This one may be a little less than timely, but I wanted some time to really think about this before writing it. My mind, as it is wont to do, recently drew a connection between what to some might seem to be disparate and unrelated events: Mitt Romney’s “freedom requires religion” speech, and an attack on some Jewish youngsters by some putative Christians. Read the rest of this entry →

On Monday, former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison for running an illegal dogfighting ring. Hours later, the owner of the Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Blank, along with commentators on ESPN, were already talking about Vick deserving a second chance.

The man was just convicted! Maybe we could, y’know, let him pay the piper for blowing his first chance before we talk about whether he deserves a second one?

OK, let me get this straight: current intelligence suggests Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program, but this doesn’t contradict Bush’s dire warnings about the danger posed by Iran because it proves they could do it if they wanted to.

Good Christ, here we go again. Read the rest of this entry →

The Rome News-Tribune in Rome, GA, has posted an editorial mocking Floyd County D.A. Leigh Patterson and State Prosecutor John Tully, for continuing their obscene prosecution of comics retailer Gordon Lee.

Lee is being prosecuted for accidentally distributing to a minor a comic-book containing coarse language and a depiction of the artist Picasso in the nude. And yet, there is this statue sitting right in front of City Hall in Rome: Read the rest of this entry →

The latest news about the WGA writers’ strike is that formal talks with the producers are to resume on Nov. 26th. I thought I’d take this opportunity, however, not to provide the latest updates, but instead a little historical context. Read the rest of this entry →

Update: an eagle-eyed reader, Jerry Chandler, pointed out that it was Rudy Guiliani who received an endorsement from the Rev. Pat Robertson, not John McCain. I have edited this entry accordingly. 

Rudy Giuliani decided to cast aside his moderate street creds and accept an endorsement from the Rev. Pat Robertson, while McCain was busy brown-nosing Sam Brownback. Both Robertson and Brownback represent a Christian evangelical movement that promotes bigotry and immorality. Read the rest of this entry →

Jerry Chandler, Sean Scullion, and Micha Roded have been kind enough to critique the script for The Victory Streak #1, and in so doing have helped me get past the creative logjam that was getting in the way of finishing the story. Read the rest of this entry →

Okay, folks, I gotta tell you – I’m siding with U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho. His only crime, if he even committed one, was to break the law. I don’t believe we should be criminalizing criminal behavior.

I mean, good Lord, no one who goes into an airport bathroom looking to pay for gay sex expects the bloody Spanish Inquisition, now, do they?

I’ve obtained a photo of the real Jerry Chandler from his lovely wife, Jennifer: Read the rest of this entry →

I recently was inspired to make a big push to get my comic back on track. For the better part of two weeks I cast everything else aside, hunkered down and plowed ahead. Unfortunately, during that time I neglected everything else: my day job, the housecleaning, everything. I’ve been spending the last month trying to recover. Worse still, I’m not that much further ahead on my comic.

I clearly need a new plan, one that is sustainable and avoids repeating my past mistakes. I’ll be posting about that in a bit. But right now I’m extremely fatigued from three weeks of sacrificing sleep to the overtime monster. I’m going to bed.