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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Panel Vision - DC Universe Decisions


Edited by Robert Beach

In case you don’t live in the US, we’re in the midst of gearing up for one of the most overblown and ludicrous election cycles in recent memory. To be fair, the last 2 US Presidential elections have been fairly larger than life in their own way. In 2012, the election was dominated by the heroic confluence of Mitt Romney memes and jokes, and in 2008 the whole world seemed to have caught Obama fever. That latter one is also probably owed to the election falling smack dab in the middle of 4 years of major technological and cultural upheaval. 

At the time, stuff like Facebook and iPhones were supremely new and the crossover of Internet culture into mainstream culture was in its earliest stages. Combine that with the introduction of an all-new Presidential administration ushering in a new political ethos and lexicon and everyone and their brother were desperate to link themselves to the election in some way. As you’d expect comics quickly got in on the act and none were more bizarre or embarrassing than today’s topic: DC Universe – Decisions.


Friday, August 7, 2015

Static Thoughts - NewsRadio "President"









Edited by Robert Beach

In case you’re reading this outside the United States or just aren’t engaged with politics, we’ve got a presidential election looming for next year which means the rest of 2015 is going to be all about the primaries as far as politics is concerned. The Democratic party seems like a fairly legitimate split between ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton and rising star senator Bernie Sanders. Both of them have good qualities along with legitimate ideological points of opposition, and while many foresee Clinton ultimately taking the nomination, Sanders is certainly making her work for it. 
Conversely, the Republican Party has 16 prospective candidates with the leading frontrunner as businessman Donald Trump. 

At the time of writing, the Republicans have just hosted their first debate, so it’s unclear whether or not Trump still holds his lead. Regardless, he’s put on one hell of a show in the lead-up to tonight.  Even though Trump throws his hat into the election ring every cycle as part of a bid to promote his various TV and real estate projects, this is the longest he’s ever maintained his campaign and the most popular he’s ever been. The whole thing is a bit of a political joke, but it got me thinking about an old TV show that saw it all coming.