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Archie marries Veronica!

Could this be it for the famous Riverdale love triangle?
It's a 6-part series, so I suspect a few surprises are in store!

I read a lot of Archie comics as a child. My favourites were the ones from the 50s and 60s. I loved Betty & Veronica's dresses!

Posted in: comics on May 28, 2009 6 comments

Parenthood fun to look forward to...

Posted in: comics, kids on February 09, 2007 8 comments

Even Santa needs to read the fine print

Posted in: comics, holidays on December 05, 2006 0 comments

Thoughts for a Monday morning

Posted in: comics on November 27, 2006 0 comments

Odie triumphs!

Posted in: comics on November 20, 2006 0 comments

The politics of marketing (or the marketing of politics)

Technorati tags: marketing, politics, comics, Fox Trot

Posted in: comics, funny, politics on November 14, 2006 1 comments

How to mess with your kid's mind...

Busy week at work. No time for anything but a comic!

Posted in: comics, kids on September 19, 2006 2 comments

The downside of technology

Posted in: comics, technology on August 17, 2006 0 comments

Bug season

Posted in: comics on August 04, 2006 1 comments

On popular culture...

Posted in: comics, fashion and beauty on July 26, 2006 0 comments

A reminder to (try to) stop complaining and enjoy life:

Posted in: comics on June 12, 2006 0 comments

Spying affects everyone

Technorati tags: ethics, Fox Trot, NSA, spying, USA, surveillance, privacy

Posted in: comics, law, politics on June 01, 2006 0 comments

How I feel about exercise...

Posted in: comics, health on May 29, 2006 0 comments

Morning funnies

*gasp* Gay men can climb?!

Watch this video clip; it's hilarious (and only 15 seconds)! (via TaylorOwen.com)

Link (in case the player doesn't work for you)

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Oh, for the love of technology!!
I think almost everyone can relate to this:

"Ok, so maybe it's my own fault machines hate me. I just attacked my laptop with a ruler, Trying to force the DVD out. No luck, the disc was stuck like a thumb in a coke bottle. But with the help of the ruler, a small screw fell out. I have no idea where it came from, might have been my own head. Now, the computer works better than ever. It ejected the disc and I have no trouble with it. Lesson learned: When stuck, try violence."

(via Letters to Marc Jacobs)

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Technorati tags: gay, Everest, technology, Kyoto, global warming, climate change, Bush

Posted in: comics, videos on May 24, 2006 0 comments

Routines

(click to enlarge)

Posted in: comics, household on May 23, 2006 0 comments

Everyone needs a laugh on Friday

*Updated (scroll down)

Air Canada's map of Canada
(originally on The Newfoundland Experiment, but I read about it on Feltham Rambles)

The pretty weapon every girl wants: shoes with a built-in stun gun (via Shiny Shiny)

'Sir Paul' & the seal hunt:

Grrrl Meets World wants you to caption this picture:

The American Answer (via insanitycase)

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?

A: It was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping thirty tons of nerve gas on it.

Other interesting news:

They're making a Fraggle Rock movie!
The unaltered Star Wars Trilogy is coming to DVD in September
Having a wife is 'better than a dog, but a terrible loss of time'

And in weird, disturbing, sick news: PETA has officially gone insane.

They've released a comic for kids, to scare them into thinking their parents are murderers. Teaching kids to care about animals is all well and good, but this crosses the line. The artwork is disturbing, and I think it would give kids nightmares!

It's called:

Your Daddy KILLS Animals!

Ask your Daddy why he's hooked on killing!

The end of the comic warns children:

"Until your daddy learns it's not fun to kill, keep your doggies and kitties away from him. He's so hooked on killing defenseless animals, they could be next."

* Update: Tony commented that there's another PETA comic. Not to be accused of unfairly discriminating against men, PETA has also published a comic warning children:

Your Mommy KILLS Animals!

Ask your Mommy how many animals she killed to make her fur coat?

To me, one of the most disturbing things about these comics is the language. By using the words "Mommy" and "Daddy", it's clear that PETA is marketing them to very young children.

We live in a violent enough society as it is. Kids should feel safe and secure in their homes, but these comics teach young children to think of their parents as cold blooded killers. That's gotta do damage to a kid's psyche.

Here's a video of a PETA spokesman trying (badly) to defend the ad campaign.

Technorati tags: Air Canada, Newfoundland, stun gun, high heels, Paul McCartney, seal hunt, Apple, Bush, USA, Fraggle Rock, Star Wars, Darwin, PETA, children

Posted in: comics, fashion and beauty, kids, politics, seal hunt on May 12, 2006 6 comments

Quirk of the law

Ha ha ha... something they didn't teach us in law school. Well, not formally anyways... ;)

Courtesy of Space Monkey Pants. Read more comics on Wondermark.

Technorati tags: law, justice, Batman