A surreal piece of anonymous agitprop in comic book form. Published in 1986 by a fake publisher, only referred to as "Comics U.S.A.", who or why this comic was produced remains a mystery. It came out at the height of tensions between Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the erratic, provocative dictator who ruled Libya, and the US President of the time Ronald Reagan. Obviously by the title, it's a variation on the Alice In Wonderland theme, that takes a massive swipe at the dictator, alluding to having sex with animals, generally being an insane homicidal tyrant, and a bit of a big cry baby. Featuring a Daffy Duck type character, references to characters from Alice In Wonderland, and the TV show Fantasy Island. As well as Ronald Reagan himself. |
Quite frankly the whole thing is utterly bizarre, that rather than informing readers of the horrors of the regime in Libya, it ridicules and parodies in a juvenile and often puerile way. Who the target audience was for this one-off comic book is anyone's guess. But it has become a cult comic book collectible.
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Allan J. Fromberg
26/5/2016 05:28:06 pm
As it happens, I wrote this piece of weirdness. It was the result of the publisher's 10 p.m. request to "have a script on my desk by tomorrow morning!" and three pots of coffee later, so it was. It was a product of "Solson Publications, and the art was by comics giant Dick Ayers of Sgt. Fury fame. Puerile? Yeah, I'll cop to that.
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