Oh, What Terrible Things Happen to Comic Books When Slang Changes…

by Joey deVilla on May 24, 2005

This Archie comic is even more unintentionally hilarious that the old Batman comic that kept using the word “boner” over and over:

Photo: Cover of an old 'Archie' comic with an unfortunate double-entendre.

They’re beat off, all right: disoriented and blind in one eye!

If Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing’s queen of all matters related to rumpy-pumpy doesn’t link to this, I shall be severely disappointed. And then I’ll have to “beat off” the blues.

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Anonymous 05.24.05 at 10:59 am

Surely you know about this: http://angel.net/~nic/man_gs5.jpg

Anonymous 05.24.05 at 3:31 pm

Actually, I didn’t. That’s hilarious enough to merit getting posted tomorrow! Thanks for the link!

Anonymous 05.24.05 at 5:41 pm

The phenomenon is quite widespread. I’m pretty sure it’s not intentional but I can think of several comics that have used “Wank” as a sound effect.

Quite reputable ones too :)

Anonymous 05.25.05 at 7:50 pm

Amusingly, Warren Kinsella has grabbed this with no attribution :: http://www.warrenkinsella.com/musings.htm May 24.

Anonymous 05.26.05 at 6:05 am

This rocks, chief.

Anonymous 06.07.06 at 12:16 pm

you need more slang

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