Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for March 28, 2009
March 21, 2009
April 04, 2009
Transcript:
super-fun-pak comix "malia" & "sasha" man: hey, aren't you the president's daughters? malia: no, we're a different malia & sasha. a comic strip about the president's daughters would be actionable violation of privacy! comics for the blind man 2: there's a guy in a butcher shop. butcher: what'll ya have? guy: two pounds. man 2: the butcher pounded him twice with a hammer. bam bam marital mirth husband: i appreciate all you're doing to find my missing wife, officer. cop: okay, but why are there empty jugs of hydrochloric acid by the tub? 3-d comix! worker 1: can you give me a hand? okay, now go to your local speedymart tm and get your special "super-fun-pak 3-d glasses." tm return home, sit in a well-lit room, positioning your face two to three feet away from the comic, and enjoy the hilarious punchline, enhanced by dynamic 3-d! worker 2: sure. here! selfish gene lady: gene, you're a nice friend, but do you like me so much? gene: because your figure is indicative of reproductive robustness. advertisement kids go crazy for the newest sensations -- "malia" & "sasha" the purely fictional characters from the comic strip "malia" & "sasha"! now~ buy the dolls... -that we hope will change the nation! $29 95 each! and... in case there's any legal trouble with "malia" & "sasha." meet their fictional friends -- amanda (pronounced ma-lee-ah) & emily {pronounced sa-shah) also $29.95 ea. and, for a limited time... get a white house* playset $199.95 *not that white house.
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Edcole1961 about 15 years ago
Richard Dawkins must be proud.
pschearer Premium Member about 15 years ago
More irony per square inch than any other comic.
tobybartels about 15 years ago
For comics for the blind, try David Morgan-Mar's webcomics. These come with vision-impaired transcripts (not really meant for blind people, but often detailed enough to show the joke).
Edcole1961 about 15 years ago
Richard Dawkins was the author of “The Selfish Gene.” It basically said that people behave the way they do in order to reproduce their genetic material. The book was first published in the mid-1970s. That’s why Gene in the comic is interested in her reproductive robustness.