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Monday, July 07, 2008

Peace Party - From 2000

Good things don't come in small press packages all of the time. Even when art and writing show promise and are entertaining, a comic's premise can damage it.

The premise of Peace Party is weak because multiculturalism is baloney.

Peace... is the story of two American Indians with an injured friend who stumble on a gangland murder. On that plot hangs a celebration of Indian beliefs simply because they are Indian beliefs.

Why is multiculturalism baloney? Culture is only a collection of man-made customs, a "usual way of behaving". But Truth is not subjective or dependent on the opinions of men.

If everyone believed a rock was an elephant, it would still be a rock. To build one's life around the arbitrary opinion of men is to build one's life on sand.

Peace Party #1 is priced at $2.95 and is 23 pages. Published by Blue Corn with words by Rob Schmidt, art by Ron Fattoruso and Rob Schmidt.