Politically Correct(ed) Huckleberry Finn
Hilarious comic from Ruben Bolling.
A note from Ruben on the illustrations:
"I had pencilled virtually this entire comic (Tom the Dancing Bug), trying to evoke the look of Kemble's illustrations, when I realized (in the shower, the day of my deadline) that instead of continuing to draw and ink the new pictures, I should just re-purpose the actual originals. Not only would I be sure to get the look exactly right (a dodgy proposition when I'm the illustrator), but it was absolutely more in keeping with the premise of the comic. Having the dialogue not quite work with the illustrations would only add to the humor/point of the comic. So I abandoned the pencilled comic (I've never done this before!) and set out to quickly assemble Kemble illustrations and lay the comic out. This took even more time than drawing the comic from scratch, but I like the results much better.In researching Kemble's illustrations (I used that excellent University of Virginia site as a source), I saw that Twain had handpicked him, approved each drawing and ended up loving them. So subsequent editions that replaced or removed these illustrations were among the first steps taken by editors to change the book as Twain had intended it to be experienced."
Personally I am offended by "Uncle Tom's Cabin", I mean, why should Uncle Tom be a slave, just because he's black! That's stereotyping!
I'm going to revise it so that Uncle Tom is a college professor. His martyrdom doesn't come from spreading Christian values amongst slaves, but by teaching Afrocentrism at a right-wing University. Instead of being beaten to death, he gets a nasty letter of reprimand put in his file.
And Cassy is a radical lesbian.
NicoleK at January 14, 2011 11:26 AM
Love it....
Eric at January 14, 2011 12:38 PM
This whole "N---a Jim" flap has me wondering when the pc cops are gonna tackle Shylock the Jew.
Graty Slapchop at January 14, 2011 2:13 PM
Shylock the payday loan entrepenuer?
Eric at January 14, 2011 3:50 PM
Huck Finn always been my favorite book.
Ppen at January 14, 2011 5:50 PM
Growing up I actually saw Song of the South (1946). And we actually had the album.
Disney will not release it or the rights to it.
This is the same as the early Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny cartoons that were made in the WWII, insulting and demonizing Adolf Hitler and Germans.
Revising history does not mean it didn't happen -- you need to acknowledge that the thoughts at the time were wrong and explain it.
Intelligent people will learn and understand. Nut jobs will use it regardless of the amount of marginalization they receive. But editing Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer is the equivalent of banning or editing Mein Kampf or The Communist Manifesto to make it PC for today.
Jim P. at January 14, 2011 7:26 PM
You can see "song of the south" on youtube.
NicoleK at January 15, 2011 5:29 AM
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