Bombayite Vishal Patel scanned in ads from the semi-socialist '80s, before good printing technology hit Indian shores. Nostalgic. He also fillets half-assed Indian comics (via Boing Boing):
This story ends like every other Chacha Chaudhary story, suddenly and abruptly, like the writer/artist suddenly realised that three pages were up. As a result, we'll never know if Chhajju Chaudhary was ever brought back to Earth, or was kept on Mars for the sodomising pleasure of the Martian nobility.
And, the instant classic 'How to Be a Poet in Six Easy Steps':
All poems actually consist of one of two things:a) Getting laid
b) Getting high
Here's a random sampling:William Shakespeare - O Mistress Mine (getting laid)
Alexander Pope - Solitude (getting high)...
Oscar Wilde - The Harlot's House (getting laid)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Kubla Khan (getting very high)
..."Are you a poet?" On no occasion must you EVER say "Yes", as this will automatically disqualify you. Here, instead, are some approved answers.
"Aren't we all?"
"I write because, if I don't, I think I shall go mad"
"Don't try and classify me"
