The Silver Surfer is a trans woman now?
Another American-born professional woman is told to leave the country.
Nino & April
Two years after Nino Tempo’s sister April Stevens passed away, he has joined her in the great beyond.
Spaceship and Raygun
Here is an outstanding piece of original art that’s coming up for bids on Heritage Auctions. It was drawn by Frank Frazetta on Craftint Duo-Tone paper.
This is how the art appears as hand-colored by Frazetta for Russ Cochran’s Famous Funnies Portfolio (1975).
Shelf Life
Books are seen in many if not most of the scenes in Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse. I spotted some that I have here at home, along with an album box set that’s seen in Bill Griffith’s studio.
“Administrative Errors”
A Massachusetts attorney, a U.S. citizen born in Massachusetts, was ordered by the Department of Homeland Security to leave the country immediately.
An administrative error, like the deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García? Not if it happens again to an American-born citizen, which it has.
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https://youtu.be/E2NJ2ER2fBw
So it’s no surprise that a foreign-born citizen, also a woman, has also been a victim of this obvious intimidation tactic by the Trump administration.
Here’s an example of how to apologize for administrative errors.
One Big Happy
Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, and Bill Griffith — the three leading names in what used to be called Underground Cartooning — each had a difficult childhood in dysfunctional families, with Griffith’s being the closest to normal.
I can state this with some confidence, because they have been unflinchingly autobiographical in their work. It’s perhaps no surprise that Griffith achieved the most conventional level of success, in the form of a syndicated comic strip.
I’m starting to watch last night’s American Masters. In an early scene, Robert Crumb appears with his wife Aline, who died in November, 2022.
This song seems appropriate here.