Happy Earth Day!
I’m running this image just to tick off Alan Kistler.
He asked me for input on eco-aware comics characters. I mentioned Captain Planet. His response was… charged:
HE SUCKED!
He was not a character!
He was a literal Deus Ex Machina.
These kids have powers, and there are five of them, yet despite this, they eventually get too scared and figure screw it, we’ll call up the non-entity with the green mullet who will take care of it for us.
To see the list that he finally came up with, go to MTV’s Splash Page here.
And if you’d like to see more of Captain Planet, you can see episodes here.
For those who came in late: 
It’s true! Look at him! That photo just says, "Guilty! Take me away, ladies!"
Welcome to the second article in our series, where American animation and comics and fans of Japanese anime and manga can connect with each other through pairs of titles that share tone, themes or character types in common.
And to think it only took another thirty-one years.
Ohhh my.
Truth time, FOMAFers*, I found this webcomic a couple years late. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s still going… but I know out there in cyberspace, someone will snicker when they see this week’s choice. I can see them now, sipping a Brandy Alexander, puffing away on a grape cigarello. I can see them, and frankly, I hate them. Anyways, back to the topic at hand. On a recent tour of the internet (which seems to get bigger every day, I tell h’yew h’whut, I came across a comic that made me chuckle. I skimmed back across a few more strips, and more laughs fell from my mouth. Two hours later, I’d realized I forgot about addressing my save-the-dates with my fiance, and was promptly put in the dog house. Because I was in the dog house anyways, I cracked open a browser, and continued laughing until the wee hours of the morning. What made me laugh you ask? Why don’t I tell you… it’s the “
If you’ve ever ridden on a subway and looked outside, wondering just what was out there in the darkness, now there’s an answer. It’s a new graphic novel and a true story to boot! Plus Mike Gold bashes The Beatles and we build our comic book shopping list for the week,
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