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I'm going to tell you a wonderful, wonderful story that happened to me one time: I was perusing the works of the late, great George Carlin, one of my biggest heroes growing up. This was back in the day when you had to catch the special on HBO or else rent the video from Blockbuster (only a five-minute ride from my house on dinosaur-back). And I caught the one time in his stage act where he ripped into parents and children. Thanks to the miracle of modern YouTube, the clip is available here: As I watched that routine, as I listened to a man I'd laughed at and loved for most of my life, a funny thing happened: I began to become offended! I don't know why, maybe my guard was down, but this time I caught myself saying "Oh, no, George, that's going too far!" I mean, children! We were all children once. And as a dad of four, I'm pretty damn satisfied with myself for being the parent I've been. That little flash of irritation passed, and then I laughed out loud at myself. A wonderful thing…

Oh God, What Is It This Time? The Internet has an upset tum-tum again. This time it's because Bill Maher has said some mean things about comic book fans. With tone-deaf timing, Maher picked the passing of revered comic book creator and legend Stan Lee to trash comic fans. First in November 2018 came his blog post on his own Real Time website - didn't even know he had a blog, did you? "I don’t think it’s a huge stretch to suggest that Donald Trump could only get elected in a country that thinks comic books are important." After fans sent him the requisite flame-back, Maher appeared on Larry King live a few days later and dug a trench where he stood: So he clarifies he's not attacking Stan Lee, but the fandom. Fade out, fade in: Bill Maher's Real Time returns after the first of the year with a brand new season, and by golly if he didn't throw some more gas on the comic-book-fan kindling: Now, Bill's position is that comic books are for kids, as are cartoons, cards, figurines, Legos, and…

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