T'was a Cold, Cold War

Current t-shirt: Intfiniit, (a little winged guy in big, big tennis shoes). It's an art site that's submission only, but anyone can come and vote on what art they like. (Has a lot of comics!) http://www.infiniit.net/

Current Music: Silence, oddly enough.

Two great little graphic novels are coming out in September:

Laika
by Nick Abadzis (First Second)

Reagan
by Andrew Helfer (Hill & Wang)

Laika is the story of the sad, sweet little dog the Russians threw into space to make Khruschev happy. Not a whole lot was learned from Laika, and she's somehow a stand-in for all those shipped off to the gulag. Another soul lost to a five-year plan.

Reagan is the story of the Gipper. A lot of kids are going to learn about our fortieth president from a comic book. Somehow it's really appropriate.

Nostalgia for the 20th century? Golly, but yes. It was a safer time. I think, for all of us. At least it felt safer. No, actually it didn't. But it felt like people cared that there was danger. Doesn't feel like danger really impresses people anymore. Something got lost, that idea that people are precious. I'm just old enough to remember it.

Helps that I can remember back to when I was two.


Love and a little sugar,
The Red Pooka!