I’m trying to figure this one out. Is it simply a cult that dresses up animals instead of sacrificing them? Is there a pun there I’m not seeing?
The comic is copyright 1993. I see that Waco (Branch Davidian Cult) occurred in 1993. On a quick search, It looks like they dressed nice but simple, which doesn’t seem to fit with the fancy hat and jewlery.
There was a whole ass Satanic Panic during the '80s and '90s in which parents were afraid of their kids playing Dungeons & Dragons, listening to Judas Priest records, and participating in human sacrifices. A lot of sociopathic behavior (like the “human sacrifices” that were garden-variety murders and animal torture) was blamed on it. Like, this nonsense was written about in newspapers without journalists saying, “But before we start looking at ritual human/animal sacrifice, we should probably look at who hated the dead person/look for patterns of animal torture first”
It was a really weird time to be a rational kid.
Yeah, makes sense that it’s just a general commentary on the moral panic of the time.
I remember my (amazing) grandma giving me birthday money and saying “but it’s not for Magic (the Gathering) cards. I’m afraid those are Evil.”
Even at 10, I was just thinking “money is money, I’ll just spend different money on MTG cards…”
Yes!! Hahah that was exactly how weird it was. A friend of mine bought a D&D monster compendium, and his mother gave him a bible to keep him safe after buying such a sinful witchcraft manual.
I got in a pretty big argument as a kid while volunteering at achurch garage sale I found a DnD card game(?) that was for sale. I was willing to pay for it but some other kid started on about how it was satanic. I could tell the youth pastor thought he was being a shit, but he also didn’t want a bunch of satanic panic making his job harder, so it went into the shitcan. All it did was make me think the other kid was dumb and so maybe his beliefs were too. It definitely feels like something that allowed me to open my eyes and find my own (lack of) faith.
I guess the cow didn’t have the right tools to protect itself.
