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Before there was MAGA there was … the Comics Code Authority
And then working as Betty and Veronica's body doubles ...
I hear you're a stunt-double now for Fred in Scooby-Doo.
In 1954 complete bastard and censorship campaigner Fredric Wertham published a book for the stated goal of creating a moral panic around comic book's alleged impact on juvenile delinquency. Much like the House Committee on Un-American Activities' disastrous impact on the film industry, the Comics Code Authority (obey, puny humans) put many hardworking comic book characters out of work all because of one poorly written book called …
Gadzooks! It's Torchy Todd slumming it in Yugoslavian science fiction! The shame!
Sex! Lingerie! Knock knock jokes!
Shameless vixen! Trollop!
“Your boyfriend is a total perv, mommy.”
In order to answer this I came up with a little story that goes like this …
At least until the peyote kicks in ...
Marijuana makes Jesus cry!
I've also been making ends meet ... By appearing in Tijuana splatter comics as Evil Gringo #2.
But Tess! I mean Betty! I mean Veronica! (I can never remember who is who) which ever one you are, I love you!
Make Nazis afraid again!
Torchy, we're unemployed … And no one is hiring scantily-clad wastrels these days.
Let's do what we always do, lay around half-naked while men make terrible jokes at our expense.
Of all the layoffs, Torchy Todd and her gal pal, Tess Parker, were hit the hardest.
Tess' boyfriend, Ed, now works as a Peter Lorre impersonator.
Why am I so tired of the keto diet?
Two letters of transit signed by General De Gaulle … Stimpy, you eediot!
Ironically, Wertham focused on stories about crime, singling out Batman and Robin for its gay subtext and Dick Tracy for its violence.
Remember, kids, masturbation will make you see the devil everywhere!
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Every day is a good day to punch a Nazi! I mean MAGA! I mean the Comics Code Authority! (I can never remember who is who)
Only zombies dig to rock and roll, daddy-O!
And I ended up moonlighting in Japanese porn, but the less said about that the better.
Just you, me, in a vat of lime jello, pulling hair, calling each other names …
Torchy thinks: Maybe I could play a gangster's moll since apparently smoking is still seen as wholesome and American.
Perhaps now we can explore what being a “gal pal” really means.
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Speaking of which, poor Cleo Coco has ended up appearing in anti-vice pamphlets.
¡Explotando Dick por todos lados!
Yes, Tess, crime doesn't pay but apparently Rated-G horror does.
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Times might be tough … But at least there's one thing we all agree on.
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After you lather me up with that strawberry hand lotion.
Dick! I heard about the lay-off. What's a square-jaw crime fighter doing these days to bring in the bling?