Monday, December 08, 2008

a clash of cultures

I am a big fan of the Comics Curmudgeon (see link to the right). If he was Australian he would have had a thing or two or perhaps three to say about the instalment of the Wizard of Id that appears in today's Age.



Let me know if you need me to explain why this comes out seeming weird in an Australian newspaper (on a related topic, I will let you know if I need to have it explained why I should have stopped reading this comic strip about 25 years ago).

4 comments:

Steve said...

because "ring" = arsehole in Australian?

BREN LUKE said...

ooh, Matron!

David Nichols said...

Thank you Steve and bren for your very pertinent comments.

Ann ODyne said...

I was intrigued to see the Finks motorcycle club have a Wizard of ID on their colors jackets.
I guess the copyright holder would be too scared to complain.
*sigh*

the early 70s was all juxtaposition

October 1970, everyone had their arms out in the air, from Barbra to, um, whoever that is on the left, to Thumbelina. This is from the Sprin...