This visual has often been used in Archies comics to denote any action or idea that seems to be quite aberrant to conventions. This phrase has its origins in a type of baseball pitch, wherein the ball acts in a direction opposite to the pitcher, ie, it swings from left to right for a right handed pitcher and so on.
This visual has been used in MAD magazine, Sad Sack, and several comics of the Comedy Genre.
Two word phrase
ID
3 comments:
Curve ball
Screwball Comedy
Answer:
The term is screw ball, or screwball
Curveball curves in a manner opposite to a screwball
They always show a picture of a screw and a ball to denote this
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