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COMICS WITH PROBLEMS issue #10

THE MARIJUANA MYSTERY

Free comic from Pennsylvania Department of Health, 1991.

16 pages, newsprint with color glossy covers, distributed to middle school and high school students across USA.

PROBLEM(s) DEALT WITH:
Marijuana, Decisions, Gymnastics.


YOUR LETTERS
compiled from Haloscan comments


I love that panel with the two girls and one of them saying "Take pride in what you put inside!" Sounds so sexual.

And where is the mystery? Is that it?

-- LM, Oct 24 06


> Sounds so sexual

SOUNDS SEXUAL? Who needs allusions? This thing is DRIPPING with sex!


Gratuitous Beaver Shot on Front Cover

I mean what about the gratuitous beaver shot on the front cover?!

-- Brad Ringhold, Oct 24 06


Why is Marc wearing an A&E Network t-shirt? Were they a sponsor of "The Insiders"?

Damn, Could we have any MORE stereotypes in a comic? I'm surprised this wasn't reponsible for brain damage.

-- Heather in North Minneapolis, Oct 25 06


"BUT EVERYTHING ISN'T TERRIFIC.."

Yeah, it can't get much more un-terrific than neglecting to wear anything to cover your crotch at a public gymnastics practice.

The two kids in the audience on the cover look like they want her to fall.

-- Ammy, Nov 23 06


With so much talk about open beaver shots I thought this was a comic about Britney Spears!

-- Mildred, Dec 07 06


Exactly why is all the hysterical information about drugs coming from a BIG FUCKOFF ROBOT that's in the comic for no apparent reason? These guys must have been on drugs.

-- Adam, Dec 13 06


> why is all the hysterical
> information
about drugs coming
> from a BIG FUCKOFF ROBOT

Very Good point.

Also, Kids, if you're listening: a BIG FUCK OFF ROBOT is a hell of a lot less fun than a robot who gets its FUCK ON !

-- Mason Dixon, Dec 13 06


Page 8, panel 1:

"MIKE AND HOLLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER OVER A PIZZA. HOLLY CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN SHE'S HAD SO MUCH FUN."

Yeah ... That seems like SOME WILD LIVING, baby!

p.s. you're getting fat.
Bitchy Sister


HOLLY CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN SHE'S HAD SO MUCH FUN.

Of course she's having a great time! Mike smokes pot! The fun she is having is a mere CONTACT HIGH FROM HIS AWESOME LIFESTYLE.

- Abraham Lincoln


Hey - what the hell happens with the kids sizes once Alpha shows up? They shrink to six year olds.
Larry Haynes | 01.19.07 - 11:38 am | #


What the hell happens with the kids sizes once Alpha shows up? They shrink to six year olds.

I think it's to symbolize that by summoning ALPHA they are now babies who can't think independently or take risks for themselves. The douches.

-- May Fields


Pretty funny that they're all now barely taller than an office chair.

-- Richard R


> Why is Marc wearing an A&E Network
> t-shirt? Were they a sponsor of
> "The Insiders"?

Also sponsored through t-shirt placement by ALIENS (bottom right panel), X-MEN (top panel, by the bleachers) - and in an odd choice Mike, the villian, is wearing a shirt saying, "Environmental Commandos" - is the message there that people who care about the environment are dangerous drug users?

-- George Davis


Also:

I love the image of Holly smoking (sixth panel on this page) Pretty damn funny looking. And in that same panel: Mike is checking out her ass!

-- George Davis


messages from "R. Madness",
Jan 30, 2006 11:15pm-11:45pm


Man is this comic a stinking load of horseshit.

-- R Madness | 11:15 am


I love it of course! (tokes)

-- R Madness | 11:16 am


C O U G H FFFFFF hehehheheheheheh....... !

-- R Madness | 11:17 am


Oh (hiccup) noe! (slurring) Mhy lihhfe izs ruuuiiiinnnnted!.......

Iffh ooonly Ih'd lis'sssntd toooo Alphaaa the Robathhhhh......

HOLY SHIT (waves hands in front of face) I AM HALLUCINATING ON THE WEED PUT DOWN THAT MOTHERFUCKING KNIFE!

(THUNK!) arrrghhh!!!! (loud crashing sound!) (screams!!!)

I BELIEVE I HAVE JUST KILLED MYSELF WITH A KNIFE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ILLEGAL LIFE RUINING MARJIUANA! Agggh!!!

(passes out) ---- (and dies!) [sound of thunder and rain]

THis is a true comment. I read it on the Internet!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........ (thud!) bang. xxxxxxxxxxxx

-- R Madness | 11:42 am



CONTINUED MESSAGES:


bahahaha, you guys are hilarious!
great reenactment, btw.

-- may


I can't believe no one's mentioned the OTHER AWESOME COMICS IN THIS SERIES shown on page 20.

-- Tommy Dddd


Really, if Alpha is so wonderful, why doesn't he just dispense his unlimited information before the kids fuck themselves up?

-- LM


HEY! Wait a minute! What happened to the mystery? The title of this piece of crap is "The Marijuana Mystery."

I Demand Mystery! Why else do you think I smoke marijuana?

-- That one guy | 02.07.07 - 10:02 pm | #


What the mystery is is the mystery.

-- LM


I stumbled upon this merry gang of kids, and now I cannot get away. I love public health announcements that do absolutely nothing but entertain the very crowd they are trying to dissipate. this one goes to my blog file, after i load the bong.

-- heather


HA-HA (image attached, shown above)

-- Ted


GOD, I remember this... They gave this and the Tobacco Temptation out at the Farm Fair in Harrisburg only a few years ago. The Tobacco Temptation is much easier to make fun of though. The robot goes bat-shit crazy and confronts two smokers who break into the school basement to smoke.

-- Coolgamer, Nov 20 07


messages from ALPHA THE ROBOT,
February 13, 2006 12:35 afternoon:


--------------------
Beep.
--------------------
THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA ARE REAL AND CAN HARM YOUR BODY PERMANENTLY.
--------------------
Beep.
--------------------
MANY BELIEVE MARIJUANA IS SAFE AND BASICALLY HARMLESS. THIS IS A SERIOUS MISCONCEPTION.
--------------------
Beep.
--------------------
WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR FIRST PUFF OF MARIJUANA, HUNDREDS OF POWERFUL CHEMICALS BEGAN TO DAMAGE YOUR BODY.
--------------------
Beep.
--------------------
MARIJUANA IMPAIRS A PERSON'S THINKING, MAKING IT HARD TO LEARN AND REMEMBER.
--------------------
Beep.
--------------------


-- ALPHA THE ROBOT


CONTINUED MESSAGES:


... BEEP ... WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR FIRST PUFF OF MARIJUANA, HUNDREDS OF POWERFUL CHEMICALS BEGAN TO DAMAGE YOUR BODY ... BEEP ...

Dude, Stop it with the "BEEP, LIE, BEEP" - Your nonsense robot fibs are totally flicking my switch and Turning Me ON!

-- heavy sexual atmosphere


I learned a very important lesson from this comic. If a robot comes out of my computer, don't trust that robot. That robot will be a lying asshole to me.

-- Caminante


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