New Library Comics: Month of October 2008

It's been a very quiet past few weeks on the new library comics front; but here's what we've received:


Cult fiction. / Southbank Centre, UK : Hayward Publishing ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2007.

Forecast / New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2008.

History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels. / Univ Pr of Mississippi 2008.

Juxtapoz. Illustration. / Corte Madera, Calif. : Gingko ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2008.

KRAZY! : the delirious world of anime + comics + video games + art / Vancouver, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre ; Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Art Gallery, c2008.

Pekar, Harvey. Harvey Pekar : conversations / Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.

Pilcher, Tim. Erotic comics : a graphic history / Lewes : Ilex, 2008.

Pilcher, Tim. Erotic comics : a graphic history from Tijuana bibles to underground comix / New York : Abrams, 2008.

Yars' revenge / Sunnyvale, CA : Atari, c1981.


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Running With Mates

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This has possibly been the most humorous presidential campaign in American history. Maybe the Franklin Peirce and Winfield Scott battle of 1852 was a real laugh riot, but as far back as I can remember (which was JFK vs Nixon, but I was too young to understand the jokes), this was by far the funniest.

Although John McCain is clearly smarter than W (I know, that isn't saying much), his gaffs have been stellar. Addressing a crowd of supporters as "my fellow prisoners," is undoubtedly one of the funniest Freudian slips a politician has ever made.



But the real comedy has come in the form of Sarah Palin, of course. You could not have scripted a more comical, less appropriate running mate if you tried. (Of course, the last time I said that was in 2000, when the GOP nominated W. and look how unfunny that turned out.) The most deft Hollywood screenwriter could not have gotten away with a character like her in a movie without offending audiences with the slapstick preposterousness of it. Thank god for Sarah Palin and thank another god for John McCain's poor campaign staff for choosing a publicity stunt over a qualified candidate. Not only did it nail the GOP coffin shut, it provided us with months of quality political satire. Much of it coming from Palin herself.

I pray she runs for president in 2012.

History Hits Us Between The Eyes

Today's the day, boys and girls and undecideds. Even if you're in a state with it's head screwed on straight and O is a shoo-in, get out there and pull the switch. Make me proud.

(To head off any confusion, the person at right is me, not McCain. I'm not actually on the ballot this year.)