RIDIN' EASY WITH BING

Here's a little Captain America for this Fourth of July.....


Now, there are those who'll probably say that the above blipvert is kind of tacky considering that Dennis Hopper only died a few weeks ago. And yeah, they're probably right.

But looking at it from the perspective of a Toobworld caretaker, I'm just glad to see the characters of "Easy Rider" make the "slide" from the "Cineverse"* into Earth Prime-Time. Skitlandian versions of the characters already existed, thanks to 'Saturday Night Live', but this places Billy, George, and Wyatt (aka Captain America) firmly into the main Toobworld.

And to preempt any complaints that they aren't the real "Easy Rider" characters, my answer is: they're not meant to be. Those guys belong to the world of the movies. These are their counterparts in the world of the Toob. It's the same distinction made for characters like Hawkeye and Trapper John and Madigan and the King of Siam.......

BCnU!

* The term was coined by Craig Shaw Gardner for his Cineverse Cycle of books.