tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post1516815914007819388..comments2024-03-29T09:02:42.450-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: The Fourth World Of July!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-62620773227475373272018-07-05T15:03:37.320-04:002018-07-05T15:03:37.320-04:00Speaking for myself, if being “liberal” means bein...Speaking for myself, if being “liberal” means being astute enough to spot a lying, crass, treasonous, privileged, racist, criminal, ego-driven piece of excrement like President DumpsterFire – then I’ll wear that title proudly Library Guy. Thou art barking & pissing up the wrong Dojo here…RickMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023383661211180321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-58971470546813342932018-07-05T12:42:12.132-04:002018-07-05T12:42:12.132-04:00I have never read such baloney from a comic blog b...I have never read such baloney from a comic blog before. Obama was the WORST PRESIDENT in our history yet you pollute an otherwise nic blog with factless, baseless emotional oh geez why go one, you are a liberal, hence don't believe in logic or facts. Get a frikkin life.libraryguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643253055281694828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-2178290823616606442018-07-05T03:16:56.992-04:002018-07-05T03:16:56.992-04:00Good points indeed. I see aspects of most of Darks...Good points indeed. I see aspects of most of Darkseid's aides in Trump. The cold-blooded manipulation of Godfrey, the small-minded puffery of Vundabarr, the cruelty of Granny Goodness, even the raging ego of non-Darkseid aide Funky Flashman is recognizable. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-60438742503300333052018-07-04T17:03:14.295-04:002018-07-04T17:03:14.295-04:00I've often thought of Glorious Godfrey in the ...I've often thought of Glorious Godfrey in the past couple of years and how well that character illustrated the mindset of fascism, in light of the sort of behavior we see rationalized and "justified" by the American right today. But a good case could be made for comparing Trump with Virmin Vundabar instead. A preening, vain buffoon concerned only with the pomp and trappings of power, always trying to puff himself up to look more impressive while surrounded by incompetent lackeys. No matter how often he fails, they keep telling him he's a genius. Sounds awfully familiar!<br /><br />All that said, I think if Kirby could have depicted Trump as a Fourth World character it wouldn't have been anyone from Apokolips: he might have been one of the pathetic mob bosses of Intergang, willing to sell out the human race in exchange for short term profit and a little advantage over the other bosses. Kirby hated mobsters and slumlords more than anything, and you have to think he'd have seen Fred Trump's boy as one of them.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-18614835938182060322018-07-04T09:37:41.573-04:002018-07-04T09:37:41.573-04:00I was especially struck this reading how on point ...I was especially struck this reading how on point so much of the Fourth World stuff is to the current problems. Kirby constructed the saga in the shadow of Watergate and his loathing for Nixon was a key element, and it goes to how similar these days are to those that his works are of such moment. The parallels between Glorious Godrey and the odious Trump are astounding, even the orange hair. The slogans of Apokalips are the very nonsense we endure in these days of "fake news" and "alternate facts". Sigh. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-67329409440695308292018-07-04T03:24:16.605-04:002018-07-04T03:24:16.605-04:00I often wish the King was still here to comment on...I often wish the King was still here to comment on these times.<br /><br />But as you often remind us, Rip, he already has. monkeyspacepantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214870722010507125noreply@blogger.com