<This collection appeared in 2005, in the middle
of the never-ending Iraq War -- some things
never change, blah-blah-blah...
God, it's getting so tiresome,
hearing that telltale mantra:
"History doesn't repeat...it rhymes!">
When we recently addressed this subject, Roberta Gregory's massive forthcoming Bitchy Bitch anthology seemed dead in the water -- figuratively and literally -- after an Iranian missile struck the ship carrying them through the Strait of Hormuz. For a few weeks, it seemed, we had the prefect metaphor to serve up on the futility of America's latest never-ending war. If creators like Roberta Gregory can't catch a break, who can, right? Certainly not the millions of us lumbering under the weight of crushing food, gas and housing costs, that's for sure.
Guess what? There's more to the story than meets the eye, as Roberta stated last week (4/7/26) on her Facebook page. I just happened to see her statement, which we'll post here, in the name of correcting the record:
"OK, here’s the BITCHY! latest, from Eric at Fantagraphics….with a lot of help from an NPR reporter who decided to investigate… and found out the CONTAINER was on the ship stuck in Hormuz and reportedly fired upon, but the books were never in it!
"They were still in India all this time but nobody at Fantagraphics was told this. So all that hoopla earlier was based on misinformation from somewhere in the chain of command that became an exciting but erroneous news item."
"Trust NPR to give you the real deal! So apparently the books are delayed, but soon to be on their way, though taking the long way, past the Cape of Good Hope.
"So let's all hope real good, not just for cargo going from there to here, but an end to this stupid war!"
This latest development reminds me of that line from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" -- not the Gene Pitney song, but the brilliant 1962 film based on it: "This the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
That issue aside, our basic points still hold: whether it's comic books or cars, constant disruptions aren't a box office winner for any business. You can't bludgeon other nations into submission via tariffs, and you can't build one by remote control, especially if they don't welcome you there.
Now that Hungarians have figured out those points, and finally retired their resident illberal architect (Viktor Orban), it's time to follow suit here in November. While Trump himself obviously isn't on the ballot, his Congressional enablers definitely are, which means we have one more chance to avoid slipping on the proverbial banana peel for the third time. It's the least we can do. --The Reckoner
Links To Go (Hurry, Hurry,
Before The Legend Becomes Fact)
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