Worst. Comic. Evah?
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!
I've just finished "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!" Paul Karasik's anthology of comics by Fletcher Hanks.
Fletcher Hanks is a mysterious and obscure figure in comics history, the creator of WWII-era strips like "Stardust the Super Wizard" and "Fantomah: Mystery Woman of the Jungle." These strips were beyond terrible, filled with a kind of idiotic energy. Each panel tops the previous panel for freakish goofiness, each strip surpasses the previous strip for mind-croggling ham-fistedness.
Hanks's characters have seemingly unlimited powers (and extremely quirky anatomy), and yet they always seem to turn up after some racial bad guy (these heroes fight Kurds, "slant eyes" and shylock-looking Jews, among others) kills thousands of people. Then they tear them apart limb from limb in bloody revenge.
The link has the description of the plot of one of the comics - it's mind-bogglingly bad. Also, four panels to look at....
("mind-bogglingly" - is that a word? that one can say out loud?)
An aardvaark bit MY brother.
When I watched that 'Pop Goes the Weasel" video, I momentarily thought, 'Why are there all those ferrets in the video? Were ferrets even popular as pets then?" And then I realized they were weasels!
I love that video. I also especially love it when anti-crossover songs become huge hits.
Worst. Comic. Evah?
Okay, seriously? That was bad. Worse than bad. I'd rather be forced to only read Archie & Jughead all my life than read another panel of that.
An aardvaark bit MY brother.
Considering the descriptions of your brother, I actually believe that.
I love that video.
I know, right? Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel. Pop goes the weasel and the weasel goes pop!
It really is just disgustingly hot outside. I had to take D in for a doctor's appointment that ended up being useless but comforting (we thought his umbilical stump was going to need cauterization, but when the doc looked at it she said "Oh that's just a bit of dried blood" and wiped it off with an alcohol swab), and I have never in my life wanted a car so badly as when we stepped outside and realized it was another 8 blocks back to the subway.
We don't have A/C at home, but we've got all the ceiling fans and extra fans running at full blast so it's at least tolerable. D is happily napping in front of a fan wearing nothing but a diaper. I should try napping too but I think it's too hot for anyone over the age of 2 weeks to sleep. (2 whole WEEKS he's been here already! Woah!)
Happy birthday JZ!
Considering the descriptions of your brother, I actually believe that.
It's TRUE!
And yeah, it didn't surprise me.
