Tuesday, December 03, 2013

AROUND THE HORN.

Some neat stuff on the web:

Old-timers, remember Sasha Castel? She used to be a pain in the ass. Well, she's still alive, in Australia no less, and has become funny and charming on her Self-Pollution site, talking about food, opera, and whatnot. See, there's hope for us all.

Our old friend John Williams has decided to stop laboriously pen-cil-ling and ink-ing funnies like a fucking monk, and now just zips them right the fuck out in ballpoint on his Spiral Notebook Comics blog. It's SO FREEING.

Kathleen Geier is a great writer for the Washington Monthly and others, and has decided to do Late Shows for The Real People at her own blog called Inequality Matters. She ain't wrong.
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11 comments:

  1. AGoodQuestion1:19 AM

    Gotta say, John Williams draws a mean John Spencer.

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  2. scarf-ace2:03 AM

    "See, there's hope for us all".

    Aww, you're just saying that. *blush*

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  3. hellslittlestangel2:14 AM

    Thx for the links. Kathleen Geier is my favorite Kilgore-substitute.

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  4. Derelict6:09 AM

    I guess in order to become a human, Sasha had to move to a country with a society where individuals actually care about the commonweal. The horror of living someplace with working gun-control laws, a fully functioning social safety net, and single-payer healthcare have shocked her to humanity.

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  5. John E Williams7:36 AM

    That was my favorite part of the comic. Thanks!!

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  6. John E Williams7:37 AM

    Roy is too kind. I will put away the compromising photos... for NOW.

    Thanks for the plug, boss. Hope people enjoy my scribblins.

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  7. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©7:56 AM

    So THAT's where you disappeared to!
    ~

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  8. John E Williams8:51 AM

    Oh I'm always here. Watching... waiting...

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  9. MaryRC5:29 PM

    Well, Sasha links approvingly to Tim "Global warming? What global warming? Why, it's only 100 degrees in Sydney today!" Blair. So I'm not too hopeful yet.

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  10. Halloween_Jack10:13 AM

    Nice 'toons!

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  11. Sasha3:54 AM

    He said that I was a pain in the ass, not that I was inhuman. I was human then and still am, rumors to the contrary notwithstanding.


    And by the way, health-care here is NOT single-payer. You are permitted and encouraged to purchase private health coverage in addition to your government Medicare, and you receive a tax rebate if you do.

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