Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for February 21, 2013
February 15, 2013
February 22, 2013
Transcript:
enjoy this classic tom the dancing bug every thursday panels from the annals of the tom the dancing bug archive check back every friday for a fresh, brand new tom the dancing bug! tom the dancing bug by ruben bolling billy dare boy adventurer with quentin in -smugglers' cape- ch. mvxli: our titular hero in action! billy and quentin have snuck onto dr. mordu's deadly aerostriker! oop: come on, quentin... billy: the ship is almost over the city! there's no time to lose! guard: uk... blam! billy: there sure are a lot of henchmen on this thing! here it is! bomb room guard: please tell my wife... billy: this hand grenade should thwart mordu's plan! oh, you're stepping out? emergency parachute billy: mind if i join you? boom guard: augh! thunk billy: here's a present! we did it, quentin! and we're landing in a park! ma'am this is a family comic strip. would you mind taking that off-panel? woman: okay. billy: more of mordu's men! madam! please! woman: let me just get my things together! oop: kill! aaah! blam blam billy: die! censored
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I think I’ve figured out why movie violence is okay and movie sexuality is not. Basically, movie-style violence is extremely unlikely to become part of an ordinary person’s life. Sex, on the other hand, is LIKELY to become part of an ordinary person’s life. To the extent kids emulate action heroes, it is with pretend weapans and violence – but if they emulate TV/Movie sexuality, they do it with real nudity and sex.