‘Inquirer’ Runs Shitty Comic, Offends People

The following comic ran in yesterday’s Inquirer, and it was offensive, God dammit! You see, because that kid committed suicide had problems, and… this… comic written weeks ago and published by a syndicate… should… have been pulled?

Fuck, I don’t know. But apparently a lot of people complained, because on the website yesterday this editor’s note came up:

Today [yesterday —ed.], the nationally syndicated comic F Minus detailed the saga of a school counselor asking a young man about his failing grades. Many readers noticed the similarity between this comic strip and the tragic news of the day involving a young man taking his own life in despair over his grades. The artists who create The Inquirer’s comic strips work days, sometimes weeks, in advance of publication. Inquirer editors often assemble and review this work in advance as well. Our editors did not know in advance about this coincidence in timing, and we regret the perception that we were insensitive to the tragedy at Springfield Township High School.

Yeah. You know what the Inquirer should be apologizing for? Publishing a strip that unfunny. That panel is less funny than Beetle Bailey. Beetle Fucking Bailey, okay? It’s in Hagar the Horrible territory. So apologize for running shit strips like that instead of things I might actually want to read.

Actually, I don’t get why this cartoon is more offensive than that one the strips the Inquirer ran last last month. It, too, was published by a syndicate weeks/months ahead of time, and accidentally commented on a local issue.

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