Last week Paramount released an image of Scarlett Johansson as Major Motoko Kusanagi, the hero of Ghost in the Shell, the popular manga series and groundbreaking anime the mid-90s. It did not go over well. I wish I could say[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is about as autobio as this strip gets (so far, anyway.) I go through most of my waking day with this thought in the back of my head, that there is no God and the universe is a big,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s strip stars an old friend of mine, Barry Deutsch. We often have conversations like this, where we try to figure out how much we should expect American society to support the people who comprise it. The Democratic side[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s strip ran late. Sorry. This time the problem wasn’t a lack of time to do a strip, but how much time it took to draw this one. Lots of action and poses and details. As for the theme, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gaffes are an inevitable part of the long campaign season for the presidency, a problem made worse when they became more expensive, requiring an extra year just to raise money. Throw in more debates, and candidates, brain weary and tongue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not a day goes by in Portland when I don’t hear someone (probably me) complaining about the rising cost of housing in Portland. The city is growing, and new home construction cannot keep apace with the influx of new residents,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have developed social anxiety about my passion for music over the years. These categories of bad habits are too true. I have committed these crimes against humanity. I am truly repentant. Why is this one in black and white[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I still don’t know what to make of the Trump candidacy — which puts me in the same position as anyone else observing the primary process, including the Republican party itself. Like many a leftoid I see the fascistic attributes — the similarities to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Am I supposed to mourn a hateful man when he dies? Certainly Antonin Scalia could be much worse (consider Osama bin Laden or Ronald Reagan), but the negative impact he had on the lives affected by his jurisprudence was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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