Some as-yet unlinked protest photos from Alexis, from August 27-29.

Continuing the roundup of photog friends, JCN's 8/29 photos, and Eliot's convention photos.

And, just to put things in perspective, JCN's shots of the WTC on fire, which event the Republicans are so happy to exploit in order to try to win the election. If you haven't yet read Giuliani's 2008 Campaign Speech, you should. One friend described it as "taking a big piss all over 9/11."

And here I was, naively hoping one of NY's leaders might take Bush to task for his failure to deliver the funds he promised the city in the wake of the attack. Foolish boy.

In celebration of the RNC and their candidate for president, a picture of Dubya that was cut from BOA: 30, showing our commander-in-chief driving intoxicated! (Based on an actual arrest!)

I'm back. Props to guest blogger UGNYC, who did a bangup job this past week!

Hey, if Curbed can do it, so can we: we're off for a week, but antagonist "The Unhappiest Girl in NYC" may take over blogging duties. Then again, she may not. Depends on what kind of mood she's in.

This weekend and weekends to come, 4Panel produced happenings upstate and down:

Tiny Ninja Theater presents ROMEO & JULIET at Woodstock Fringe. And while you're at the 'Stock Fringe, be sure to catch The Days Are as Grass starring, of all people, my mom!

Now it can be told!
The next Tiny Ninja Theater production will be Tiny Ninja Theater presents HAMLET premiering October 28 at P.S. 122

And the next TheaterSounds reading will be: Saturday, September 11 @ 8pm
THE QUEEN OF BINGO
by Jeanne Michels and Phyllis Murphy
with Watson Heintz and Arlene Sterne
directed by Nicola Sheara

Attend, philistines!

This is it; tonight at 7pm, your last (perhaps very last ever) chance to see MAN OF INFINITE DESIRE, as part of THE HELL FESTIVAL at The Brick in Williamsburg.

What? You say you're too cool to come to Brooklyn? Friend, you don't know what "cool" is. But I'll tell you one thing; it ain't the HELL FEST. Because the HELL FEST is HOT. So get your hipster asses on the L train and QUIT YOUR GODDAMN WHINING.

I apologize. I love you all. I really do. Especially you, there. With the glasses. You're cute. Hey, what are you doing tonight? Nothing? Well, then, COME TO THE SHOW.

Afterwards, we can make passionate love in a dumpster.

MAN OF INFINITE DESIRE
@ THE HELL FEST @ THE BRICK
575 Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn
G to Metropolitan Ave or L to Lorimer

Who wants to play "What's wrong with today's panel?" Entries may be left in the comments. Contest will end when I upload the corrected panel, this time tomorrow.

• UPDATE (8/17): Lebowitz wins! He found the correct error! (See comments, link above.) As a reward, I will link to his guest episode of JVG: The Comic Strip. Our good friend "duh" also made a point which has been corrected; blame the real Tim for that blunder.

As for the nose, neilfred, it is obvious that the second panel is a 7/8 view, and not a 3/4 view. And, as anyone who knows me knows, when I am in 7/8 view, my nose appears in deep perspective, like the prow of a mighty ship. A mighty, mighty ship.

11:54pm: Arrive home to find my street lit with floodlights, the largest perched atop the aforementioned Manlift. The scene illuminated: a cop slams a black teenager into the door of an unmarked car in the driveway of the Arrow Linen Corp.

Upstairs, the floods also pour into my living room. The scene illuminated: my cats. Dinner is late, and they're pissed.

I say again: this looks to be an exciting 44 minutes of television.

4:43pm: Men have been lifted! On to a buliding across the way — perhaps to film an exciting cross-rooftop chase scene? Only time will tell.

Day 2, 10:18am: A "Manlift" has been parked across the street! I think it safe to say that, in due time, men will be lifted.

5:47pm: As I leave for a meeting with Josh and Lock to put the finishing touches on The Big 40! (a.k.a. Book of Ages 40) they are still filming outside the bagel shop. The lights of the police car are now flashing.

10:28pm: I return home to find both sides of my street blocked off with orange cones. Perhaps tomorrow is the big day; Third Watch leaves the bagel store!

12:13pm: The fire truck parked across the street from me appears to contain actual firemen, not actors.

9:33am: I walk Xina to the subway to swipe her in with my unlimited MetroCard. (With Subway fares going up again, we must learn to economize!) PAs are yelling at people for parking at the meters. Can they do so politely? They can not. Even their "please" has a nasty edge. Xina observes: "Give a nobody a headset, and look what happens."

We stop in to buy a bagel as they film the scene where the cops drive down the street to park in front of the bagel shop. This looks to be an exciting 44 minutes of television!

You know, until they put up signs a few days back telling me I couldn't park on my street today, I had no idea Third Watch was still on the air.

But here they are, filming around the corner, and so I feel I must bring up as many updates from the field as seem warranted. So:

8:55am: I walk to the grocery store to get yogurt. Third Watch is filming cops sitting outside our local bagel shop. Who knew TV could be so true to life?

30: not the age to start doing keg stands.

This week's exciting episode: The Snail Who Came In from the Cold

Beginning this very moment (with today's panel and a panel slated to appear yesterday) The 100th Episode of JVG: The Comic Strip, featuring ***everyone who has ever wanted to be in the strip*** especially the people who have asked the most often! This, good friends, is your reward.

This week's exciting episode: A. Snail for All Seasons

A brief Faust primer created for the back of the Man of Infinite Desire program. Colorized for your online enjoyment. Now that you've seen the primer, go to hell!
(The Hell Festival, that is, at which MOID has four performances left:
8/5 @ 7pm, 8/9 @ 8:30pm, 8/14 @ 3pm, 8/19 @ 7pm.)