Meet the Punks ('88)

[mister_punchy]

I've wanted to make this post for years. In my living room is a stack of stapled-together school notebook paper from the mid-to-late 80's, and on at least half of these pages, I drew pictures of blood geysers erupting from cartoon characters' eye sockets when I should have been learning my multiplication tables. (I'm still a little shaky on the 6's

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[muffin_mcghee]

did you notice that RUMP looks like barf(?) from the diner on You Can't Do That On Television?

[mister_punchy]

Hey, here he is right now, in icon form...

I dunno if I was consciously influenced by Barth when I created Rump (he seems like the eldest of the Punks, with his neck-wrinkles and jaded attitude-- he probably drinks at the Vern). But You Can't Do That On Television was undeniably one of my top influences from '85-'89, along with Mad Magazine, Garbage Pail Kids, and Weird Al.

[muffin_mcghee]

last year, i bought a MAD magazine after all these years, cuz i remember how funny i thought it was as a kid. i was let down after i realized that some of the pages contained the EXACT SAME JOKES, some w/ even the same illustrations. poopie.

[libertina]

That snout-faced Lisa Ruddy got what she deserved.

[mister_punchy]

Alistair-- who grew into a man before our very eyes, whether or not green sludge was trickling through his hair-- was truly the Michael J. Fox of Canadian childrens' programming.

Here's a party invitation I made four-plus years ago (this scanner pays for itself):

Don't encourage him!

[libertina]

Yep, that photo of Les Lye proves without a shadow of a doubt that he was the precursor for Homer Simpson:

Re: Don't encourage him!

[libertina]

P.S. No stranger to slime, the Miss Piggyish Lisa Ruddy now owns a funeral home.