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Even The New Yorker's regular cartoonists have their comics rejected at times: because they're too politically incorrect, too sexual or too gross -- or for no reason other than the magazine having more comics than it needed for a given issue. This book collects the comics that never saw the light of day, and would probably make a great gift for anybody not easily offended. |
Nikki: Since Wally said he was drawing pointy haired boss in funny positions -- perhaps the
picture shows the boss bending over backwards with a firm grip on his ankles --
Nahhhhhhhhh
Needless to say, most people assumed the obvious: that the Pointy Headed Boss was doing a Pee Wee Herman in the boardroom (or someplace else where Catbert had access to a camera) -Bill
Some Potential Arlo Comics You Guys Sent Me
Mark Wadsworth:
Agnes's last line looks like it belongs on the Arlo page, although in
this comic strip it's difficult to put that
interpretation on it.
I really don't know
this strip, but I had to wonder how innocent it was after two people asked
me to explain this one:
... which, by the
way, made me laugh out loud (because I am, in so many ways, a 12-year-old).
If you don't get it,
pass your mouse over the following line:
extra testicles
Charlene Vickersand
David K suggested this:
Janice Rey and
Ted both sent this Zits strip:
which was reminiscent
of this older one:
Wendy: This
seems much too sweet for the Arlo Page, but it certainly meets the requirements.
And Nikkisent:
and these two, where
the placement doesn't seem to be accidental:
Nikki also
sent this one...
... which I guess
could have been far worse -- and definitely more troubling for John --
if the punchline had revolved around this panel:
But this month's clear
winner (sent to me by at least a dozen people, Ted being the first) is:
Ted: Read the
comics he's reading. Mommys WHAT! :)
The Arlo Award:
for Cartoonists Who Slip One By the Syndicate's Censors
Just a clarification: To be eligible for the Arlo Award, a cartoon can't be merely suggestive or teasingly naughty: There has to be no way the cartoonist can even attempt to deny his intentions
...and please tell
me that's not a bulge in his pants...
More strips below the ads...
Doug B: It would have made a nice Madison Avenue slogan: "It's not sex. It's Rachmaninoff."
Reece Morehead:
I was bemused the first time I learned that both 'rock and roll' and 'jazz'
were originally slang
terms for sex. I can well imagine
the horror of both the parents of teenagers -- to say nothing of classical
music fans -- who might have heard Wolfman Jack back in the sixties shouting
into the microphone, "Rachmaninoff and roll forever, bay-buh!" Or
maybe we
should let Rob Reiner's mom have the last
word about Edda: "I'll have what she's having!"
(That's
a baby bottle with a nipple, by the way)
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