Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for May 10, 2013

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling GOD-MAN'S FAN CLUB GOD-MAN HATERS NOT ALLOWED! Boy #1: What are you doing? Boy #2: Trying to figure out what the new, rumored GOD-MAN REBOOT will be like! Boy #1: Reboot? Boy #2: Sure! Superhero narratives are re-started and updated! God-Man's been rebooted many times! Boy: Each version of God-Man reflected the conception of ultimate power in that era's imagination! In the Bronze Age, God-Man was the supreme warrior chieftain! GOD-MAN In Medieval Times, he was a demanding and cruel feudal lord! GOD-MAN In the Renaissance, he was a rational and perfect cloud-king! GOD-MAN In Industrial Times, he was a celestial tycoon and cosmic lever-puller! THE GOD-MAN And in Post-Industrial Times, he is a righteous psuedo-scientific wish-fulfiller! GOD-MAN Boy #1: Wow! So, what's next? Boy #2: I have no idea...