Underground Comics

For the underground comics I read one called Cracking Jokes. This comic is a guide for successfully making jokes out of human suffering. A quote The author used goes like this, "Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humor in Heaven."- Mark Twain. The comic uses a mascot jester with penises in place for his bells.  There is one panel where the jester explains that we must disguise hostility when making jokes or else we get uncomfortable. To prove this point he shows a clown slipping and is in mid fall, but right next to it is a clown that's shouting "I have cancer!". There is no attempt to relieve discomfort in the reader. This was a very interesting read and this author actually had something to say with this comic, although some may find the work offensive.

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