Bizarro is brought to you today by Purveyors of Magic.
This is one of my personal favorites of late. Something about the goose/gorilla/teacher's matter-of-fact attitude about her "suspicions" makes me smile. Drawing her was a kick. (Random note: the character at left unintentionally ended up looking a lot like my cousin,
Steve, in Kansas City.)
I grew up in Oklahoma alongside people who actually believed in black magic. They were "born again" Christians and didn't practice BM themselves, of course, but believed it existed, would not allow their children to play with Ouija boards or dress as anything "evil" on Halloween. They sincerely believed these kinds of activities attracted the attention of Satan and would lead to no good. They were also completely convinced that Satanic cults were responsible for the majority of missing children in the U.S. as a result of their need to make regular human sacrifices.
I know there are still plenty of people in first-world nations who believe in black magic even today. Perhaps some of you readers do. You're welcome to your beliefs, of course, who am I to judge? (Other than a rational, thinking human being who can say with reasonable certainty that all magic is illusion and/or suggestion.)
Whether you believe in invisible forces or not, hope you got a smile from this cartoon.
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I try to practice BM on a daily basis. Usually in the morning.
well, now Pat Robertson thinks the Haitians made a pact with the Devil, and caused the earthquake.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/pat-robertson-blames-earthquake-on-pact-haitians-made-with-satan.html
This is one of my favorite ones of late. Besides the funny image, the circumstances of the world around it are a hoot. Are the kids parents the first parents the teacher is talking to on parent/teacher day, or like you mentioned, is the teacher is so matter of fact about the situation that she just followed the normal order on her list of parents? I mean, did the kid put this curse on the teacher THAT DAY? or did she have to wait a week or more until parent/teacher day came along to discuss it with them?
Something about the tiger cartoon stuck in my brain. It finally clicked when I checked your blog today. http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/ has a very unique art style, especially the "tigerbuttah" series (which has a link at the top), though I have to admit I've never been interested in the plot line.
Didn't a recent candidate for higher office participate in a ceremony to rid black magic influences? There must be something to it if someone of that stature would believe it, right?
There is really no difference between believing in black magic and belief in God/soul/higher beings/Santa. To make fun of one, but condone another is hypocritical.
@rob...
thanks for that link to tinykittenteeth. Never seen it before but the artwork is AWESOME. In the traditional sense of the word!
@June...
Even more alarming than the fact that Palin believes in witchcraft is that it did not immediately discount her from public office. (shudder)
@Pies...
Dead right, couldn't agree more.
I believe in magic. And fairies. And dragons. In other dimensions. And planets. I prefer to mix my fantasy with sci-fi in a way that is C.S. Lewisy, bordering on Hubbard-esque, but in a way that doesn't involve paying to rid myself of souls or having aliens come down and bring the apocalypse. And eat your brains. Or whatever.
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