Comments on: Creepy public service comic book about bike safety (1972) http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397569 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397569 ...and yet, believe it or not, this is not the creepiest PSA about bicycle safety out there by a long shot. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/05/one-got-fat-1962-bik.html …and yet, believe it or not, this is not the creepiest PSA about bicycle safety out there by a long shot.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/05/one-got-fat-1962-bik.html

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397576 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397576 Apparently, this is the plot to the new Star Trek movie. The evil "Mirror Universe" Spock goes back in time and crosses over to our universe to save the kid who's Kirk's great^10 grandfather, by gluing some fake devil horns to his head and giving Danny a high tech future bike. Or something. Apparently, this is the plot to the new Star Trek movie.

The evil “Mirror Universe” Spock goes back in time and crosses over to our universe to save the kid who’s Kirk’s great^10 grandfather, by gluing some fake devil horns to his head and giving Danny a high tech future bike.

Or something.

]]> By: tikal2k http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-398094 tikal2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398094 "Like suicide and murder!" That last drawing of old man Danny is awful! “Like suicide and murder!”

That last drawing of old man Danny is awful!

]]> By: debg http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397591 debg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397591 So it's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride from Disneyland, only with a car. We used to call the ride "Mr. Toad Goes to Hell." So it’s Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride from Disneyland, only with a car. We used to call the ride “Mr. Toad Goes to Hell.”

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397595 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397595 <i>And young little Danny grew up to be ...</i> President W! FYT And young little Danny grew up to be …

President W!

FYT

]]> By: pduggie http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397599 pduggie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397599 "especially those new international signs that will help make our highways safer!" He'll learn all the signs. The international signs are supposed to be intuitive to help non-english speakers know what to do when they see a sign, right? So what do you have to "learn" about an intuitive sign? Unless they're not really intuitive.... Things to ponder... “especially those new international signs that will help make our highways safer!”

He’ll learn all the signs.

The international signs are supposed to be intuitive to help non-english speakers know what to do when they see a sign, right?

So what do you have to “learn” about an intuitive sign?

Unless they’re not really intuitive….

Things to ponder…

]]> By: pduggie http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397601 pduggie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397601 Letting the devil mess with you is the way God teaches valuable lessons. Seriously. See the Book of Job. Letting the devil mess with you is the way God teaches valuable lessons. Seriously.

See the Book of Job.

]]> By: Samurai Gratz http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397613 Samurai Gratz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397613 "Hey, what's a guy like me doing in an antiseptic dump like this?" Man, if I had a nickel for every time I've said <b>that</b>. “Hey, what’s a guy like me doing in an antiseptic dump like this?”

Man, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve said that.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397872 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397872 Anonymous@27: "Who was the artist? Its damn familiar stuff." It has a Charlton vibe, I think. But I am not too familiar with the artists in that particular bullpen. Anonymous@27: “Who was the artist? Its damn familiar stuff.”

It has a Charlton vibe, I think. But I am not too familiar with the artists in that particular bullpen.

]]> By: schr0559 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-398426 schr0559 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398426 One of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies has a "demon bike" death. Well, it's with a motorcycle, but I guess Wes Craven really read his safety manuals as a kid... One of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies has a “demon bike” death. Well, it’s with a motorcycle, but I guess Wes Craven really read his safety manuals as a kid…

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-398686 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398686 I'd say Hank Ketcham had grounds for a lawsuit. I’d say Hank Ketcham had grounds for a lawsuit.

]]> By: Belabras http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397408 Belabras Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397408 Sometimes Danny is kind of a dick. Sometimes Danny is kind of a dick.

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397424 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397424 And young little Danny grew up to be ... <A HREF="http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Ketch_(Earth-616)">Ghost Rider</A>! And young little Danny grew up to be … Ghost Rider!

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397429 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397429 When does "Danny The Ricer" comic come out? When does “Danny The Ricer” comic come out?

]]> By: se7a7n7 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397439 se7a7n7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397439 best line from Danny after he gets all wise: Sorry Pal, no passengers! Doubling on a single bike is like suicide and murder! best line from Danny after he gets all wise:

Sorry Pal, no passengers! Doubling on a single bike is like suicide and murder!

]]> By: yri http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397701 yri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397701 Wow, sounds almost like a Chick tract... Wow, sounds almost like a Chick tract…

]]> By: The Unusual Suspect http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397711 The Unusual Suspect Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397711 So Critical Mass is the tool of Satan? [smacks forehead] So Critical Mass is the tool of Satan?

[smacks forehead]

]]> By: JJR1971 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397973 JJR1971 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397973 Demoncycle, otherwise known as a Harley Davidson... ;-) Demoncycle, otherwise known as a Harley Davidson… ;-)

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397462 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397462 "After that, he becomes an exemplary lad, following bicycle safety rules to the letter and admonishing anyone who doesn't." So basically, no change. Do they still make Demoncycles? “After that, he becomes an exemplary lad, following bicycle safety rules to the letter and admonishing anyone who doesn’t.”

So basically, no change.

Do they still make Demoncycles?

]]> By: ericdrummond http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397477 ericdrummond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397477 The absolute best part is towards the end, when we see Danny sporting a bad-@$$ beard and heading to meet up with his best pal Charlie Manson, eyes lit up like a kid at Christmas. Fact. The absolute best part is towards the end, when we see Danny sporting a bad-@$$ beard and heading to meet up with his best pal Charlie Manson, eyes lit up like a kid at Christmas.

Fact.

]]> By: padster123 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397484 padster123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397484 Yep - the proto fixie dick. Yep – the proto fixie dick.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397743 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397743 i like the part where he's a hippie at the end. i like the part where he’s a hippie at the end.

]]> By: Shelby Davis http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-398256 Shelby Davis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398256 "Say, you look like the Devil!" EXACTLY what I'm going to say when I see someone that looks like they could pass for Satan. And the suicide/murder line is pretty great too. “Say, you look like the Devil!”

EXACTLY what I’m going to say when I see someone that looks like they could pass for Satan.

And the suicide/murder line is pretty great too.

]]> By: mcgringostarr http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397492 mcgringostarr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397492 It's "funnier" when Bam Margera does it to his parents, says Viacom. It’s “funnier” when Bam Margera does it to his parents, says Viacom.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397751 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397751 PDuggie @20 The only intuitive interface is the nipple; everything else is learned. PDuggie @20

The only intuitive interface is the nipple; everything else is learned.

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397510 cstatman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397510 daddy, I want a DEMONCYCLE and I want it NOW! daddy, I want a DEMONCYCLE and I want it NOW!

]]> By: ThreeFJeff http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397512 ThreeFJeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397512 I love how Satan taught Danny the valuable life lesson. I love how Satan taught Danny the valuable life lesson.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397770 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397770 Okay silver age DC Comics nerds. WHo was the artist? Its damn familiar stuff. Nick Cardy? Frank Springer? Okay silver age DC Comics nerds. WHo was the artist? Its damn familiar stuff.

Nick Cardy? Frank Springer?

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397771 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397771 I like the V for Vendetta face on the bike... I like the V for Vendetta face on the bike…

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/creepy-public-servic.html#comment-397523 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397523 Don't do as Danny Don't Does. Don’t do as Danny Don’t Does.

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