So after I finished drawing today’s comic I felt a slight pang of guilt for making a joke about David Copperfield’s untimely demise. Then I got paranoid… what if the dude had died or got some horrible disease and I hadn’t heard about it and I made a tasteless joke? Should I just change it to Criss Angel, who nobody cares about under any circumstances? I decided to check Copperfield’s Wikipedia page just in case. This turned up the following pieces of information…
- In 2006 he was mugged, but used sleight of hand to hide his valuables from his assailant. The two ladies he was with were not as magically skilled and lost all their stuff.
- Also in 2006, Copperfield claimed to have found the fountain of youth on an island that he owns.
- In 2007-2008 he was investigated by the FBI for sexual assault and bribery.
So, what I came away from this experience with is that there is a very small, but very definite possibility that David Copperfield is an immortal sex offender who won’t help you if you get mugged. I think karma will have my back on this one.
