Sunday, March 18, 2007
I FEEL I SHOULD SAY A FEW WORDSI would like to rectify my earlier silence regarding the greatest comic book story of the decade, the tragic assassination of Captain America--an event that made headlines across the globe from England to India to Malaysia. After reporting on Cap's death when Marvel announced it over a week ago, the New York Times redeemed themselves with a smart piece on what this all might really mean. Stephen Colbert put aside his righteous rage to accept Cap's shield from Marvel. And, in further examples of dipshittery from idiots who interpret every single thing through the warped lens of their political Weltanshauungs, the National Review wailed about how this is just further proof of comics being used to promote dangerous left-wing ideas, while the American Chronicle (whatever that is) said that Cap's death was overdue, given that he represented an outdated, racist and class-insensitive era of our nation's history.
What's important to remember is that Captain America was the colorful creation of two New Yorkers who earnestly and sincerely wanted to punch Hitler in the face. Both of them, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, would end up serving in the armed forces, adding a shade of realism to the backstory of their throwaway pop-culture hero. Cap is an aggressive cry of warning from the world of cheap entertainment to genocidal totalitarian dictators everywhere.
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more bad news re: cap
http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8ONRI9O1.html
'Capt. America' Faces Criminal Charges
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April 25,2007 | MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A doctor dressed as Captain America was arrested after groping a woman at a bar and fighting with her boyfriend, authorities said.
Patrons at the bar were dressed in costumes as part of a bar crawl Saturday night, police spokeswoman Jill Frederiksen said.
A man carrying a burrito and dressed as Captain America approached her, began to say dirty things and touched her inappropriately, police said. He then brawled with her boyfriend, authorities said.
Several patrons who had dressed as the super hero were asked to step outside so the woman could identify the suspect, Frederiksen said.
She picked out Raymond Adamcik, 54, police said.
After he was arrested, he tried to flush marijuana down a toilet at a police station, police said.
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http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8ONRI9O1.html
'Capt. America' Faces Criminal Charges
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April 25,2007 | MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A doctor dressed as Captain America was arrested after groping a woman at a bar and fighting with her boyfriend, authorities said.
Patrons at the bar were dressed in costumes as part of a bar crawl Saturday night, police spokeswoman Jill Frederiksen said.
A man carrying a burrito and dressed as Captain America approached her, began to say dirty things and touched her inappropriately, police said. He then brawled with her boyfriend, authorities said.
Several patrons who had dressed as the super hero were asked to step outside so the woman could identify the suspect, Frederiksen said.
She picked out Raymond Adamcik, 54, police said.
After he was arrested, he tried to flush marijuana down a toilet at a police station, police said.
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