Saying that comics are stupid is like saying the alphabet is stupid. Like the alphabet, comics are a tool, a way of conveying meaning from one brain to another. And their possibilities are limited only by the size of those two brains.
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Does anybody still remember when cartoons were for kids? That's when adults did adult things. They watched ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,'' protested or fought in wars, and, when all that didn't work out, made scads of money off the stock market or in real estate.