John Layman and I are writing Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen of Alpha Squad 7, an Oni Press comic based on the visionary space epic created by America's ballsiest pundit. The first issue hits sequential art boutiques in March, which means that now is the time to ask your comicier to order your copy. Make that copies.
Click on the Official Poster to experience the exciting big-enough-to-read version.
Country do you know just what I meantFunky President (People It's Bad) via Metafilter
We just changed
Got a brand new funky president
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• They Hate Us Because We Love Freedom:
The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas in the face of a looming shortage of tyres for Humvee trucks and other military equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan.• The Seattle Times decided to publish today, which is good because Mark Rahner reviewed four video games including Marvel Ultimate Alliance and--joy of joys--Left Behind:
In the real-time strategy action — and by "action," I mean "tedium and frustration" — you control puny humans from high above. (You're not God, or the controls would be less awkward and you'd be able to see everything better.) Your goal: convert as many people in New York City as possible to the side of God, and keep them through prayer. Things that weaken the converts include guitar music and swearing. Just think what HBO would do.• Archie Comics get shocking new look [via Metafilter]:
Rev. Ted Haggard's escort sells a book.
Great Dave Zirin column about the Knicks-Nuggets brawl:
Young black men scuffling, even scuffling in a way that would make foxy boxing seem threatening, has become cause for an astounding amount of public hand-wringing.Very bad day for 52 species of animals and plants.
When artiste Chris "The Filth" Weston ( know he has other credits, I just like calling him "The Filth") saw the poster for Frank Miller's upcoming movie of Will Eisner's The Spirit, it inspired him to go Miller on another classic comics hero: 
Dan Dare at Wikipedia
Chris' blog (Currently very active)
Chris at Amazon
Miller's Spirit movie
