This month one of my favorite comic series ends. That makes me sad.  I first picked this series up because of the cover art, but I got hooked on the story.  Issue 23 is out and sitting on my desk.  I was not happy with the end, but I’m not sure how else the story could have ended.  (not it’s not how you think). 

Quick Overview

(Taken from Wikipedia
American Virgin was an American comic book series written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Becky Cloonan. The series is being published monthly by Vertigo Comics, since March 2006. It follows the life of Adam, a teenager who is a born-again Christian preacher, and his struggle with issues his sexuality and faith. There are four sagas as of August 2007: the first is “Head”, consisting of four issues, and the second is “Going Down”, which consists of five. The third saga, “Wet” also contains five issues, and the fourth story arc “Around the world” also contained five issues. The next story arc was named “Sixty-Nine” and was told in issues 20-23. The series came to a conclusion with the end of this story arc.

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New Exiles

I also picked up issues 1 and 2 of the New Exiles.  It didn’t grab me. 

Uncanny X-Men 295

This one I like.

Teen Titans Year One

Ok don’t make fun, but I have really enjoyed issues 1 and 2 of this series.  The story is cute and I love the art.  Aqualad looks goofie and awkward just like a kid that age. 

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Analogously, in 1973, The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for its work in uncovering the Watergate abuses, and that led to what would have been the imminent bipartisan impeachment of the President until he was forced to resign in disgrace. By stark and depressing contrast, in 2006, Jim Risen, Eric Lichtblau and the NYT won Pulitzer Prizes for their work in uncovering illegal spying on Americans at the highest levels of the Government, and that led to bipartisan legislation to legalize the illegal spying programs and provide full-scale retroactive amnesty for the lawbreakers. That’s the difference between a country operating under the rule of law and one that is governed by lawlessness and lawbreaking license for the politically powerful and well-connected.—Glenn Greenwald

Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms

Below are fragments from email between Friday afternoon and Monday morning.  They were all funny and I hope no one minds me using them.  TheThe names have be obmited to protect the guilty.

reply 1

I am going to try.  I need a drink right now! 

reply 2

Did someone say drinks?—- this hellish week must end

reply 3

I want a martini now the size of a Porsche.

reply 4

GURL, PLEASE!!!!!  As soon as I’m outta here, I’m making a trough of Cosmos!!!!!

reply 5

Well my family now thinks I’m an alcoholic – we went skiing this weekend and I snuck in a case of beer and about 8 mini-wine bottles.  Of course having my 15 year old cousin carry the beer in in his backpack didn’t help matters

But they didn’t mind sharing AFTER they gave the appropriate dirty looks

God I love being from the South…haha