even back in 1502 or whenever you couldn’t publish a comic strip about clubbing a dog on the head without having to put some phony disclaimer in it, phony self censorship, they just wanted to sell papers and if meanness sells then so be it, hypocritical editors at work here
It’s a shame that this comic could not have been scanned in a resolution that would make it easier to read the two columns of jokes in fine print. Even zoomed in with the magnifying glass, they are just barely decipherable.
Extremely cruel. The joke is the creativity of the perpetrators, not the action itself. And I concur about the jokes in the side columns. Even enlarged, it’s not worth the time or effort to try to read them.
The second joke “Bryant Revisited” goes:“The melancholy days have comeThe saddest ever yet.When we put our overcoats in hockOur summer suits to get.”
Reminds me of something I saw on TV yesterday. A pawn shop in Detroit stores the winter furs of many people during the summer months because they are safer being pawned for a few months than left in a closet at home.
This is why you no longer see many of the old cartoons.Popeye is way to violent.Road Runner movies to violent.Every one watches Scooby Doo. The either run a lot or stand a talk a lot.And NO HINT OF SEX so quit thinking about Daphnealthough personally I think Velma would be more freaky.
Buzza Wuzza over 10 years ago
even back in 1502 or whenever you couldn’t publish a comic strip about clubbing a dog on the head without having to put some phony disclaimer in it, phony self censorship, they just wanted to sell papers and if meanness sells then so be it, hypocritical editors at work here
Atanwat over 10 years ago
It’s a shame that this comic could not have been scanned in a resolution that would make it easier to read the two columns of jokes in fine print. Even zoomed in with the magnifying glass, they are just barely decipherable.
davidf42 over 10 years ago
Extremely cruel. The joke is the creativity of the perpetrators, not the action itself. And I concur about the jokes in the side columns. Even enlarged, it’s not worth the time or effort to try to read them.
Vermont Premium Member over 10 years ago
I’m anxious for months of “Happy Hooligan” strips to make their way into this feature. If they ever do.
WSR over 10 years ago
Surprised Pa & Ma Katzenjammer weren’t around to tan their hides for this…just plain old cruel!!!
Hussell over 10 years ago
Funny, they thought it was cruel enough to post a disclaimer, yet they never bothered to pull it!
Disclaimer, of just covering their own butts?
JanLC over 10 years ago
The second joke “Bryant Revisited” goes:“The melancholy days have comeThe saddest ever yet.When we put our overcoats in hockOur summer suits to get.”
Reminds me of something I saw on TV yesterday. A pawn shop in Detroit stores the winter furs of many people during the summer months because they are safer being pawned for a few months than left in a closet at home.
Vet Premium Member over 10 years ago
This is why you no longer see many of the old cartoons.Popeye is way to violent.Road Runner movies to violent.Every one watches Scooby Doo. The either run a lot or stand a talk a lot.And NO HINT OF SEX so quit thinking about Daphnealthough personally I think Velma would be more freaky.