Nightmare food for Japan's children

2005-11-25

Nightmare food for Japan's children

The latest instalment in our ongoing series, "Panels you would NEVER SEE IN A MILLION YEARS in American comic books for children":

Wait, it gets better: this was actually one of the least horrifying parts of the story it appeared in. The main plotline involved Shin-chan getting hold of a love ray that he accidentally uses on his babysitter's dad, his dog, AND HIS MOTHER.

You have not known Crayon Shin-chan-related unease until you have watched him flee as HIS MOTHER, starry-eyed, vows to abandon her husband -- that is to say, HIS FATHER -- and start a new life with him.

Popularity factor: 5

Anonymous:

There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex,You may have heard about his odd complex.His name appears in Freud's index'Cause he loved his mother.

His rivals used to say quite a bitThat as a monarch he was most unfit.But still in all they had to admitThat he loved his mother.

Anonymous:

When will bloggers learn not to use relative URLs in image tags? (I.e., it's broken in the archive page.)

Matt:

Hey, it's a conscious decision on my part! The idea is to make it easier to move domains if necessary. Thanks for the heads-up!

Ali:

I get back from four days away from blogging and studio life and I see this.

At least nothing's changed while I was gone. ;)

Matt:

When I saw your comment in my inbox, Ali, I just KNEW it had to be attached to this post ;)

2005-11-25