American Fighting Men Read American Fighting Books

The American soldier has it tough. Most likely, there are people who hate you wherever you’re stationed. There’s not enough of the right equipment. Oh, and there’s a war going on.

But there is one thing that keeps them upbeat: Comic books. (Or graphic novels, if you wish.) The Courier-Post reports today on a Burlington County comic shop that sells tons of comics to soldiers stationed overseas. It’s hard to get American comic books when you’re not in America. It’s so bad Captain America recently died.

And why do our men and women read so many comics while stationed out of the country?

On a recent day at Ron’s, Spc. Brylan Vanartsdalen, a National Guard recruiter, collected issues of Marvel Comics characters like Wolverine, Spider-Man and The Avengers. He’s been collecting since he was 5 years old and has thousands of comic books at his Lumberton home, he said.

“It’s just the stories, man, it’s reading,” he said. “It gets my mind off things.”

See, it’s simple! To get their mind off of fighting, war and evil, they read books about… ah… fighting, war and evil.

Burlco shop gives overseas troops their comic-book fix [Camden Courier-Post]

Government waste, indeed

There are totally people on Locust and Spruce streets who would do that for way less, guys. Privatize!

Report: Pentagon Spent Millions Discharging Gays [AP via NBC 10]