Comments on: NAACP comic from early 1960s http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wanion http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533761 wanion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533761 That panel would be awesome on a t-shirt That panel would be awesome on a t-shirt

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533525 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533525 I love the mustache twirling. Priceless. I can here that guys voice in my head now. I love the mustache twirling. Priceless. I can here that guys voice in my head now.

]]> By: Timothy Hutton http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-534069 Timothy Hutton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-534069 <b>FYI</b> - <a href="http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~kousser/dictionary%20entries/poll%20tax.pdf">Here</a> is an interesting and fairly brief review of the Poll Tax repeal activities. Flipping through the comic book pages led me to research the topic, and I thought others here might be interested as well... FYI – Here is an interesting and fairly brief review of the Poll Tax repeal activities.

Flipping through the comic book pages led me to research the topic, and I thought others here might be interested as well…

]]> By: hershmire http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533568 hershmire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533568 Oh, whitey. Is there no one you can't oppress? Oh, whitey. Is there no one you can’t oppress?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533590 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533590 I like the NAACP organizer whose drawn like a superhero action figure. Interesting that fifty years ago(roughly), the drive was to become a influential voting bloc, with no suggestion of an African American running for office him/herself. I like the NAACP organizer whose drawn like a superhero action figure.

Interesting that fifty years ago(roughly), the drive was to become a influential voting bloc, with no suggestion of an African American running for office him/herself.

]]> By: macrumpton http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533592 macrumpton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533592 Wow, I guess not much has changed. Wow, I guess not much has changed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533600 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533600 Fascinating. Apparently Larry Lieber (Stan Lee's brother) did the art. And that guy is what I see in my head when I think about "The Man." Fascinating. Apparently Larry Lieber (Stan Lee’s brother) did the art.

And that guy is what I see in my head when I think about “The Man.”

]]> By: Uncle_Max http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533636 Uncle_Max Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533636 It's like he's saying what all white people are thinking all the time! Good ol' powerful interests. It’s like he’s saying what all white people are thinking all the time!

Good ol’ powerful interests.

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533641 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533641 I love the Steve Baxter, "in YOUR hands!" guy. Community organizers FTW. I love the Steve Baxter, “in YOUR hands!” guy. Community organizers FTW.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533897 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533897 That's not Howard Hughes? Huh. Could'a sworn. That’s not Howard Hughes? Huh. Could’a sworn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/03/naacp-comic-from-ear.html#comment-533702 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533702 I had no idea that Brak's dad was so racist. I had no idea that Brak’s dad was so racist.

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