Tag: Comics

From The Comics Journal message board… The topic is basically, why aren’t characters in super-hero comic books shown smoking anymore? Posting: The reason why there is no smokingin marvel is because [Marvel comics editor in cheif, Joe] Quesada has banned it. Not even Wolverine or the Punisher can smoke anymore. Quesada believes that children look …

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And, kickin’ it all the way back to the 90s, is the now-legendary Disfunctional Family Circus: Here’s the story on this one, taken from illegal-art.org: Brian Boling et al.“Dysfunctional Family Circus” Cut-and-paste zine, circa 1992 For Christmas one year, Boling doctored 100 of Bill Keane’s Family Circus panels, compiled them into a zine–“Dysfunctional Family Circus”–and …

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I’m on a roll here, people… And of course there’s that classic Pearls Before Swine story arc in which Osama Bin Laden hides out with the Family Circus characters, the joke being that the characters are so out of touch that they don’t know who he is. (Click for larger image)

I guess if I’m going to post Family Circus parodies, I’ve got to include these recent classics: The Cthulhu Circus [Updated] :: Accordion Guy

I just can’t get enough of these strangely synchronous Family Circus parodies! This time, from the Perry Bible Fellowship: (Click for larger image)