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I’m not going to bore you with more boasting about how I can draw better than any contemporary “web comic” artist out there. I’m going to bore you with an explanation why.

From INVISIBLE LEGENDS (unpublished)

I’ve got The Jizz.

You could set out right now to be the greatest cartoonist in the world, spend billions of dollars, and you’d still never top me. You don’t have The Jizz. I do. Continue reading →

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Uncategorized

Tagged as Adam Hughes, Alan Moore, Bands I Useta Like, Basil Wolverton, behind the scenes, Berni Wrightson, Bettie Page, comix, Dave Gibbons, Dave Sim, Dave Stevens, Drew Friedman, Harlan Ellison, jail, Jim Blanchard, Kurtis Blow, Laurie Lipton, MAD magazine, MC Ren, Mike Patton, Mike the Pod, Mozart, music, Poddism, Poddist philosophy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rakim Allah, rap, Rick Griffin, Rolling Stone, The Rocketeer, Watchmen, Wm. Stout

05/27/2016 · 4:17 pm

I meant to use that title four years ago, when I turned 40. Then today, when I turned 44, I figured that using the title unchanged would confuse Jimmy Buffett searches. Buffett’s song, “A Pirate Looks At 40”, is one I have not heard before, but I’ve read the lyrics, and I understand it’s one of Buffett’s better tunes. So I replaced “40” with “44”, to set it apart.

Originally, I planned to use “butt pirate”, but there’s really only one definition to that phrase, and it’s not one that describes me. It would have made a funny title, but it also would have netted me a lot of attention, mostly unwanted. From pirates of butts, I’m guessing. They’d email me pictures of their hooks and peglegs, with the message “YARRRRR!!! I BE PLUNDERIN’ BOOTY!!!” Right? I’m not caught up on my pirate culture. Continue reading →

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Filed under Comix Classic & Current, Don't Know Don't Care, Idiot's Delight, Site Stuff, Uncategorized

Tagged as 2016, 44, behind the scenes, Ceaseless Fables of Beyonding, comix, despair, Gummo, guns, Jimmy Buffett, John's Arm:Armageddon, krautrock, laughter, Mike the Pod, motorik, pirates, Ramones, Rosemary's Baby, Ruth Gordon, Satan

05/23/2016 · 1:48 pm

The Glory Of GWAR

Gwar, often styled as GWAR, is an American heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984, composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc. [Wikipedia]

After seeing GWAR in 1991, my freshman buddy Chris ran into the cafeteria to meet us the following morning. He bugged out his eyes with a grin, making a hard side-glance to push his contact lenses slightly off his irises. They were stained bright red, from GWAR blood.
I met GWAR’s manager, Sleazy P. Martini, at a DragonCon in the late 90s. I timidly asked him, “Gee Sleazy, do you really know GWAR?” He laughed and replied “Yeah, I know GWAR. I’m their FUCKIN’ MANAGER.”

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Girls of BIUL, Idiot's Delight, Magazine Rack, Nostalgic Obsessions, Robot Toy Fetish, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club, Unfairly Maligned

Tagged as #fbf, 1990, 1990s, 1991, alternative music, Beefcake the Mighty, Cardinal Syn, comedy, comix, Cory Smoot, Danyell Stampe, Dave Brockie, DragonCon, Gor-Gor, Gwar, Heavy Metal, Jizmak Da Gusha, laughter, Metal Blade, movies, Mr. Bungle, music, Nipples Erectus, Oderus Urungus, parental advisory labels, Richmond Virginia, Sexecutioner, Slave Pit Inc., Sleazy P. Martini, Slymenstra Hymen, underground, VHS, Ween

05/21/2016 · 4:19 pm

The 200th Post

Next month marks the second anniversary of the BANDS I USETA LIKE website, and here we are; the 200th post. I’m sure you couldn’t care less, but you helped make this possible, and in the 13 years I ran Mike The Pod online, I maybe cracked a hundred actual articles.

So let’s mark the occasion with a peek at the cover of BANDS I USETA LIKE III, yes?

That’s the magazine that will complete your summer, heading your way around the time you start buying fireworks in bulk. So buy this too. It would be a crime if you didn’t.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Don't Know Don't Care, Idiot's Delight, Magazine Rack, Site Stuff

Tagged as Bands I Useta Like, behind the scenes, comedy, comix, corporate crap, laughter, Mike the Pod, music, National Lampoon, underground

04/08/2016 · 6:03 pm

Stickers All Over The Door

Those of us who were children in the late 1970s remember a form of schoolyard wampum that was ubiquitous at the time. We traded them with each other, and bought them from the corner sweet shop with our allowance, for 25 cents a pack. We’d huddle and inspect each other’s collections, muttering “got it, got it, need it, got it, need it.” We carefully stored them in plastic sleeves for the future, in meticulous fashion.

Haha! I was totally kidding about that last one. We stuck them all over our bedroom door, until our parents grew furious and made us scrape them off with a putty knife, turning them into garbage.

They were STICKERS. Continue reading →