[sircastor]

This reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbes comic where Calvin, having read about this practice, makes his own mask to protect himself from Hobbes' pouncing.

[1] https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/10/23

[erikig]

Related: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/10/25

The outcome of Calvin's "experiment"

[tome]

That's cool. The comic was about one year after the newspaper, so perhaps it got into the public consciousness during that period!