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  1. 2 days ago on Crankshaft

    Yup, the small-town (pop. 800) newspaper of my youth had a column called “Happenings”, which included gems like, “Bill and Sandy Citizen had Reverend Polson over for Sunday dinner; they had Sandy’s glazed ham with all the trimmings” and “Mr. and Mrs. John Doe made a trip to see their son Billy in Chicago, who is in some trouble with the law.” Of course, the weekly police blotter and court docket were always usually published in full. When my father was stationed in postwar Germany, his unit’s civilian staff gathered to hear these things (translated aloud by one of them); they were astonished that such things were routinely publicized.

  2. 2 days ago on Gil Thorp

    …or, since they just took possession with an interception in yesterday’s strip, he’s sending in the first play as the offense takes the field.

  3. 12 days ago on Gil Thorp

    I think most of us can agree that someone here will complain about ANY writer and ANY artist.

    If you don’t like it, don’t read it – problem solved.

  4. about 1 month ago on Crankshaft

    Oh, good grief, this strip just broke a 7- or 8-day run of consecutive appearances, and now you’re whining after a single strip without him?

    Yeesh.

  5. about 1 month ago on Cleats

    Not at all! My high school was the same way, and back then the NRA was known for teaching responsible gun ownership and safety instead of being a multimillion-dollar shill/lobby for gun manufacturers.

    There’s no reason we can’t have reasonable gun control measures that distinguish among hunting long guns, handguns, and military-grade firearms; we can talk about urban-vs-rural situations as well. The all-or-nothing argument is senseless, in my opinion.

  6. about 1 month ago on Cleats

    Tell that to the mother whose kid was shot by a triggerhappy cop while playing with one of those orange-tipped toys.

  7. about 1 month ago on Cleats

    Given the frequency with which cops shoot kids with toy guns, I wouldn’t have my kids running around with any toy even remotely resembling a functional firearm. I’d probably allow it in my privacy-fenced yard, but I would not allow them to roam city streets with toy guns.

  8. about 1 month ago on Crankshaft

    Yup; both were in 1971, but I think the Spider-Man arc came a few months before DC’s GL/GA arc.

  9. about 1 month ago on Crankshaft

    Both were in 1971, I believe; I’m going from memory here, but I think that the Spider-Man arc preceded the GA/GL arc by a few months.

  10. about 1 month ago on Crankshaft

    There seem to be quite a few people in this discussion who don’t realize that comics are often the target of censorship, including censorship in public schools.

    The most well-known examples of recent years would probably be “Gender Queer: A Memoir” and “Maus”, but there have been several others; see the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s website for further details.

    Of course, comic book publishers were subject to censorship for up to 60+ years under the Comics Code Authority, and the heyday of underground comix arguably arose in the 1960s due to those comics’ treatment of topics forbidden by the Code.

    The censorship of comics is absolutely relevant to this storyline, because censorship is censorship. Do we have to wait for the graphic novel adaptation of Fahrenheit 451 to become a specific target of would-be censors before acknowledging that fact?