Image by Susan Cipriano from Pixabay As I write this, I'm reminded of lyrics from the old Newcleus jam Computer Age: Push the Button: "...I know the Lord cannot be too glad In fact, I'm sure he must be quite mad To see us take His role from our lives And give it to computers For here we sit in our easy chairs As our machines decide how we'll fare Who will suffer, who will survive? It's up to the computers." artificial intelligence Indeed, technology has permeated every aspec

"Why So Serious?" That's a famous line from Heath Ledger's Joker in the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight . As a long-standing comic book fan myself, I feel that a more appropriate question would be, " Why So Dark?" Comics darker and darker of late, so dark in fact that at least to this reader, they're hardly enjoyable or relatable anymore. I'm aware I've been gone for a while; forgive me, life happens. I'm also aware that this isn't an art post, per se. But as almost anyon