and hats off for the TARDIS cameo

this is excellent

i worry that i'll be the only person in November who votes for McCain

Googling "McCain" and "Rictus" already yields over 7,000 hits. And it's only June!

I mean, compared to the gaping jaw-droppers inspired by the latest jobless figures, McCain's rictus comes across as positively orgasmic.

Oh. Oh god. Sorry. Some people were probably eating.

LMAO @ the last panel

please - t-shirt! Why don't you have a t-shirt side biz going yet? Go look at the money r.stevens is pulling down over at dieselsweeties. Step your webcomic-shill game up!

Go to www.thismodernworld.com, then click on T-shirts & Swag.

Or just click on my name.

Last panel is too funny! (Nice Dr. Who cameo, too.)

If they do, they'll mobilize the one demographic that votes BIGGER #s than their percentage of the population, that's people older than 50.

The youth vote did NOT come out in great #s for Obama, though thanks to the computer it certainly seemed louder and more everywhere than it ever had been previously. And even if they DID come out in massive #s, they'd still be a FRACTION of the vote over 50yrs. old.

Please think smart vs. a vs. McCain, insult him any way you wish, but try and show respect for his age.

OTHERWISE, those above 50 could swamp the election booth even more than they do now, and do it to vote for McCain if only to show all the young whippersnappers there is a price to pay for making fun of old people for ... being old.

And if any younger politico thinks fear of terrible things might make them think twice about voting for McCain. Ummm, what do they risk, but nothing.

They've survived everything life has thrown at them. Things younger people see as history.

If McCain somehow were able to keep us in Iraq, they won't be going to fight it.

So the notion that electing McCain, one of them, like Bush was NOT, will only make them more motivated, because it is so insulting to their intelligence or anyone's who just thinks about it beyond reacting with horror to the ugly things wringles and white hair do to one's looks. LOL

Until Mr. TT as the fey refer to him, or...

Mr. TnT as the masculine men like to call him....

acknowledges the transgender perspective and accepts that it MUST be a priority over all other perspectives and become the defining agenda by which the worth of all other agendas are measured, he will NOT be relevant to anything.

Tom Tomorrow is a fellow Doctor Who nerd!

Kewl!!!

(Would you like a jellybaby?)

I wonder if Tom knows that the Doctor has history with talking penguins in comics? (Click on my name if you don't know what I'm talking about.)

What's the deal with that asterisk in the first panel?

My 75 year-old white grandfather has waited his whole life to be able to vote for a white male septigenarian for president.

rubbish!

its the over 65 contingent that WORRIES about McCain being able to handle the job. That's a fact.

PLUS

A great number of those over 50 folks (and especially the boomers) are dormant hippies who (like Ted Kennedy) LOVE the idea that all their marches and sit-ins have finally paid off in a real tangible way

AND

The old people who want to show the 'whippersnappers' a thing or two are probably also the ones who want to show the 'niggers' that this is still America.

But to ease you worry: Obama will not make his age an issue when he's so dead wrong (no pun intended) on policy

Pure pleasure.

Can Captain Jack Harkness making out with a penguin be far behind?

The asterisk is resolved on the side after TT's signature, showing great integrity. What a nice laugh to start the day. The subtle use of the awful green panel was the crowning touch.

While nobody should actually go around baiting the AARP, a lot of people over 60 are dealing with health issues, the need to downsize, memory issues, etc. either personally or on behalf of a loved one. You hit over 70 and that number goes up.

A lot of elderly people find McCain's age worrying. In the end, his VP choice may be even more critical than Obama's.

Hey, republicans! We feel your McPain!

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I love the backdrop. Genius.

I agree that simply pointing out how old McCain is is a volatile and hazardous issue that could backfire.

Pointing out how old McCain acts or thinks is a much stronger argument.

Also, TT does a great job capturing the inherent attractiveness of David Tennant.

The Doctor for VP pick! Obama would be ready for GOP attacks when he already knows how and when they will all happen! Best of all, he'll be ready for the Daleks! Everyone wins!

...the fact that John McCain will veto every single beer?

Last panel is hilarious.

Thanks to all you Who-nerds for clarifying the first one.

Tell McCain there is a grave digging job opening.

The only qualification is to smile and dig a hole.

The idea: Be the way McCain is: Be that pathetic way.

The last grin is when ya`s NOT able to climb out a hole.

The grave is a hole ya's dug during a politico's wretched life.

FOOLS.

I love the last panel, with the rictus grin in front of the "You kids get off my lawn" backdrop! LOL That green was a terrible idea, and green is my favorite color!

My friends and I are debating who more closely resembles John McCain when he flashes that scary, disturbing grin. Here are the candidates so far:

1) Count Orlock from Nosferatu (or, the vampire from the first film adaptation of Salem's Lot)

2) Jack Frost from The Nightmare Before Christmas

3) Grandpa Munster from The Munsters

4) The Joker from either the Batman TV series or the first movie

5) A skeksis from The Dark Crystal

6) The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland

7) Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker

Votes? Thoughts? Other candidates?