Tick Big Father’s Day Special (2000) 1

Happy Father’s Day, Tick.

Scarier words have been uttered, but not often. Enter, Kid Tick! doesn’t bring the Tick a biological child, but a ward. One that wishes death to Arthur.

Tick Big Father’s Day Special (2000) 1

Kid Tick comes without an origin, merely an obsession to be the Tick’s sidekick. The problem is, Tick already has one.

Not wishing to relinquish his title – or life – Arthur spends much of the story trying to convince the big-hearted hero he’s in danger. Arthur, that is. Not the Tick. The Tick is nigh-invulnerable.

Each time, the Tick takes his wayward ward back with the promise he’ll reform. There’s no real resolution by story’s end, but the promise of a finish that never comes.

Enough about the Tick’s life. Let’s talk about Father’s Day.

How about, it originated July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, WV. It’s the bookend to Mother’s Day, also created and first celebrated in West Virginia.

Grace Golden Clayton instituted the holiday as a way of mourning her deceased father who died in the Monongah Mining Disaster. The tragedy claimed the lives of 361 men, 250 of them fathers.

Harry C. Meek laid claim to creating the day in 1915. He chose the third Sunday in June because it was his birthday.  The holiday has stayed true to the date to this day.

Woodrow Wilson championed the day, but Congress did not pass a resolution. Calvin Coolidge was the next president to adopt the cause, but it wasn’t until President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a proclamation in 1966 that Father’s Day was officially recognized.

Whether it be a biological father or one who raised you, give them the attention and thanks they deserve.