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It Means "Before Christ," By the Way
Johnny Hart, prophet of Caveman Jesus, dies at the drawing table.
Later note: I should mention that, as I was reminded of by mikester's posting, back in the early days B.C. was sharp and funny as hell, with plenty of clever sight gags, puns, satires, and more. What is it about Christianity that makes people think they need to entirely retract their claws? -
The End of Civilization: 1976
I continue to review some favorite items from my comic collection before putting it all on eBay...
(Note: As for the subject line... I'm ripping off the illustrious mikester's title for his periodic assessments of the Diamond Previews catalog of comic and scifi-related merchandise. You should read all of Mike's entries on the subject, which continue to ( Read more... ) -
Comic Collection
I'm reviewing my childhood comic book collection for listing on eBay. The time has come to make some space in the basement and try to recoup all that newspaper route and fast food job money. Don't get your hopes up. It's largely crap, and I'm selling it mostly by lot. I'll let y'all know when I list them ( Read more... ) -
Another Recovered Memory
Pointed out at the Comics Should Be Good web site.
Uh, I've seen the Joker survive falling off cliffs. I think he can shake off a little fender bender.
Interesting. That sounds Robin sounds like Burt Ward, but I don't think that's Adam West ( Read more... ) -
Bringing Home the Geek
If you're a healthy adult male flying beside a blonde goddess on the cusp of 18, with the ability to rend planets and a body of steel... you're going to think about that, dude. Hands off, but Jesus, relax.I think some comic fans protest too much. Now if he was hanging with the Power Pack girls, fine, but then that would be called a "cross-over ( Read more... ) -
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Chris Ware animation for the This American Life Showtime series.
Sometimes it feels like everyone on TAL carefully constructed the life events described in their stories as they happened (whether they happened last week or in first grade), because in the back of their minds they knew they'd end up on an NPR news magazine with a "quirky" "funky" " ( Read more... )
