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From Wikimedia Commons | Alterations by Tyler Witten

He is part Tea Party “patriot,” part creature from the Black Lagoon. Meet the Virginia Green Menace superhero!

Reader Tyler Witten passed along this pic he snagged off Wikimedia Commons, with some alterations — the breastplate emblem and tri-cornered Revolutionary-era lid.

Thursday VGM-man handed out an award for “Environmental Exceptionalism” to Roanoke Tea Party boss Chip Tarbutton (who registered the Virginia Green Menace website last year).

This superhero has amazing powers. He can turn a blue sky red with the blink of any eye. He can make fiction into fact simply by pointing his finger. He can turn summer into winter and vice versa, and instantly make crazy sane.

Next, he’s going to hand out an award to Roanoke Mayor David Bowers for being “Exceptionally Taciturn.”

 

 

Dan Casey
September 24, 2012 - 2:55 PM

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  1. Kristen | September 24, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Awesome. Tarbutten and Aldridge need tee shirts.

  2. Warren | September 24, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Thanks Tyler Witten, and that guy on the right looks a lot like lake claytor! I’m just sayin’…

  3. dobbs | September 24, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Tyler Witten, that pic is hilarious! Even better than the comic book mock-up I had originally hoped for. All he needs now is the “worm” sidekick that Contra suggested.

  4. Lake Claytor | September 24, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    I must’ve made quite the impression, Warren.

    Let it go, Warren. :)

    Anyhow, as Dan can tell you, that ain’t me.

    If any of you want to meet the REAL “Lake Claytor”, come on down to the “Go Outside Festival” October 19-21, old Victory Stadium site.

    I’ll give you some FREE water…I’ll even autograph your favorite Che T-shirt if you like.

  5. J.M.White | September 24, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Oh, man! I got a decent chuckle out it until I saw the butterflies.
    I nearly spat my beer on the screen. Freaking. Hilarious.
    Bravo!

  6. Contrasuzie | September 24, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    EXCELLENT!

  7. J.M.White | September 26, 2012 at 8:22 pm

    Congratulations! This page is now the 2nd result on google for “Virginia Green Menace”, topped only by the VGM website itself. This is not to mention the several various blog entries Dan has devoted to them… because of them, most of the results on the first and second search pages for VGM link back to his blog.

    Someone’s not getting a Christmas card this year!

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