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miguel clearing his head in *poison the cure* #3.

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just a little teaser here for poison the cure #3. this one here is a scene near the front of the book, a calm moment before things get really different for the rest of the issue. this book is going to be very, very different from what people are expecting. very exciting.

I came across two Nader videos that I wanted to share:





The second one I particularly enjoyed.

"Self-appointed moral guardians, dubbed the 'modesty police' by Israel's modern secular media, roam Jerusalem's ultra-religious neighbourhoods enforcing the voluminous and ever growing list of rabbinical laws such as the recent decree banning the sale of MP4 players. About 100 Haredi women have taken to wearing scarves and veils to cover themselves much like Muslim women.

Yoel Kreus is known locally in the Mea Shearim area of the city as the 'manager of operations'. He describes himself as a 'shmira', a Hebrew word that translates as 'watcher of Israel'. 'I make sure the rabbis' decisions happen ... I help you to be a moral person,' he said.

Extraordinarily, he admitted to slashing the tyres of women who have driven into the neighbourhood who, he said, were indecently dressed. 'There was a mess with the police,' he said. 'Now I'm trying new creative methods, not using violence. Now I make a small hole in their tyres and the air deflates slowly. I'm not destroying their car.'"

The original article.

Reposted from Information Clearing House

"The Americans and British "want us to rebel against Saddam," the official said. "They think we will be so broken, so shattered by this suffering that we will do anything – even give our own lives – to get rid of Saddam. The uprising against the Baath party failed in 1991 so now they are using cruder methods. But they are wrong. These people have been reduced to penury. They live in shit. And when you have no money and no food, you don't worry about democracy or who your leaders are."

The Tragic Last Moments of Margaret Hassan

Real Life Poison the Cure

Alex emailed this to me:

Chevron Lobbyist: ‘We Can’t Let Little Countries Screw Around With Big Companies’

Art de Flip

Alex and I were delighted to received this message in the mail:

Hello from Galvatraz,

My name is Felipe and I like to draw, and more importantly I like to read comics. I'm writing to let you know that I finally got my hands on a copy of Poison the Cure. I always like to look through a book before buying it and none of the comic shops I'd been to were carrying it. Well it just so happens that the last time I was in Dallas there it was! I knew you guys had some preview pages up but there's nothing like holding a book in my hands to help me decide. Sure enough I was intrigued enough to buy it and to look forward to issue #2. I hope you don't mind but I drew Mugshot, Deuce, Artie, and Charlie and put it up on my blog, art de flip (http://felipevillela.blogspot.com/). If you don't mind let me know what you think. Do you guys distribute the book through any site besides your own? Thanks for the great work and I look forward to seeing the second issue.

Best Regards,

Felipe

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