Viz in Wiki

In the course of a vaguely amusing although rather pointless argument on the wiki GW talk page [1] I found I needed the character [[Mr Logic]]. One thing lead to another, and before you know it I was at this all-time classic (warning: contains rude words and concepts).

So now you know why wikipedia is better than Britannica: it has entire (albeit short) articles about one-off comic strips from 1993.

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Magnificent.

Man, I remember that one... ;)