Assholes of American History...

In Crazy News This Week...

Might as well start out the week with some extremely weird news:

[from icv2.com] (click for full story)
Archie Comics Files Suit Against Co-CEO
Archie Comics Publications has filed suit against Co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit accusing her of storming into a meeting and yelling “Penis, penis, penis, penis.” She supposedly repeated the “penis” outburst again, adding pertinently, “My balls hurt.”

...WTF?!?

Whatever Happened to Proofreading?

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled “Rich Whitey” on electronic-voting machines in 23 wards — “about half in predominantly African-American areas.” The error only occurs on screens voters would see when they are reviewing their choices (Whitney’s name appears correctly on the initial screens), but officials say the error cannot be corrected before election day.

Full story here.

Coprophagia Is Now Being Marketed Directly Toward Children...

Either the most fuctup - or the most brilliant - book EVER... Them ain't no choklit chips, brother...

Cannibal? Can YOU Ball?!?

Heard about a new recipe for Spelt Tagliatelle, included in the Australian Penguin Press cookbook The Pasta Bible, which includes sardines, prosciutto, salt and "freshly ground black people."

While I think that the new trend toward culinary experimentation are wonderful, this may be taking things a bit too far... do haveta appreciate the insistence on freshness, though, right?

Goddammit! Swearing Is Healthy As Shit! (...Fuck Yeah!)

The excellent boingboing.net reports this morning that a medical journal has released study results suggesting that swearing is actually a beneficial way to alleviate pain.

So there, you fuckers!

(The cool image is actually the costume design for Dr. Blasphemy, one of Rick Veitch's brilliant comics characters.)

pokey: feel the burn #5

The sun has made pokey delirious and his judgment suspect, no good can come of this...

pokey: feel the burn #4

Here, pokey gets a bit of sun poisoning, too much light can lead to unclear thinking.

pokey: feel the burn #3

pokey: feel the burn #2

pokey: feel the burn #1

So here is the start of a regular to semi-regular comic strip series. An introspective musing on the nature of free will in a deterministic universe, a modern Job with no job... Along with some speculative fiction that tries not to take itself too seriously...