In the 1990s in San Diego, I went to the Comic Con every year (yes, this is another "I went to the San Diego Comic Con before it was bloated and horrible" story). I got to know Mary Fleener, who was local, and every year she and several other excellent underground humor cartoonists, such as Dennis Worden, J.R. Williams, and Wayno, would share a couple of tables at the Con. They called their little area Sin Alley due to the "adult" nature of their comics.
So anyway! Long story short, I'm not saying that the cartoonists I just mentioned are responsible for this vulgar, obscene and hilarious re-working of one of Charles Schulz's awful collections of Christian-themed teen cartoons (or are they teen-themed Christian cartoons?), or that they Xeroxed these up and handed them out to their friends for free during the Comic Con. No, it must have been some other guys.
The alterations range from simple caption changes to the addition of hideously graphic sexual organs, scatology, gore, filth, pornography, blasphemy and all the other wonderful things which generally make modern comics enjoyable. Here are a few of my favorite less profane examples:
To make it easier for you to either enjoy or condemn the whole thing, I've split it into two PDFs which you can download here and here. Warning: not safe for work, unless bloody cartoons featuring massive penises are a popular email forwarding commodity at your workplace. But as sophomoric and ridiculous as they are, if you don't laugh at least once, you may be dead inside.
13 comments:
First!! Oh, wait, that's probably because everybody's utterly speechless. I mean, wow, just wow. It's hard to know where to start.
fabulust...just fabulust...
I had no idea Charles M. Shcultz had this sense of humor. I love Peanuts and its clever too. But this hidden stuff-- ahead of its time considering you look at what's on tv these days like South Park, Archer, etc. Really, really cool post, Princess.
I guess I'm dead.
My sense of humour just doesn't go there.
Sort of a pre-Dysfunctional Family Circus? Now there was some great community-created comedy!
ITTE'S MY FUCKEN BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually suspect that Schulz, strictly speaking, did not have a sense of humor. Very often, as interesting as it seems, many artists and performing artists appear to be humorless, one-dimensional blank slates. Alec Guinness comes to mind. Charles Schultz, I suspect, was another. If you met them in person, you'd be disappointed at their lack of effervescence. Yet, in the practice of their craft, they were geniuses. Go figure. Peanuts to this day amuses me and provides me with philosophical touchstones, but I'm not sure I would have wanted to have a beer with its creator. Nevertheless, I revere him, because I quote him every day.
RATS, I just typed Charles Schulz's name wrong.
I worship Peanuts. I really do think it's one of the greatest achievements in comics. But, jeez, you're right, because I read the Schulz biography and he didn't seem like much fun at all.
Also super-depressing, I had the same feeling when I read a popular bio of Fred Astaire awhile back. I guess being a genius just takes up all one's energy. That Schulz bio ("Schulz and Peanuts") was great. The last line still haunts me.
By the way, the phrase "The Cat's Meow" was coined by the great cartoonist Thomas "TAD" Dorgan.
And has forever entered the language... just like The Great Pumpkin.
I still can't stop fucken laughing at these comics! AHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!! The monstrous schlongs are uproarious!!!!!!!!!!!
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