Salam Pax reviews Persepolis. "It is too scary how much we have in common, Iraqis and Iranians I mean." His final thought it one I've had about a few comic books myself: "I had the urge to start translating it and throwing copies of it on the streets of Baghdad. Why can’t we learn from other people’s mistakes?"
Good coverage of comic book related magazines on Grotesque Anatomy. He hits all the points I would have tried to hit, and does it far more eloquently than I could have managed.
Bill Sherman defends Plastic Man #1. I didn't like it at all, but my husband seemed to enjoy it. Probably just a matter of tastes. I enjoy the original Plastic Man tales quite a bit, and agree with Bill's comment that Plastic Man and Woozy "clearly exist in a world all their own: surreally ultra-violent yet somehow simultaneously carefree, far removed from the deadly serious world of the orphan superheroes."
Fanboy Rampage directs us to this thread about the most recently aired Justice League episode, "Wild Card". Writer Dwayne McDuffie says that: I got five "I am not a racist but" and two "how dare you show that to children?" (an argument that also showed up in a couple of the "I am not a racist" e-mails). They were all carefully filed in my trash. If you haven't seen the episode in question yet, then don't highlight the spoilers: All because Hawkgirl and Green Lantern kissed. (end spoilers)
And one last thought about the whole ADD thing: you can disagree with me all you want. I'm often wrong, and I'm not too proud to admit it. But ADD went over the line into insults, and I'm not going to take that crap. Disagree, fine. Imply that I'm an idiot for not espousing your viewpoint, good-bye.
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