[politicomics] "Righting wrongs and being righteous in your life"

Jul 05, 2007 10:43

One of the few unmitigatedly good things about yesterday (the 4th) is that it's Steve Rogers's birthday. And I was going to write up my thoughts about just how awesome he is as a character—I know, from the outside, he can seem terribly corny (Ny, I think you once described him & Barry Allen as being "not part of your America"? I was going to address that, too.) But then David Brothers over at 4thLetter did it much better than I could have. My subject line is a quotation from his essay.

So if you don't know what I'm on about with all this Captain America stuff, go and read it. Or even if you *do*, go and read it. I don't know about you, but I'm in this crazy gig for the heroes.

Bonus game, inspired by Jube: Steve Rogers is so poor that... Complete the sentence with canon evidence! Win fabulous invisible prizes! Go!

comics, captain america

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