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Canadian superhero Inuit comic about alcoholism, 1973

Xeni Jardin at 9:46 pm Wed, Feb 7, 2007

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Link to "The Incredible Coming of Al Cohol," a cautionary tale about alcohol addiction produced by the Canadian government for Inuit (Eskimo) communities in the Northwest Territories. Stars a recovering drunk space alien superhero. Sure would like to be a fly on the wall in *his* 12-step group. (Thanks Ethan Persoff)

Reader comment: Andrew Gammell says,

Captain Al Cohol wasn't just a comic. There was also a radio drama starring the character. I've never actually heard any of the shows, but I have seen a few excerpts from the scripts. They were about as delightfully bad as you would expect them to be, given the subject matter.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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