View From The Brig(gs): "They Call Me Lucky 13".

Hey, all. Watching G.I. Joe Retaliation this week (see my comments further down the page), I was reminded of a comment Will Rogers, the famous American screen cowboy turned newspaper humorist, once made. "In Hollywood, the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing…"


I'm starting to ponder that observation more and more as the years roll by.

Anyway. Before we get to moaning about Tinseltown's output, let's celebrate the fact that I made it to 13 installments now, and am still (ahem) going strong!

I've always loved the Number 13; I was born on the 13th (December…add it to you calendar: same as actors Christopher Plummer; Steve Buscemi; Tony Curran; Jamie Foxx; Dick Van Dyke; producer Richard Zanuck; and someone named Taylor Swift, whom I know nothing about), so I hold the Pensive Numeral in the same fondness that some do the Number 7.

Right. Let's launch into the last couple of weeks' comic books.

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