At last! The end of the evil Republican mummy meeting, plus I snuck in a little booty shot for you, and finally, Frankie!

I tried to lighten up the political commentary a little by having Republican CARTOON characters (I mean, PARODIES of them) instead of caricatures of real, evil Republican politicians (except of course for Chris Christie). Hopefully more fun to read, certainly more fun to draw. I’ve been reading Al Capp’s brilliant Li’l Abner for lessons in lighthearted, cartoonish, yet effective socio/political commentary. Working on that.

Coming close to a conclusion of the evil mummies’ plans, and this storyline. Next time I will not make you wait so long.

Still with the mummies!!! Only one more to go.

Lots of human monsters in this one. I won’t point out the ones Victor Frankenstein is ranting about- hopefully you can figure  those out for yourself. But wallowing in the muck, we have-
Panel 1:
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who stonewalls getting anything done in government including speaking out against any new gun safety laws.
Next to him is some racist, gun-nut washed-up 70′s rocker.
Panel 2:
Pat Robertson, who thinks “awful looking” women are the problem with modern marriages. Also, thrift store sweaters should be checked for residual demonic residue.
Next to him is Eddie from Rocky Horror! Hot Patootie!
Panel 4:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who wisely gets lots of rest on the bench, almost never speaking, to save his energy for Koch Brothers retreats.
Also there’s a cartoon Republican duck, possibly slumming from his newspaper comic strip.

Next time- We get so see Eartha again! And FRANKY!!!

As this year is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, I chose to depict her guys as the third Doctor, the dandy-tastic Jon Pertwee. Funny thing is, despite her considerable geek bona-fides, Dawn is NOT a Whovian! I bet when she finally checks out the show, she wonders why my Doctor looks nothing like Matt Smith.

I assumed Dawn would not want to link back to my comic, because her’s is all-ages, but she linked back anyway! She’s so cool. Check out her comic, which has plenty of commentary on the human condition, as only two alien observers (dressed as dogs) could do. Dawn is also one of the contributors to the Webcomic Alliance, which is a website and podcast with great articles for the creation and marketing of digital/web comics. Highly recommended.
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Yes, we are falling ever deeper into this rabbit’s hole of quasi-political weirdness. We learn a few things- what those mummy-looking guys are called, sort of where they come from, and kind of what they want. Also, the wealthy and powerful like to eat live  baby chicks and puppies. Did you not know that?

All the plutocrats on the page are rough caricatures of real people- in panel 4 we get John McCain, Newt Gingrich, and (a very cartoony) Rick Santorum.
That guy in panel 5 is Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, who famously is suing America because our bailout of his criminally mismanaged financial institution, AIG, was not generous enough by his standards. That’s a bad man.
Panel 6 has Dick Armey, Newt again, and Louis Gohmert. You can click on any of these names for a link to learn more about these jerks, if you are so inclined. Or Google them.
Not Santorum though. Don’t Google him.

In panel 7 we finally get to meet Franky’s creator, Victor Frankenstein. There’s a reason Franky does not talk to or hang out with him. He is mad, bad, and dangerous to know. And not in a fun way.

His plans for Franky will be revealed next time! That, and another monster. A big one.

Back from the holidays. Hope yours was awesome.

Our friend Karl Rove is STILL catching Hell from our mysterious mummified villains for his disastrous handling of Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaign. And it’s only going to get worse for him.

Next time, more mummies, more weirdness, a little less politics, still no babes (regrettably)- AND we get to meet a character that has been a long time coming.

What’s this? No Franky, Elsa, or Eartha…? Who are these strange creatures? WHAT are they?

Remember seeing them before? Yes, they are the ones who Eartha covertly communicates with. They’re mummies! Possibly undead- and even worse- REPUBLICAN! What is there connection to Mitt Romney, Karl Rove… or more importantly, to Franky?

More long-brewing secrets will be revealed next time!

And so, we bid a fond farewell to The Hero Business- for now- as Franky suffers one last bit of insult to his injuries at the hands of Doctor Malefactor’s scientific curiosity- or is it mad science rivalry? Either way, it’s going to hurt the same.

Will this discourage Franky from his dream of being a super hero? And if that light is extinguished, will that leave our beloved monster to stumble down a darker path? Tune in next time and see!

So happy Obama won. And so are Elsa and Franky. Thank you, stupid humons!