Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 12, 2011

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    pouncingtiger  over 13 years ago

    Uh, Zonker. Robin was played by Burt WARD when Adam West (voice of Mayor West on Family Guy) was Batman in the late 60s.

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    Steve Bartholomew  over 13 years ago

    That has never been proven.

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    Alabama Al  over 13 years ago

    Judging from the movie posters, there’s no question of it.

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    kmcripn  over 13 years ago

    No, pouncingtiger … though, Burt Ward did play Robin… Dick Grayson (Robin) was Bruce Wayne’s ward.

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    Jeremy_Billadeau  over 13 years ago

    Zonkers

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    lewisbower  over 13 years ago

    I’m trying to have my brats named wards of the state.

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    GrimmaTheNome  over 13 years ago

    It means Zonker would be ‘in loco parentis’. Well, he might manage part of that…

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    Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Q. Why did Dick Grayson always wear a nightgown before bed?

    A. That was his wardrobe.

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    Potrzebie  over 13 years ago

    With villains like HArley Quinn and Catwomen, How could the dynamic duo be gay?!

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    Nemesys  over 13 years ago

    According to Adam West (writing in “Back to the Batcave”), Burt “Ward” (Bert John Gervis, Jr) chose his stage name to reflect his role in the series. However, acccording to Wikipedia, it’s the actor’s mother’s maiden name.

    If you’re a fan of the old series, that’s a great book to take from the public library and read while sitting on the beach this summer.

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    MobyD  over 13 years ago

    What with stately Wayne manor having all those big rooms, you might’ve thought Batman could’ve kept all his stuff in one of them instead of a damp, drafty cave. But then it might’ve sounded strange to hear Batman say, “Come, Robin, we must go to the Bat-Room!”

    I wonder if in order to make her his ward will Zonker have to put up a ward bond?

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    Nemesys  over 13 years ago

    Batman and Robin were both turned on by Batgirl, so “gayness” wasn’t an issue. On the other hand, perhaps the “Bi-namic Duo” went both ways.

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    swingvoter88  over 13 years ago

    Any comic reader will tell you that Dick Grayson slept with pretty much any and every woman he came into contact with! I’m guessing his utility belt was always stocked with penicillin!

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    summerdog86  over 13 years ago

    Or stocked with Viagra.

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    Nemesys  over 13 years ago

    Chikuku, in the Frank Miller comics version (The Dark Knight series), Robin is a girl (Carrie Kelly), so the gayness issue is moot. (Spoiler alert!) Dick Greyson turns out to be the arch villian of the series.

    I don’t recall any old Batman comics where Bruce and Dick sleep in the same room, let alone in the same bed. I don’t know if they slept at all back then.

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    Seed_drill  over 13 years ago

    Nemesys,

    I’ve seen some panels reprinted. They were from the late 50s or early 60s. Definitely creepy given today’s perspective.

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    Hillwalker  over 13 years ago

    I think this pretty much settles it…

    http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50

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    Nemesys  over 13 years ago

    You’re right, seed_drill.

    http://xd2.xanga.com/156e8514d8530102040919/z33874587.jpg

    Eww.

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    summerdog86  over 13 years ago

    Ahhh, nothing like the printed page to come back and bite you in the butt. I think there’s a pun in that statement if you think about it.

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    GrimmaTheNome  over 13 years ago

    He’s waiting to find out if his parents think he’s worth the $90 ransom isn’t he? As his dad hadn’t even realised he was absent, maybe not…

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    countoftowergrove  over 13 years ago

    The WB cartoon series in the 90’s surely does infer a pederast relationship. Epilogs scenes have Bruce and Dick having breakfast, one wearing a bath robe, the other bare chested.

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    pouncingtiger  over 13 years ago

    Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne were the character names of Robin and Batman.

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