Apparently so. This is almost embarrassing, though at least we’re safe from the ghost of Fredric Wertham.
In our cred’s defense, I don’t think this blog-rating thing can read cartoons. That should have gotten us a PG at least.
(Via some stupid online dating site.)
Is the man on the left the notoriously reclusive and camera-shy Jack Chick, captured on film for the first time in decades? I do not know. Context (and major credit for finding this) here.
(Via Maud Newton.)
UPDATE: Eric Reynolds in the comments inspired me to search out Chick’s high-school yearbook photo for comparison’s sake. Here it is, courtesy of the Jack T. Chick Museum of Fine Art. Eric’s right: it’s definitely possible.
UPDATE II: Don’t forget to check out Eric’s further researches in the comments. We have confirmation on the wood paneling!
A liberal activist group is urging Republicans to repudiate a comic book being touted by conservative evangelist Jerry Falwell that portrays Michael Dukakis as a supporter of witchcraft and bestiality.
Falwell is urging his followers to paper the political landscape with copies of the 30-page book, titled “Magical Mike: The Real Story of Mike Dukakis.” Among other things, it depicts the Democratic presidential nominee in a dress, wig and pearls.
“The last thing the Bush campaign, the Republican Party and the presidential campaign need is the distribution of 10 million copies of a comic book that’s chock full of enough intolerance to offend just about everyone except Jerry Falwell,” John Buchanan, chairman of People for the American Way, said Friday.
As Japan sheds its postwar pacifism and gears up to take a higher military profile in the world, it is enlisting cadres of cute characters and adorable mascots to put a gentle, harmless sheen to its Self-Defense Forces deployments.
“Prince Pickles is our image character because he’s very endearing, which is what Japan’s military stands for,” said Defense Ministry official Shotaro Yanagi. “He’s our mascot and appears in our pamphlets and stationery.”
Such characters have long been used in Japan to win hearts and minds and to soften the image of authority.
(via Making Light)
