 2nd. How often do you update?

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    winston5610  over 5 years ago

    Just speculating here, I think Joe might decide friendship and John’s remarkable talent would (pardon the expression and note the lower case ‘t’) trump his issues with John and Alex’s marriage. Another possible arc for this story might take us a bit darker, possibly a mugging in the parking lot and John comes to the rescue. Either way, I think Joe is going to come around and beg forgiveness. By the way, what is John’s line of work?

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    DA MAN   almost 4 years ago

    THIS GUY DOnT UNDERStAnD pRiDe dAy

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