Dick Hafer (comics)

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Dick Hafer (July 20, 1937 – July 5, 2003)^[1] was an American comics artist. He is best known for his Christian and conservative comics with strong political and anti-sexuality views.

Hafer wrote about 70 comics. Although he is known most for his controversial political comics, Hafer covered a wide variety of topics: from church life (Church Chuckles^[2]), to model railroads (Sometimes You Gotta Compromise: A Light-Hearted Look at Model Railroading--And Model Railroaders^[3]), to dog ownership (So You Want a Dog: Questionable Answers to Your Questions About Doggie Ownership^[4]).

Hafer is best known for his conservative social and religious views. One of his most controversial comics was the 1986 anti-homosexual comic Homosexuality: Legitimate, Alternative, Deathstyle,.^[5] One of his best selling works was I Know That We're a Throw-Away Society, but This is Ridiculous!, an anti-abortion pamphlet published 1988. He also specifically targeted politicians of the Democratic Party: In Every Family Has One: Little Black Sheep (1982) he attacked Ted Kennedy, and Magical Mike (1988) is a parody of Michael Dukakis.

References

↑ Death of the "Comics Commando" on BNET
↑ "Church Chuckles". Amazon.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "Sometimes You Gotta Compromise: A Light-Hearted Look at Model Railroading-- And Model Railroaders". Amazon.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "So You Want a Dog: Questionable Answers to Your Questions About Doggie Ownership". Amazon.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ Bizarre anti-gay comic book from 1980s on Boing Boing

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Name	Hafer, Dick
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Short description	Comics doodler
Date of birth	July 20, 1937
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Date of death	July 5, 2003
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