The Academia Waltz by Berkeley Breathed
- October 24, 2009
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The Academia Waltz was Berke Breathed's first cartoon, published daily from 1978 to 1979 in The Daily Texan at The University of Texas at Austin, where he was a student. The strip focused primarily on college life, although it sometimes made references to big news stories of the time (such as the incident at Three Mile Island in 1979).
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mroberts88 said, 28 days ago
Hm….yes, that would be a good course of action. Why are there people running, and fishing near the site?
cabrobst said, 28 days ago
I was there. They evacuated my college. People were afraid to go past Harrisburg so I went with a friend to his home in old Virginia. Later we came back and I got an “I survived Three Mile Island” t shirt.
pibfan868
said,
28 days ago
I’m amazed the F word made it into this location!
Lewreader
said,
28 days ago
That was F used by a scientist.
boozoothatswho said, 28 days ago
The truly astounding thing about nuclear power, aside from the fact that human beings figured this out, is that 30 years on nobody’s figured out what to do with the deadly byproducts of the process. Either nobody was really trying or it’s an insoluble problem.
3hourtour said, 28 days ago
..but they ‘fucking’ bleep it if say it…
nighthawks
said,
28 days ago
this is a test …… this is only a test …..
bleep bleep bleep bleep bleeepity bleep bleep
This concludes this test….had this been an actual emergency, you would have been able to read the
nasty , degenerate , foul words that threaten to demoralize and ruin the very fabric of our society
whitet3260 said, 28 days ago
This “comic” should never have appeared on your site. The language belongs in a brothel, not here. Shame on you.
William Wilkerson
said,
28 days ago
actually, it’s “F” for FLEEEEE!!!!
openminded
said,
28 days ago
Yes- comics with real speak will be the ruin of us all- especially after 30 years have gone by.
michaelwme said, 28 days ago
This is a comic that first appeared in a student newspaper that always tried to press the limits, not a ‘real’ newspaper. Gocomics just copies and posts.
Tigger
said,
28 days ago
Going hear about this one.. They snuck the ‘F’ word in by using a v
yyyguy
said,
28 days ago
it’s just a word. people shouldn’t get their knickers in a twist over it. besides, if you were in a nuclear facility that looked about to melt down, it’s probably exactly the word you’d use.
cholldekkgher stenst... said, 28 days ago
You forked up in 3 mile island
I shat you not!
But I can use a corksucker
And a mortar forker
And maybe even “tits”
aldridgeg said, 28 days ago
More people died at Chappaquiddick than died at Three Mile Island. And that’s the forking truth.
OldHipster said, 28 days ago
Leave my Uncle Teddy alone, he’s had a rough life, trying to live up to the example his siblings have set before him!
Ya know?
(heh heh heh!)
MisngNOLA
said,
26 days ago
Just so it’s clear. The reactor accident at Three Mile Island was caused by the plant operators who incorrectly thought that their instruments were malfunctioning. The plant was performing as designed, and shutting down when the operators overrode the installed safety systems and caused the accident which although severe, was never near the severity of the incident at Chernobyl. In general, nearly all the people in the area received less extra radiation from the resulting release than they would have received from having two normal chest x-rays. Sensationalism sells papers and ad space on the nightly news though, so this incident was played out as if it were truly a “China Syndrome” type accident.