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Monday, October 27, 2014

Approaching Zero: Intro




Since the sad and mysterious demise of blog/band Graveyard Soup that used to publish witty and gritty political commentary as well as publish my surly and burly cartoon "Approaching Zero" , I have decided to start posting episodes here, especially since I haven't been sufficiently pissed off enough lately to rant about anything. In fact, if you asked me to rant about something now I'd probably rant about how there just isn't enough time to appreciate the unique patterns and colors of each autumn leaf. Sigh.

Approaching Zero was a cartoon I created from 2001-2010 when my life was total shit and I needed some friends. Follow the adventures of Divi, Kurtz, Squeak, Finn, Flo and the mice as they navigate the utterly baffling and surreal world of the working poor in America with some math thrown in for good measure (the square root of 15 joules per second per gallon squared to be exact).

Gig's Disclaimer: any resemblance between Divi and anyone you might know who sometimes wears a similar Absolom Absolom t-shirt and have a fondness for cats and bugs and plants and seems to have a science background is probably coincidental.
 

Approaching Zero: Tuffet Doc










Tuesday, October 14, 2014

One Long Death



It took some time to notice,
That Barbarism had died.
Its Guts strewn across the beheader’s blade
A stench on the breath of its abandoned knaves.
Since the earth quaked as it thudded to the ground.
Chunks of its body cast long, dark shadows all around.
Slaves crushed by the remnants of its chains.
Masters tending wounds with its poisonous remains.

Love, no longer weep and cower and
Come out of from its shadows.
This is your age.