Tandra Page 1070, December 13, 2009

Created on 12/13/2009

by Hanther

The comics world is up to the armpits in “Super Villains” from Lex Luthor to Doctor Doom, from The Joker to Darth Vader. Every place you look in comics and in comics inspired media, there is the ever present “Super Villain”. Rumour has it the major comics publishing conglomerates put their heads together and tried to register the designation “Super Villain” to forbid competitors from being able to call their costumed bad guys by such designation. I don’t hear they had a lot of success. “Super Villains” had already been pretty much established as common usage public domain.

Milton Caniff, the celebrated creator of one of the greatest comics of all time, “Terry and The Pirates”, and, in consequence, creator of several of the greatest villains ever including Captain Judas and Tony Sandhurst (though Caniff’s villains never dressed up in the silly Halloween costumes so admired by most of the characters typically thought of as “Super Villains”) is said to have insisted every hero must have a really nasty villain against which he can strive, else the hero cannot demonstrate his heroism properly.

Not to be outdone, we even have “Super Villains” in the real world. World Trade Center bomber and pedophile Osama bin Laden comes to mind off the top of one’s head. There are others worthy of consideration. The Messiah in the White House along with his amoral cronies rate by the standards of most Americans. However, a “Super Villain” requires a bare minimum of intelligence and, by that consideration, hardly anyone in Washington can convincingly approach “Super Villain” status. Occam’s Razor advises “Never ascribe to malice that which stupidity can adequately explain.” Occam’s Razor is writ large in Washington these days.

But, as the ad I ran in the Comics Buyer’s Guide admonishes, it’s not the “Super Villain” in the silly clown outfit that is the real threat. The greater danger is from the Shadow Men who created him! There are Shadow Men aplenty coming next year in our story.

As I have recently, I must again advise new readers to check out our on line store for the ink on paper Tandra releases. While you should be able to appreciate the current story arc if you only read the weekly pages, you cannot appreciate the full extent of the fraud unless you understand Lord Kilthane and who he was. Go to the Tandra on line store now!

As a final item this week, I wish to extend a personal note of appreciation to fellow Tennessee native Al Gore. I realize Climate Prophet Gore has about as much actual connection to Tennessee as the Queen of Sheba but, to our shame, it is my belief he still claims residency in our otherwise fair state. As I was setting up the premise for the next several years of Tandra tales, I began to wonder if I were stretching the reader’s suspension of disbelief to insist a patently absurd fraud such as I am preparing could possibly be pulled off and a large number of Americans convinced of its authenticity. Perchance I was asking more of my readers’ credibility than I had any right.

Then I thought of Al Gore and his Climategate conspiracy and any doubts were cast aside. Try as I might, I could not name a singular particular of which the unfolding Tandra plot is more absurd than the looming man caused global warming holocaust. Thank you, Al, from the bottom of my heart for validating the underlying structure of my in process Tandra story line. My gratitude is eternal.

May the sun always shine on your parade!

Next Week; “The Right Touch”

Tandra...more than escapist fantasy, it’s a revolution!

Hanther

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