He so loved the world, He gave Himself. (Or: I Wish Bruce Tinsley Was a Shmoo)

I vaguely knew (or knew vaguely) the story of the Shmoo. But after reading the dogpatchusa article, I am convinced that Al Capp is our George Orwell. Damn those people who know how to slip social commentary into the Sunday comics with an artful, funful flair. Unlike this batard (there's a circumflex on one of them there ays).

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^-- umlaut in a snowstorm