# Comic Strips & 9/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382 "2001-11-14T20:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/1 "2001-11-14T20:54:21Z")
I see more 9/11 references are appearing in the comics. I’d say the best is in [For Better or For Worse](http://www.comics.com/comics/forbetter/archive/forbetter-20011111.html). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/2 "2001-11-14T22:52:49Z")
Yeah, I’ve seen quite a few myself. Most of them are handled pretty well. “Get Fuzzy,” a stupid strip in happier times, had some nice episodes about donating blood and moving ones about attending police/firefighter funerals. The poor bastard who writes “The Boondocks,” though, got kicked out of the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS newspaper because of his politically inflammatory commentary. “Cathy,” maintains her stoic silence. I’m proud that, in these trying times of national turmoil, she’s sticking to twittering and dithering over shopping and diets. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/3 "2001-11-15T00:09:30Z")
For those with a more, ah, _twisted_ sense of humor, Salon’s [\*\*Tom the Dancing Bug \*\*](http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2001/09/27/boll/index.html)had a pretty original take on the whole idea of comic strips dealing with the World Trade Center tragedy. You’ll either laugh out loud, or think it’s not funny at all… ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/4 "2001-11-15T01:21:49Z")
Seemingly Marvel are addressing it in their [Spiderman](http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/life/ledger/14ff5a3.html) comic. milo ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/5 "2001-11-15T02:59:48Z")
How is it that this message board always seems to be in synch with [The Onion](http://www.theonion.com/onion3741/luann_creator.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/6 "2001-11-15T08:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*How is it that this message board always seems to be in synch with [The Onion](http://www.theonion.com/onion3741/luann_creator.html)? \*\* I love the ‘Hello Greg’ picture on the sketchpad. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/7 "2001-11-15T11:47:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by frinkboy \* > \*\*For those with a more, ah, _twisted_ sense of humor, Salon’s [\*\*Tom the Dancing Bug \*\*](http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2001/09/27/boll/index.html)had a pretty original take on the whole idea of comic strips dealing with the World Trade Center tragedy. > > You’ll either laugh out loud, or think it’s not funny at all… \*\* My reaction: 😕 I did like the Far Side spoof, though. ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-9-11/93382/8 "2001-11-15T15:39:18Z")
I enjoy Tom Tomorrow: [http://www.thismodernworld.com/](http://www.thismodernworld.com/) [http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2001/11/12/tomo/index.html](http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2001/11/12/tomo/index.html) Also, the South Park episode last week was hilarious. “We finally get some action!” “Don’t ever say I am from Canada”