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Well, my ultimate favorite is already known of course (the Jain's Death). Chyrsalid Colossos and Apocamon are numbers two and three. Chyrsalid is very well written, interestingly metaphysical, and very innovative in its designs. And Apocamon is just hilarious.<P>I actually wasn't as enamored with Shapeshifter. I don't like the art style too much (at least how the people look) and I found that a lot of the dialogue was stilted and didn't really seem real. However, the scene where the woman enters the Spirit World and then transforms is brilliant. Absolotuly breathtaking.

Just read Shapeshifter and the Guy I Almost Was. I think the best part of the Shapeshifter story was the Spirit World part. I like the Guy I Almost Was better. I have a soft spot for stories about where our choices lead us.<P>--Tuscahoma

The Thanksgiving one was ok, I like weird little sci-fi things like that. So was "The Man I Almost Was", well done true-life story comics like that are always good, especially if they have a point about counter-culture. Apocamon was neat, just because I enjoy mythological monsters, but the comic itself wasn't really anything. The rest I can live without, I dislike psychedelic/metaphysical/spiritual stories.

I don't know what scared me more about "Rush Limbaugh Eats Everything": its portrayal of selfish, insatiable consumption heralding the apocalypse, or the rabid, mean-spirited ideology it espoused... kind of like a liberal version of Rush's own style.<P>Or maybe that was the point?<P>-- Nathan,
naturally vulnerable to "downer" endings

I've finally gotten around to looking at the next preview for Webcomics World... and I was quite amused and pleased to see Electric Sheep as the topic of discussion.. I found Electric Sheep through coolhomepages.com some time last year and I was definately facinated by the subject matter and the wide range of styles available. Hard to believe that one guy does it all. <P>My own personal favorite storyline on the site is <A HREF="http://e-sheep.com/shapeshifter/" TARGET=_blank>Shapeshifter</A>. As someone who is often dicontent with the body her soul inhabits, I've always found themes of transformation facinating and alluring. This particular story had me looking wistfully at Starbucks joints for weeks, even though I don't drink coffee. <P>Has anyone else read through the Electric Sheep archives and found something they though was particularly amusing, touching or inspiring?<P>-Wish
Uncle Jed is a stern man, who's easily riled..

Agreed, Nathan... RLEE has this penetrating, won't-leave-the-back-of-my-brain-aloooone quality, even though it is pretty two-dimensional...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by NathanAlderman:
<B>I don't know what scared me more about "Rush Limbaugh Eats Everything": its portrayal of selfish, insatiable consumption heralding the apocalypse, or the rabid, mean-spirited ideology it espoused... kind of like a liberal version of Rush's own style.<P>Or maybe that was the point?<P>-- Nathan,
naturally vulnerable to "downer" endings</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>For a liberal book that intentionally parodies Rush Limbaugh's style, read <I>Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</I> by Al Franken. A great combination of the silly-but-mean style of old Warner Brothers shorts and some really interesting hard data. The meanest thing Al does to Rush is quote him. I keep my copy right next to my bed (well, on my bookshelf with the dictionaries which just happens to be next to the bed, anyway -- and yeah, it's near the bottom of the pile of books serving as bookends, but it's on the end closer to me!).<P>Greg, flaming liberal from a long line of flaming liberals.<P>------------------
Risus est telum ultimum contra tyrranem. Nullus dictator exercitibus allibus ridiculem vulgi longe resistare potest.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maccabee:
<B> For a liberal book that intentionally parodies Rush Limbaugh's style, read <I>Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</I> by Al Franken. A great combination of the silly-but-mean style of old Warner Brothers shorts and some really interesting hard data. The meanest thing Al does to Rush is quote him. I keep my copy right next to my bed (well, on my bookshelf with the dictionaries which just happens to be next to the bed, anyway -- and yeah, it's near the bottom of the pile of books serving as bookends, but it's on the end closer to me!).<P>Greg, flaming liberal from a long line of flaming liberals.<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Did you like <I>Why Not Me?</I> <P>Clones, bipolar affective disorder and really bad sources to quote from.<P>EX animo,
m.d<p>[This message has been edited by Blondlot (edited 05-10-2001).]

I am in ignorance. What is a flaming liberal? And how does this differ from just a liberal?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Doublespeak:
<B>I am in ignorance. What is a flaming liberal? And how does this differ from just a liberal?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Outspoken liberal.<P>------------------
"Sun Ra? He's out to lunch, all right...same place I eat at!"
- George Clinton

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maccabee:
<B> For a liberal book that intentionally parodies Rush Limbaugh's style, read <I>Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</I> by Al Franken. A great combination of the silly-but-mean style of old Warner Brothers shorts and some really interesting hard data. The meanest thing Al does to Rush is quote him. I keep my copy right next to my bed (well, on my bookshelf with the dictionaries which just happens to be next to the bed, anyway -- and yeah, it's near the bottom of the pile of books serving as bookends, but it's on the end closer to me!).</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Do you read "This Modern World"? Some of Tom Tomorrow's best comics are ones where he quotes people directly. Example (pg. 76 of "The Wrath of Sparky"):<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>On <B>Larry King Live</B> recently, guest host <B>Robert Novak</B> was interviewing <B>Jesse Helms</B> when a call came in from <B>Alabama</B>...
CALLER: "Mr. Helms, I know this might not be politically correct to say...but I think you should get a <B>Nobel Peace Prize</B> for everything you've done to help keep down the <B>niggers</B>--"*
NOVAK: "Oh dear."
HELMS: "Whoops. Well--"
*All quotes verbatim as reported in <I>Time</I> magazine.<P>NOVAK: "Ha, ha, ha."
HELMS: "Ha, ha, ha."
NOVAK: "That was the bad word...we really don't condone that kind of language, do we?"<P>HELMS: "No, no, no...when I was a little boy, one of the worst spankings I ever got is when I used that word. And I don't think I've used it ever since."
NOVAK: "And you had--"
HELMS: "<B>Mark Twain</B> used it!"<P>NOVAK: "--and you had--you had--you had African Americans on your staff a long time ago, didn't you? As I remember."
HELMS: "Oh, <B>yes</B>--I hired <B>several!</B>"
Well folks, there you have it--more proof that racism is truly a thing of the past in <B>this</B> enlightened, color blind society!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Greg, flaming liberal from a long line of flaming liberals.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>You said it, brother!<P>It's nice being in a forum where there are some other liberals, instead of the knee-jerk conservatism of the Wendy board (why Wendy, which really shows no political subject matter and consists almost entirely of the nonsensical adventures of a bisexual girl and her friends, would have a forum dominated by outspoken right-wingers, is a mystery that passeth all understanding).<P>------------------
"Sun Ra? He's out to lunch, all right...same place I eat at!"
- George Clinton