tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post7433236177563016360..comments2024-03-28T09:04:42.135-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: The Coming Of The Controller!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-35877420173140653652016-12-31T00:51:19.192-05:002016-12-31T00:51:19.192-05:00I had not thought of Mangog, but your comparison f...I had not thought of Mangog, but your comparison feels very apt to me. Need to read that story again with this insight and see how it feels to me. I suspect the great Kirby was giving me guidance and I didn't even know it. I'm visualizing the "Odin-Keg" as this very moment. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-35788030014006525742016-12-30T12:54:46.565-05:002016-12-30T12:54:46.565-05:00As usual, I get some insights from my comics. Back...As usual, I get some insights from my comics. Back in Thor 154-157, we met the Mangog,the embodiment of an evil race that was imprisoned by Odin's spell in a giant monstrosity whose only goal was revenge and destruction. By containing all of this malign energy, Mangog had the concentrated rage and hatred of a "billion billion beings." For several issues, while Odin was conked out in his "Odin-Sleep" (no doubt after a long bender involving the "Odin-Keg"), Mangog grimly lumbered across Asgard, destroying all in his path, with no other goal than to end the universe. Just as he's about to draw the Odinsword, with Thor and his warriors fighting valiantly but futilely, Odin wakes up and dissipates the Mangog back into the separate beings. "Mangog, thou wert never strong!'Twas all an imagery!'Twas all an illusion!" <br /><br />So how the hell did Trump win? The answer is he didn't. Trump is a vessel who thinks he is the captain. What won was anger and hate that was so tired of perceived mistreatment, misrepresentation and disenfranchisement by the world that it lashed out. What they want can't be articulated, because anger is largely incoherent. Perhaps they'll be calm and happy for a short while in their victory, but I doubt they'll be satisfied by what's coming. Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809592629762693427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-12474203950055033962016-12-30T06:35:54.920-05:002016-12-30T06:35:54.920-05:00What's missing the newer cover is context, a s...What's missing the newer cover is context, a sense we are seeing a scene from an actual story. As for Trump, it's clear this is an awful situation shared with the world at large. Trump's immature nature (stiff-necked defiance of facts excused as firm resolution) is showing up in the current Russia blather. He's clearly wrong on this but will continue to contest the facts, and what's truly pitiful is the extent his bewildering knot-headness is supported by his devoted followers and fellow travelers in the Congress, even those who know better. It's bullshit pure and simple. Maybe that's how you drain a swamp, fill it with crap. <br /><br />Rip Off Rip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-73729100220329673892016-12-30T06:26:21.851-05:002016-12-30T06:26:21.851-05:00A nice selection of exciting covers here with the ...A nice selection of exciting covers here with the exception of the modern one - as nicely drawn as it is its pretty flat compared to the others that invite you to pick it up to see whats happening ( that seems to be the way they like covers now just posters / splash pages). Regarding Mr Trump, on ITV in the UK last night Charlie Brooker (a satirist) did a mash up of Trump so It looked like on long event - he hardly had to manipulate it it the garbage that mad came out with would have been funny if It wasn't so potentially serious for us all (not just in the US)it was just as the papers described the programme "Charlie Brooker's TV Wipe was like reliving a nightmare" of course to be fair we had Brexit, Bowie and a host of other celeb deaths, Syria etc in there a well. Anyway have a great New Year lets hope 2017 is not going to be as bad as we think it may be (could it be much worse that 2016?)Paul McScotty Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300292599442281225noreply@blogger.com