I love Free Comic Book Day. Awkward, acne-encrusted teen boys
were dropped off by their moms in droves at comic book stores all over America. Being near the
poverty line, this opportunity to score some free books proved fruitful. Here are some of the titles I
received, bootleg as they were.
Bill O' Reilly War Zone: In this title, irritable loudmouth, O' Reilly, goes on a
killing spree in Hollywood. The uptight right-winger targets
liberal celebs like Janeane Garofalo,
George Clooney and shock-rocker, Marilyn Manson. My favorite part
is when he goes to
Sean Penn's house and makes the actor plead for his life as the retarded
"Sam" character from I Am Sam, before mowing him down with an AK47.
Because as we learned from George Bush's Texas, Republicans like
killing retards.
Margaret Cho Master of Kung Fu: I didn't really buy into this premise. A
chunky Korean comic saves America using such martial arts styles as
Phat Boo Tei, Gut Hang Lo, and the rolling in flour method.
Her super power is her ability to digest tall buildings in a
single bite. The
best part is when Cho saves San Francisco by eating a reservoir full of won ton
soup that was about to flood the city. Unfortunately, her resulting booming
belch blew apart the Golden Gate bridge.
Miller Man: Formerly liberal and semi-intelligent commentator,
Dennis Miller, continues his current streak of xenophobia and flag-waving. Only, in this book, the enemy is not the
Muslims he rudely demeans on TV appearances, but the Japanese. Set during World War II, this
racist adventure will surely please any bigot or Dennis Miller fan. The cover is derived from an actual Superman cover of the mid 1940's. The best part is when Miller
bores his enemy to sleep with pseudo-intellectual commentary during a
football broadcast. On the strength of his vocabulary, he
has earned the nickname The Man of Fortified, Malleable Iron-Carbon
Alloy. (Steel)
Iron Man: A classic title that I was very glad to see. However, the storyline is very
bizarre. A rogue government scientist creates a fully functional
robot (with full service orifices) that resembles first lady, Laura
Bush. He then escapes to outer space with it and is tracked down by
Iron Man. The weirdest part is when our hero tries to make it with the
robot and prematurely ejaculates motor oil all over her.
How embarrassing! A livid Robot President Bush then
calls Iron Man a terrorist and says he will deliver "American
Justice" into Iron Man's Axis of Evilwhile
his robot wife watches. For some reason the only person that the writers
did not make into a evil robot was Donald Rumsfeld. Maybe they know
something?
Tomb Raider: This book ought to be called
Pole Dancer!
Lara Croft cavorts through various jungles in little more than her thong and some combat boots. One scene is very reminiscent of the beginning of
Indiana Jones. It's when Lara has to put her breasts on a stone pedestal to keep a
booby
trap (no pun intended) from activating and releasing baby oil all over her. Oddly, my copy had some
pages stuck together. It must be a problem at the printer's.