He's Not One-Eyed, He's My Brother

I've never been one to celebrate Earth Day; hard to respect a woman who lets the youngest and most disrespectful of her children slap her around and take the money from her purse without so much as a whimper.

But, as her recent volcanic outburst in Eyjafjallajokull proved, she's had just about enough of us, and we're still not old enough that she can't stop us in our tracks and take us across her knee when deserved.

So, happy Mother's Day Gaea (I say with no paganfemilesbonic intent, this is just an excuse to post the family tree below), and thanks for making us the prettiest of your monsterous brood...


...on the outside at least.

X-Mas In July!

The word Krampus originates from the Old High German word for claw (Krampen). In the Alpine regions the Krampus is represented by an incubus demon in company of Saint Nicholas. Krampus acts as an anti-Saint Nicholas where instead of giving gifts to good children, he gives warnings and punishments to the bad children. Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in the first two weeks of December, particularly on the evening of December 5, and roam the streets frightening children and women with rusty chains and bells. In some rural areas the tradition also includes birching by the Krampus, especially of young females.

- Wikipedia

4th Of July Pt. 4

As the color combination of red, white and blue is anathema to me, this about wraps it for my 4th Of July posts; a few sketches by a few artists (most for various Wonder Woman Day auctions), and a wonderful widescreen retrospective of her various costumes that unfortunately wasn't credited.









Artists: Joe Benitez, Jaime Hernandez, Darwyn Cooke, Jim Mahfood, ?

4th Of July Pt. 3

Gene Carr was one of the most active newspaper cartoonists of the early 1900's. He was working for William Randolph Hearst by the age of 17, was a pioneer in the use of sequential panels, and debuted the first female newspaper cartoon protagonist, Lady Bountiful, in 1902.

A few of his delighfully demented, albeit slightly disturbed, 4th Of July postcards.

4th Of July Pt. 2

Give me liberty, or give me fashion death.


(though, I confess, i find it kinda' sweet)

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

4th Of July Pt. 1

Billy Boloney apparently spent his offscreen time impregnating sexy lady firecrackers.


Too bad their illegitimate offspring inherited his looks.

Photo: Paul Bonomo