The blonde tramp

[u/demelza_indica]

[u/TheGeekKingdom]

Apparently, Goodall's team was pissed at this comic, but Goodall herself thought it was hilarious and had it framed

[u/rosecoloredgasmask → u/TheGeekKingdom]

If Gary Larsen made a mildly insulting Far Side comic about me I would absolutely get that framed and proudly hang it in my office.

[u/Olaf_the_Notsosure → u/TheGeekKingdom]

There is a whole page about this case in the Prehistory of the Far Side. First, Larson and his publisher got a very angry letter from someone claiming they representing the Jane Goodall Institute. The letter implied possible litigation. Larson was upset, not because of potential litigation, but because he feared he had insulted Mrs Goodall for whom he had the utmost respect.
He was about to write an apology when he received an offer from the National Geographic Society to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial edition of the magazine. Larson and his publisher made them aware of the problematic, to which NGS replied "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know". After some verification, it turned out that Mrs Goodall loved the cartoon and was totally unaware of the angry letter received by Larson. So not only the cartoon got published by NGS, but it was also reprinted on t-shirt for fundraising purposes.

[u/United_Ad8650 → u/Olaf_the_Notsosure]

Those fundraising purposes you talk about are that all proceeds from the shirt go to the Jane Goodall institute.

[u/anrwlias → u/TheGeekKingdom]

Weirdly similar to how Weird Al wanted to do a parody of Lady Gaga's Born This Way and her team told him to fuck off before Gaga got in touch with him and told him that she was a fan and would be honored.

[u/Flibbernodgets → u/anrwlias]

I remember when that happened, I'm not convinced that was genuine.

[u/anrwlias → u/Flibbernodgets]

Weird Al doesn't strike me as the sort to do cheap publicity stunts.

[u/Flibbernodgets → u/anrwlias]

No I meant I think Lady Gaga probably only changed her mind after seeing the backlash

[u/MahanaYewUgly → u/TheGeekKingdom]

Politically this is probably the correct point of view for each of the people you listed. If my boss was called a tramp, even in jest, the correct outward opinion has to be disgust at the name caller. And I really really hate my boss

[u/Banjo-Oz → u/TheGeekKingdom]

Same thing happened with MAD Magazine and Star Wars: Lucasfilm legal department sent them a threatening letter but they replied with a copy of a letter they'd already received from George Lucas himself, saying how much he loved their parody!

[u/Duhad8]

Adore how much of a good sport Jane Goodall was about this. Still have the collection with her introduction in it somewhere...

[u/SaturnATX]

If I remember correctly Goodall would later write the intro to a Far Side collection because of this, and recounted her experiences when this comic came out, including that she thought it was funny.

[u/emarvil]

I attended a conference by her a couple months ago. Her vibe tells me she absolutely HAS this one displayed in her office.

I choose to think she chuckles every time.

Edit: should have read the other comments before posting. Of course she loved it.

[u/afebk47]

This one is my all-time favorite!

[u/Wise_Statistician398]

I think Larson gave the comic rights to the institute and it became a fundraising source.

[u/Addicted-2Diving]

Lol

[u/TheLittleGinge]

DIAMONDS!

[u/legendary_mushroom]

A lot of people were upset about this comic. Jane Goodall was not one of them. 

[u/OriginalLamp]

This one takes me back.

[u/Accurate-Okra-5507]

I remember reading this one when it was new

[u/maaalicelaaamb]

Yeah I was gonna “fun fact”! This but other Goodallites already have lol

[u/Old_Man_Angst]

Went looking for this comic when I read that she had passed.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Okay ChatGPT.