Saw this over on Digg — someone dug into old comics and found panels that at the time were probably fine, but now, years later, they’re unintentionally funny.
My favorite is the one from The Flash, where the writer points out the stereotyping, but he completely missed Barry referring to Iris as his “child bride” — WTF? Is he Jerry Lee Lewis or something?
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That last one is my favorite. I’ve seen it before, but it always makes me laugh.
that was awesome
Joker’s boner? CLASSIC!!
im trying to stop myself from laughing out loud at work!
“Where’s my money, honey?”
Oh history. Why are you so funny?
Those are hilarious! I can’t believe nobody caught those back in the day. I especially love the Archie comics one. The cover with his dialogue balloon is priceless.
“Quiet or papa spank!”
I think there’s a superman comic that uses “Papa spank” as well. i guess it was pretty popular phrase in the DC offices back in the 40s (take that however way you want ;D)
there is some great stuff here:
http://superdickery.com/galleries.html
the “superman is a dick” is the best..
Those are hilarious! I can’t believe nobody caught those back in the day.
Vernacular and the meaning behind words change with the times. They wouldn’t catch them becaue there would have been nothing out of the ordinary.
Thanks for that. I certainly needed a laugh at work today.
“Vernacular and the meaning behind words change with the times. They wouldn’t catch them becaue there would have been nothing out of the ordinary.”
Yeah, My butt-stroking days ar far behind me now. It used to be so cool back then. 😉
well my goodness. I don’t know who first posted these images, but the source I found first has the biggest collection, the best, and I’m bettting most copy from them. After you see the entirety of it, it’s pretty hard to write them off as “oh that was what it meant back in the day….” I’m sure many were just unintentional goofs (like Aunt May and the Spider sticky) but “Oh Robin, what have I done to you?” and some others….
My personal working theory is that in times when sexual and other expression is most repressed (like the 50s), it pops out in unexpected places, in a pretty wild way. I also think writers and artists can get so tired of a comics code mandating “purity,” there is almost a perverse thrill in slipping something by a prudish but ignorant censor.
This is the “mother” of all sites that feature hilarious comics panels and covers of this sort. I think most just steal from them. I you have trouble opening the link, it’s because I think they are getting totally overwhelmed right now…they also have things like dumb superpowers, (super-weaving), everything is better with monkies, weird science, war propaganda (not just WWII), and really hilarious captions for each panel:
http://www.superdickery.com/galleries.html
I’ve spent hours laughing at superdickery.com. That whole site cracks me up.
Check out the killer Ron Lim art on #9. Best. Cap. Artist. Ever.
Ok, this one takes the cake!
http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/48.html