The Wizard of Id has been enchanting audiences since 1964, but the real wizards behind this comic classic were artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart.
The pair began paving the path to the Kingdom of Id in 1950, when Parker, a staff artist for the Binghamton Press in upstate New York, was asked to judge a high school art contest. Among the entrants was a teenager by the name of Johnny Hart, whose work so impressed Parker that he arranged a meeting.
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Alexikakos said, 4 months ago
It’s real, but what can be done about it?
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http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/outreach/pdfs/gpposter.pdf
Llewellenbruce said, 4 months ago
What is that green stuff supposed to be?
somebodyshort said, 4 months ago
@Llewellenbruce
garbage bags
scrabblefiend said, 4 months ago
@GoldenRoya
It’s already been done. Check out this website:
http://www.waterwaynews.com/ARCHIVE/00%20ISSUES/2012%20MAY%2001/CHARTING%20THE%20OCEANS%20BY%20RUBBER%20DUCKS.html
pouncingtiger said, 4 months ago
Is this strip sponsored by Greenpeace?
win said, 4 months ago
What goes around…
Razzilla said, 4 months ago
The King will finally get his old speeches back…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago
It’s one of those dirty secrets that most cruise lines and transport lines have Liberian or Panamanian “flags” because they don’t require sewage treatment or most of the safety stuff that other nations require.
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Fortunately, American ships have not been allowed to dump their garbage for some decades. That doesn’t stop the Chinese or other nations, though.
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The real problem is bad enough, but some of the claims are ludicrous. Some idiots tried to claim that 20+ year old tires and decades-old plastics were floating around. Three problems with that: 1. Plastic breaks down quickly under the action of sunlight. A major problem on public lands is that the plastic containers of trash people dump come apart in a hurry from UV degradation, meaning you have to clean them up in a hurry. 2. Sulfate and salt action by seawater breaks down plastics and rubber very quickly. 3. Plastics with UV protection are recent. Older stuff breaks down much faster than some of the new consumer plastics. Even with UV protection, it still breaks down, though.
ivo snijders said, 4 months ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
Fortunately with the new IMO regulations coming into force, nobody is allowed to dump anything anymore. No matter what flag you fly on your ship.
dukedoug said, 4 months ago
@ivo snijders
Yeah … that’ll work !!
AshburnStadium said, 4 months ago
@ivo snijders
Even the Jolly Roger? ;-)
William Pursell
said, 4 months ago
Aye,return indeed! At long last there is ONE who WILL see to the cleaning up of the Sea…….His Sea. I liked the name Poseidon as well,and thought how odd that it was used to name a doomed ship.
K.C. Fahel said, 4 months ago
@William Pursell
The ship supposedly wasn’t doomed when it was named. (one of my all-time favorite movies; the original, not the remake.)
aicarrie1 said, 4 months ago
Being a Percy Jackson fan, I prefer the Greek names.
Steve said, 4 months ago
Looks like it was a bag of worms that Parker & Hart opened.