Word: gagged
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...name also made artistic and pragmatic sense. The comic book medium of the time consisted entirely of superheroes and gag books. Furthermore, these books had positioned themselves (and we live with this legacy today) as a childish treat akin to toy cars and baby dolls. How then to fit in works that were similar-looking but contained copulating, dope-smoking hippies and motorcycle club beat-downs? The answer was, and remains: You don't. You call it something else. So "comix" was born, or more accurately, evolved, just as the medium...
Therefore, when these supposedly liberal organizations try to restrict the rights of artists such as Eminem, they gag on their own hypocrisy. Ironically, Eminem is a poster-boy of modern liberalism. Organizations such as NSVRC or GLAAD are in effect saying that the public is too stupid to form an intelligent (read: correct) view on the subject, so it needs to be protected. Meanwhile, Eminem upholds his freedom, even in his lyrics: "Cuz every time I want a rhyme/these people think it's a crime/to tell 'em what's on my mind--I guess I'm a criminal...
...appear in court on charges of incitement in calling for a popular movement to oust Mugabe, and the government has said it would seize passports of critics whose statements or actions harm Zimbabwe's image abroad. "It's all part of an evil program to undermine political rights and gag us ahead of the presidential elections," says Welshman Ncube, the MDC secretary-general...
...trial is expected to go on for a few weeks. Both sides are under a gag order, but the case is nonetheless grabbing headlines nearly every day. With Puff Daddy and other rappers in the legal spotlight, the subject of hip-hop and violence is back on the nation's editorial pages. Puff Daddy, Eminem and DMX aren't great artists, but they have all, at some point, recorded material that I've enjoyed, including DMX's "Ruff Ryders Anthem," Eminem?s "Guilty Conscience," and Puff Daddy's production work with Mary J. Blige. They have also all recorded lyrics...
...remember "Henry," the wordless gag strip about the boy with the chipmunk cheeks? Imagine he has a stubby tail and a triangle nose - that's Frank. Now imagine "Henry"'s simple, "silent" stories taking place in a world of abstract angels, mutated frogs and other Jungian visions of the unconscious, and you have "Frank," the comic by Jim Woodring, published by Fantagraphics Books...