In his first of the Sunday Comics, the author muses on symbiosis with the animal kingdom and truth-telling habits via the youthful uses of Russian comic strips
What links Los Angeles and New Orleans? Zombies, of course, with tongues protruding through their cheeks. Enjoy your foretaste of Jim Gabour's Sunday Blog series ...
Our author ponders the leadership quality in Texas, from whence he nearly sprung. His asterisks speak volumes.
A tale of chalk, polished nails and generational incomprehension
Even with the storm, it is still Southern Decadence Weekend and some 100,000 gay folk are partying in and parading through the Quarter. I have never in my fashion-wary life seen so many pairs of mauve and puce madras shorts. Meanwhile my yard rains avocados.
I have resolved to spread a message of tolerance to these aliens. Especially since they're already here. And writing tickets.
Of course, the whole sorry tale ends up in court, bringing the series of fictional character sketches from Jim Gabour’s latest novel, Unimportant People, to a triumphant close.
... in which Jim expresses his preferences for criminal cases; and in which Slaughter and he are relieved of civil duties
A day of media coincidences disgorges its meanings to the last