This looks suspiciously like a comparison between, oh say, Superman, and Batman.

Oh, BTW.....

First!!!!!!!

That's really funny in a very sad way, or really sad in a very funny way. Bolling's great.

I've had a similar experience with him saving the day.

"Double-step it!" hahaha.

"Keep your fists up!" That's rich. hahaha.

What good is free will if crooks can't use it too? What, you want God-Man to do everything for you? hahaha.

Damned funny as well. Nothing more needs to be said.

Brought to mind the song Particle Man by They Might Be Giants:

Particle man, particle man

Doing the things a particle can

Whats he like? its not important

Particle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?

When hes underwater does he get wet?

Or does the water get him instead?

Nobody knows, particle man

Triangle man, triangle man

Triangle man hates particle man

They have a fight, triangle wins

Triangle man

Universe man, universe man

Size of the entire universe man

Usually kind to smaller man

Universe man

Hes got a watch with a minute hand,

Millenium hand and an eon hand

When they meet its a happy land

Powerful man, universe man

Person man, person man

Hit on the head with a frying pan

Lives his life in a garbage can

Person man

Is he depressed or is he a mess?

Does he feel totally worthless?

Who came up with person man?

Degraded man, person man

Triangle man, triangle man

Triangle man hates person man

They have a fight, triangle wins

Triangle man

One of the greatest allegories ever told in comic form. This strip is a classic, at once funny and profound.

Congratulations, Mr. Bolling.

No matter what the empirical evidence suggests. I suppose faith and mythology are wherever you find them.

Bad things happen for no reason at all. It's a universe without meaning or purpose, just random acts of anarchy perpetrated by whomever has the biggest club. All hail the fascist in all of us.

is Nulla Sallus able to twist any article/post/blog on Salon into an unrelated anti-Salon rant? Salon, where he spends his entire day reading every article writing about how much he hates Salon and everyone who reads it? Insanity, thy name is nulla.

At first I had question marks over my head, but then I finally put two and two together. Which shows how out of it I must be this morning, because this cartoon embodies one of my favorite sayings: "The Lord helps those that help themselves."

Break it down, Mr. Bolling, break it down.

... is that many interpretations of it can be found (or twisted).

Worst superhero partner ever, indeed.

"It's funny 'cause it's true!"

Loved it!

I like words like : Puff, puff. BONK! ow.! Why? and "Now that's not right." chum.

There use to be a guy named, Theramenes.

He'd wonder why a deity didn't invent or put into motion a world with one size shoe ~ that would fit on either persons foot. apologies for teasing a dead man named Theramenes.

He may have thought:

There is nothing so supple and dangerous as those eccentrics arrogant thoughts. I agree. He was an Athenian rhetorician who could find arguments for either party.

Thermenes wasn't a very nasty cynic.

The yea attitude is...yes, much is ambiguous and faces both ways. A silver penny from a king ain't gonna help a gop in any era of history. Gold won't HELP! It will not be worth a dime when we clunk dead.

P.S.

When Reuben Boiling dies he must invent a shoe to fit on either foot. I love to see shoes on the wrong feet. However it seems almost impossible to inform a modern neocons/he looks just plain 'ole fancy-silly with no Socks on and shined up shoes pointing outward.

I don't get it... I'm used to comment spam, but usually it has a link or something. Can anyone explain why someone wrote a script to comment on every article with spam nonsense paragraphs? It is a proof of concept or something?

I don't know, Charles, but I'm quite sick of be-bop o too. It should be banned.

It isn't spam and it isn't a spambot. He seems to fancy himself a beatnik poet. He is actually commenting on the articles or other letters or both, but in a poetic way, sometimes a surrealist way.

His style isn't for everyone, but he isn't spam either.

That's my diagnosis at least. After skimming his letters for a while now, there are occasional references to his treatment at the VA. But his verbal style is classic schizophrenia. I don't think his posting rights should be banned, but I usually don't get much out of his letters either.

I wish the name were at the top of each letter, but I've gotten pretty good at guessing his letters from the first couple of incoherent sentences so I can move on.

Wow. After reading a few more of his letters I guess you're right. It's almost indistinguishable from the garbled mess I get in spam e-mail to disguise itself from filters. Now where's the ignore button.. dang.

PS. Freaking awesome comic today. Reminds me of the utter baloney that is the "two set of foot prints on the beach" thing. It's like "couldn't you have done something a little more than carry me, if that is what you were doing?!"

I actually laughed out loud at this Salon comic, something I often forget is possible after reading Kansas O'Flatulence.

And PLEASE do not besmirch the Beat Poets by mentioning the looney be-bop in the same breath, thank you very much.

Thanks!

I said he fancies himself as one, not that he is one.

@Monkey Pants

Nah, you want to see schizophrenic, read brightstar65's posts.

@ 8:48 Anonymous.

O, Holy nula peanuts granola.

Best with natural goat milk.

O, so crunchy and distasteful?

A red bannana.

thanks.

O, fbi.

...Human-Man gets cancer.

Same here. I feel badly for anyone with nothing else to do with their life but post literal nonsense online -- and it's annoying when actually interesting conversations are "interrupted" by his pointless ramblings -- but, yes, it is very, very, very easy to spot one of his posts within the first several words and I skip them accordingly. I do the same with the other trolls, too. He gets his kicks, my life goes on, everybody wins.