The infinitely talented Meghan Taylor posing with the screen layouts from the first part of my forthcoming comic end date.

I got a chance to look at the latest art and discuss the project and potential ideas for release of this puppy yesterday with Meghan and comics/online guru Madthoughts and his whip-smart, comic book-lovin’ wife Kittykittybangbang. Let me just say I am extraordinarily excited by this project and look forward to telling you more about it later.

Stay tuned!

theamericanprospect:

With his fundraising prowess, establishment support, and national campaign organization, Mitt Romney is still a favorite for the nomination. But with this huge win in South Carolina—and the conservative distaste for Romney—you can begin to imagine a path to the nomination for Gingrich. Indeed, if Rick Santorum drops out before Florida, that path becomes even clearer.

In the meantime, we should remember this moment. On the basis of his attacks on journalists, minorities, and the president, a thrice-married, disgraced former lawmaker has won a primary in the heart of Republican country. Either this is a fluke, or the moment when the GOP embraced its worst impulses.

—Jamelle Bouie, Politics of Resentment

Too right.

I still (heart) Iggy Pop.

feministpunkrockers:

Evening Iggy.

A question worth considering…

stfuconservatives:

It takes a lot of work to ensure that absolutely nothing gets done 24/7.

-Joe

playmixt:

PLAYMIXT PREDICTS:

Once upon a time on the Drive-by Truckers’ website, Patterson Hood’s commentary for the legendary Southern Rock Opera album included this note:

We’ll play it one time in 2011.

That hasn’t happened yet. Although the site has been revised since then, and the note about playing it has disappeared, we’re going to step out on a limb:

Playmixt predicts that the Drive-by Truckers will play Southern Rock Opera in its entirety at one of their 3 year-end Washington DC gigs.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of its original release, which was on September 12, 2001. In the documentary The Secret to a Happy Ending, Patterson reveals how unsettling it was for them putting out an album where the plane goes down right after the events in New York, DC and Pennsylvania. Performing Angels and Fuselage right after that was a disturbing prospect.

There’s no particular rationale for doing it now apart from 2 things - it’s the 10th anniversary, and that old note on the website. We’ll be fine if we’re wrong, but it we’re right, DC is about to get the performance of a lifetime.

Here’s hoping…