language On December 1, 2021, a strip including an anti-Asian slur resulted in GoComics pulling that day’s strip. It was part of a series set during World War II, when the Japanese fighter plane Mitsubishi A6M Zero was often called a "Jap Zero" in contemporary usage. In more modern times, the term "Jap" has become considered a racial slur. On December 9, The Los Angeles Times announced that they were removing the strip after receiving "hundreds of letters" from readers. In their statement, they stated "Our decision was based not on one offensive comic but on an evaluation of the strip overall, and more broadly an evaluation of our entire comic catalog." GoComics did not publish the strip for December 1, nor for December 3 in which the term "queer" was used in a derogatory way. See also Portrayal of women in comics References External links 9 Chickweed Lane at gocomics.com 1993 comics debuts Drama comics American comic strips Comics about women