Monday, February 22, 2010

Quirky Euro Files: Euro-crat Comic Heroes

Seriously? SERIOUSLY? I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing!

Here's a blurb:

The graphic novel follows the 'adventures' of Zana, Max et al at the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Department – known as ECHO – as they struggle to secure funding for the fictional sate of Borduvia, which has been devastated by an earthquake.

Written by a Belgian graphic novelist Erik Bongers, Hidden Disasters – a cross between Tintin and Thunderbirds: International Rescue – contains such immortal dialogue as: "We must inform the Commissioner! She's briefing the European Parliament on the earthquake tomorrow."
Um .... riveting.

OK, you must tell me if you think this story is more mock-able than Captain Euro, which I laughed at years ago.

Then again, isn't it just typical of government bureaucrats that they think they're so much more awesome than they are? so much more ... messianic?

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