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''Space Moose'' was a Canadian underground comic strip that appeared in the University of Alberta's student newspaper, ''The Gateway'', between October 3, 1989, and 1999.〔"(Space Moose's Home Page )." ((Archive ), (Archive #2 )) Space Moose. January 22, 2002. Retrieved on February 5, 2011.〕 Almost all of the strips were penned by Adam Thrasher, a student at the university.〔Schoek, Ellen. ''I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906-2006''. University of Alberta, 2006. (635 ). Retrieved from Google Books on February 4, 2011. ISBN 0-88864-464-7, ISBN 978-0-88864-464-0. see segment: "Fall 1997-Fall 1998: Space Moose"〕 For career-related reasons, many archives refer to the author by his post-production pen name Mustafa Al-Habib.〔(Space Moose ) (discussion archived at the Internet Archive.)〕 ''Macleans Canada'' said that ''Space Moose'' "was deliberately provocative."〔"(Vote for me )." ''Macleans Canada''. February 6, 2008. Retrieved on February 4, 2011. "The comic strip, created by medical sciences student Adam Thrasher, now a professor at the University of Houston, was deliberately provocative."〕 Ellen Schoek, the author of ''I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906-2006'', said that ''Space Moose'' "left no subject unscathed, from fraternities to Christianity and obesity, from sexual proclivities to racism."〔 In addition to ''The Gateway'', the newspapers of the University of Manitoba (''The Manitoban'') and Langara College (''The Gleaner'') also carried ''Space Moose''.〔Mandel, Charles. "(Space Moose alive and well on the WWW )." ((Archive ), (Archive #2 )) ''Vue Weekly''. September 10-16, 1998. Retrieved on January 30, 2012.〕 The strip follows the adventures of Space Moose, an anthropomorphic, nihilistic moose with asymmetrical eyes and a Star Trek uniform, as he violates every behavioral norm and societal taboo he can find. His roommates Marlo Smefner, Billy the Bionic Badger, and Bald Dwarf are often the accomplices or victims of his actions. ''Macleans Canada'' said that Space Moose was "probably the most famous comic strip character in Canadian university history."〔 A book collection, ''Triumph of the Whim'', was published in the northern hemisphere fall of 1997. It consists of 94 pages of selected existing ''Space Moose'' cartoons and 6 pages of previously unpublished ''Space Moose'' strips.〔"(Space Moose Shoppe )." ((Archive ), (Archive #2 )) Space Moose. October 18, 2000. Retrieved on February 5, 2011.〕 Most strips were available on the Space Moose web site. ==History== Thrasher said that he began drawing Space Moose while enrolled at Ross Sheppard High School in Edmonton in order to make a friend laugh. The first ''Space Moose'' comic premiered in the October 3, 1989, edition of ''The Gateway''. In 1991 Thrasher left the University of Alberta and worked for Northwestern Utilities in Edmonton; during the four months he worked with the company, he did not produce any ''Space Moose'' comics, and the school newspaper replaced Space Moose's slot with ''Colby Christ'', a comic about Colby Cosh, a friend of Thrasher. When Thrasher returned to the university, ''Colby Christ'' was replaced by ''Space Moose'', which had resumed. Thrasher and Donald R. "Don" Husereau drew "Colby Christ meets Space Moose," a strip that was a segue between the series.〔Thrasher, Adam and Colby Cosh. "(Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about SPACE MOOSE )." ((Archive ), (Archive #2 )) Space Moose. Retrieved on February 4, 2011.〕 In 1997, Space Moose ran for Students' Union President and finished a close third with 1,400 votes (only 11 votes behind the second place candidate, Hoops Harrison). This led to changes being made in Students' Union rules that would prevent any future "joke" candidate from actually winning an election. Due to the increasing popularity of the cartoon, people took away Space Moose's campaign posters as collector's items.〔 Around 1997, the comic received 10,000 visits per month.〔Cosh, Colby. "(No Space for this Moose )" ((Archive )). ''Alberta Report''. November 10, 1997. Retrieved on January 30, 2012.〕 In 1997, due to a controversy involving the strip "Clobberin' Time," the comic was moved from University of Alberta biomedical department servers to private servers. Thrasher said that Darkcore Networks, a web host in Edmonton and a subsidiary of OA Internet, one of the largest internet service providers in Edmonton, invited Thrasher to post his comics there. Thrasher established a new website which housed over 170 ''Space Moose'' comic strips, including "Clobberin' Time." The website included an advertising banner from Microsoft. It also had a hit counter which, as of September 10, 1998, stated that the site had been accessed 17,800 times since November 1997. The website included a section called "Clobberin'," about the controversial comic strip. The section invited readers to "fume with the feminists who banned ''Space Moose'' from the university network."〔 A cartoon that was printed in ''The Gateway'', "Antlers of the Damned," depicted an angel and featured a dog sodomizing Space Moose. As a result, the University of Alberta campus chaplains published a joint letter of recrimination. Another ''Space Moose'' cartoon that depicted Snow White facing sodomy at the hands of the Seven Dwarves was published in ''Slur'', a punkzine. As a result, A&B Sound withdrew its advertising from ''Slur'' and banned the magazine from its stores.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Space Moose」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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