Category: But I Digress…

Jury Duty

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digresssmlOriginally published May 17, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1174

So there I was, sitting on the jury on a capital murder case, looking into the eyes of the defendant. He looked troubled, frightened. And then, as I was listening with only one ear, I suddenly became alert. Hold it. The FBI agent had just said something that didn’t make sense. Applying quick deductions, I realized it placed him at the murder scene during the time that he claimed he was across town. Why would he lie unless…?

I waited for the defense attorney to pounce on it, but he just sat there, complacent, dazed. I realized that he really believed that his client had done it.

I leaped to my feet. “J’accuse!” I shouted, pointing with a trembling finger.

The agent realized the jig was up. He vaulted the rail of the witness stand, grabbed the court clerk and put a gun to the panicked woman’s head. “Anybody moves, she gets it!”

I was poised on the balls of my feet, waiting for an opportunity, waiting, waiting…

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Holiday Gift Suggestions, 1995

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digresssmlOriginally published November 24, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1149

And so, as the holidays—which, as we all know, is the time for peace on Earth, good will towards men, and escalating depression among the unmarried population—I once again embark on the belated job of attending to the CBG gift list.

Usually, I incorporate this into BID, and this year is no exception. So let’s see what we’ve got:

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The Dave Sim Anecdote That Even Dave Didn’t Know

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digresssmlOriginally published April 26, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1171

People love to become outraged about Dave Sim… and it is my opinion that Dave loves to outrage them.

He challenged the Friends of Lulu to publicly support the comics seized in the Planet Comics raid, despite the violent images of women portrayed therein. Defying Friends of Lulu to endorse Verotik Comics is kind of like daring Andrea Dworkin to French kiss Andrew Dice Clay.

He adopted a thinly veiled fake-author guise and put together a mysoginist rant blurring the line between personal and fictional opinion.

The thing with Dave is, I learned long ago that what Dave presents to the public is sometimes just for show.  He’s built up a reputation and will sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to support it.

What puts me in mind of this is something to which I referred several years ago, and have since gotten a number of queries on. And that is the Dave Sim Anecdote That Even Dave Doesn’t Know.

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