Comics with Problems: "Captain Awareness"

Posted by Xeni Jardin, November 18, 2007 9:46 PM | permalink

Ethan Persoff, who archives "comics with problems," shares a new instructive gem with us -- "Captain Awareness." Ethan explains,

If you enjoyed Captain Al Cohol, the blond and blue eyed alcoholic alien sent to teach temperance to the Inuits -- or if you fell hard for Captain Veedee-O, whose journey to VD Claptrap left you wishing for a sequel that included Uranus - Then you will definitely enjoy the THIRD CAPTAIN added to Comics With Problems: Captain AWARENESS -- who teaches us what happens when Captain Al Cohol and Capt Veedee-O collide.

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#1 posted by devophill

, November 18, 2007 10:18 PM

"He raped me. ...With sexual assault."? Is that different than being sexually assaulted ...with rape? At least the art is good. I've seen mainstream superhero books that don't look so good.

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#2 posted by cory , November 18, 2007 10:32 PM

I think the defining moment came when Diane, fleeing her inner demons by running out of the classroom, almost runs straight into Mike's shiny crotch. Hooray awareness!

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#3 posted by AR , November 18, 2007 10:35 PM

Art is great, indeed...

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#4 posted by Jesse M.

, November 18, 2007 11:23 PM

OK, just checking, the line "He raped me. ...With sexual assault" wasn't actually on the original cover right? And the shiny crotch on p. 2 wasn't there, because it's just a closeup of p. 17 which doesn't have the photoshop flare effect. I figure everything after p. 3 is the real deal though.

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#5 posted by noen , November 19, 2007 12:09 AM

You're right. The "Your Letters" page shows the real cover. Pages 1 & 2 were photoshoped. Well done though.

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#6 posted by vintagecaveman , November 19, 2007 5:16 AM

"He raped me. ...With sexual assault"

Is that like being killed with murder?

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#7 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

, November 19, 2007 10:49 AM

Alexandre Rizos, if you don't stop posting superficial comments that feature a link to your own weblog, I'm going to ban you for a week. As it is, I've removed the links.

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#8 posted by 21 Monks , November 19, 2007 4:56 PM

Reminds me of an old sexual health campaign. I remember seeing the posters at the Aboriginal Medical Service, as a child.
I found a couple of links. Check it out, it's 'Condoman'!

http://www.avert.org/photo_search.php?photo_id=572&page=postershist.htm&gallery_id=0&page_type=photo
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VC/B/B/G/Y/