Ready to Go

The Obama campaign is back in our state. I received the call today summonsing me to HQ on Thursday. 

Election Day 2008 is only twenty weeks from today. There is so much at stake this time, and (in my mind) only one clear choice for the next President of our United States.

I have had my accommodations in place (thanks Erik) for the inauguration in January since last July. Barack Obama is a breath of fresh air and our only hope of bringing peace to this troubled time in our history. He has demonstrated that he is a leader, a consensus builder, and has sound judgement. Senator Obama has talked about his willingness to talk with U.S. friends and foe alike to increase diplomatic power throughout the world. 

People are at ease in his presence. 

John McCain has gone on record saying that negotiating with U.S. foes is dangerous and irresponsible.

Is anyone else paying attention to the hundreds of Taliban clowns taking over Afghan villages?

Twenty weeks from today. 

Yes, we can.

Kick-Ass #3: They Started It!

Dave Lizewski's fifteen minutes of Superhero fame on YouTube landed him engagements with Jay Leno and David Letterman. Even Katie, the hot girl at school, is talking to him now. 

Her (reported) reason for doing so is that word has it around school that Dave is pimping in The Village, and getting beat up by his clients, thus explaining why he regularly attends school with stitches and bandages. Katie's mother runs a shelter for battered women.

Dave is very much okay with all of this, and clearly grateful for her recent attention.

Of the many requests for help that he has received in his inbox, Dave decides to help one particular young woman who is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend. When he confronts this man as Kick-Ass, the situation deteriorates quickly, and Dave ends up face down and badly beaten....again.

The next (full page) panel reveals a masked girl (could it be Katie?) who starts swinging a crazy big sword. She impales one man through his torso and decapitates another. 

Shazam.

I love the edginess of this comic, and wish Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. were releasing the issues of this title faster.

I've also learned from Comic Book Resources that the film adaptation of Kick-Ass is in pre-production. Casting has begun, and CBR teases us geeks with, "when news breaks on a certain actor they have lined up....a distribution deal will be right around the corner."

Very cool.

Brouhaha

And that is all I have to say about that.