Howdy, folks! Welcome once again to the Omnium Gatherum. Or, if you’re new here, welcome to the Omnium Gatherum. Back when this column was a regular feature at the Comics Waiting Room, I happened to be writing during the first campaign of then-Senator Barack Obama to become president of these United States. Being the politics junkie that I was and still am, I couldn’t help but write about the politics of that election cycle from time to time. Of course I stole my title from the late, great Hunter S. Thompson, from his book Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trial ’72, with my own artistic modifications. In the years since my fascination with politics hasn’t slackened any, even though my thoughts and feelings as a citizen of these United States did change. But not in the how, the when, or the why anyone who had been following me on social media might think. I would honestly say my thoughts and feelings as a citizen about our current politics really began to change in 2022, as a resu...
A gathering of thoughts and ramblings by an editor/writer on the outskirts of the American comics industry. This blog serves as the current home to my Omnium Gatherum column, which began at the late, great comicswaitingroom.com