King Kirby knew his stuff.

How did Jack Kirby know that American fascism would be so grotesque?

So charmless?

So camp?

Believers holding placards (reading LIFE HAS ITS PRATFALLS! ANTI-LIFE IS PROTECTION; LIFE WILL MAKE YOU DOUBT! ANTI-LIFE WILL MAKE YOU RIGHT!; YOU CAN JUSTIFY ANYTHING WITH ANTI-LIFE!; and JUDGE OTHERS! ENSLAVE OTHERS! KILL OTHERS! ANTI-LIFE WILL GIVE YOU THE RIGHT!) — and a beady-eyed fellow wielding Justifier helmets. Godfrey, decked out in a white, Romanesque tunic, begins his oration:

“I hear you, right thinkers! You’re shouting Anti-Life — the positive belief! Listen, as the great organ catches your words and finds the wonderful music in them! And what am I, Glorious Godfrey, but another poor instrument that vibrates to your message? And I say, come to me! And I shall give you the power to wield death!”

The minion holding Justifier helmets, says, “Wield death! Wield pain! You can be justified — if you wear one of these!”
A giant image of Darkseid is transmitted on a video screen behind Godfrey as he continues:

“Yes, friends! Though Life is ever filled with those who threaten us, it is Anti-Life which gives us the power to eliminate them! The holocaust is coming! The day of Apokolips on Earth! The Day of Darkseid, who brings this power for only us to use! Yes, it is his gift to us, friends! The Cosmic Hunting License! The right to point the finger or the gun! Who can stand against us, friends? Certainly not the others! They can be recognized for what they are! But not us, friends, Not us! When we wear this helmet, we feel unified! Glorified! Justified! Step up, friends! Take your helmet! Be superior! Be fierce! Be a Justifier! It’s Darkseid’s gift of Anti-Life — It’s the ‘Happiness Package!'”

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Jack Kirby may have been on to something.

“THAT IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR MOVEMENT–THAT THESE MEMBERS ARE UNIFORM NOT ONLY IN IDEAS, BUT, EVEN, THE FACIAL EXPRESSION IS ALMOST THE SAME!”–ADOLF HITLER

A mob of well-dressed, blank-eyed, white people.

“YESSIR! IT’S THE TRUTH SLORIOUS GODFREY S SPEAKING THE TRUTH!”

‘HE’S VOICING WHAT’S IN OUR HEARTS!”

“TELL IT, GODFREY! TELL US HOW OUR PRIDE IS BEING ATTACKED AND DRAGGED IN THE DUST!”

“IT’S THE OTHERS, GODFREY! THOSE WHO DON’T THINK RIGHT!”

“THIS IS OUR WORLD! OUR WORLD! THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO MEDDLE WITH IT!”

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My current listen- soundtrack to Lodge 49. Both the show and the tunes are enchanting.

Just a note.

If you’ve known me for more than five minutes, you probably know that I am extremely passionate about true equality and social justice.

However, to emotionally and mentally cope with this new administration, I am going to make an extra effort to be silly, to experience joy, and to practice self-care. I don’t want anyone who sees those posts to mistake them for me being dismissive or not caring about our current state of affairs.

As Audre Lorde explains, joy gives us the “energy for change” to resist the oppressive structures and status quo that make us tired and apathetic; an exhaustive oppression that holds us back.  But in the face of this paralysis, joy is an act of resistance. Communities hammered down by systemic oppression wave a giant “we will not be defeated” flag by continuing to find joy in the face of it all.


Joy isn’t turning a blind eye to pain and burying our heads in the sand. Joy is recognizing that loss, sorrow, grief, and anger all have a place alongside the temptation to just cry out, “Everything is fine,” when it’s not. Joy is an invitation to resist the status quo and lean into the pursuit of justice.

I miss our time at Poe’s.

Vincent Price at Edgar Allan Poe’s grave. This rare, candid photo of the actor visiting Edgar Allan Poe’s grave at the Westminster Burial Grounds was taken by Jeff Jerome, the curator of the Poe House and Museum, when Price was on tour with his one-man show Diversions and Delights, in 1977.

Black and white photo of Vincent Price at the Poe Marker

He orchestrated a coup. It failed.

He was a convicted felon.

He rose to power on a wave of divisive propaganda and hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric.

He promised to make things great again.

He threatened to annex his neighbors.

I’m referring, of course, to Adolf Hitler.

Day 20,440Enjoying my meta and general media blackout, and my avoidance of the news in general today. I would like to minimize my time on all meta services, given that they are going the way of Twitter. Nice that I can still broadcast here, on mastodon, Tumblr and my own page, meanwhile.

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Day 20,440

Enjoying my meta and general media blackout, and my avoidance of the news in general today. I would like to minimize my time on all meta services, given that they are going the way of Twitter.

Nice that I can still broadcast here, on mastodon, Tumblr and my own page, meanwhile.

A doodle of a man in a gorilla-suit with 8-pack abs, with a mask-like face, and hands that have three fingers and a thumb on a comic frame style background.

National Gorilla-Suit day is Jan 31!

#art #doodle #gorilla #nationalgorillasuitday