i mentioned this on an ILM thread but i wanted to mention it here too: in a current commercial for American mega-retailer TARGET, the "Ninja" book by Brian Chippendale can be seen.

What does this mean.
I doubt I can go to Target in Atlantic Center and find that book for sale.

I realize that the comics are a kind of visual equivalent of lightning bolt but for some reason what is so awesome as a band is quite terrible in comic form.

Proof? Imagine if the target commercial ran on a lightning bolt soundtrack, or even better, if their CD section was changed to all-lightning bolt, and their piped shopping music was lighting bolt all the time -- that would be awesome, like shopping in the middle of a fireworks rollercoaster.

Now imagine that every square inch of Target wallspace was plastered with pages from the ninja book. like shopping in a sea of baby vomit. (OK so not much changed from how Target is now)