Are Comics Really Bad For Kids?
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A lot of things that have happened recently on these, and other boards have gotten me to thinking.
I am a survivor or childhood sexual abuse. I was raped by my father repeatedly when I was young, both orally and anally, and was also beaten severely by him, as well as screamed and yelled obscenities and put down's constantly by him on a sometimes daily basis. The rapes would occur when he would lose heavily in gambling. My mother, severely crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, never had a clue to what was happening, as she spent most of my young life in a wheelchair, zonked out on Darvon, or whatever it was they made after that when Darvon didn't work anymore. Simply put, my real life was a fucking hell.
Why I'm still here I believe, is because of comic books.
After a little time with Daddy, I found the world a rather bleak and scary place. There was no one to protect me. Really, I had no one. My older brother was lost in his teen years in the early 60's, and claimed he wasn't aware of it either.
So, I would get lost in my comics, of which I had hundreds. Those of you who have also been abused know how easy it is to "numb out". When I would read my comics it would stop the hurting and make me forget how scared I was. So, I grew up in that world, essentially. Each month, I would spend every spare penny I had, or could beg borrow or steal to get my books. I probably spent 3.50 a month on comics back then, which in 62 for a 7 year old is a LOT.
I have to say, my sense of balance, of truth and justice, of honor and of perspective was kept in place by reading these stories, and living in them. I could escape the real world effortlessly, and these "friends" were always there. The good guys always overcame terrible adversity and won in the end, and the world was safer in there, and safe as a result.
When Jack Kirby died, I felt like my real daddy died, I'll tell you that.
The idea that comics could foster pedophilia is insane, whether pedophiles are associated with them or not.
Trust me on that one.
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Short Story - Death Of My Father
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Pictures and flowers everywhere.
A typical Jewish funeral. All the zaftig cousins decked out in obscene black, displaying their wares like so many morbid cigarette girls.
I was wheeling my brother around in a wheelchair, his sternum recently sawed in two so they could rescue his artery clogged heart and give him more time to hate himself properly. No one would speak to me...I had estranged myself from this freakshow years before, and showed up because, well that's what you do when you want to put it to rest for good, isn't it?
The rabbi was late. Clueless, he had no idea who he was eulogizing.
Then a wonderful thing happened, the rabbi finished his bullshit, and asked the congregation to speak about the dead guy.
Silence.
I was thunderstruck at first, because I assumed at some point I would be required to speak, or that at the very least, my brother would. But no one spoke.
The alta cacka cleared his throat and asked again for someone to speak about this mans life.
Not a peep. In my heart of hearts, something shifted, ever so slightly.
I was not alone.
I counted the minutes of sweet quiet, and contemplated the hate that suddenly vacated my soul like some black and useless hair clog in the sewer of my life. A congregation of 112, everyone who knew him in life, and no one would speak at his funeral. Blissful.
The rabbi said, "I don't know this man, one of you will have to speak about him, so we may eulogize him properly. It is the Jewish Way."
Finally, after 16 minutes, my bastard half sister spoke.
"He was an asshole."
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09-29-2013
I remember the time when Mannix was running through the streets of Bristol, drunk off his gourd as usual and screaming STEIGH TOONT! STEIGH TOONT! over and over again. Gave the cops a hard time taking him in too.
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