Date:  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 10:09:57 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: Back to "Bite me"



>This offers no explanation to the phrase "Bite me", but does show its

>acceptance. In today's Ziggy cartoon, for those of you unfortunate to have it

>carried in your local newspaper, Ziggy is shown sitting in front of a computer

>terminal with "Byte Me" in large letters displayed on the screen.

>

>-- Jim

>

Here in La La land where I reside, the Miami Herald (which is so hated by

thinking locals it doesn't even have a funny name), has bowed so low to

political correctness that it doesn't carry ANY macho cartoon strips of

note, and even cancelled Callahan. I long for the days of Dick Tracy,

the Phantom, Li'l Abner & Pogo (who I barely understood).



My all time favorites were Vaughn Bode (is he still alive?) who appeared

in the East Village Other and Gothic Blimp Works, and R. Crumb the all-time

master about whom they have recently done a great, thought provoking movie

concerning the thread of family insanity.



Is there any way we could pass around cartoons?



---



I also long for the complete set of Amos & Andy video tapes, which someone

has locked in a vault. The complete three stooges would be a nice birthday

or Christmas present too.



Seth Sklarey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, Florida