Stottheimer I’ll ruin you

 


Stottheimer I’ll ruin you


     This is taken from our all-time favorite counter-culture comic by the supremely talented Justin Green. Binky Brown was the character we identified with as a kid trying to fit in and cope with the Catholic indoctrination we were undergoing as we matured. Binky went through all the stuff that terrified us as we grew up. He was overwhelmed by guilt as he began to feel sexual urges, he was bullied by punks who matured earlier than him and he was tormented by his attraction to girls who seemed unreachable. One of the cogent scenes in Green's comics was when Binky was teased by a big prick named Stottheimer. "Stotts" got joy out of humiliating the weaker Binky and it comes to a head in the boy's locker room. Like most boys Binky has an obsession with the development of his genitals and Stottheimer bellows at him "hey Brown, you got any hair on it yet!" This was the crucial badge of maturity to have pubic hair and the late-blooming Brown could only lie and say "yeah...lots." It was in the same comic that Stotts bullied Binky and his only retort was "Stottheimer...I'll ruin you!" which was pure bluff. The entire comic can be seen on https://readallcomics.com/  Greg often voiced his appreciation for Justin Green, calling him a genius.





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