This is a truly iconic 1990’s comic cover by the inimitable Sam Kieth; the image takes me right back to when I returned to comic book fandom in the first half of the decade. Kieth passed away on March 15th.
Photo of train entering Little Rock, Arkansas, 1909
Unknown photographer.
Wish me luck!!
Today I have to go back to the same store where I keep leaving my grocery bags at the counter. (There is an alarming paucity of Little Debbie Snack Cakes in my home.)
Keep your fingers crossed that I don’t embarrass myself again. I need to walk out with ALL my bag, so that a polite young person doesn’t have to chase me.
Cover to “The Unexpected” #126, Nick Cardy, 1971
DC Comics.
No Neos is good Neos.
How do I make the same embarrassing mistake at the same store one week later? (You guessed it — I left one of my packages at the counter again, and the poor, beleaguered, young cashier had to run out after the confused old guy with it.)
It’s like a humiliating glitch in The Matrix.
Cover to “2000 AD” #1644, Steve Yeowell, 2009
Rebellion Developments. Great Britain.
Ever just be really disappointed by a pair of reading glasses?
#NerdWorldProblems
Cover to “The Legend of Tank Girl : A 30th Anniversary Collection,” Brett Parsons, 2018
Titan Comics.
“It’s watching people form entire worldviews off headlines, vibes and whatever reels told them last night …”
Disclaimer — at no point would I suggest that I am somehow immune to cognitive and emotional biases … or any of the pitfalls described below. I am only human — and I can be as susceptible as anyone to them.
A lot of us can do better … most of us, in fact. Recognizing this is the first step towards greater intellectual honesty and better thinking.
American Lobby Card for “Godzilla” (1954)
Toho Co., Ltd.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 