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The Saturday Comics: Inside Woody Allen

23 Jul

July 23, 2011

Woody Allen needs no introduction. You either know him from his movies or you know him from Soon-Yi. You think he’s funny or you don’t. What most of you probably don’t know is that there was a Woody Allen comic strip. There isn’t much info about it online and most of what I found was copied from wikipedia anyway (as are many term papers, thus explaining the high failure rate of high school students) so I’ll do the same thing. The difference? I tell you when I’m copying from wikipedia.

Inside Woody Allen was a comic strip about the film actor and director Woody Allen. Drawn by Stuart Hample, the strip ran from 1976 to 1984.

The strip was based on Allen’s real life character and focused on his neuroses, angst and frequent psychiatric treatment. Writers for the strip included David Weinberger.

I began this post by saying that Woody Allen needs no introduction. One reason I didn’t need to give him one is that the strips below do a great job of introducing him on their own.

Imponderable #5: Lancashire England

21 Jul

July 21, 2011

Most people who find themselves in a bad marriage either want to fix it or end it. A spouse asking for a divorce is either a relief or a cause for sorrow. Then there is this guy, who loved his wife so much that he would rather kill her than divorce her.

I am failing to see the upside here.

Nowhere is there an indication that he wanted to kill her to keep his assets. If that was his intention, the clumsy setup virtually assured he would never get away with it. Even if he killed his wife, then carefully disconnected everything and hid all signs of foul play, how did this guy plan to explain his wife’s condition? Toaster accidentally fall into the bathtub?

So we have a bad marriage and a man unable to cope with it. Apparently the man saw only two options.

Option One: Divorce. Unacceptable.
Option Two: Murder. Acceptable.

Does this man believe in the sanctity of marriage to such an extent that he is willing to kill to defend it?

Is it better to be a jailed murderer than a free divorced man?

The question is Imponderable.

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Imponderable #1
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And be on the lookout for Imponderable Week, coming soon!