Notes of a Defeatist

“I wish the entertainers of our time had the spine and the focus of the ones who faced down Hitler,” Miller said. “I just think it’s silly to have Batman out chasing the Riddler when you’ve got al Qaeda out there.”

Holy Terror, Batman , what Frank Miller hopes to be a Batman-versus-al Qaeda throw back [...]

This site has been nominated again for MKEonline’s Blog of the Week. So, please go vote. Many, many times.  Give a defeatist a reason to be hopeful…

Calling all Daniel Clowes fans! The trailer is up.

And, Los Angeles City Beat interviews Clowes.

“I like characters that are angry. I like people that are angry. I’m always interested in and can befriend people that are extremely angry – whereas most people are repelled by that person, I find it somewhat endearing. And so I [...]

Any idea which movies these posters are for? For the answer to that and [...]

Vice President Dick Cheney shot a 78 year-old man while quail hunting. Wonder if this guy was in the intelligence community?

John’s post at Blogenlust must not be missed, he’s even got “a picture worth a thousand Freudian slips”.

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Here’s a cool and kinda eerie thing discovered while browsing Zulkey.com: Google “YOUR NAME was killed by” with the quotations and see what you come up with.

Here are mine.

Tim was killed by the Undead, but brought back to life by their leader, the Graverobber, as could be seen in X-Men 2099 #26-29

Tim was killed by [...]

“I know people think I did this for Al, but you have to understand I was making changes before I met Al. I went from, let’s see, 300 to 150 pounds. It was the first 110 that changed me, that I was most proud of,” Jones Reynolds said by phone recently. “I could breathe, I [...]

Find yourself longing for more pictures in books? Tired of all those damn words? Call ‘em comics, graphic novels, or a state arrested development here’s a serious list of essential reading material. Every title on this list bubbles with love for the comic medium.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner there may be many of you out there with some performance anxieties. Have no fear, just Ask a Ninja.