You know about the various *special* drug issues from the early/mid 1980s, courtesy of Nancy Reagan and various corporate sponsors.
Sure, they're easy to mock. Feel free, I know I do. But what did you think of them -- especially if you read one (or more) when you were a kid?
[ November 17, 2011, 06:49 PM: Message edited by: Thriftshop Debutante ]
Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
The first image is free (and courtesy of Power Boy):
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I was a kid when they came out and all I wanted was to stop being told what to do.
Batman: Seduction of the Gun scared me about gangs though!
Posted by LASHbrain on :
I wondered where the hell Robin was...
Posted by Power Boy on :
I'd like to ditto this:
quote:Originally posted by Set: "When I was 13, I was just like you!"
"I was taking everything that was coming down the pike. Pot, hash, coke, LSD, heroin. Everything."
Just like me?
Where the heck did Roy grow up, anyway? A crack house in Detroit?
I was raised by wild hippies, and I didn't even *see* cocaine until I went to college.
... and quote it in this thread because, it is just too funny for one thread about crazy 13 year old Roy Harper.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Luckily, I lived in South America at the time, so those issues passed me by.
I know, I know, oh, the irony of living among so many drug dealings...etc. Posted by Power Boy on :
I wasn't quite getting the Titans yet.
They seem a bit over the top though, can't they just say "Hey don't do drugs, they're bad for you."
Kinda creates unrealistic expectations.
Also, you'd think Roy would wear long sleeves ... or that ... I don't know, one of the world's greatest detectives might be able to spot a drug addict on the team.
Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
I read one of them back when I was more or less the target age for these things. I wasn't a hellraiser or a Goody Two Shoes. I grew up without much adult supervision, but pretty much stayed out of trouble on my own.
A 12-year-old who had tried all these drugs? I had heard of them, yeah, but had never even SEEN any of them. If I knew kids who had done any of them -- they weren't telling me about it, other than maybe the odd brag about drinking a beer or something.
It seemed overblown to me, kind of like the dad on Freaks and Geeks. "I knew a kid in high school who smoked marijuana. He didn't graduate, do you know why? HE DIED!"
Posted by Dev - Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Power Boy: I'd like to ditto this:
quote:Originally posted by Set: "When I was 13, I was just like you!"
"I was taking everything that was coming down the pike. Pot, hash, coke, LSD, heroin. Everything."
Just like me?
Where the heck did Roy grow up, anyway? A crack house in Detroit?
I was raised by wild hippies, and I didn't even *see* cocaine until I went to college.
... and quote it in this thread because, it is just too funny for one thread about crazy 13 year old Roy Harper.
Well, I grew up in and around the Detroit area...and I never touched the stuff. It's no worse here than any other big city (well at least back then).
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev - Em: Well, I grew up in and around the Detroit area...and I never touched the stuff. It's no worse here than any other big city (well at least back then).
That's a valid point. Growing up in Oklahoma, if I walked out into the right 'fallow field' full of jimson weed, I could find the hidden pot fields, tucked away out of sight of the roads, so it's not like Detroit deserves to be singled out. Depending on the drug, you could find stuff *anywhere.*
I was just kinda poking fun at how over-the-top these things were, and, ultimately, kinda self-defeating, since, by exaggerating so badly, they only made their message easier to dismiss.
On the other hand, what ever happened to Protector? He showed up in a few actual comics, IIRC, such as Donna and He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named's wedding, so he's kinda/sorta canonically a real character. Did he have powers, or was he just a Robin fill-in?
And how about that costume! Red and purple? Yowza. If you aren't Durlan, you're not pulling that off, buddy!
Posted by Power Boy on :
I actually grew up near Fresno, and you can substitue Fresno for Detroit if you would like.
I'm sure some people have a very wholesome time growing up there but, it's got a whole lot of bad stuff going on.
Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
I almost died laughing. Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
I'm kinda shallow. Mostly I'm thinking of the Members Only jacket.
Posted by Power Boy on :
A cleric named WIZARD !!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I read these issues years after they were published because my father had lots of Perez/Wolfmann Era Teen Titans. I thought the issues were well-written but they didn't effect my life. I mostly know about the drug comic issues in the historical context of censorship in comics.
Posted by cleome45 on :
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quote:Originally posted by Set: ...I was just kinda poking fun at how over-the-top these things were, and, ultimately, kinda self-defeating, since, by exaggerating so badly, they only made their message easier to dismiss.
quote:On the other hand, what ever happened to Protector? ...And how about that costume! Red and purple? Yowza. If you aren't Durlan, you're not pulling that off, buddy!
It doesn't work then, either. We just pretend it does out of misguided affection. (Maybe there were one or two Elfquest characters, once upon a time, who made the red/purple thing work. But I may just be imagining that now thanks to all those drugs I used to take.)
The Protector was at Donna's wedding? I have missed that all these years! Page # please!
Oh, I lied, it wasn't Donna's wedding!
According to his wikipedia entry (Protector has a wikipedia entry? Boggle.) he did show up at a superhero party that Beast Boy held in Titans Secret Files #2, and in the Infinite Crisis harcover collected edition. (And was listed as a Titan in the DC Who's Who Update '87.)
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome45: (Maybe there were one or two Elfquest characters, once upon a time, who made the red/purple thing work.)
The Pini's (Richard and Wendy, was it? Been a long time...) get a pass, for their trippy art.
Posted by Power Boy on :
Even when Roy is telling us not to do drugs .... his constant playing with his cap betrays his craving for CHINA CAT!
Posted by Power Boy on :
Promptly after doing this PSA ...
Roy was found in back .....
Poor Roy. Don't do drugs kids, don't turn out like Roy.
Posted by LASHbrain on :
I'll give him an older man to look up to.
Quit twiddling with that damned cap, and get over here, Roy!!
Posted by Power Boy on :
You could've saved him from ruining his life with drugs.
Posted by LASHbrain on :
There's so many sexier ways I could have ruined his life!!
Posted by Set on :
The insidious China Cat must join the Legion of Super-Villain Pets!
Posted by Power Boy on :
I think Roy's kinda a loser for turning to drugs just because Ollie wasn't giving him attention.
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