Celebration of Spring at St. Paedophilia's Catholic Church - The Annual Running of the Altar Boys (Signed, Framed Comic)

Celebration of Spring at St. Paedophilia's Catholic Church - The Annual Running of the Altar Boys (Signed, Framed Comic)

Pat Oliphant, 2008


Signed, limited edition print. Numbered 1 / 20. Dimensions of comic: 9 x 13 inches. Dimensions of frame: 15 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches. Handsome wood frame, with archival glass.  

This is one of Oliphant's most controversial and noted comics.  It was first published in 2002 and may have helped shame the Catholic Church into addressing the child sexual abuse scandal. The comic features a large group of harried altar boys running down the street, with a mass of wide smiling priests in hot pursuit. A man on the street states, "If I was the Pope, I'd marry a few of them off."  "I'll call the Bishop," says Pat's alter-ego little penguin, Punk. An bystander says, "The Bishop has first dibs."  Oliphant won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and regularly contributes to the Washington Post and other noted newspapers.  This cartoon as largely banned from publication by most newspapers, fearing the controversy surrounding its subject matter.

  • Product Code: 2301100019
  • Availability: In Stock
  • $400.00
  • Ex Tax: $400.00

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