Shamrock: An IRA Comic

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This is a politically-oriented comic book short-story inspired by the politically-conscious films Patriot Games and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Enjoy!


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An Irish-American woman named Shelbye decided to fashion a clover-costume and mask and transform herself into the pro-IRA 'vigilante' Shamrock (modelled after the Marvel Comics character/avatar). Shamrock travelled to Belfast and interviewed Irish Catholics on Halloween Eve, asking them what they thought about trick-or-treating in politically-troubled Northern Ireland. To her shock, Shamrock realized that many Irish in Belfast were still unhappy about the partition of Ireland after the Easter Rising of 1916 and the ensuing 'troubles' in Northern Ireland between Irish Catholics and British Protestants.

Shamrock decided to call the British Parliament and pretend to be a political journalist doing research about Catholic-Protestant relations in Belfast on Halloween Eve, and she found that representatives of the Parliament were somewhat distant and aloof to her inquiries, simply suggesting that 'progress was sought.' Shamrock realized that IRA-related 'troubles' in Northern Ireland had sunk deeply into the hearts and minds of the people. "The Irish are so different from the British, and you can clearly 'hear' this difference in their distinct way of speaking --- their language and dialects --- so how can we expect a 'normal' political resolution to surface'?" Shamrock asked herself.

Shamrock then went back to the United States and began lobbying with President Donald Trump, asking Americans to seek commercial ties with Northern Ireland to ease political angst with economic strategies. Since 'TrumpUSA' was fixedly focused on commerce-gauged politics, Shamrock urged President Trump to appeal to the European Union to seek reconciliatory commercial relations between British Protestants and Irish Catholics in Belfast, London, and elsewhere so as to arrive at a more trade-oriented resolution to political troubles. President Trump ominously replied to Shamrock, "I appreciate your idealistic fervor, Miss, but right now, my plate is full with North Korea, Syria, and Iran, but perhaps I'll take your advice to heart and appeal to the EU about possible 'mercantile-cures' in the United Kingdom!" Shamrock realized she did all that was possible...for now.

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Magneto: The Physics Problem


This is a consumerism-centric tale of politics-enhancement inspired by new age comic book adapted vigilantism-daydream films such as X-Men: Apocalypse.

There's no reason democracy-dialogue has to be 'suffocating,' since there's plenty of nouveau-Fanon (Frantz Fanon) esque room for Orwellian/dystopian conspiracy-normalization empiricissm, which is why I'm a big fan of the X-Files films...



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American science had changed, and the Salk, Scripps, and Oscorp institutes were busy studying modern approaches to bio-atomic analyses such as gel electrophoresis, silicon chemistry, and materials science. The consumerism-society had become global and America had elected a casino-mogul as its President. Toys 'R Us was the new Johnson & Johnson, leaving wide room for socio-cultural (and political!) criticisms towards the mismanagement of public-service companies such as Waste Management and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). During the so-called consumerism-fertilizing 'Big '80s' of Reaganomics, the compact audio cassette (and the Sony Walkman!) transformed the way Americans conceptualized 'mass-marketing of toys.'



In this 'mix,' entered the genetic-deviant, a science-lab engineered 'super-soldier' named Magneto, a being/humanoid with the ability to manipulate magnetic fields and therefore control magnetism itself! Magneto was recruited to shock America into a 'consumerism rapture,' by creating electromagnetic disturbances in Times Square on New Year's Eve, so pedestrians would be too distracted by signals-calamity to be worried about their video-enhanced society-obsession with holiday-confetti! Magneto was a real 'ghoul,' and he intended to turn New Year's Eve (in Times Square) into a flat-out field-tremor. This was changing the civics quality of urbanization-idealism politics in the psyche of art (e.g., Bright Lights, Big City, Colors, etc.). What would become of the rebuilding World Trade Center (in NYC)?



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