by Dale Everett | Mar 12, 2009 |
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Today’s comic was inspired by comedian Rocci Berrini, specifically his review of Watchmen. He was a bit obsessed with the nudity of Dr. Manhattan and his pendulous genitalia, particularly when Dr. Manhattan was many stories tall. What would Dr. Manhattan’s ungraciously exposed blue penis be like at that size? Well, at the risk of retelling an already old joke, it occurred to me that it would be about the size of the Anarchy Boogeyman!
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by Dale Everett | Mar 7, 2009 |
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I’ve been under wraps about this comic made especially for The Liberty Forum program book. If you aren’t already at the Forum, you should head over!
by Dale Everett | Mar 5, 2009 |
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This comic is inspired by Angry Josh who actually threatened (in jest) to take a dump on a socialist’s bed. It’s very possible Angry Josh will return sometime in a future comic.
by Dale Everett | Mar 3, 2009 |
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In August I did a comic called Passing the Buck. It showed how our Democratic Republic form of government absolves everyone involved of any sense of responsibility for the evil our governments do.
Nearly everyone I talk to about government has a sense that something has gone badly wrong. Most will blame some false dichotomy. “If we just get our guys in there and kick out the ‘bad guys’, government will finally be fixed.” Everyone seems to have the parts they are fine with and parts that are appallingly unacceptable. We’re floundering to find the fix but no one seems able to put his finger on it. We keep doing the same political games over and over, almost ritualistically, hoping to finally see real progress. Some will say that the elections are rigged or the process of campaign finance needs to be reformed. Some will go so far as to say certain people who held high office in our government have engaged in criminal acts worthy of prosecution. Those who disagree in one case usually have the same ill will toward past leaders. So are all these people admitting there are criminals in government? Is the government really this fallible? Is it not this paragon of moral authority as it’s depicted to be?
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by Dale Everett | Feb 26, 2009 |
The human body is said to be constructed of a few dollars worth of common chemicals, though I’m not sure what the point of saying this is. A blank DVD costs about a quarter in bulk these days, but you could pay thousands of dollars for one that has the bits on the surface rearranged in a preferred way. The software is what makes it valuable. Patterns are what matter.
In a universe equivalent to a blank DVD, the occasional emergence of a pattern more likely to persist dominated the chaos surrounding it and gradually led to the emergence of yet more complex patterns. It’s almost as if the universe itself is making choices, choices that sometimes seem correct and sometimes seem wrong, but it simply seems like a matter of time before it makes the right choices, the ones that move order forward. This is why I occasionally and reluctantly use the word “pantheist” to describe my views.
The human body was constructed over billions of years of natural selection, and of all the parts of the human body, the brain is the organ that stands out. The brain itself is a microcosm, a pattern which like the universe itself, makes choices and enhances the order of its own pattern through the process of learning and responding to the results of those choices, good or bad. Every other part of the human body seems to exist for the sole purpose of ensuring that this one organ can continue making choices, for preserving what we think of as consciousness. I’ve often discussed my predictions about the human race preserving what matters about us, our consciousness, in a superior and more persistent manner such as through some really advanced computer system. Such an advance would allow us to extend our personal lives dramatically; almost indefinitely.
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