Flex Mentallo

Love triangle.

His everyman sails a sea of misfortunes to which we all can relate!

My favorite cartoonist is Michael Leunig. His best known works include The Adventures of Vasco Pyjama and the Curly Flats series. He was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1999. Over the next few days I'll post a few of my favorite Leunig cartoons.

Nah, it's definitely a woody!

By the way - I've had a number of pm's from boardies I know well who missed the post in the Comicpalooza thread about my name change from alanna to Flex Mentallo! I'd been hankering for a name change for some time and the new name emerged from my recent trip to Houston - suggested by Richard Evans, endorsed by Billy Parker. Kinda like being canonized by two Popes! I just like the sheer ridiculousness of the character - it's just so me - ridiculous that is - (apart from the pecs!) Hmm, now if they could just transplant my brain into Billy's disgustingly fit bod whilst retaining his warped sense of humor, people'd be saying, "He really is Flex Mentallo!"

It isn't Man of Steel, nor even remotely comic-related, but if anyone is looking for a thoroughly gripping read, every bit as much a white knuckle ride as the latest Star Trek movie, may I recommend Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and it's sequel, Bring up the Bodies? I have no hesitation in saying these are quite possibly the best historical novels ever written - and I include War and Peace and I, Claudius. They are savage, gripping, vivid, psychologically penetrating and merciless. The first two in a planned trilogy, they recount the life of Thomas Cromwell, adviser to Henry VIII. In A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt depicts Cromwell as the calculating, opportunistic foil to Thomas More. Here in Mantel's version we see him in a different light - a man of great intelligence and implacability who amidst the carnage of Henry's medieval world, is absolutely loyal to his friends, relentless in destroying his enemies, and because of who the founding principles of our world first take recognizable form."He can draft a contract, train a falcon, draw a map, stop a street fight, furnish a house and fix a jury." "This is a beautiful and profoundly humane book, a dark mirror held up to our own world." The Guardian Would that we had a work of fantasy or science fiction to match it.

yeah, we really needed to be told you weren't rational. thanks. Coke zero projected on the keyboard moment.

Great cover!

Fewer than 100 - I've only kept the most outrageous ones! I rarely add anything new.

[font:Times New Roman]Really enjoyed taking a gander at some of those beauties while we were geeking out at Bedrock manor. Awesome collection, Billy.[/font] [font:Times New Roman]BTW, during the course of the evening we dealer tested CGC slabs for crawdad juice resistance, and they all passed with flying colors![/font] (thumbs u I think some passed with running colors. Only those of us had too many crawdads!

........how much did you get that book for? Around $500. Oh shut up! 30 years ago that was strong money! I'm too young to remember!

........how much did you get that book for? Around $500. Oh shut up! It would have been more but he got a discount because of the writing on splash page. Hmph! Well that's more like it! Whosis Kirby guy anyways?

[font:Times New Roman]Church![/font] Sleeper!

........how much did you get that book for? Around $500. Oh shut up!

I've always loved this cover. Fairly tough in grade.

Baker interiors with no other artist involved. How many covers credited to Baker can we say that about?

Ed finally let it go! I don't think you will find a better copy. I had to break his fingers.

Northford...

Bethlehem...

I got a couple of Roger's Church copies ay C'palooza too, so I'm not bitter: And Roger thinks this is the Church copy as well. Who am I to quibble? (Didnt think much of the cover at first but it has grown on me. I took it because it has a great , lurid interior! More like Women Outlaws!)

I love this book and can't find a copy for the life of me. Great copy - might be the toughest issue of the title, which is saying something!. I have had several copies of many Baker Romance in the past 10 or 15 years, but only ever had one of this, and much inferior to Rick's copy! Stonking book buddy!