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minus-squareCatZoomies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 months agoIt’s parodying the character “Bat Boy”, which was incredibly popular in supermarket tabloids. Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Boy_(character) Example from a tabloid published in 1992:
minus-squareghost_towels@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoOh wow, that takes me back to childhood. I loved reading the covers in the grocery store checkout line. Does the weekly world news still exist?? One sec… It does! Kinda. It’s just online now. That was a fun Wikipedia read.
It’s parodying the character “Bat Boy”, which was incredibly popular in supermarket tabloids.
Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Boy_(character)
Example from a tabloid published in 1992:
Oh wow, that takes me back to childhood. I loved reading the covers in the grocery store checkout line. Does the weekly world news still exist?? One sec… It does! Kinda. It’s just online now. That was a fun Wikipedia read.