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Pet Avengers' Thor Frog Returns in THORS!

February 24, 2015, 5:22 pm
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I'm not a big fan of Marvel Comics upcoming "Secret Wars" event, which promises to reboot the company's line of comics. Some of it seems interesting, but I've lived through too many DC Comics reboots. I have no clue what's going on over there and haven't picked up one of their comics in years. I'm afraid of that happening with Marvel Comics when this thing is over.

But there's one new "Secret Wars" series that grabbed my attention: THORS. It sounds like all of the various Thors and Thor-wannabes are stuck together in Battleworld:
The book will bring together the various Thors of many realities including Beta Ray Bill and the Ultimate Universe Thor. "This is not about the apocalypse, it’s about closing cases, "the writer told Marvel.com of the series pitch. "This is basically me doing a cop story, but with hammers instead of guns. This is me getting to do 'Homicide: Life on the Street' with lots of cosmic cops. It’s every version of Thor you can imagine, all walking beats, solving murders, getting yelled at by their commissioner and blowing off steam at their local Thor-cop bar...

"In the first issue, our Thors pick up a doozy of a murder case, one that sends them all scrambling," the writer added. "And ultimately has a few of them asking questions that may shake the foundations of everything they think they know."
Which is interesting, but this is what's gotten me all excited about this series:


Thor Frog!!!!!

That's right! Thor Frog from the Pet Avengers will be appearing in this story. Hopefully he won't be treated like a throwaway character destined for a cheap death scene. But this is very exciting!

2015 is shaping up to be the Year of the Pet Avengers!
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Senate Republicans Submit Resolution to Ban Gay Marriage in Iowa

February 24, 2015, 5:40 pm
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It's been nearly six years since Iowa became a marriage equality state. There have been a few hiccups along the way, but things have largely gone smoothly. But that didn't stop a group of Sentate Republicans from filing a constitutional amendment that would ban the recognition of gay marriage in Iowa:
Late last week, State Senator Dennis Guth, one of the leading social conservatives in the chamber, finally introduced Senate Joint Resolution 6, "specifying marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal union that is valid or recognized in the state." Just eleven of the 24 Republicans are co-sponsoring this amendment. That's a significant drop from two years ago, when three-quarters of the Iowa Senate GOP caucus co-sponsored the marriage amendment.
Those sponsoring SJR6 include Bill Anderson, Jerry Behn, Rick Bertrand, Jake Chapman, Randy Feenstra, Dennis Guth, David Johnson, Tim Kraayerbrink, Ken Rosenboom, Mark Segebart, and Jason Schultz.

It's worth noting that the Democratic Party controls Iowa's Senate and Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal has consistently prevented all past efforts to bring constitutional amendments restricting marriage to a vote.
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Honey Boo Boo Bop

February 25, 2015, 3:31 pm
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So here is the other Honey Boo Boo news. It was announced yesterday that Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson recorded her first song and is in the process of making a music video called the "Movin' Up" and a dance called the "Honey Boo Boo Bop."

You can follow the above link to an Inside Edition segment featuring Alana, Mama June, Sugar Bear, Pumpkin, and some new poodle as they discuss her new song and dance. Heck, you can watch them all do the Honey Boo Boo Bop -- very badly.

Keep in mind that I like Alana. But somebody needs to tell her and her parents "NO."


And those somebodies are reportedly the executives at TLC, who have reminded the family, according to TMZ, that they are contractually forbidden from doing stuff like this -- at least until June 2015.
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Archie Plays the "Game of Phones" in ARCHIE #664!

February 26, 2015, 6:17 pm
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I'm really behind on my Archie Comics reviews. I won't go into the reasons, but there is at least one comic book digest (maybe two) that won't get reviewed at this rate. But -- two weeks late -- I finally got around to reading ARCHIE #664! Sadly, there are only two more issues left in this series before it ends and gets relaunched into something new and exciting.

ARCHIE #664 was an obvious homage to "Game of Thrones." They took the familiar Archie Comics characters, placed them in a medieval worlds, and made everyone preoccupied with cell phones and apps and texting and that's how they came up with "Game of Phones."

Here's the deal. I know nothing about "Game of Thrones." I've only watched the gory scene from the show's "Red Wedding" episode -- and that's only because I heard so much hype about that episode. Husband Mark assured me that the indication that "winter is coming" (as seen above) is pretty significant to the upcoming new season, but I know nothing about that. So I assume that the imagery and the funny variations of the main characters' names mean something to fans of the HBO program.

But it's clear that it's a show about usurping powers and building alliances. And here is how power begins to shift in the Seven Kingdoms of Riveros. Check out King Bee:


So there will be an election for the new Prom King, who will choose his own Prom Queen. And they will rule the kingdoms. Here are the power-couples...

Archie Starch and Betty Cooperian:


And Veronsei Lodgister and Reggey Braggian:


The latter couple seeks to sit upon the Great Throne through deceit and manipulation. The former couple seeks to assume power through populism. Which strategy wins the day? I'll leave that up to you to decide, but the outcome is decidedly less bloody than what went down during that "Red Wedding," I can tell you that!

I would love it if someone could tell me if the name "Archie Starch" is somehow connected to the "Game of Thrones" program. Otherwise, I can't help thinking of MAD MAGAZINE's subversive "Starchie" character!


Lastly, It was good to finally see Clay Walker interacting with Archie Comics characters outside of LIFE WITH ARCHIE! Gone but not forgotten!


"Game of Phones" was written by Angelo DeCesare, penciled by Fernando Ruiz, inked by Rich Koslowski, and colored by Glenn Whitmore.
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#TheDress or #TheDalek??

February 27, 2015, 9:42 am
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Christian Florist Upset She Cannot Legally Discriminate Against Gay Couple in Washington

February 27, 2015, 4:03 pm
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I've avoided writing about this case out of Washington. It's the case of 70-year-old Barronelle Stutzman, a florist who refused to allow her flower shop to provide flowers for a long-time gay customer's wedding "because of my relationship with Jesus." He and his new husband were upset that they were discriminated against because of their sexual orientations. With the help of the ACLU, they filed a successful lawsuit against Stutzman's business for violating the state's anti-discrimination law. She owes them money and now she's making the rounds on various political and religious programs to complain about how her religious liberties were violated by this couple and by the state of Washington.

I only started getting heated about this case because of this blog article. It was written by The Marin Foundation's current executive director, Michael Kimpan. Another person commented that Kimpan missed the boat and said that now anyone can claim discrimination for anything. Jewish delis will be forced to sell non-kosher food. Muslim restaurants will be forced to serve pork. Cutlery salesmen will be forced to sell knives to cannibals and they won't be able to do anything when those cannibals use those products to carve up human flesh. Oh, and florists will be discriminating against single people for selling wedding bouquets.

All of this is bull. Public accommodation laws don't force restaurants, for example, to sell anything and everything. I cannot claim discrimination for going to McDonald's and requesting pizza because McDonald's -- unless they put it on their menu someday -- doesn't actually sell that product. The same goes for those other businesses. And the cutlery salesman can actually call the police if he has a suspicion that someone is killing and/or eating other people. That's illegal.

On the other hand, Stutzman's business actually sells -- among other products -- wedding flowers. If her customer was marrying a woman, she would gladly sell him wedding flowers. Because that's what she does for a living. But because he married another man, she discriminated against him. On the basis of sexual orientation. She admits it. Everyone admits it. They just don't like that she can't get away with it.

Washington updated its anti-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation. Why should we be surprised when a public business gets in trouble for discriminating against someone on the basis of sexual orientation? The same way they would get in trouble for discriminating on the basis of race or disability or gender? Otherwise, what was the purpose of this law?

Washington allows exemptions under its anti-discrimination law for certain types of religiously-based nonprofit businesses and institutions. Why doesn't this woman reclassify her business to comply with the law so that she can continue to discriminate against gay and lesbian customers, as well as presumably any other customer who doesn't fit within her specific religious perspective?

 It's not like wedding bouquets and arrangements for gay weddings are dramatically different than flowers for heterosexual weddings -- if at all.

Would her faith seriously be injured by preparing flowers for this wedding? How? Does she honestly endorse every wedding that she's ever worked with commercially or is she ultimately just bringing home a paycheck and keeping her business open for business? I'm curious how much she communicates her faith to her customers before each wedding? Surely she's worked with non-Christian customers on their weddings before.

Or is her faith only offended by same-sex marriages? Because, frankly, those are the only types of weddings where I see businesspeople ever claiming to be running commercial extensions of their personal faith as opposed to for-profit businesses that are open to the public.
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Ms. Lion at the Veterinary Clinic

February 28, 2015, 11:13 am
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Ms. Lion was due for a fecal exam and heartworm test, so we made the journey to her veterinary clinic. She wasn't happy:


She was not happy at all. In fact, she was so unhappy that she ended up taking a dump in the clinic's reception room.

But she's clean from parasites, so that's good.
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David Benham: I Can Cure Homosexuality With Baseball

February 28, 2015, 12:05 pm
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Remember the Benham brothers? Their home improvement program got canceled before it ever began once HGTV discovered the scope of their anti-gay and anti-choice activism. Apparently, they have discovered the cure to homosexuality. It's baseball:
The Benhams shared during their National Religious Broadcasters convention speech a specific interaction that they recently had with an unidentified gay man who vocally opposed their stance on homosexuality.

“We had so many people from the gay community reaching out to us and one man in particular from the city of Chicago reached out — and he said things to me that made me lose my appetite,” David Benham told the crowd during a panel discussion about religious liberty. “But I simply responded in love.”

And that positive tone went well beyond merely listening and speaking with kindness. 

“After a little conversation back and forth, I found out he loved baseball … and I got him tickets to a Cubs game,” Benham continued. “He shot me a Facebook post and said, ‘I was not expecting that — and I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I’ve chosen to walk away from my lifestyle.’”

The story received a round of applause from the audience and the brothers proceeded to discuss their take on religious freedom, their belief that the nation has begun to “slowly turn our back on God” and the need for Americans to boldly stand up and defend their faith.

“Love filled our heart. We had absolutely no hatred,” David Benham said, later adding, “What God needs most is a simple voice for truth.”
Interestingly, softball continues to encourage lesbianism...

Seriously, the Twins also revealed that they reached out to representatives from GLAAD, Right Wing Watch, Human Rights Campaign, and a few other groups after their show got preemptively canceled and invited them for dinner:
While no one took them up on the dinner offer, he said that they exchanged emails and had good conversations with some of the individuals — a testament to the Benhams’ views about how people should treat their opponents.

“We tell folks, ‘Don’t open your mouth to speak until you first truly love the people you’re speaking to,’” Jason Benham added, pushing back against the “false narrative” that he and his brothers are “haters.”
This might be a good message for the guys to communicate to their father, who is known for some pretty toxic anti-gay activism, including disrupting a same-sex wedding in North Carolina (and upping the toxicity when the police asked him to tone it down) and disrupting a Unitarian Universalist church services (including terrorizing a classroom of children with images of bits of aborted fetuses). These are just a few prominent incidents since the twins' show can preemptively canceled by HGTV.
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Cosmo's Space Race!

March 1, 2015, 1:44 pm
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Over the past 1.5 years, I've written several posts about the "Archie: Riverdale Rescue" iOS gaming app. Every so often, they do an update to the game and I'm treated to a few new scenarios. I learned of a new Archie Comics-related game on iTunes earlier this week. It's not anything that's terribly involved like "Riverdale Rescue," but it worth checking out if you enjoy simple gaming apps.

I'm talking about "Cosmo's Space Race.""Cosmo's Space Race" features Cosmo the Merry Martian, an alien character that Archie Comics published back in the 1950s. He had an eight-issue series and has made a handful of appearances over the past decade. Plus, he's one of Fernando Ruiz's favorite characters. So it's not uncommon for Cosmo Easter Eggs to appear in stories drawn by Ruiz.

As I noted before, "Cosmo's Space Race" is pretty simple, especially when compared to "Riverdale Rescue." You fly around in Cosmo's space ship and shoot lasers a robot drones and asteroids. You earn points for each item that you destroy. But it's difficult to move your ship quickly and your game will end with fiery results if any of those items collide with you.


Periodically, a star will fall from the sky with the rest of the debrie. You are encouraged to touch the stars. If you are successful and manage to touch one of the stars, your space ship's gun will switch briefly to rapid-fire mode, which will allow you to shoot more asteroids and drones and increase your points.


Otherwise, there's not much more to "Cosmo's Space Race." But it's a fun little game and it's free, so why not download the app and try it out for yourself?
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Nebraska's Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down by Federal Judge

March 2, 2015, 6:25 pm
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These are crazy days. A federal judge struck down Nebraska's ban on same-sex marriage earlier today:
A federal judge has struck down Nebraska's ban on same-sex marriage. According to an injunction filed in federal court Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon said "all relevant state officials are ordered to treat same-sex couples the same as different sex couples in the context of processing a marriage license or determining the rights, protections, obligations or benefits of marriage." The order is set to take effect March 9 at 8 a.m.
State officials have already appealed this decision.

It's crazy because Nebraska's gay marriage just got struck down and I've heard next to nothing on the news. Crazy indeed!


I cannot remember if I've mentioned this here before, but I was born in Nebraska. I spent my pre-teens years in that state, but would never go back (except to visit family). But it's nice to see my birth state finally catching up with the rest of America!
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Tasting Parties & Petting Zoos in JUGHEAD & ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #10!

March 2, 2015, 6:52 pm
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I'm really behind on reading my Archie Comics digests. Here is one from three weeks ago called JUGHEAD & ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #10, which features two brand-new lead stories. In order to help me catch up, I thought I would highlight plot summaries of these two tales plus interesting images from each tale.

The first story featured Jughead and Mr. Weatherbee in "The Feast and the Furious." This story was written by Alex Simmons, penciled by Fernando Ruiz, inked by Rich Koslowski, lettered by Jack Morelli, and colored by Digikore Studios. This was a pretty simple story. Jughead and the 'Bee go on a daylong "tasting party." Basically, they bond over food. Lots of it.

There was one cameo that grabbed my attention. Do you guys think this is a young Clay Walker or is this just wishful thinking on my part??


Then there is "The Snack Attack" by Fernando Ruiz, Bob Smith, Jack Morelli, and Digikore Studios. I liked this story more than the first story. It was definitely more complex. Mr. Weatherbee arranges for a field trip at Honey Bear's Petting Zoo -- off-season because it's cheaper. Of course, the food booth is closed because it's off-season. That doesn't stop Archie and Jughead from creating a sticky mess while trying to start up the Honey Fountain!! Looks like these petting zoo animals have been groomed to crave some. Run guys! Run!!


By the way, who keeps a bear at a petting zoo??
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Gay Marriage Halted in Alabama

March 3, 2015, 8:16 pm
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Gay marriages have stopped in Alabama, following a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court:
Weeks after a United States District Court judge in Mobile ordered a probate judge there to issue same-sex marriage licenses, the Alabama Supreme Court has ordered a halt to same-sex marriages in the state. 

"As it has done for approximately two centuries, Alabama law allows for 'marriage' between only one man and one woman," the order said. "Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to this law. Nothing in the United States Constitution alters or overrides this duty."

While same-sex marriage advocates chanted "love wins" outside Alabama courthouses last month, the Alabama Supreme Court said love has little to do with legal marriage in the state. 

"This notion has broad public appeal and is, perhaps, the mantra most repeated in public discussions of this matter," the court wrote. "But although love may be an important factor in a lasting marriage, civil marriage has no public interest in whether the people seeking a marriage license love one another."
In other words, the Alabama Supreme Court says that marriage is all about maintaining the proper ratio of male and female genitals. Nothing else.

Meanwhile, many same-sex couples have already become legally married in Alabama. Those marriages exist whether or not the Alabama Supreme Court finds the proper ratio of male and female genitals.
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"Little Archie Meets Alien" in WORLD OF ARCHIE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #47

March 3, 2015, 8:27 pm
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Perhaps in anticipation of Archie Comics' and Dark Horse Comics' upcoming ARCHIE MEETS PREDATOR joint comic book series, I noticed what could only be described as a prequel "Little Archie Meets Alien" short story in WORLD OF ARCHIE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #47. I initially skimmed the story and was startled with how we almost lost Riverdale to an alien invasion back when Archie Andrews was a young boy!

The story started out with a trio of invading creatures flying to Earth looking for specimens. Looks at the top image to see how little they think of humanity. To them, we are nothing but "pests."


The flying saucer lands dangerously close to Little Archie's home. He and his dog Spotty are quickly accosted by one of the small alien invaders:


Little Archie and Spotty escape and seek refuge at Little Veronica's home, which is filled with dozens of young Riverdale refugees! Unfortunately, the alien follows them and breaks into Lodge Mansion. Check him out as he performs some crazy dance ritual. I'm assuming that his kind does this before striking out at their prey!


Just before the alien strikes, a new boy seeks refuge at Lodge Mansion. Apparently, this is one child too many and the alien decides to cut-and-run! He flees from the building and the Riverdale Kids are safe!


But for how long...?

But then I did more than skim and realized that this story was actually less dire than originally assumed.

"The New Kid" introduces Little Archie to a traveling alien child. The alien child needs to collect a flower from another planet and they chose an abandoned house in Riverdale to search for their plant in order to avoid contact with people. Of course, that was a major fail because the alien child ran into Little Archie, who assumed that the alien child was Sparky Smith wearing a costume. Both boys go to Little Veronica's costume party and enjoy each other's company until the real Sparky Smith shows up. The alien child then races away and returns to his parents' flying saucer.

"The New Kid" is a new Little Archie short story written and penciled by Bob Bolling, inked by Bob Smith, lettered by Jack Morelli, and colored by Digikore Studios.
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Charlton Comics Missing Context #1: Nora's Quite Popular

March 4, 2015, 8:07 pm
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This is something I started last week over on the Charlton Arrow Facebook group. There are so many great Charlton Comics from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and onward that are posted online. Some of my favorites are cheesy romance stories. Which makes it so easy to find something like this:


I'm thinking about sharing some of these panel gags here on the blog. I can't remember which specific title where I found this panel, but I'll make sure to share that information in future installments.

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700 Club's Pat Robertson Advises Couple to Skip their Child's Gay Wedding

March 5, 2015, 6:47 pm
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On this morning's "700 Club," Pat Robertson was asked a question from a viewer named Shari about whether or not she and her husband should attend their gay child's wedding. One parent felt that the marriage violated God's plan and that their attendance would send the wrong message. The other parent felt that they should attend in order to support their child and maintain their relationship.

Robertson told the couple to stay home:
You want to ask my opinion. I think you don't agree with the idea of homosexual marriage and yet you say gay. I don't know if you mean two men or two women. You don't say, but it's not heterosexual marriage. You don't agree with it... You got to stand there and be a witness to it. By your attendance at the ceremony, you are agreeing with it. We used to say "Anybody who opposes this, let him speak or forever hold his peace." I just wouldn't go. I would tell your child, "I love you but I cannot condone this. We will always love you but I don't condone this activity. And so, I'm there if you need me."

It's tough. And not one of you. That indicates to me her or his conduct is splitting your marriage. You don't want to do that. Be in unity and I would say don't go.
Staying a message will send a message to the blushing brides or the gushing grooms, but I'm not sure that it's the message that Shari and her husband are wishing to communicate. They have been advised to stay home on one of the most important days in their child's life. Their absence will be felt. And it will be sharply remembered.

You can watch the video here:


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Alaska's Rep. Don Young: Use Wolves to Fix Homelessness

March 6, 2015, 10:33 am
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Alaska Representative Don Young (R) has figured out how to fix the societal problem of homelessness. Feed the homeless to the wolves:
The strange comment was made during a halting five-minute exchange with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on her agency’s budget. He accused her and her department of making decisions without consulting the states they’d affect. 

Young, who supports taking gray wolves off the endangered species list, mocked a letter 79 members of Congress sent urging Jewell to protect the gray wolf population. (In Alaska, for what it’s worth, you can hunt wolves.) 

“How many of you have got wolves in your district?” he asked. “None. None. Not one.” 

“They haven’t got a damn wolf in their whole district,” Young continued. “I’d like to introduce them in your district. If I introduced them in your district, you wouldn’t have a homeless problem anymore.” 
Rep. Young later claimed that he was just trying to explain through hyperbole that predator animals have damaging effects on local communities.


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American Gothic to Open to the Public Next Month

March 6, 2015, 12:30 pm
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You have most likely seen Grant Wood's iconic "American Gothic" painting. The painting itself was created in 1930 in Cedar Rapids, IA, but the house within the painting was in Eldon, IA. In fact, the American Gothic House is still there and you can go inside of it starting next month:
Starting on April 11, the house will be open for Saturday tours. Historians are also planning to use the house for workshops and art classes. 

“The kitchen and bathroom were actually added on,” Berg said. “But the floors are the same, a lot of the interior is the same.” 

A museum and gift shop sits next to the house. That facility, which opened eight years ago, includes articles of clothing depicted in the painting for guests to take pictures. The museum is open seven days a week. 
An average of 16,000 people visit Eldon every year to check out this house.
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Ace Andrews: Road Racer Makes His Debut in ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #12!

March 7, 2015, 1:05 pm
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I continue to slowly catch up with my comic book reading, specifically ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #12. This digest features the introduction of "new" characters: Ace Andrews: Road Racer and his sidekick Wheels. They have a high-stakes, high-speed mission to rescue a stolen package from agents of the evil Dr. Dufeg. I'm sure there's an anagram hidden in that name, but I haven't figured it out yet!

It's one of the more action-oriented Archie Comics stories that I've seen in a while. Ace finds himself propelled from two moving vehicles and dodging bullets over the course of three pages.


They deliver the rescued package, which turns out to be a box of cookies from Mama B's Cookies, a new Riverdale business. That's when we learn that Ace and Wheels are comic book characters created by Chuck Clayton to attract young fans to this Riverdale cookie business.

I thought that the short story's final page was confusing, especially the final gag. But I enjoyed the action adventure and wouldn't mind seeing more adventures featuring Ace Andrews: Road Racer and Wheels. And it was nice to see Chuck actively involved with a new story.

Here was another thing that confused me. The artist made a spread of the main characters on the first page of this story, including Ace Andrews, Wheels, Betty, and the owner of Mama B's Cookies. But there's also this other girl with pink highlights and I have no clue who she is. She showed up two different times in the story and even had a line, but I have no clue who she is. I can't help wondering why they didn't use someone more recognizable -- especially if they weren't going to identify her within the story -- like Veronica or Nancy or Cheryl or even Two-Fisted Toni Topaz?

Can anyone educate me on her identity??

"Road Racer" was written by Alex Simmons, penciled by Tim & Pat Kennedy, inked by Jim Amash, lettered by Jack Morelli, and colored by Digikore Studios.
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Meet Ms. Molecule!

March 7, 2015, 2:08 pm
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I've written a few times about Charlton Neo, the resurrection of the classic Charlton Comics, and the online Pix-C Web Comics, which provides weekly strips of several Charlton Comics characters -- not to mention a few new characters!

One of my favorite new characters is a new shrinking superhero named Ms. Molecule! She started out as a snarky comment on a Facebook status update and quickly evolved into an ongoing Pix-C Web Comics strip! Here's what happened:

Earlier this year, Marvel Comics and DC Comics both announced live-action versions of their own shrinking superheroes, Ant-Man and Atom. Somebody -- I think it was Mort Todd, but don't hold me to it -- noted that Charlton Comics doesn't/didn't have any of its own shrinking characters and challenged everyone to come up with silly suggestions. Given that the Charlton Arrow and Charlton Neo Facebook pages are both filled with comic book pros, it didn't take long before folks began shouting out silly suggestions for a shrinking character.

But the idea was planted and a comic book fan named Rene King Thompson quickly came up with the idea for a new character named Ms. Molecule and the idea stuck. She teamed up with artist Sandy Carruthers and Ms. Molecule gained a costume design, an origin, and a mission. And within a month, Ms. Molecule joined the line-up of Pix-C Web Comics features!

Here's her origin: Maxi Moilin was an athletic young lady who found her health and life seriously threatened by an inoperable form of cancer. She volunteered for an research project and was given some experimental medication that successfully fought back against the cancer. Unfortunately, they did an MRI scan, which interacted oddly with her meds. Not only did her tumor shrinking, but Molly herself gained the ability to shrink to microscopic size. As long as she remains small, her cancer will will remain benign. However, the disease will return should she return to her normal size. So now she uses her tiny ability to help others with medical complications, acting as a walking, talking form of human nanotech!


As long as she remains small, Maxi's cancer will will remain benign. However, the disease will return should she return to her normal size. So now she uses her tiny ability to help others with medical complications in the form of Ms. Molecule!

The first two installments of her storyline involved her being inserted into an unidentified man's heart in order to perform hands-on microscopic surgery on his heart. She quickly discovers another microscopic person within the man's heart. It's up to Ms. Molecule to stop the bad guy and protect this man's ticker!


I'm really looking forward to future installments of "Ms. Molecule" on Pix-C Web Comics. I can't wait to see who the mystery assailant is who is attacking her patient. He's presumably a minion, which means that there's a greater enemy waiting to be encountered as Maxi's adventures continue!

I think you still have a day or two to access Pix-C Web Comics for free, but after that you need to pay for membership to gain ongoing access to these weekly comic strips, as well as other perks depending on your level of financial support. It's definitely worth checking out!
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Amber Alert Issued for 9-Year-Old Solon, IA, Girl

March 7, 2015, 5:51 pm
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Brianna Crane
An Amber Alert was issued earlier this afternoon for a girl from nearby Solon, IA.

According to law enforcement authorities, 9-year-old Brianna Crane of Solon, IA, was allegedly abducted by her 48-year-old step-father Kenneth Eugene Johns after a domestic dispute at their residence. He is believed to be driving a gray 2014 four-door Ford Focus.

Brianna is described as being 4-feet tall and weighing 85 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She is also described as being hearing impaired. She was last seen wearing a plaid coat with a furry hood, blue jeans and black high tops.

Kenneth Johns
Johns is described as being 6-feet tall, 210 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes and is clean shaven, according to authorities. He last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, black hat, blue jeans and gray shoes.

There were earlier reports that this situation had been resolved, but that's not the case as of 7:50 PM (CST) tonight.

Johns is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Please call 911 or 515-443-3014 if you have any information about this Amber Alert.
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