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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    04:51 AM

    In reply to The White House On V: What Aliens?
    that's just lame. mustt have been a slow day in DC, let's see, yeah nothing going on, OH except the House of Representatives voted to pass a health insurance reform bill for the first time in 100 years, yeah, let's talk bout V! #v
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    02:32 AM

    In reply to The White House On V: What Aliens?
    This is how thin skinned the Obama white house is? Freaking pathetic.

    Oh, and Graeme, Monica Baccarin? Really dude, really? #v
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    Also, I'm totally gaga over Air. I really couldn't tell you why but I absolutely love it.

    Her previous book, Cairo was also really good too. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    One not mentioned but worth checking out if you want a fun story about a girl who whenever she falls asleep she finds herself in an extremely realistic American Revolution setting that may or may not be real. It's a little girly but I am absoulutely in love with The Dreamer. It started as a web comic here:

    [thedreamercomic.com]

    But it's also available single issue and the first trade is out. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    04:46 AM

    @Sunshineyness: At first I thought you were going to mention "Dreamless", a web comic set in Hawaii and Japan just before 12/7/1941. An American girl and a Japanese boy who, when asleep, see through the eyes of the one who is awake.

    [dreamless.keenspot.com] #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    04:57 AM

    @Sunshineyness: Just checked out "The Dreamer" on the web and added a shortcut to it in my web comics folder. Thanks for the tip. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    11/07/09

    In reply to "The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro
    Intriguing how this is setup as a "test", and at the end of the trailer, there's Charlie Clouser's "Hello Zepp" theme as featured in the SAW movies. It has the same dramatic momentum as Clint Mansell's "Lux Aeterna", and relates well here. #thebox
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    Nature says: "paint with THESE colors of the wind, BITCHES." #alexisrockman
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    Oh, I hope Epcot is like that by the time we go in February. #alexisrockman
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    How do we get that much water into South Dakota? And that much sand to Vegas? #alexisrockman
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    Been reading "Resurrection" for a few months now. Great book. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    mother nature. patiently waiting to kill you in all sorts of horrific manner. #alexisrockman
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    11/07/09

    In reply to The White House On V: What Aliens?
    I think this entire thing is hysterical, and before anyone decides to get witty and call me a TROLL again (you know who you are, don't think I forgot, I have a very long memory), I just want to mention that I couldn't care less how dissimilar or similar Obama's White House is to the aliens of V. I am, as of the 2008 election, an apolitical, equal opportunity politician hater (with a few "radical" liberal exceptions).

    Of COURSE people are going to draw similarities to Americas new administration, that's the genius of Sci Fi. It is by nature an allegorical medium. But you can't separate the lumps in the Cream of Wheat so easily, it has to be taken as one package. If the V's represent Obama or Reagen or whoever, then by proxy, they represent the entire administration of modern politics and government. Who is more alien to the common citizen than the overpaid, benevolent, false-promising, insured stuffed shirt politician? Politicians, like the freakish aliens of V, are a macabre joke. And you can apply that logic to any organization that pretends to be something that it isn't, or that appears to be doing one thing while it's actually doing another.

    It's the classic To Serve Man idea, and I love it because I think it rings so true especially in this day and age where people are so used to be taken advantage of by their fellow man and by people who have been sworn to protect and help them, we just accept it as an ordinary part of life. #v
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    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    Ooh, King City looks and reads AMAZING. I might just pick it up, and I don't really read comics other than Calvin & Hobbes.. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    So, how long before we get a live action Power Puff Girls film, because I would be all over that. #micronauts
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    Image of bookwench bookwench
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    I love you, io9. Amazon.com, here I come... Wait, what's that? Hey, my credit card is screaming at me in a tiny little voice! What's it saying?

    "damn....you....graeme.... mc.... millan?"

    Wow. I never knew my credit card could talk. Neat! Now on to Amazon.com, tra-la-la.... #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World

    The World Without Us #alexisrockman
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    11/07/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: That was an excellent book! :) #alexisrockman
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