Voice of the people (letter).

Valuable Comics

July 09, 1993|By Anne Wills.

WESTERN SPRINGS — I am an avid reader of books, newspapers and, of course, comic strips. As a 15-year-old high school sophomore, I feel compelled to respond to the woman who criticized the content of certain comics: "Calvin and Hobbes," "Dilbert" and "Sylvia."

How ironic that she picked the more meaningful cartoons and called them anti-Christian. Calvin exemplifies the imagination and spirit of all young children, heightened to an enjoyable level. Hobbes is simply his more adult, civilized counterpart. Calvin's parents express the frustration and aggravation all parents must feel when raising creative, free-thinking children. Dilbert and cohorts are the technonerds that exist in all office settings, taken to the extreme of course.

Comic strips aren't teaching lower morals. They are, through satire, teaching better values.