The works of Sean Tejaratchi would be the US version of this (LiarTownUSA).
I think Omega Mart is closer in spirit
Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
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#13I remember these creepy christain and the second coming comics as a kid ... traumatic 5hit for a child.
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#15Whenever I leave a job, or an office closes down, I print up a few copies of the Kak poster, and leave them hidden around:
https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-dont-campaign-and-...
I've also gotten the Scarfolk book, and it is genuinely a weirdly creepy piece of art.
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#16I may need to take some tips from this for some posters I am making for our annual April 20th event, "Children of the Stoned." Yes, the "this is for kids?" program(me) from the late 1970s, we watch it in a variety of states of intoxication.
I've found that this sort of thing goes most awry when targeted not at smaller children but at tweens. The results tend to be bizarre and open to some fairly inappropriate interpretations. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural is an excellent example of the species in its US form.
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#17Children and amphetamines, not hallucinogens, was the real-world solution to behavioral problems in schools... it's a bit dystopian. If you're one of those who feels they benefit from amphetamines, that's fine - but I imagine overprescription is an issue: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/us/schools-backing-of-beh... > "Last year, doctors wrote almost 20 million monthly prescriptions for the stimulants, according to…
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#19This is cool, I wonder if Welcome To Night Vale was inspired by this.
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