Carrie Willmon’s letter “Appalled by Doonesbury” (1/25) got my attention. I, too, have children who read the comics but didn’t recall an offensive comic from that day. So I dug the previous Sunday’s comics (1/18) out of the recycle bin to check it out.
Willmon was appalled that someone was allowed to write and print a comic about President Bush with asterisks for the words. Shouldn’t she be more appalled by what her 8- and 10-year-old daughters saw in the Brenda Starr comic right next to that one? It had two scantily clad women lying by the bedside of a man, with one of them saying they should share that man. A catfight with asterisks ending the cartoon should have been more offensive for her daughters.
Sharing a man and fighting are OK, but bleeped-out language not OK?
Let’s raise our daughters to know what’s right in relationships, too.
Kelly Thompson
Lee’s Summit
and one of [supposedly] horrible movies [Brooke Sheilds] on record.
Direct to DVD ????????? Direct to security vault!
Posted by: Wise and Other wise | August 04, 2011 at 01:30 AM
Pub 17
"It made me what I am today". If you can prove that, you've got unbeatable grounds for a lawsuit.
Posted by: Engineer | February 04, 2009 at 10:25 PM
NEWSFLASH!
POPE ELOPES!
MARTIANS ATTACK N.J.!
ROGUE CLAIMS TO BE SANE!
Posted by: Pub 17 | February 04, 2009 at 09:00 AM
Ladies and Gents, check out the Bona Fides of the leftist posters as confessed in this thread.....and you give them the time of day? Okey Dokey, just don't expect us sane folks to sign off........LMFAO...
Posted by: BudRog | February 03, 2009 at 10:24 PM
It made me what I am today.
Posted by: Pub 17 | February 03, 2009 at 01:39 PM
Solomon,
The next few days featured a bedside catfight between Brenda and the other woman, if that's more your speed.
I can't believe people have been reading that stupid comic for almost 70 years.
Posted by: Jim | February 03, 2009 at 01:02 PM
Brenda Starr?
Are you serious?
NINE CHICKWEED LANE, the metrosexual Sears catalog.
Posted by: Pub 17 | February 03, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Thanks Jim
You're right, Kelly made it sound much hotter.
Posted by: solomon | February 03, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Thanks Dan.....having you miss that thread was like NMMNG missing a family court thread
Posted by: solomon | February 03, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Solomon,
Here's the comic in question. It's not nearly as steamy as it sounds:
http://www.gocomics.com/brendastarr/2009/01/18/
Posted by: Jim | February 03, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Gary,
I think Brenda Starr and Barbie have the same plastic surgeon.
Posted by: Jim | February 03, 2009 at 10:15 AM
My opinion on the Phelps position?
I think the man is insane and he needs to be committed for the rest of his life in a locked down mental facility. I would think it would be obvious that I would hold this opinion by the posts I've left here over time.
Even though their are many ignorant fools who believe that just because he claims he's a Christian, he somehow represents Christianity. He doesn't as anyone who uses their brains would fully comprehend.
Posted by: Dan Beyer | February 03, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Off thread....Dan Beyer, I really would like to know your opinion of the Phelps position, as you were not present in that thread. Please tell me where you'd like to post an opinion.
Posted by: solomon | February 03, 2009 at 09:54 AM
Stupid children!
Don't they understand these cartoons are for adults!
Posted by: Dan Beyer | February 03, 2009 at 09:06 AM
Brenda must be an octogenarian by now, but she looks great. She must work out a lot.
Posted by: Gary | February 03, 2009 at 08:50 AM
Scantily clad on the comic page? Three ways? Anybody know where I can find that on line?
Posted by: solomon | February 03, 2009 at 03:53 AM