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“And did the Countenance Divine,Shine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded here,Among these dark Satanic Mills?” -William Blake, Milton, Preface “We have such sights to show you.”-The High Priest, Hellraiser (1987) I spent several months brainstorming for an … Continue reading →

Comfortable, class-privileged people have a lot of funny ideas about violence. First among these, popular with “peace activists,” is the idea that an industrial state can exist without the violence of war—war between nations, war against the living planet, war … Continue reading →

“Any act of violence is shocking to the uninitiated.”-Rory Miller, Force Decisions: A Citizen’s Guide “Prisons are built with the stones of law…”-William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Few things are sweeter to me than a well-timed joke. … Continue reading →

Now that Trumplestiltskin is being arraigned over paying hush money to a porn star, we finally have the opportunity for giggles at his expense. It’s a helluva way for an openly fascist wannabe dictator to take a political dive, but … Continue reading →

“Liar—saying it’ll be alright;you could ask the prairie dog ghostshaunting turnpikes”-Baytime Vader, Mad Science “You want to save the world… but you don’t want it to change.”-Ultron, Avengers: Age of Ultron Democracy is a load of horseshit. There, I said … Continue reading →

“Are we who live in the present doomed never to experience autonomy, never to stand for one moment on a bit of land ruled only by freedom?”-Hakim Bey, The Temporary Autonomous Zone “It’s been awhile since I gave a gadget … Continue reading →

“Tried to go mono, and he got crushed—now the ship is lookin’ like sorority rush week”-Baytime Vader – Ain’t Wayne Brady Recently someone on my zuckerbook feed posted a link to an article in Vogue magazine about the growing popularity … Continue reading →

In honor of Black History Month, I dedicate this piece to Marvin, Dre, Innalect, my grandma Mary (R.I.P.), my pops, my long-lost sister, and all my Allendale neighbors. Prior to the Covid Apocalypse, I spent six years paying my bills … Continue reading →

I’m blessed to live in a region with a number of impressive libraries. I’ve been an enthusiastic reader since I was a boy in the ‘80s, a time when it was relatively rare to find collections of comics in a … Continue reading →

Recently, several unrelated events led me to dive into many hours of comics-reading within the space of a few weeks: The discovery, while helping to clean out the apartment of a friend’s deceased relative, of a huge pile of early … Continue reading →