The time has come again this year for Free Comic Book Day, no, its not a socialist-handout program put together by the comic book industry, and it’s the best day of the year for us comic book fans. This year promises to be a good one too. Sandwiched between two great comic book movies Kick-Ass and Iron Man 2. If you don’t know what Free Comic Book Day is allow me to to enlighten you. It is exactly what it sounds like. You just have to go this Saturday to ANY comic book store in town and ask for their free comic books and be prepared to receive some goodies. Its a great day for the family so take the kids or your little brother and sister. Basically, its like trick or treating for comic book enthusiasts and a way to promote comic book reading to the general public.  If you want more info please visit the Free Comic Book Day site or you can call your local comic book store and ask them .

Comic shops in Tucson

Charlie’s Comic Books

5445 E 22nd St, Tucson, AZ (520) 320-0279

website: http://www.popshoponline.com

Owner: Charlie Harris

Fantasy Comics

2595 N 1st Ave, Tucson, AZ (520) 670-0100

website: http://www.fantasycomics2595.com/

Owner: Tom Struck

Heroes and Villains

4533 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ (520) 321-4376

website: http://www.heroesandvillainsonline.com

Owner: Mike Camp

R-Galaxy

2420 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ (520) 322-0422

website: http://r-galaxy.com/store/

Owner: Rick Keefe

In other news: Stephen Hawking just announced that there are aliens out there and they are gonna kill us!... or conquer us in the very least. Its a good thing he made us aware of this, it’s only to be expected. Why would an advanced society that floats through space try to help us? You ever see humanity try to help a lesser species? The closest we get is taking our pets to the vet. In fact, if aliens are anything like us, they would probably come here and enslave us and put us in farms and raise us for food, like we do with cattle. Or for a lucky few of us, we would probably end up as their pets with leashes and collars around our necks, but hey, some people are already into that. Yet not all is lost, in Arizona we are fortunate enough to have provisions in place to protect our citizens from such treachery. In case of an alien encounter, our local law enforcement can now act and ask them to prove that they are not aliens. If they fail to do so they are promptly taken care of with our concealed weapons. So not to worry Dr. Hawking, we got your back.

Recently Arizona has been making some pretty bonehead moves when it comes to law-making.  First, was the the ban on gay marriage. Why was it stupid? Well, aside from the fact that it was a total wedge issue, a violation of equal rights and heavily reliant on Judeo-Christian views of marriage; we also lost a lot of revenue and Mexico was smart enough to jump on that. So now, all those gay and lesbian couples from around the U.S. are not travelling here and spending

Just say "no," right?

their money here to get married, but instead they are going to Mexico and spending their money in that country. Awesome move Az. Ignorance has never been a big money maker, but fortunately being 49th in the country in education we don’t really care, in fact “ignorance” is very much our middle name. So making money is not a real concern, as is reflected by our budget.

Next, we allow people to have guns in bars. That’s right, guns in a place where people get intoxicated. What the heck?!?!?! Who thought this was a good idea? I know, I know, the gun toting patrons are allowed to do this so long as they

Yipee kay yay! The next round's on me.

don’t drink. Okay fine, but how many people (aside from myself and the DDs) go to bars and night clubs to not drink? More importantly we already have laws about drinking and driving and we see how many people follow those. If this type of law were effective we would have no DUI’s and no drunk driving deaths. Do we honestly think there will be no shooting under the influence? Remember, 49th in education.

The most recent offense, though, was Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 on immigration reform. Why is it a bone head move? Because it’s flipping racist. Seriously, how many Canadians do you think are going to get deported over this? Nothing against the polite Canucks, but they are the ones coming down in droves in the winter and taking not only the good jobs, but the good land. God knows Arizonans can’t afford to buy real estate in our own state, so, Canadians are.  However, police officers will be asking Hispanics, Asians, African Americans and yes, Middle Eastern folk. You know

She's definitely an "illegal". Get the Minute Men!

why? Because they all have one thing in common: They are not White. This law isn’t meant to protect Americans from foreigners it’s made to protect White people from non-Whites.  Now, this may sound paranoid and conspiratorial and I’m fine with that, but if you really want to test yourself and this law and claim its not racist do the following exercise: Close your eyes and picture an “illegal immigrant”.  Did you see a blonde haired and blue -eyed, polite Canadian? Exactly.  Also, we need illegal immigrants, yes, need. “Hogwash” you say? Okay then, you pick our lettuce and clean your house for substandard wages and no benefits. You can’t even get teenagers to do those jobs. Like it or not, illegal immigrants contribute to our way of life.

Can’t wait for the next round of bills. Yay.

On a positive note Kick Ass was an awesome film go see it if you haven’t and if you have, see it again. Furthermore, go buy the comic its just as great as the movie.

Arnie Bermudez

“I like you for who you are and if I don’t like you its probably for the same reason.” – me