Stumbo, the Giant Racist

I consider myself something of an aficionado of the L-for-R transposition in fictionalized Chinese and Japanese speech. It's a time-honored gag, and whether it's used obliviously for the simple comedic flair of incomprehensibility, or manipulated in the masterful hands of a young Benny Hill, one thing is for sure: It's pretty darn racist.

Rather than dragging out any thousands of Blackhawks or Crimson Avenger panels with which to offend, I bring you what may be the single most egregious use of the transposition, courtesy of an old Harvey Comics story in which Stumbo the Giant has misplaced his diminutive duchy Tinytown, and searches for it in - amidst other places - a hollowed-out mountain where he sometimes keeps stuff. You know, like living beings.



FACT: THERE'S NOT EVEN AN R IN "STUMBO,"SO WHAT THE FUCK STLUMBO???