Royal Proclamation-a-vitch: Call Again-ski!

September 24, 2010 5:14 AM

Fizzboomski the Anarchist tries to blow upsk the Prime Minister-a-vitch.
posted by Pope Guilty (26 comments total)

Spy vs. Spy meets Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend. I had no idea this existed, but then again, much of the anarchist history of the early 20th century has fallen by the wayside in popular consciousness. Interesting -- thanks for posting.
posted by .kobayashi. at 5:26 AM on September 24, 2010

What is this, I don't even-ski


(Yes, I finally joined MeFi after years of lurking just to make that comment)
posted by unigolyn at 5:31 AM on September 24, 2010 [10 favorites]

A++ Would Read Againski
posted by chambers at 5:35 AM on September 24, 2010

It is like Spy vs Spy, only printed with the Blood of the People!
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:36 AM on September 24, 2010 [6 favorites]

The future we live in does not have enough giant pneumatic tubes.

And what's with all these vats of "soft soap" just hanging around?
posted by chambers at 5:47 AM on September 24, 2010 [1 favorite]

Ultimately, Stabshootski the Bolshevik would have better luck.
posted by bicyclefish at 5:49 AM on September 24, 2010 [3 favorites]

Favorite-ski!
posted by The Michael The at 5:51 AM on September 24, 2010

From the website: Sometimes I worry you folks must think I live under a rock, but I will admit that I was surprised to see that sort of humor so early in the 20th Century (I think of that sort of silliness as more of a Cold War thing, but here it is).
So there was no comedy before the A-bomb?
posted by njbradburn at 5:56 AM on September 24, 2010

That reminds me, I must think about booking next year's ski trip.
posted by Decani at 6:16 AM on September 24, 2010

George Herriman meets Jeff Dunham.
posted by kcds at 6:18 AM on September 24, 2010

Cripes! will be my expression for the day.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 6:24 AM on September 24, 2010

Anybody like Pretty Ricky and Boo-Ski?
posted by symbioid at 6:29 AM on September 24, 2010

In Soviet Russia, government shoots YOU!
posted by briank at 6:55 AM on September 24, 2010

-So, Mr. Bradford, where do you get your ideas?

-Dontesk!
posted by Bromius at 6:55 AM on September 24, 2010 [1 favorite]

"Anarchist" is a pretty interesting word. I think that the word was used (in its time) as shorthand for Jew. Pretty much the same way that terrorist is used now as shorthand for Muslim.

In that context the cartoons make for quite depressing reading.
posted by seanyboy at 7:08 AM on September 24, 2010

I've never laughed at a comic strip before. This is the first.
posted by hellslinger at 7:12 AM on September 24, 2010

Just been trying to find more evidence of my "anarchist equivalant to jew back in the very early 20th century" position, but not turning very much up.

So just ignore that for a while.
posted by seanyboy at 7:18 AM on September 24, 2010

I don't know, seanyboy. Anarchist assassinations loomed pretty large in the public consciousness after the assassinations of Nicholas II in 1881, President Carnot in 1894, PM Canovas in 1897, Elizabeth of Bavaria in 1898, Umberto I in 1900 and McKinley in 1901, none of whose killers, I believe, were Jewish. "Terrorist" and "anarchist" are similar in that fear of them lurking around every corner is being exploited to the detriment of society, but I don't think there's a specifically anti-Semitic weight to the term.
posted by Bromius at 7:21 AM on September 24, 2010

And this is why we preview. Sorry!
posted by Bromius at 7:22 AM on September 24, 2010

I think this is probably where I got my Jews = Anarchists thing from.

It's a long old thing, worth watching, but the tl;dw version is "Let's use current newsreaders to read stuff from the late 19th century so we can see how the current media / political reaction to extremist Islam is identical to what we were saying about the anarchists 100 years ago."
posted by seanyboy at 9:19 AM on September 24, 2010

Can Someone in the US tell me if they are allowed to watch the documentary I linked to. I'd love to SLYT it. I think it's an awesome piece of film making.
posted by seanyboy at 9:24 AM on September 24, 2010

Thanks, but I prefer my propaganda by the deed.
posted by Abiezer at 10:19 AM on September 24, 2010 [2 favorites]

Something I find funny is how his Russian accent seems more informed by how Russian *looks* than how Russians *sound*.
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:33 AM on September 24, 2010

seanyboy: I get “This video contains content from Channel 4, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”.

Re Anarchist Jews, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman had Jewish-sounding names, though IIRC they were both atheists.
posted by hattifattener at 7:46 PM on September 25, 2010

Probably one of my most admired Jewish anarchists.
posted by Abiezer at 8:33 PM on September 25, 2010

Re Anarchist Jews, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman had Jewish-sounding names, though IIRC they were both atheists.

Not that it mattered, of course, to anti-semites.
posted by Pope Guilty at 8:24 AM on September 26, 2010