Help!

[lollardfish]

There's a Doonesbury comic from years ago (15 or more) where the history teacher loses it and starts to shout patent nonsense, "Black is white" is the one I remember, but could also be up is down, day is night, whatever. And the students diligently take notes, "Gee, I didn't know half of this stuff!"

I need a copy of it, pronto. Help!

Edit: Got it, thanks!

Comments

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Found one, not a good version, but good enough. Thanks, the "teaching is dead" line was the key.

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

see also: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20070425162135AAMwXAs

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

http://www.providence.edu/acc/cah/Number2%20comic.htm

couldn't have found it without the text, though.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's one of the places I found it. Wish it was clearer.

[neugotik.livejournal.com]

heh; that's the only one I found too - old comic, prob went through an old scanner... what can you do? :)

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Find it and scan it myself! Some other day.

[zinzinzinnia.livejournal.com]

Brilliant, thanks. The minute Lollard described it I knew I had to have it for myself. :)

Have also passed it on to my AP English listserv -- there is a unit in one of the favourite instructional texts on the purpose / state of education. This fits nicely. :)

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

It's one of the all-time classics. I really must make an illicit high quality scan somehow ...

[smellingbottle.livejournal.com]

The one we had stuck to the door of the postgraduate study room was the one that depicted academic hiring as a mob of desperate and jobless PhDs howling at a university gate 'We'll work for food!'

On finding a quality (and legal) copy

[(Anonymous)]

I'm looking for exactly this strip today. Thank you for the help in identifying it.

Maybe ten years ago I bought another wonderful Doonesbury strip, also featuring this professor and concerning stenographer pupils -- the "civil disobedience" and "don't be afraid" one some may remember. It is marked 1-19 and must have been between 1985 and 1989.

Anyway, I went through doonesbury.com and it was easy. A bit expensive but a good quality color print. Someone even called me to apologize the original wasn't up to specs and did I want it anyway (it looks great).

Today, it's not easy. It appears that mycomicspage.com has exclusive control and requires membership even to search their archives. It's about $18 but I find the idea of paying for something I don't want just to get in the store offensive. If anyone knows a way around, please let me know, and if I find it I'll post same. I'll probably call them, I'm so annoyed.

Re: On finding a quality (and legal) copy

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Thanks for looking this up, whoever you are!

Re: Found a quality (and legal) copy

[(Anonymous)]

Good news -- I wrote to uclick/mycomicspage and got a prompt reply:

"If you are looking for a particular comic, I would suggest going to the web
site http://www.amureprints.com/.

Here, you can search by feature and keyword for the comic you are looking
for. Once you have located the comic, you can contact us for reprint
ordering information at 800-255-6734, ext. 6688."
***
Did so and the correct date for "teaching is dead" is 1/27/1985. See http://www.amureprints.com/Detail.asp?ImageID=20707

Called them and ... color 11"x17" (image size 9x13) acid free paper costs $65 (B&W strips cost $50) + $8.25 shipping
They'll frame it, too: metal frame $34, wood $42, $7 for matte

It's not a bargain but probably not too out of line for a custom job (and a great strip!). I'll think about it. Odd to have to talk to a human about it. The amureprints site sells rights for projects like reprinting in a book.

Good luck! Andrew