> Hmmm... the idea of the Meg being comic-of-
> choice for die-hard Reaganites is rather off-
> putting, isn't it?
Well, let's look at the evidence. Who would read a comic like this?
The lead character lives in a world clearly predicated on a Cold War era fantasy where the Americans beat the Sovs and remain the greatest power on Earth. This week he visits a future China, where people call him a round-eyed devil and constantly address one another as Master.
Inside, a reprint of a space prison fantasy gives rise to one of the most powerful myths in the American republican mindset - that of the small man against the system. He uses his own pluck and technical skills to beat the sadistic, identically-dressed clone guards.
A celebratory reprint of a World War II strip reminds us of simpler days when Nips were automatically bad, the natives on our side were good but simple-minded, and everything could be sorted out with a bullet and the raw strength of a true man. The strip is backed up with a lovingly detailed history of the simpler days of UK comics, where a Native American man who was brave but silent counted as revolutionary.
Let's continue. A strip about a gay vampire priest shows that even the toughest homosexual is nothing but a mass of camp cliches - and anyway, he's been infected by The Sickness. A beautifully-rendered strip glorifies the eye-for-an-eye Old Testament theology so beloved of Ronaldus Magnus. Finally, Xtnct warns of the perils for humanity of meddling with the genes that the Good Lord gave us.
David, over to you.
Dud (slightly scared by his own analysis)
PS Thank god for Apocalypse Soon
PPS Or thank other non-demoniational deity, spirit, political philosophy of your choice.
