Artwork by Matt Wahlquist at Tartarsauce Comics

Mr. T Was Trying to Tell Us Something

Lauren Modery

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When I was a kid, Mr. T was just the fun guy on TV. Little did I know he was giving us an important message.

As a child of the 80s, there are certain images from the TV that made an indelible mark — the California Raisins strumming their instruments on a stage, Pee-Wee Herman showing the Word of the Day to the camera, The Noid running around doing whatever The Noid did, Punky Brewster perching her…

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Lauren Modery

Freelance writer; film Loves Her Gun premiered @ SXSW ‘13; used to be a Hollywood assistant; rail enthusiast; check out my dumb blog, hipstercrite.com