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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFunky Winkerbean comic strip goes to the Prom. Introduce a gay couple who wants to attend.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/comics/Funky_Winkerbean.dtl
This just started today although all this week Becky's mom has been doing stuff with the PTA at the school. Becky's mom is one of those busybody's who always into everyone's business and causing a stink about something so I'm guessing this arc will get some play. But Tom Batiuk has never shied away from any topic in the strip.
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Funky Winkerbean comic strip goes to the Prom. Introduce a gay couple who wants to attend. (Original Post)
LynneSin
May 2012
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MineralMan
(146,192 posts)1. Sadly, that strip isn't carried by my paper.
K&R for posting it here for those of us who don't see this excellent strip.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)2. I haven't read it in the paper in ages
I have about 6 comics I like and I have them bookmarked for my daily reading
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)4. It used to be in my paper in CA.
I'll bookmark it. I'd actually forgotten about the strip. Thanks!
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)3. Awesome.
Good for him.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. KNR
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)6. And so it begins
Love it!!!
dembotoz
(16,740 posts)8. read funky online everyday--my local does not carry it either--also does not carry donnesbury and
non sequitor
funky is an amazing strip
try it out
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)9. More on the Prom Storyline in Funky Winkerbean
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47263828/ns/today-books/t/comic-strips-gay-prom-date-story-courts-controversy/
Comic strips gay prom date story courts controversy
A historic high school prom is coming up on Friday in the long-running comic strip Funky Winkerbean.
A story line that began running Monday in 400 newspapers nationwide involves a same-sex couple announcing their intention to attend the prom at fictional Westview High. "So who are you guys taking to the prom anyway? a female character asks.
"Uh, that would be each other, comes the reply from a male couple holding hands.
The aftermath of the announcement divides both the school and its community. But it's far from the first divisive issue that Winkerbean cartoonist Tom Batiuk has explored. The comic, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last month, has also tackled such hot-button topics as alcoholism, teen pregnancy, suicide, bullying and the death penalty.
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Comic strips gay prom date story courts controversy
A historic high school prom is coming up on Friday in the long-running comic strip Funky Winkerbean.
A story line that began running Monday in 400 newspapers nationwide involves a same-sex couple announcing their intention to attend the prom at fictional Westview High. "So who are you guys taking to the prom anyway? a female character asks.
"Uh, that would be each other, comes the reply from a male couple holding hands.
The aftermath of the announcement divides both the school and its community. But it's far from the first divisive issue that Winkerbean cartoonist Tom Batiuk has explored. The comic, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last month, has also tackled such hot-button topics as alcoholism, teen pregnancy, suicide, bullying and the death penalty.
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(82,849 posts)10. This should be good
As has been tweeted, people who don't know what their cat is thinking will presume to know the mind of God in the week to come. And while global climate change is (in what passes for their minds) still a debatable point,* the appearance of a comic strip will be the harbinger of DOOOOOOOM for the United States and everything that everybody ever loved.
*Dang if there haven't been a lot tornados this year for some reason.