Artist is Bill Mauldin

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        There’s a town in Germany where the folks have a certain family name as a nickname - they are colloquially known as the “Dellmänner”. Gossip has it that during World War II the only fertile male in town was Pastor Dellmann…

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      All the locals in the town share the same looks and hair as the solider pictured. Implying that when the soldier says “this is the town my pappy told me about” it’s likely because his father slept with (or raped) many of the locals when he was stationed there.

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        I mean, it’s a comic, so hopefully we can assume rape wasn’t involved, even being a boomer comic, Jesus

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        Yeah as an Okinawan, this comic has rapey vibes. Hopefully I’m overthinking it.

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      His dad was a trans soldier, had a little fun with a local lad, and the youngster we see reflects the towns predominant genetics.