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Spark: Training

July 22nd, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

I’m sorry for all the sparks recently, but I couldn’t resist this one. Enjoy!

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Tags: Art · Atheism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Comics · Creativity. · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Gods · Humor · Pop Culture · Religion · Satire · Skeptic · Spiritual Progressives · Spirituality · Undead

I am Iron Man.

May 2nd, 2008 · by John · 3 Comments

It’s been a stressful week.  It’s time to watch an eccentric, alcoholic playboy kick terrorist ass in a high tech suit made of pure CGI.  What could top this?  Play some Black Sabbath in the background.
Anyone in the OC area care to join me this weekend?

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Tags: Comics · Personal

Why I Read Comics

February 18th, 2008 · by John · 2 Comments

Because they compact revelations into a glance.  This one’s called “How it Works”:

This comic is more eloquent than any treatise I can write on the power of stereotypes (and of sexism in particular). I’m thinking of how many times someone’s annoyed me with their going 45mph down the 405.  As I pass them, I glance […]

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Tags: Comics · Feminism · Humor

Batman is a Lapsed Catholic

January 14th, 2008 · by John · 2 Comments

Can you name Superman’s religious affiliation?  How about Hellboy’s?  Is anyone surprised to learn that Lex Luthor is portrayed, at least in one of his many incarnations, as a “Nietzschean atheist?” Adherents.com has an alternately comprehensive/tenuous listing of super heroes, sidekicks and villains and their religions.  If, like me, you’re into comics and religion (get […]

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Tags: Comics · Religion · SF