Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 01, 2013
September 30, 2013
October 02, 2013
Transcript:
Zonker: Then it's settled-- you'll accompany me to the royal wedding! Sam: But how will you explain me? I'm just a kid! Zonker: Hmm... good question. We can't say I'm your former nanny. That would sound too creepy, even to the British. I've got it! You can be my ward! Sam: Cool! What's a ward? Zonker: I'm not sure, but it's what Robin is to Batman. Sam: Neato! Wait, aren't they gay?
The curse of phony baloney Dr. Wertham still lives! His lousy book “Seduction Of The innocent”, as poorly researched and thrown together as it was, still had the power to unfairly label Batman and Robin and other pulp and comic book heroes. He called Superman a “deviant”.