https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2002-12-25
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Seriously though, where does Santa get his raw materials? Does he do work on the side? Something doesn’t add up.
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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2002-12-25
Seriously though, where does Santa get his raw materials? Does he do work on the side? Something doesn’t add up.
In 2002, it wasn’t “too soon”.
Now, it’s ALWAYS too soon.
I could see this in Cyanide & Happiness since they don’t mind tasteless jokes, but yeah I doubt Zach would do another one like this nowadays. Kind of interesting though, given that this was written 3 years after Columbine, which probably had more media coverage than any subsequent shooting. It seems like early SMBC was still leaning more towards C&H-style humor than XKCD-style humor.