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#372 "Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary": Painful Personal Memoir as Wacky Comedy!
Episode 372

#372 "Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary": Painful Personal Memoir as Wacky Comedy!

Deconstructing Comics · Tim and Kumar

December 24, 202553m 54s

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FLASHBACK! Autobiographical comics are par for the course, but in 1972, Justin Green broke ground for the genre when he published Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Some of that broken ground hasn't been trod since; how many autobiographical comics about a battle with mental illness have you seen done as wacky parody comics? Lightning-quick pace, phalluses everywhere, and a helpful instructional arrow pointed at a bunch of bananas? It's unlike any autobio comic before or since, and your take on the subject matter may greatly depend on your upbringing. Tim and Kumar examine. (Originally published September 24, 2013.)

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