Oh hey, Pluggers is still ridiculous. It’s possible my buddy Ka$h is the only person who is amused by me making fun of this terrible comic (I hope she’s still amused… Tell me you’re still amused!), but I can’t help myself, it’s so eeeaaasy. Fish, bar…
Is it all the vodka and Crystal Light in my system, or has the last month of Pluggers been awful in a less noteworthy way than usual? I mean, granted, I just went through all of the daily panels in one go while looking for jobs postings (OH MY GOD WILL…
At least one guy I kind of know got totally police-brutalized in New York the other night while I fascinatedly watched eviction live feeds from under a cozy quilt on my couch and avoided doing my homework. I thought I should head down to Occupy BG the …
In September, DC Comics launched the New 52, a bold initiative to draw in new readers by revising some of the foreboding continuity, renumbering series such as Action Comics and Detective Comics, and offering titles featuring new or revamped characters. St. Petersburg Times media critic Eric Deggans notes the presence of “characters of color and … Continue reading »
Kids, I know I am a remiss blogger what with my “real life” and “laziness” and this week “illness” getting in my way, but there is no excuse for how long it has been since I mocked America’s laziest comic: Pluggers. I hope to make it up to all of you b…
If you haven’t gotten on the Spectrum bandwagon, then you should.And this is the perfect time to try it: Spectrum 18.Spectrum is a series of books collecting the best in fantasy and sci-fi art from the past year – everything from books, comics, magazin…
I am filled with ennui and laziness. I have work I could do, I could go on a booze run, I could watch a movie or go somewhere, but I just want to complain instead. But anyway, Pluggers are still terrible. Let us count some of the ways:
1. Pluggers pre…
Today in The Cube:Comic artist/illustrator extraordinaire Terry Dodson today posted the new cover for his sketchbook, which is to debut at San Diego Comic Con in just a couple of weeks. Called Reveries: A Terry Dodson Sketchbook, the sketchbook will co…
I don’t have a lot going on these days besides online class-taking and working my way through Lark Rise to Candleford and Trailer Park Boys. Anyway, I realized it has been some time since I took a special moment to insult the classic anti-elitist one-p…
Sometimes I look back through the past few weeks of Pluggers and feel uninspired, but not today, friends. Today I found a number of gems about which to be parsimoniously snarky:
Your basic class warfare Plugger premise.
Pluggers’ well-known prescri…
