I wonder.

Hugh N writes:

The germ of ideas can be planted with comics. Thoughts can be instilled in the general populace by a talented artist(think Berke Breathed or Bill Watterson) without the artist being pilloried for treason. At worst the artist can fall back to "It's just a freaking comic... Don't have a cow, man". Publish a paper critical of government or political people/processes on the internet, and you might have the Fumbling Bumbling Imbeciles breathing down your neck. Publish a comic in hundreds of news papers saying the same thing, the president will probaly read it while eating his Wheaties, and you are still pretty much safe. It's just a comic, man...

Hmm... I wonder which line, "Thoughts can be instilled" or "It's just a comic, man" the creator of [link|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.htm|The Boondocks] would have to fall back on -- even here, with this self-professedly rather cerebral group?

Wanna bet against my hunch that several among us will lose their sense of perspective (ironosadly, precisely what he's trying to restore), and start frothing at the mouth a little, at the strips for, say [link|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20011004|October fourth], [link|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20011005|October fifth], or [link|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20011006|October sixth]?

Post #18,776 by CRConrad 11/19/01 11:48:37 AM Reply	I wonder. Hugh N writes: The germ of ideas can be planted with comics. Thoughts can be instilled in the general populace by a talented artist(think Berke Breathed or Bill Watterson) without the artist being pilloried for treason. At worst the artist can fall back to "It's just a freaking comic... Don't have a cow, man". Publish a paper critical of government or political people/processes on the internet, and you might have the Fumbling Bumbling Imbeciles breathing down your neck. Publish a comic in hundreds of news papers saying the same thing, the president will probaly read it while eating his Wheaties, and you are still pretty much safe. It's just a comic, man... Hmm... I wonder which line, "Thoughts can be instilled" or "It's just a comic, man" the creator of [link\|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.htm\|The Boondocks] would have to fall back on -- even here, with this self-professedly rather cerebral group? Wanna bet against my hunch that several among us will lose their sense of perspective (ironosadly, precisely what he's trying to restore), and start frothing at the mouth a little, at the strips for, say [link\|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20011004\|October fourth], [link\|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20011005\|October fifth], or [link\|http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20011006\|October sixth]? Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything
Post #18,856 by hnick 11/19/01 6:05:18 PM Reply	I would suppose both... For those that appreciate, though perhaps not necessarily enjoy, the former. For those with no sense of humor or irony, it's just a freaking comic, man... I wouldn't think too many of the latter, around here, but WTF do I know? Regards, Hugh
Post #18,909 by Ashton 11/20/01 1:36:14 AM Reply	Legitimate copout? See Drook's virtuoso quip in Oh Pun: A sufficiency unto itself: to turn out legions of former infotainers.. to walk the streets behind shopping carts, laden with unused Owl entrails.. with only their murky crystal balls for company - O O

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