Why is the name of the comic strip “MK Ultra”?
It’s got to be named something, doesn’t it? Originally, back in the days when I was first drawing these folks in my university student newspaper, Golden Words, the main character was named “Bipolar Joe” due to his propensity for erratic mood shifts. The strip, insofar as it was named anything, was eponymously titled after this main character. As time went on, two things happened: first, the character mellowed somewhat. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still somewhat of a high-strung, type-A personality, but he’s not as likely to commit murder as he used to be (granted, his most notable victim was prop comedian Carrot Top, who surely deserved it, but it’s still arguable something of an overreaction). The second thing was that I realized the name might be offensive to folks with bipolar disorder. Not that I care that much, since they’ll likely be sunshiny of disposition again in a minute or two, but I nonetheless figured that the less overtly offensive the strip was, the more marketable it also
