BREAKING: Sweet-On-Superman Sarge Sentenced

A Fort Eustis drill sergeant was sentenced to six months in military prison after pleading guilty on Monday to a series of training transgressions including an incident in which he instructed a subordinate to dress like Superman and simulate sex acts.

Staff Sgt. Edmundo Estrada was court-martialed for his actions and relationships with low-ranking soldiers(...) In an affidavit filed April 16, 2006, a soldier accused Estrada of sexually assaulting him. He said he came to Estrada complaining of depression, and that Estrada instructed him to dress in Spandex and pretend to be Superman, weakened by Kryptonite and undergoing sexual torture. The soldier said Estrada photographed him during these acts and threatened him if he refused to participate.

Soldiers from Estrada's previous unit said he demanded to photograph them shirtless and wearing spandex.

Gorilla Surgery

In memory of Arnold Drake, Matt Fraction presents two galleries of amusingly context-free Doom Patrol panels, here and here.

Arnold Drake, 1924-2007

Arnold Drake, one of the best writers ever to work in comics, died yesterday at the age of 83. I'll always remember him for the sublime Doom Patrol, and for this exchange from the first Deadman story:



For more on Mr. Drake and further links, click over to Heidi MacDonald's blog. She also posted, in a separate entry, DC Comics' obituary.

Here the covers to a just few of the many comics--and kinds of comics--he wrote:












Covers: The Grand Comic Book Database