‘The Beano’ Nailed The Ridiculousness Of NFT: It’s Basically “Farts In A Jar”
by Richard Bruton
Missed this last week, but it’s still worth pointing out for those of us bewildered by the concept of NFTs. Andy Fanton and David Sutherland have the simply explanation by way of a fart comparison in the Beano’s Bash Street Kids…
Yes. Farts.
The Bash Street Kids by Andy Fanton and David Sutherland sees your usual silliness and brilliance with them taking NFTs to task perfectly with ‘Niffy Fart Trading – farts 50p each’.
Andy Fanton introduces us to it…
Hey hey, it's Beano Day! This week, Minnie is Minxing in the rain, Danny is selling farts in the Bash Street Kids and Dangerous Dan meets a master of disguise! Scripts by me, art by @VictorianClam, David Sutherland and the @sharpbrothers! 1/2 pic.twitter.com/7YunrD68Tv
— Andy Fanton, Doing Words (@YourPalFanton) March 30, 2022
And here’s the bit from The Bash Street Kids:
And then, just in the last couple of days, we get the UK government rolling out their latest dumb idea – government NFTs, prompting Fanton to post this…
Time to roll it out again… https://t.co/e9WZg5Kp4j pic.twitter.com/YvH0sU7JRg
— Andy Fanton, Doing Words (@YourPalFanton) April 4, 2022
Oh yes, this is exactly what we’re talking about on so many levels… the idiocy of NFTs, the ridiculousness of the British government, and most importantly the fact that kids comics like the Beano are full of incredibly clever people and ideas that absolutely make our kids so much smarter and engaged with the world!
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