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Sick Excuse for a Comic-SJ Mercury 4-26

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I like reading the comics in the newspaper, one of my favorite daily activities.

There is one, however, that I think is really terrible that I saw in the April 26 edition of the SJ Mercury called Pardon My Planet.

Link:

http://idsayso.com/comics/pardon-my-planet/

A pretty sad commentary on neglected children, not funny at all. I wrote the syndicate, haven't heard back. Haven't written the newspaper yet, will probably do that soon.

I can't believe the paper or the author thought this belonged in the comics section honestly.

Dan
 
Damned SJMN infidels. Buy some guns is what I'd do.
 
bergmen said:
I like reading the comics in the newspaper, one of my favorite daily activities.

There is one, however, that I think is really terrible that I saw in the April 26 edition of the SJ Mercury called Pardon My Planet.

Link:

http://idsayso.com/comics/pardon-my-planet/

A pretty sad commentary on neglected children, not funny at all. I wrote the syndicate, haven't heard back. Haven't written the newspaper yet, will probably do that soon.

I can't believe the paper or the author thought this belonged in the comics section honestly.

Dan
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Consider taking your rage against the syndicate, newspaper, and cartoonist and instead of writing angry letters with it, channel it somewhere productive? Maybe go volunteer to help some kids who need it?
 
I thought the star trek one was a slam against trekkies so I wrote Nasa a scathing email.

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Wow, you're incensed by the kid cartoon? Wow...and a thread?
:wtf

Wow wow.

PS and do you have kids?
 
I have kids and don't find it overly offensive, kind of funny, in fact.

OP, are you adopted? Put kids up for adoption? Or something of the like.
 
Uh...dude, have you taken a look at the rest of the comics on that page? I mean the rest of the ones drawn by the same artist and such. That's his vein of humor. I chuckled at it. It's dark humor but barely, more like light grey I think. Hardly anything to get all worked up over.

Here, let's see what you think of this one OP:
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Maybe there's something personal going on that makes it offensive. I specifically remember watching Family Guy after my mom died of cancer and they made a gnarly cancer joke. I'm usually pretty good about isolating issues and I loooooove terrible humor, but it hit me wrong that day. I hadn't considered this in my initial smartass response, so I apologize if there's more to it. If not, don't be a ninny. :p
 
Hey Dan, your being a bit too serious. It's a daily comic strip, not a political platform or social movement. Relax.

When Bill Watterson drew this a school shooting was an unimaginable occurrence. He still got hate mail for it from people with no sense of humor.
 

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Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to post on this forum. I was looking at this from the perspective of the neglected child.

Yes, I am a father and have dealt with neglected children before. This sickened me, it is not funny in any way and I think the jerk who drew this is despicable.

You don't agree? Go somewhere else on the forum and I'll just check out for awhile.

Dan
 
bergmen said:
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to post on this forum. I was looking at this from the perspective of the neglected child.

Yes, I am a father and have dealt with neglected children before. This sickened me, it is not funny in any way and I think the jerk who drew this is despicable.

You don't agree? Go somewhere else on the forum and I'll just check out for awhile.

Dan
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Sorry your having a bad day Dan. I don't think it's the comics fault, excuse me while I go read a bed time story.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
Wow, you're incensed by the kid cartoon? Wow...and a thread?
:wtf

Wow wow.

PS and do you have kids?
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Yes I do! Go talk to a neglected child and see what they think of something like this. I have, many time and their lives were totally hell. They'll never get over it.

I guess that since I adore children and try to be my best with them (and being the brother of two sisters who were sexually abused by my father since they were six months old) makes me pretty sensitive to this shit.

Pardon me for my outrage, just go somewhere else on the forum, would you please?

Dan
 
I had a buddy that HATED Candid Camera. I always thought it was hilarious but dude would say "I hate that show. If they did that to me I'd be pissed".
:rolleyes yeah dude thats the point and why its so funny.

Jokes ain't meant to solve the worlds issues.
 
Dan, it's a messy subject. I think most of us would agree that all types of humor should exist, but we should also be aware that the people who make cartoons like this likely aren't targeting people like yourself, whom it hurts, but intent is everything and the medium is nothing. Yourself and the cartoon are like water and oil, you'll never mix, but both are needed. Finding a way to brush it off is the correct course of action and the easiest way is to recognize that your strong reaction gives it power/validity, which is the exact opposite of what you want.
 
Maybe I'm just insensitive, but I'm not really seeing how the child is neglected enough to cause this outrage. There's any number of reasons a child may ask if they were adopted (for example, they're being taught about adoption at school, don't know what it is, and being young simply ask out of curiosity "hey mom and dad, was I adopted?"). Similarly, there's any number of ways a parent may respond - humor, seriousness, a little of column A, little of column B.

Different families have different ways of handling serious issues. Different comics have different jokes and styles and ways of sparking discussion on serious issues. :dunno I don't see it as something to get worked up over; I most DEFINITELY don't see it as something worth screaming for censorship over.
 
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I found it only mildly amusing. It's pretty accuarate commentary from the artist, though. I think OPs outrage is misplaced.
 
NorCalAthlete said:
Uh...dude, have you taken a look at the rest of the comics on that page? I mean the rest of the ones drawn by the same artist and such. That's his vein of humor. I chuckled at it. It's dark humor but barely, more like light grey I think. Hardly anything to get all worked up over.

Here, let's see what you think of this one OP:
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I LOVED Calvin & Hobbes, have three of the coffee table books. Great humor, I've enjoyed pulling similar humor on my daughter and the grandkids, the daughter and grandkids always enjoyed the humor also. Of course, we all had a good laugh whether or not they bought into the B.S. after I confessed I was foolin' them.

OP's cartoon was funny also. Cartoonist just left out the part about "Gotcha!" that the father would have said in the next panel, if there would have been one.

Lex
 
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