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Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 7

Cidu Bill on Feb 7th 2010

Filed in Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Superman, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 18 responses so far

2010 Calendars

Cidu Bill on Oct 21st 2009

Filed in 2010, Amazon, Amazon.com, Argyle Sweater, Baby Blues, Batman, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Charles Shultz, Charlie Brown, Close to Home, Darby Conley, Dilbert, Edward Gorey, Family Guy, Futurama, Get Fuzzy, Guy & Rodd, Jeopardy, Jerry Scott, John McPherson, Life in Hell, Lio, Los Angeles Times, Mark Tatulli, Matt Groening, Mickey Mouse, Monty Python, New York Times, New Yorker, Non Sequitur, Peanuts, Pearls Before Swine, Scott Adams, Scott Hilburn, Simpsons, Snoopy, Stephan Pastis, Superman, Wallace and Gromit, Walt Disney, Wiley Miller, World Weekly News, Zits, calendars, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, comics, crossword puzzles, humor, satire | Comments Off

LOL-July 12

Cidu Bill on Jul 12th 2009

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Batman, Bill Bickel, F-Minus, God, Mark Parisi, Noah, Non Sequitur, Off the Mark, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Hilburn, Superman, Tony Carrillo, Wiley Miller, Zach Weiner, Ziggy, aromatherapy, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, synchronicity | 20 responses so far

Losing Their Religion

Cidu Bill on Jun 18th 2009

A bit off-topic, I guess, but…

I’ve been wondering how religion can exist at all in the comic book world, given what the people see around them: Creating life has been done and done some more. Change water into wine? Dozens of people can do that. The Scarlet Witch can change the very nature of reality without pausing from putting on her make-up.

That whole resurrection thing? Please! Superman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jason Todd, Electra, Jean Grey, Jean Grey, Jean Grey… Just over the past month or so, the Flash, Kid Flash and Superboy all returned from the dead. We’re not talking “missing and presumed dead” here, but dead-as-a-doorbell, bodies buried. Captain America is supposedly coming back this week. Later this summer, apparently, a slew of dead DC characters are coming back en masse. True, they’ll be sort-of zombies, but you can bet that the more popular characters will somehow end up whole. Comic book heroes die, nobody even bothers to cancel their newspaper deliveries.

So in the DC and Marvel Universes, how is it possible for anybody to look at God/Jesus/Allah and see Somebody worthy of worship?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Superman, comic books, religion, super heroes | 41 responses so far

If He Can’t Stand Up Straight…

Cidu Bill on Jun 10th 2009

I have a feeling Lois didn’t really think through this cunning plan…

Just for the record, any mention of Larry Niven, or that article of his which I’m sure he regrets ever having written, will be considered this thread’s equivalent of Godwin’s Law.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Pardon My Planet, Superman, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far

Super Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Apr 17th 2009

These two were side-by-side on my Houston Chronicle comics page Thursday. The Speed Bump

is a CIDU, while the Argyle Sweater

is a LOL.

And if that wasn’t enough spandex for one day…

Has anybody actually heard the Captain America cartoon theme since 1968 or so? The Spider-Man theme has found a permanent place in the popular consciousness, but I don’t believe anybody under the age of 45 will be familiar with Cap’s. Normally this would get the Look Geezers! Comics! tag, but Marvel Comics is promoting the hell out of Captain America’s 70th anniversary this week, so I’m inclined to grant it special dispensation as a tribute strip.

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Batman, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Captain America, John Deering, Scott Hilburn, Soup to Nutz, Speed Bump, Superman, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, synchronicity | 33 responses so far