Mineshaft #22

Just in from our printer is a preview of the fantastic Mineshaft #22 cover lettered and designed by Robert Armstrong with an O.J. Heller photo! Coming soon in July Mineshaft will feature women daredevils of Muscle Beach, California by O.J. Heller!! "View from Sauve" a letter & drawings from R. Crumb! Centerfold comix jam by Jay Lynch & Kim Deitch! "Pat & Corky" fiction by J.R. Helton continued from last issue! Plus Aaron Lange reviews Stuff of Dreams! Jay Kinney's rant on American Culture! New art by Christoph Mueller! Simon Deitch! Robert Armstrong! Frank Stack's "Dirty Diana" returns! Mary Fleener draws women at the San Diego Comics Con and MORE!!

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2. Request that your reputable local comic book dealer order a copy for you.
3. Ask Santa Claus to leave a copy in your stocking this Christmas.

[Mineshaft Magazine]

Clearly TomNine is trying to kill us all. He's posting all these beautiful figure girls, one after another, in the hope of inducing mass cardiac arrest. Don't fall for it! You can watch the videos, but just do it one at a time - don't be a glutton!

[ TomNine]

Becky Hammon was born in the United States but is planning to play basketball for the Russian Federation at this summer's Beijing Olympics. Large numbers of journalists and bloggers are repeating a comment attributed to Anne Donovan, the U.S. basketball coach, who allegedly called Hammon a "traitor". However, the only quote I can find from Donovan is one printed in the Boston Globe, where Donovan says, "If you play in this country, live in this country, and you grow up in the heartland and you put on a Russian uniform, you are not a patriotic person." Which strikes me as absolutely correct and certainly appropriate for Donovan to say. Suggesting Hammon is not patriotic is a far cry from calling her a traitor. However, beyond the sensationalist and likely fake quote attributed to Donovan, would it really be fair to call Becky Hammon a traitor?