Sunday, April 5, 2026

His Imaginary Self Talking To His Imaginary Version Of The President Will Ease His Mind About What's Real.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Phantom Rider.

Man, at the bottom of it all, this is just sad.

I mean, there's a lot of clutter here. We see Muir celebrating the Trump Administration's elevation of crudity and sexism, him talking about how look how him attacking Federal agencies and alliances is good, great, so amazing. Because he's locked himself in a hermetic bubble and thinks this drivel is patriotism. But the doubts are still there, and have if anything grown worse. Note that they've spread from Sam, who remember as his feminized Id is supposed to be saying things that his toxic masculinity sees as too emotional, to Zed, his idealized self, the version who is supposed to be him as he wishes was. He's supposed to feel that it's worth staying the course.

And so we get this strip of Zed talking about how he needs reality to see through the fake things online.

Ignoring that he and this strip are... fake things online.

2 comments:

  1. Plus the second appearance, in the final panel, of golem-gorilla Zed. Hashtag draftsmanship.


    I cannot BELIEVE he is still bringing up Bill Clinton in this context. I cannot BELIEVE it.

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    1. He can never forgive Bill for being the first post-Carter Democrat to not lose. Just like he can't forgive Obama for not losing and presidenting while Black.

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