there, hugo again.

A little over a year ago, i wrote a post likening a new york times photographic montage of venezuelan president hugo chavez getting his crazy on at the u.n. to a montage of the joker speaking at the u.n. in a batman comic i remembered from years ago. man, that was some esoteric stuff, even for me!

what i said at the time: i distinctly remember that the comic portrayed [the joker's] address with a montage of close-ups of the joker making a series of gesticulations and exaggerated facial expressions that was eerily similar to the times montage of chavez.

well, wouldnt you know it, i finally chanced upon said comic. (i hadnt been able to find it at home.) and it looks like the archives in my mind arent so crazy after all. at least not on account of that post:

from the times: hugo chavez addressing the u.n., sept. 20, 2006
(click on image to see larger side-by-side comparison in new window)

from batman: the joker addressing the u.n., january, 1989
(click on image to see the full page from the comic book)