Crazy Erect Mullet

Bizarro is brought to you today by the Anti-Mullet.

Here are three cartoons from the past week. In the first, we see a fine, patriotic American in a mullet. Hard as it is to believe, there are still people out there who wear their hair this way. That's fine, don't get me wrong, it's everyone's prerogative to wear their hair any way they like and far be it from me to ridicule someone for looking unconventional. But still, the mullet is a hideous hairstyle and inherently funny. To me, that is.

The next offering comes from my vast experience with therapists. They always give an emergency number you can call when they are out of town. I don't actually use therapists for emergency-style problems so it amuses me when they tell me that. But I understand people who do. If you're seriously suicidal or something, you'd hate to be on the railing of a bridge and find out the one person you trust to talk you down is on a beach in Barbados and can't come to the phone. Myself, I go when I'm having trouble making a life decision like breaking up with someone or changing jobs or something, so I can't see myself calling a surrogate and pleading for help. "Should I do it in a restaurant, or in her apartment? What if she starts breaking things?"

Lastly, we have an erectile dysfunction gag, which is always funny, as long as you aren't the Viagra taker. I have no erectile difficulties, so this is still funny to me. Or maybe I'm just pretending it's funny to me so nobody will know I have an erectile problem. Most of you will never know.

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
2 (-). Blackest Night
3 (-). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
4 (+3). Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
5 (-1). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3 *
6 (+3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
7 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
8 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
9 (-3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
10 (-5). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
11 (+1). Batwoman: Elegy
12 (-1). Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes
13 (+12). Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1 *
14 (+1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
15 (-2). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
16 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
17 (+3). Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2 *
18 (+14). Star Wars: Legacy Volume 9 - Monster *
19 (+20). Odd Is on Our Side *
20 (N). American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
21 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
22 (+4). Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns *
23 (+7). Blacksad
24 (+17). Absolute Planetary Book Two *
25 (-11). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
26 (+8). The Walking Dead Book 5
27 (-10). Irredeemable Vol 3
28 (-5). Kick-Ass
29 (+6). Absolute Planetary Book One
30 (+3). Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps *
31 (+9). Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
32 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
33 (N). The New American Splendor Anthology: From Off the Streets of Cleveland
34 (-18). Watchmen
35 (-6). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
36 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
37 (-13). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
38 (R). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
39 (-20). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
40 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
41 (-14). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
42 (+3). V for Vendetta
43 (-5). Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others
44 (-7). Prince Valiant: 1939-1940 (Vol. 2) *
45 (N). Best of American Splendor
46 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
47 (R). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill *
48 (R). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
49 (N). Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure!, Vol. 7
50 (-22). Wilson


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

* Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, which hits stores next Tuesday, stays entrenched at #1 this week, and climbs to #36 on the overall books chart.

* Blackest Night remains strong, with the released hardcovers filling in at #2-4 on the chart, and four more pre-order hardcovers falling in further down the list.

* Interest in Harvey Pekar is sparked by his passing, with three American Splendor collections pushing up on to the chart.

* The only non-Pekar debut this week is the latest Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure down near the bottom. It's also the only manga to chart this week.