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COMICS WITH PROBLEMS issue #13
THE INCREDIBLE COMING OF CAPTAIN AL COHOL
Free comic from the Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife (Canada)
36 pages, newsprint with color glossy covers, distributed to Inuit (Eskimo) communities from 1973-1974.
PROBLEM(s) DEALT WITH: Alcohol, Space travel, Polar Bears, Other miscellany.
Ethan |
01.15.07 - 7:11 pm | #
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Page 22: Nice use of the alcohol use is a "slippery slope" metaphor (LITERALLY - I mean he's Slipping! Right down a Slope!) right before the guilt trip of the Alcoholic Essay on the next page.
Paul G Henry |
01.17.07 - 2:13 pm | #
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http://thumbsnap.com/v/I8wA67h2.jpg
BEWARE THE SLIPPERY SLOPE!!!!
Paul G Henry |
01.17.07 - 2:18 pm | #
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Like all things, the responsibility here really comes down to the parents.
If you have a child and your last name is Cohol, you don't name them Al. That's just welcoming abuse. I mean, duh. If my last name was Shit I wouldn't name my kid Dip.
Capt. Susan, Toledo |
01.17.07 - 4:35 pm | #
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http://www.ep.tc/problems/thirte...hirteen/
06.html
So what's with the symbol on his chest? Is that a bottle opener?
Masters and Johnson |
01.24.07 - 2:06 pm | #
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That looks alot like Howard Chaykin art. Is that possible? If it is? I'm gonna get wasted.
chan |
01.26.07 - 8:00 pm | #
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uhh, ::glup, glup, glup::
i'm no silly fool, Al Cohol!!!
may |
02.04.07 - 1:49 am | #
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What makes me laugh a lot is that the first thing capt. does when awake is punch everyone in the village unconscious and steal their food, forcing the villagers to capture him and ending in the incident with the rum...
Yet... when he finds the kid, the first thing he thinks is "he liked the villagers pretty well"... wtf.... yeah right all your experience with them was punching them silly and then being captured and poisoned by them... lovely relationship.
Lars |
02.08.07 - 8:14 am | #
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I feel the good Captain (and perhaps all Canadians in general) should take a look at this essay on "How to drink alone."
http://terminalalienation.com/es...rink-
alone.html
Armando |
02.08.07 - 12:50 pm | #
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Truly, the lesson this comic teaches the indigenous people of the North is "DON'T HELP WHITEY".
Look at what Captain Cohol does: this little village rescues him, and the first thing he does when he regains consciousness? He beats the shit out of them. What an asshole!
White men are FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU, Inuit. They are BRUTAL, STUPID, and PRONE TO SENSELESS VIOLENCE. If you meet one in the wilderness DO NOT HELP HIM. His only gratitude will be a PUNCH IN THE FACE. It's better to leave him out there to die.
Egypt Urnash | Homepage |
02.08.07 - 1:31 pm | #
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The bottom line in these stories is that Al Cohol is the hero. Without Al Cohol, Igpook would not have made it home. And what is going to save the people of Fish Fjord from the Ravenmen? Al Cohol. It seems kind of backwards. They should have named him Captain O'Douls. That way it would be a non-alcoholic beverage responsible for saving the day.
jf |
02.08.07 - 2:53 pm | #
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So, anyone else working on their essay entry?
Eddie |
02.08.07 - 5:17 pm | #
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> I feel the good Captain should take a look at this essay on "How to drink alone."
I Liked STEP ONE.
Eddie |
02.08.07 - 5:20 pm | #
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I like how this says the comic is available in "Eskimo." That's a neat trick. That's not even a language.
LM | Homepage |
02.09.07 - 2:13 pm | #
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(image link) - Page 9, Bottom Left Panel:
After dinner a friendly game of Poker is interrupted by a GHASTLY MOAN....
"TAKURALUGUNA! Look at that BIG THING"
Ghastly MOAN? Big THING? Ha!, LOL - Capt A'Cohol must have the Huge Wang.
Also, Game of Poker? You Broughter Here!
ROTFLMFAOff |
02.12.07 - 4:59 pm | #
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p.s. TAKURALUGUNA!
ROTFLMFAOff |
02.12.07 - 5:00 pm | #
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They said crap!
THEY SAID CRAP!
Anonymous | Homepage |
02.24.07 - 4:13 pm | #
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I've read this a few times, and I'm still confused. All Captain Al does is drink, fight for no reason, and fall down? Yep, sounds like a drunk to me.
And the guy-demon on the back cover looks like he should belong in a religious tract. Creepy.
scamps |
05.19.07 - 7:21 pm | #
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Inappropriate physical contact with a minor, third panel, page 24.
Chris Hansen, NBC |
08.19.07 - 2:29 pm | #
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Where do you find these comics?
joe |
09.20.07 - 12:13 am | #
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Wow, I'm just shocked. Wow. I really enjoyed the inserts from various government agencies. Ecspecially the essay. "Need some pocket money! (for booze). Tell us how you think the territories should be developed"
Sounds to me like Dept. of Information is trying to get someone to do their work.
And what the heck is a Junior Tourist Promotion Officer?! You walk around with a giant sign. "Visit Canada..please."
Aaand I'm guessing this is an artist rendition of "Joseph Corto" with his wife Julie? They could have made it a little more believable.
http://www.ep.tc/problems/thirte...hirteen/
24.html
Hmm.. Julie reads Artic magazine, in a bikini.. fascinating.
Oh Wow! A free book on the council of the northwest territories! I'm going to be the coolest kid in my class when they see me with this.
I don't think I want to live in Yellowknife. Ever.
Liz |
10.09.07 - 7:12 pm | #
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Yeah, this one is confusing. If you want to convince people that alcoholism is bad, then maybe, just MAYBE, you shouldn't name your protagonist Captain Alcohol. I'm just SAYIN', is all.
And the guy on the back page: does that first picture just SCREAM Bob Dobbs to anyone else? All he needs is the pipe.
Page 19: "seen here with Julie at the capital city's McNiven Beach." Um, no, not really. "Depicted here by tinting a panel from the Incredible Hulk orange and pasting a not-to-scale drawing of Tom's head on it on a featureless blue background" is more like it.
It's also creepy that on page 20 Billy Vermin ponces around in his "arctic fortress" wearing a cape and tights and keeps a "man slave".
70s kid |
11.17.07 - 9:53 pm | #
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