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SCENE: Bored woman sitting at a desk with a book. Man snatches the book away from her in the 2nd panel.
TITLE: A Christmas Gift for Junior?
CAPTION: I wrote Disney comics for decades. So I’ve thought a lot about what makes a good story for kids. And I’ve come to the conclusion it’s the same thing that makes any story good. Never talk down to your readers. (Even if some of ‘em need booster seats.) And always write something you’d want to read yourself. It’s that simple. --John Lustig
WOMAN: This graphic novel is sorta dull! <Yawn!> but...I guess junior will enjoy it!
MAN: Stop! If it bores you, it’ll probably bore Junior! Then he’ll get cranky and crave thrills! By the time he’s ten he could be robbing liquor stores!
CAPTION: Don’t doom your child to a life of crime! Remember: good children’s books are ageless!
1949 Artist Unknown Young at Heart Writer: John Lustig
Original Art: From the story “The Man in Her Diary” in Glamorous Romances 42
Glamorous Romance 44_22_1-2_With WordBalloons.tif
TITLE: A Christmas Gift for Junior?
CAPTION: I wrote Disney comics for decades. So I’ve thought a lot about what makes a good story for kids. And I’ve come to the conclusion it’s the same thing that makes any story good. Never talk down to your readers. (Even if some of ‘em need booster seats.) And always write something you’d want to read yourself. It’s that simple. --John Lustig
WOMAN: This graphic novel is sorta dull! <Yawn!> but...I guess junior will enjoy it!
MAN: Stop! If it bores you, it’ll probably bore Junior! Then he’ll get cranky and crave thrills! By the time he’s ten he could be robbing liquor stores!
CAPTION: Don’t doom your child to a life of crime! Remember: good children’s books are ageless!
1949 Artist Unknown Young at Heart Writer: John Lustig
Original Art: From the story “The Man in Her Diary” in Glamorous Romances 42
Glamorous Romance 44_22_1-2_With WordBalloons.tif
“But Ken…
…Judy lets herself be seen in public with you! We just assumed embarassment was her kink!”
…We weren’t trying to embarass Judy in front of you! We were trying to embarass her in front of everybody who knows her!”
…Humiliation rituals are how women treat other women! It’s like the air that we breathe!”
…You’re the one who wears that jacket in public when you take Judy on a date! You have no room to talk!”
…I haven’t even gotten to the part where she talks about how you make her dress up like Miss Piggy while you dress up like Kermit the Frog!”
…We were all just so curious why she calls you the Schlonginator! And this was the only way to find out!”
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I’m just glad they were able to color cordinate the desk blotter with the walls and Ken’s hair.
Now if they could just do something about that bow tie.
Happy Wednesday.
Why does Kermit always have bacon breath?
Considering how bacon is made, necrophilia?
Since when did this comic start doing hard news? The only variable is if he’ll actually wait until he’s ten!
They were burning comics in the 40’s and 50’s to try and prevent the 10 year olds from going into a life of crime.
It sounds absurd, but it’s true. I’ve seen videos of it and read about it.
Wow…. and I thought I was just being silly…
The publishers then self censored themselves with the comic book authority. No more colorful horror, erotica (including passionate kissing) or real crime or brutality. That went from 1954 to 2011.
Of course some independent publishers would not follow it. But these were just not listed for quite some time.
Land of the free….