As a sidenote, this is as good a time as any to point out that I now have a Tumblr precisely for things like this which I want to link to but which are not really, most of the time, post-worthy in and of themselves or which I don’t feel like discussing at length. (I […]

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Apr

The family tattoo problem

Posted by MGK Published in Politics

Barack Obama’s clever parenting to prevent his daughters from getting tattoos is getting press because it’s a fun story, but I think there is a reasonable argument that it also illustrates the problem with his Presidency, as follows: The President’s plan for keeping his daughters from getting tattoos is getting “family tattoos” and showing them […]

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Apr

Thursday WHO’S WHO: Tomahawk and Dan Hunter

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Who's Who

Now, I know that Tomahawk is a perfectly respectable Golden Age character who lasted for over a dozen years as a feature in various DC anthology comics and then had his own title which lasted for twenty-two. He had a great villain and a bunch of unimpressive or ill-considered spinoffs, so you know he was […]

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Apr

Regrettable, but necessary

Posted by MGK Published in Writering

22.4.2013 It was not the first time I had enjoyed an espresso with Metromonte (never “Mr. Metromonte,” and I doubt it was his first name – unless he had decided it would be his only name, but it seemed rude to inquire), but it was the first time I chose to inquire about his means […]

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Apr

Archie Python’s Improved Circus

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics, Interactive Fun Time Party

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Apr

Because Elisha Cuthbert is funny, and also pretty

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Apr

part six, page fifteen

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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Apr

Artist hunting again

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Shameless Begging

Looking for a comic artist, 4-5 pages, superheroic, unpaid – just a fun thing somebody suggested and I wouldn’t mind doing. Interested parties can email me.

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Apr

Hey Look It’s Our Old Friend “Intended Consequences”

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics

Allan Gregg is confused: If negative advertising is so effective, maybe the media and politicians should ask themselves why other big advertisers (who are far more experienced and savvy) do not employ these same tactics. Just like the electoral process, it is safe to assume that McDonald’s wants to take market share from Burger King. […]

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Apr

Things I Love About Comics: Leave It To Chance

Posted by John Seavey Published in Comics, You Should Read

There are some comics out there that for some reason just didn’t get the kind of success they deserved. ‘Leave It To Chance’, the series by James Robinson and Paul Smith, was a huge critical success that won the Harvey and the Eisner Awards for Best New Series in its first year, and yet it […]

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Apr

oh my yes.

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Flicks, It's The Youtube

Well, that trailer got just about everything absolutely right. The music is appropriately triumphant. The overall message is about the hope Superman instills in others. Most of the action shots are of him saving people (well, except for where he is super-fighting Zod and holy shit does that ever look great). I am stoked. I’m […]

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Apr

#firstworldimaginedproblems

Posted by MGK Published in I Really Should Have A Sociology Category

I went on a bit of a mini-rant yesterday on Twitter about assholes using the #falseflag hashtag immediately after the Boston Marathon bombing, mostly because people who scream “false flag” are almost always assholes, because yelling “false flag” doesn’t really have anything to do with the plausibility of a conspiracy theory, but instead relies on […]

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Apr