"Nuclear, Schmuclear. Bop You Wit Dis Lollipop."

[furtech]

I don't know if anyone has made the comparison yet, but it seemed so obvious to me:



Ever since I saw the pictures of North Korea's new Dear Leader, the picture of Herbie stuck in my head. It's like they're twins...or Jong-un is the live-action version of Herbie.

For those of you totally confused, Herbie is a character from a bizarre comic of the Silver Age called Herbie The Fat Fury , about a fat kid who speaks and acts in a monosyllabic deadpan and has god-like powers from the lollipop he got from The Beyond. The comic is surreal and slapstick and has a huge cult following. I think Dark Horse released a collection of the original comics.

Comments

[zillabean.livejournal.com]

a fat kid who speaks and acts in a monosyllabic deadpan and has god-like powers from the lollipop he got from The Beyond.

You had me at god-like powers given by lollipop.

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of Herbie! The resemblance is quite remarkable though.

[octantis.livejournal.com]

I also have never heard of this comic! This is WEIRD! Haha, cool!

The resemblance is remarkable too, though something about Jong-un's snotty expression makes me want to punch him in the face a lot more.

[chuck-melville.livejournal.com]

Wow!!! I don't know how I missed it, but the resemblance is uncanny! You're right; he looks EXACTLY like Herbie!

I loved the Herbie series; it was such a bizarre concept, with suitable art by Ogden Whitney. They've tried reviving it a couple of times in the 90's - I think John Byrne even did an issue - but it never really took off. Pity, that.

I think, if I'm not mistaken, there are three volumes of the collections published thus far; I have the first, and plan to eventually get the rest.

[vulpesrex.livejournal.com]

When I first saw pictures of him (when his father died - and there are "problems" with the story that he had a heart attack while on his special, armored train), they were even more unflattering than the picture you used. A very unsypathetic face, no human warmth there; the kind of face which says to starving peasants, "Let them eat cake". It doesn't inspire any loyalty from his underlings or his now-inherited serfs.

...Which is of course unfair, as we have no idea what he thinks, or _if_ he thinks, or is addicted to the hedonistic lifestyle which his family seems to have adopted.

His grandfather was hailed as "Great Leader"; his father was declared "Dear Leader". All sorts of propaganda could be made of pictures like this one, in leaflets dropped from balloons, entitled "Chubby Leader".

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Are you by any chance going to be at FC?

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I think they should go a whole, new route and stick with, "The Fat Fury."

Yup-- I'll be at FC. No table this year, though.