Ah! we just got in Alfred Wegener's book. I remember
when i first heard about his theory of Continental Drift,
in the late 60's, it was presented as radical & controversial;
today it's scientific orthodoxy. But does the man in the
street really have an inkling that the very ground beneath
our feet is sliding across the earth's mantle like a drunk
on a banana peel?

Just saw "Seabiscuit"; & while it's just okay as a movie of
its pretensions, i can't help thinking how much we have
changed in our sympathies for the underdog. We started
as an underdog nation--& now we pretty much limit ourselves
to an unvoiced "glad it's not me" whenever we discover
the existence (normally well-concealed: at least in the
camera-eyes of Consensus Reality) of one of these "losers".
Now we've become the Global Bully; now it's those who
desire peace & understanding that're underdogs...

Chinese punk band Brain Failure toured the US this past
spring. (via Giant Robot magazine)

A great contemporary illustrator.