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- THANK YOU - THIS HAS BEEN -

COMICS WITH PROBLEMS issue #8

YOGI BEAR D.A.R.E and
ARCHIE and his PALS in the Peer Helping Program!

Free comics, the first distributed 1985 to children at public schools and to their parents, the second distributed 1989 to high school students in specially arranged Reagan era Drug Resistance courses. Also distributed in Home Economics.

PROBLEM(s) DEALT WITH: drugs, the war on drugs, peer pressure, the war on peer pressure, parents, the war on parents, etc, groups, alcohol.

Special bonus music video!

Nancy Reagan presents
STOP THE MADNESS

We present an EP.TC Exclusive
(later posted by us to Youtube)

Long lost video on drug abuse, sponsored by the White House - featuring Whitney Houston, New Edition, and many others - more information, including lyrics, here

Here it is:

 

YOUR LETTERS
compiled from Haloscan comments and email:

http://www.ep.tc/problems/eight/17.html

Page 17, Panel Two, Ms Grundy Squaks:

"IT IS TIME FOR YOU PEER HELPERS TO GET OUT INTO THE MAINSTREAM, BUT BE SURE YOU CONSULT WITH ME IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS!"

First off, who in their sane mind TALKS LIKE THAT? She sounds like Charles Manson, Jim Jones, or one of those Alien Invaders from the Body Snatchers, or something.

Second - "get out into the mainstream"? Are they a cult? Surely these kids aren't fringe members of society. I thought the 'mainstream' connoted exactly what these kids are - meaning preppie, authority-following, teenage white kids. Is it at all possible that this comic is suggesting that PEERHELPERS/D.A.R.E are programs for Punks? - Do members of the FBI or Archie Studios consider themselves Radicals or members of the Underground? My mind is spinning considering this "out into the mainstream" line, mostly for the window it shows us into the martyred philosophy of anti-drug crusaders.

Third - look at the panel (once again, second panel, page 17) It is clear with the locked jaw and dillated pupils that Ms Grundy is peaking on either DMT or acid.

Friendly Neighbor | 02.12.07 - 3:20 pm | #

(clicks Stop the Madness video link) (SCREAMS!)



Also Was it a funny kind of cigarette, Fred?
Same page, Barney looks HIIIIIIGH.

Terrence Hall | 10.20.06 - 12:40 pm | #

zzz zzz
> Barney looks HIIIIIIGH.

comic book PROOF it stunts your growth, too. Am I the only one remembering that myth?

Beeper | 10.20.06 - 1:42 pm | #

Now HOLD ON - Don't act like you've never swung like that Betty! I've seen the photos! And Wilma, I've bought the DVD! You kids ride for strangers. Like Champs!

I can't say anything about the midget in a bowtie and bear suit, though, as that isn't my scene.

David - via email, East Coast

You know I've been working on a letter about the Archie story in this one, but it's so freaking THICK. I can barely read the thing. It's like jabbing a brick into some kids skull. I need oxygen ... Nice sequel to the AA comic strips though.

Sharon from Montana | Homepage | 10.25.06 - 11:11 am | #

Oh what the hell am I saying? I can make fun of this!

http://www.ep.tc/problems/eight/31.html

Okay, so the BLACK KID lives off the alley with trash and junkies - and discarded plastic bottles everywhere.

But WHITE GIRL lives in a penthouse styled surrounding with clean carpets and fancy drapes - and pricey stainless steel barware.

You gotta leave it to the FBI, when they make a comic they sure do their homework!

Sharon from Montana | Homepage | 10.25.06 - 11:18 am | #

Perhaps this wouldn't be so INTIMIDATING TO HER if you'd just drop the psyche act, lower the leg, and quit thrusting your crotch in the air for half a second.

Marleen, via email - Memphis TN

What's the R on the shirt for, Rapist?

Shit, homeboy needs a comic book on respecting personal space. Where's the panel where she says your concern is welcome?

Charles, via email - Fort Worth TX

Isn't asphyxiation another way to get high?

http://www.ep.tc/problems/eight/07.html

Heather from North Minneapolis | Homepage | 12.09.06 - 7:31 am | #

http://www.ep.tc/problems/eight/19.html

Bottom panel, thought bubble:

"Gee ... Christie seems CHANGED! She used to be so BUBBLY and OUTGOING! Now she seems SHY and SULLEN!"

Maybe it's because you're an asshole, Archie.
Justine | 01.17.07 - 2:28 pm | #

Also, does Archie have a bit of a smirk when he says that? An older guy taking a younger girl into a dark room and feeling opportunistic about the girl's problems...wow, what the hell is stirring up in Riverdale?
(And since Riverdale is based on Haverhill, MA, which I live near, I'm even more concerned!)
scamps | 02.10.07 - 2:25 pm | #

Where's Veronica? Selfish cow.
BenPanced | 05.26.07 - 11:21 pm | #

Page 13:
"HOW CAN WE LISTEN WITH OUR HEARTS, MS GRUNDY? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
You just need a raging Heart-On, Archie.

"JILL IS A TRAINED PEER HELPER, ARCHIE! MAYBE SHE CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU!"

Translation: Let Peer Helping be your fluffer.
Advice Columnist | 06.21.07 - 11:02 am | #

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