@ballard Have you sent an email to the Blondie folks? I did, from two different computers, and received the following message both times:
"Activity has been detected that may be considered problematic. Please click this link to report this incident or call customer service at 407-894-7300.
We will reply to your email as soon as the issue has been identified and corrected.
In some cases deleting cookies for the domain will clear the problem."
If you also sent them a "blast", did you receive the same message?
Yes, I got the same error message when I posted the following:
I am concerned that your cartoon, which ran in the Feb. 25th edition of the Seattle Times, portrays people who are seriously ill with ME/CFS (new name proposal is SEID) as lazy malingerers.
If Dagwood has ME/CFS, the story line of Blondie will take a dramatic new turn. Dagwood will soon realize that he can’t stand by the water cooler (orthostatic intolerance), and when he is seated at his desk he will not be able to think clearly (brain fog). Mr. Dithers will finally fire him, because he will not even be able to perform at the minimal level we have come to expect of Dagwood.
Blondie may or may not leave Dagwood (many relationships don’t survive ME/CFS). If she stays, she will be burdened with a very sick husband. If Dagwood falls into the 25% category of severely ill sufferers who are bed bound, Blondie may have to quit her job as a caterer to provide full time care for him, plunging the family into poverty.
If Dagwood is not bed bound, he may need to use a wheelchair. Additionally, Dagwood will be in pain with muscle and head aches. Every morning he will wake up as exhausted as when he went to bed, and when he tries to exert himself, he will become much worse. He will have virtually no hope of a cure or a treatment because government agencies fund ME/CFS research at an extremely low level, on a par with hay fever research.
ME/CFS is a horrible disease. It has shattered my life for 25 years. Your cartoon, which equates ME/CFS with laziness, is totally inaccurate, hurtful and unacceptable.