Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 15, 2013
Transcript:
Blue boy: My dad's in big trouble because he forgot to buy flowers yesterday. Black girl: My brother forgot, and his girlfriend says he's toast. Blonde girl: My uncle's boyfriend is giving him the silent treatment. Frazz: This can't be what St. Valentine had in mind. Caulfield: I don't know. Didn't he get martyred, too?
Demmiaa about 11 years ago
Uh yeah, actually. Who took this holiday and ruined it?
JanLC about 11 years ago
Does anyone remember that St. Valentine’s special friend was a little girl who visited him in prison to tell him stories? It had nothing to do with romantic love at all.
Varnes about 11 years ago
Hey, I know Marty Red……
smoore47 about 11 years ago
Progressive comic.
Selcouth about 11 years ago
And there’s nothing wrong with it.
zoidknight about 11 years ago
They are from California.
rshive about 11 years ago
The guilt is hip-deep.
magicwalnut Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh, c’mon, homophobes! Give it a rest!
rabidhunter about 11 years ago
In Japan Valentine’s Day is all about women showering their men with gifts. Two weeks prior is Wife’s Day in which the men publically profess their love.
DutchUncle about 11 years ago
Would “aunt’s girlfriend” have been less of a problem?
I Quit about 11 years ago
To the homophobes: It’s just possible that your uncle has a boyfriend. I used to have a problem with homosexual marriage – until I saw the picture of the little girl with the sign “Please let my mommies get married.” I decided that if she can deal with, who am I to complain. Grow up, people. This is reality, not just something that might happen some day. It’s here. Get over it.
prrdh about 11 years ago
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323696404578298021044026216.html
sonorhC about 11 years ago
I love how Mallett just casually tosses in “uncle’s boyfriend” like it’s no big deal. Because, you know, it really isn’t a big deal.
Thehag about 11 years ago
Just a wild guess here but I’m remembering that Hallmark etc. were pretty much run by men during the years that whole Valentine’s Day hoopla progressed.
josephcotten about 11 years ago
It’s not always a fear of homosexuality that causes people to comment on it. Therefore, “homophobe” isn’t usually the correct response.
echoraven about 11 years ago
Good one!
AndiJ about 11 years ago
I’d rather get flowers on any other day. It’s a nice surprise then. :)
Comic Minister Premium Member about 11 years ago
Uncle’s boyfriend. That’s weird.
timothyabigelow about 11 years ago
Uncle’s boyfriend! Way to ruin a comic I have liked for years.
phoenixnyc about 11 years ago
“Better blatant than latent!”, as my first boyfriend used to say…
fritzoid Premium Member about 11 years ago
Wow, a comic strip that simply takes for granted the fact that we live in a world with same-sex couples, and even children take it in stride. The only thing shocking about that is that some find it shocking.
Of course, we also live in a world where same-sex couples behaving the same way in public as opposite-sex couples are accused of being “in-my-face about it”…
dcp9142 about 11 years ago
When I was in school there were no other gay people for hundreds of miles. At least that is what it looked like. Any compassion for what it’s like to grow up so alone? So get over it people.
peabodyboy about 11 years ago
Welcome to the 21st century.
LASteve about 11 years ago
Rather, another thread tainted by homophobe crap.
Judy Saint Premium Member about 11 years ago
Awesome inclusion of all loving, dedicated partnerships, even one like mine! Thanks!
Max Starman Jones about 11 years ago
My one escape, the comics, and the 2% gets thrown in my face here. Even my favorite strip. Disgusting.
cowboyinbrla Premium Member about 11 years ago
Aw, poor pitiful little Max… homosexuality getting thrown in his face. Like heterosexuals don’t throw their stuff in our face all day every day.
Wedding announcements on the company bulletin board. Pictures of their babies on their desks. Women fluttering around talking about what a jerk their boyfriend was on Saturday and how they paid for it on Sunday. Men leering at the women with big chests. But let one person make a reference to a gay couple and suddenly it’s “thrown in your face”. How about you shove your face somewhere that you don’t have to look at the world?
furrykef about 11 years ago
It’s interesting how much you can raise people’s ire merely by acknowledging the existence of gay people. Not praising, not condoning, just merely acknowledging.
YokohamaMama about 11 years ago
Hang it all. Are gays and lesbians hurting you? I mean, really hurting you? If not, leave them alone.
childe_of_pan almost 7 years ago
The closed mindedness and volitional ignorance of some people truly saddens me.
childe_of_pan almost 7 years ago
By the way, Puma, whatever else I might think of your opinions here, I commend you for not being on the “one-gay-reference-in-a-decade+-of-comics-ruined-it-for-me” wagon. I disagree with you more often than not, but I respect your intellect. I’m reminded of when several years ago it was reported on a local rock station that Pete Townshend had once had sex with David Bowie (or maybe it was Mick Jagger, I forget). A surprisingly high number of listeners called in to express dismay, and apparently felt that they could no longer listen to the Who. Apparently several decades of some (not all) of the greatest music in rock history was trumped by the revelation(!) that he was bi. Now that is both sad and ridiculous.
robert423elliott 12 months ago
So, how do the Goober Gobblers decide which one gets and which one buys the flowers…..and why?