Today is the day of good media.
First of all, Hunter S Thompson reports on the election:
Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him?
If Nixon were running for president today, he would be seen as a "liberal" candidate, and he would probably win. He was a crook and a bungler, but what the hell? Nixon was a barrel of laughs compared to this gang of thugs from the Halliburton petroleum organization who are running the White House today -- and who will be running it this time next year, if we (the once-proud, once-loved and widely respected "American people") don't rise up like wounded warriors and whack those lying petroleum pimps out of the White House on November 2nd.
Nixon hated running for president during football season, but he did it anyway. Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him.
You bet. Richard Nixon would be my Man. He was a crook and a creep and a gin-sot, but on some nights, when he would get hammered and wander around in the streets, he was fun to hang out with. He would wear a silk sweat suit and pull a stocking down over his face so nobody could recognize him. Then we would get in a cab and cruise down to the Watergate Hotel, just for laughs.
Jeffrey Brown's superhero epic, Bighead came out. Glancing at the inside, it's typical Brownian genius - it looks like a kid drew it, it's amateurish as all hell, but he's in complete control the whole time.
Also from Top Shelf, Tom Hart's scathing Hutch Owen is collected, but I am pretty sure I ordered that from Diamond's STAR system. There's another collection due out in November - Hutch Owen: Unmarketable. You know how Mallard Fillmore (and oftentimes Tom Tomorrow) fails to be anything but strident and unfunny? This is the complete opposite. Hate how Bush and Pals let corporations run rampant? Hutch is your man.
Of supreme interest is the second volume of Jimmy Olsen Adventures by Jack Kirby. My favorite run on a comic ever is now completely collected. If you don't have Volume One, pick them both up. You'll see so many insane ideas that were at least 20 years ahead of their time and Jack was, as always, unbeatable.
I've read the lastest issue of Identity Crisis. Wow. If someone could tell me what was up with Firestorm and his identity for this issue, I'd appreciate it. (See, I'm being vague, but if that is Ronnie, somebody needs to give me an explanation.)
First of all, Hunter S Thompson reports on the election:
Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him?
If Nixon were running for president today, he would be seen as a "liberal" candidate, and he would probably win. He was a crook and a bungler, but what the hell? Nixon was a barrel of laughs compared to this gang of thugs from the Halliburton petroleum organization who are running the White House today -- and who will be running it this time next year, if we (the once-proud, once-loved and widely respected "American people") don't rise up like wounded warriors and whack those lying petroleum pimps out of the White House on November 2nd.
Nixon hated running for president during football season, but he did it anyway. Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him.
You bet. Richard Nixon would be my Man. He was a crook and a creep and a gin-sot, but on some nights, when he would get hammered and wander around in the streets, he was fun to hang out with. He would wear a silk sweat suit and pull a stocking down over his face so nobody could recognize him. Then we would get in a cab and cruise down to the Watergate Hotel, just for laughs.
Jeffrey Brown's superhero epic, Bighead came out. Glancing at the inside, it's typical Brownian genius - it looks like a kid drew it, it's amateurish as all hell, but he's in complete control the whole time.
Also from Top Shelf, Tom Hart's scathing Hutch Owen is collected, but I am pretty sure I ordered that from Diamond's STAR system. There's another collection due out in November - Hutch Owen: Unmarketable. You know how Mallard Fillmore (and oftentimes Tom Tomorrow) fails to be anything but strident and unfunny? This is the complete opposite. Hate how Bush and Pals let corporations run rampant? Hutch is your man.
Of supreme interest is the second volume of Jimmy Olsen Adventures by Jack Kirby. My favorite run on a comic ever is now completely collected. If you don't have Volume One, pick them both up. You'll see so many insane ideas that were at least 20 years ahead of their time and Jack was, as always, unbeatable.
I've read the lastest issue of Identity Crisis. Wow. If someone could tell me what was up with Firestorm and his identity for this issue, I'd appreciate it. (See, I'm being vague, but if that is Ronnie, somebody needs to give me an explanation.)
