A comic artist who has actually been on many dates (some of them with women) has been unlucky in his quest to have a new action word — Fubhl — approved for his comic series The Bus Stop Chronicles.
The artist, Erick Apostrophe, isn't in this photo.
Erick Apostrophe had hoped to use the word in the same way other comics such as Batman and Spider-Man employ such onomatopoeia (Editor’s note: Please, please spell-check that word), or words that imitate or suggest the source of the sound that it describes. Such famous examples are Kapow, Zap, Wham, and Snuffleupagus. (Editor’s note: Ditto on the spell-chek)
Mr Apostrophe whined: ”That sound burst is integral for my evil creation, Dr Bark, an evil arbourist* who flings growling squirrels at his enemies. The sound burst is the sound the squirrels make when they hit a vital organ.”
But comic book authorities disagreed. ”It sounds like the name of an eastern European car. We have to have high standards. We’ll never live down our mistake of allowing “Oh-Bama” last year,” said a statement read out by a man in his 30s who still dresses like he’s 18.
(*The opinions reflected in this story are not those of BS.com — someone is bound to be pro-life)
