Standing Tall

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As I've mentioned on this here ding dang blog thang before, I'm putting together a book of super hero cartoons. This is the latest addition to the project, hope you get a smile out of it.

I did another "standing erect" cartoon about cavemen some years ago that, although it is not obscene by any means, is too "adult" to run in the nation's funny papers. It's not a hysterical classic by any means, but I like it and offer it here for your discerning eyes.

Until tomorrow: Stand tall, friends.

New Library Comics: March 2009

Here's a list of the titles we added to the library's comics collection last month:


Aesfi, Christo. The adventures of Charlz from Marz / Hermosa Beach, [Calif.] : Dreamland, 2008-

Apple : a place for people who love entertainment : creative illustration collection. vol. 2 / Richmond Hill, Ont. : Udon Entertainment, 2008-

Aranzi Aronzo Inc. The complete Aranzi hour / [New York : Vertical Inc., c2008]

Bajram, Denis. Universal War One vol. 1 / New York : Marvel, 2008-

Bechdel, Alison, 1960- Fun home : a family tragicomic / Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

Blanchet, Pascal, 1980- White Rapids / Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2007.

Breeden, Jennie. The devil's panties vol. 3 / [Fairfax, Va.] : Silent Devil Inc., 2007-

A comics studies reader / Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.

Cthulhu tales : the whisper of madness. / Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Studios, c2008.

Eastman, Kevin B. Underwhere / Northampton, MA : KESI Entertainment, c1995.

Ellsworth, Theo. Capacity / Jackson Heights, NY : Secret Acres, 2008.

Gaskin, Samuel C. Fatal faux-pas / Jackson Heights, NY : Secret Acres, c2008.

Geissman, Grant. Foul play! : the art and artists of the notorious 1950s E.C. comics! / New York : Harper Design, 2005

Gould, Chester. The complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy vol. 6 : 1939-1940 / SanDiego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2006-

Hommer, Sascha. Insekt / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2008.

Hubert, 1971- Miss don't touch me / New York : Comics Lit, 2009.

I saw you : comics inspired by real life missed connections / New York : Three Rivers Press, 2009.

Immonen, Kathryn. Never as bad as you think* / [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Boom Studios, 2008.

Kariya, Tetsu, 1941- Oishinbo, a la carte / San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2009.

Kochalka, James. Johnny Boo : Twinkle Power / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, 2008.

Kôsen. Saihôshi / [Las Vegas, Nev.] : Yaoi Press, c2007.

Kôsen. Stallion / [Las Vegas, Nev.] : Yaoi Press, c2006.

Kovac, Tommy. Skelebunnies : [complete collection] / San Jose, Calif. : SLG, 2009.

Kreitz, Isabel. Die Sache mit Sorge : Stalins Spion in Tokio / Hamburg : Carlsen, 2008.

Lay, Carol. The big skinny : how I changed my fattitude : a memoir / New York : Villard, c2008.

Little, Troy, 1973- Angora Napkin / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2009.

Mallratte, Fiona. Tranny : boys will be girls / Portland, OR : Manx Media, 2008.

Manhwa 100 : the new era for Korean comics / Seoul, Korea : C&C Revolution, Inc. ; Glendale, CA : Distributed by Netcomics, c2008.

Marvel Europe. / New York : Marvel Enterprises, 2009.

Mawil. Das grosse Supa-Hasi : Sonntag-Nachmittags-Album für die ganze Familie / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2005.

Mawil. Meister Lampe / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2006.

McCay, Winsor. The complete Dream of the rarebit fiend (1904-1913) by Winsor McCay 'Silas' / [S.l.] : rarebit-fiend-book.com, 2007.

McGregor, Don. Sabre / Dallas, Ga. : Image Comics, c1998.

McKeever, Ted. Eddy Current / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2008.

McNamara, Jason. First moon / San Francisco, CA : AiT/Planet Lar, c2006.

Messner-Loebs, William. Journey : the adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire vol. 2 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2008-2009.

Miller, Frank, 1957- Daredevil : born again / New York : Marvel Publishing, 2009.

Moore, Alan, 1953- Saga of the Swamp Thing vol. 1 / New York : DC Comics, 2009-

Morales, Robert. Captain America : truth / New York : Marvel Publishing Inc, 2009.

Neal, Nate. The sanctuary nos. 1-3 / Grand Rapids, Mich. : OM Comics, c2006-

Nemoto, Takashi, 1958- Monster men Bureiko lullaby / Brooklyn, NY : Picture Box Inc., [2008?].

Nowlan, Philip Francis. Buck Rogers in the 25th century : the complete newspaper dailies vol. 1 : 1929-1930 / Neshannock, Pa. : Hermes Press, c2008-

Ōba, Tsugumi. Death note vol. 1 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2008.

Obomsawin, Diane. Kaspar / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly, 2009.

Oscar Wilde / Mount Horeb : Eureka Productions, 2009

Pekar, Harvey. Another dollar / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2009.

Poe, Marshall. A house divided / New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2009.

Prizewinning political cartoons / Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub., 2008.

Rosson, Keith. The best of intentions : the Avow anthology / Elkford, BC : Fork In The Road Press, c2003.

Sequential art anthology 2008. / Savannah, GA : Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008.

Seyfried, Gerhard, 1948- Die Werke. Alle! : sämtliche Cartoons, Illustrationen, Poster und Gemälde sowie Skizzen und Entwürfe / Frankfurt am Main [Germany] : Zweitausendeins ; Affoltern [Switzerland] : Buch 2000, 2008.

Shadmi, Koren. In the flesh / New York : Villard, c2009.

Talbot, Bryan. The adventures of Luther Arkwright / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse, 2007.

Tan, Shaun. Tales from outer suburbia / New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.

Tanaka, Masashi, 1962- Gon vol. 7 / La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, c2007-

Teenagers from the future : essays on the legion of super-heroes / Edwardsville, Ill. : Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, 2008.

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Black Jack vol. 3 / New York : Vertical, c2008-

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- Pluto : Urasawa x Tezuka vol. 1 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, c2008-

Urosawa, Naoki, 1960- 20th century boys vol. 1 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2009-

Van Lente, Fred. Comic book comics no. 3 / Brooklyn, N.Y. : Evil Twin Comics, 2008-

Vankin, Jonathan, 1962- Tokyo days, Bangkok nights / New York : Vertigo, c2009.

Ward, Bill, 1919-1928. Torchy, the blonde bombshell / New York : Pure Imagination Publishing, 2008.

Watson, Esther. Unlovable / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009-

Yaoi : anthology of boys love stories vols. 1-2 / [Las Vegas, Nev.] : Yaoi Press, 2007-



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Apptitude for Driving

Bizarro is brought to you today by Future Serial Killers.

One of my business partners and closest friends habitually texts while he drives. He sends long paragraphs of information – some of it business related, some of it random musings – disjointed, short, sentences full of misspellings, all sorts of things. I have admonished him on numerous occasions and even refused to answer his texts when I know he is driving, but the habit is one he cannot seem to break.

I have tried to mentally prepare myself for the call I know will eventually come… "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, Dan, but Buzz has had an accident." (No, his name isn't really "Buzz," but I call him that to tease him about his other strange [but less dangerous] habit of shaving his entire body daily. At least he doesn't do it while he drives. That I know of.)

Buzz is also hooked on iPhone apps, so this joke is entirely aimed at him. The only thing I didn't do was make the character resemble him. Buzz is so disturbing looking that it would have distracted from the joke and confused readers. Meet Buzz (unshaven).

So please – if you're a good person who contributes positively to the world, don't text and drive. The rest of you can do what you want, but please keep your car off my balcony.

The Cost of Peace of Mind

Bizarro is brought to you today by The Beauty of Art.

Here's a fun little scribble that makes light of the multi-billion-dollar crime syndicate commonly called the "insurance industry".

I hate the insurance industry, especially in the field of health. Don't tell my parents, but I haven't had health insurance for almost 10 years. I know it's a risk, but every month that goes by that I don't need it makes me feel like I've robbed those bastards of a little more unearned profit. In the past 10 years, I've spent maybe five thousand dollars on health care. If I'd had insurance, I'd have racked up that total every few months and gotten nothing for it since none of those charges would have eclipsed the deductible. It's the curse of the self employed.

I'm hoping O actually gets his universal health care off the ground this year so I can get covered at a reasonable rate. Nothing fancy, just basic coverage in case my parachute doesn't open and I live to tell the tale.

NOTE: Please don't bother telling me how dangerous it is not to have health insurance, I know, I know. And don't bother telling me how inefficient government health care can be. I know that, too. Fact is, we have the most expensive health care system in the world by far and it is nowhere near the best. Don't believe the horror stories the meat puppets on FoxNews tell you about government health care. As usual, they are duping you and protecting the billionaire fatcats.

Modern Fortress

(For a more Big-n-Clear™ view, click that 'toon!)

This episode of Bizarro is brought to you by Corpse-Eating Zombies.

I got a couple of emails from readers who didn't understand this cartoon when it appeared in the papers last week. The rule of thumb is that for every letter you get, there are thousands more who agree but didn't bother to write.

Before you read further, I'd be interested to know how many blog readers were or are puzzled by this gag. I'm going to explain it in the following paragraphs, but I'm just curious how many needed this explanation. Your answer will help me to better serve the public.

One of the problems of writing humor for public consumption is that you don't always know how many will understand your joke. I arrived at this idea through a series of thoughts that eventually led here, so it seems obvious to me, but I can't objectively be certain how a person might perceive it at first glance who has not gone through the same steps as I did.

The steps:
A velvet rope is a barrier. (Albeit an incredibly impotent one)
A barrier is like a wall.
People attacking walls sometimes use a catapult.
What kind of catapult would be appropriate for a velvet wall?

I know it's a stretch, but I found it amusing when I got there and hope others did too.

Thanks for your help and thanks for visiting my blog. You are the twinkle in the eye of the leprechaun of my heart.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from your friends at Yet Another Comics Blog!

(Cover by Mau Heymans from Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends #338.)

Amazing Technology

Thanks to regular blog reader and NYC friend, Jezzka, for this notice.