NP: find the hidden Pynchon reference in this comic

Ian Livingston igrlivingston at gmail.com
Tue Dec 11 09:40:07 CST 2012


I agree with Bekah. I don't see the penis and the Reading Rainbow poster
features a rainbow with the word Read on it.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I can't see the penis for the life of me  (not saying it's not there),
>  but that sign - which I certainly considered -  says "Read."  Look
> carefully at the size of the curve in the R - it's smaller than the curve
> of the D and the leg of the R is starting to show.   That's a very common
> sign in classrooms.
>
> The html alt-text for the cartoon is "Though you guys did clean up the
> language."
>
> Bekah
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2012, at 12:20 AM, Carlo Trimarchi <mr.spoon21 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > No.
> >
> > There's clearly a penis in the first panel, drawn on the blackboard.
> > And in the second one there's a rainbow with the word "dead" written
> > on it : D
> >
> > 2012/12/10 Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>:
> >> "Though you guys did clean up the language."
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> the bag in the teacher's hand?
> >>
> >> Bek
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 10, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Carlo Trimarchi <mr.spoon21 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> So, here's the the comic:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2012/12/telephone/
> >>> (there's also an alt-text on the image and a hidden comic:
> >>> http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/hc/12102012/)
> >>>
> >>> And for the Pynchon reference: find it!
> >>
>
>
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