# Sound Effects in Comics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips, comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [June 26, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178 "2025-06-26T23:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178/21 "2025-06-30T15:45:42Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > > This hits on all eight cylinders: > > That belongs in the “Fake Things I Wish were Real” thread. It’s really not all that far off from the 60s Batman show it’s parodying. So, wish granted? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178/22 "2025-06-30T15:47:27Z")
“The goggles — they do nothing!” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178/23 "2025-06-30T15:51:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > One of the weird and interesting things about comics is that they deliberately avoid certain words in lettering because if the ink runs together you could get something risque. I’m told that they generally avoid the name “Clint” because the “L” and the “I” can run together, creating an unintended “U”. They must’ve held their beath every time they printed an issue of _The Avengers_ featuring Hawkeye (Clint Barton). I remember an Archie comic where someone said they were going to watch a flick… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178.md?page=1)