An article in The Objectivist Standard has a remembrance of Steve Ditko by someone who seemed to have been inspired by Ditko’s comic book stories to look into the the ideas of Ayn Rand.
Art Deprecation
This is last Sunday’s installment of the “Hi & Lois” comic strip. It made me laugh out loud, but not because of the gag knocking Modern Art. I laughed because of the error. Do you see it?
Yes, that’s right, the Egyptian antiquity of King Tut is actually from the museum gift shop! Okay, so what’s really wrong with this picture? The Arnolfini Portrait, also known as The Arnolfini Wedding, by Jan Van Eyck, is not an example of the Italian Renaissance. It’s one of the finest paintings of the early Northern Flemish (Belgian) Renaissance.
Seeing Red
The New York Times has an interactive map for drilling down into the details of where the votes were for Dumbbell Donny vs. Hilarious Hillary.
The article asks if you live in a political bubble, and here in greater Boston it sure seems that I do. Many of Hillary’s voters weren’t especially enthusiastic for her, myself included, but Trump’s supporters were obviously super excited by his candidacy.
All You Need is Ears… And a Good Internet Connection
The official Beatles Channel on YouTube now features all of their albums, but not the American editions!
Fanboys Assemble!
The Society of Illustrators in New York has a new exhibition featuring original Marvel Comics art. The Art of The Avengers and Other Heroes runs through October 20th.
We Will Bury You… Online
The Twump Tweet I’m waiting for:
“Mr. Putin… tear down our firewall and let’s be friends!”
P.S. (Post-Summit) – Handing Putin everything he wants is making America great again? Denigrating the FBI, CIA, and every other intelligence agency is putting America first? Up is down and down is up!
P.P.S. (Pee-Pee Secret) – Standing next to Putin, Trump couldn’t stand up to him.