Now, this one has it all:  it's artful, educational, political, entertaining – and cheap!  In other words, even though it might not look like one at first glance, Pittsburgh Port Authority Comix is everything a comic book should be.  Thebrainchild of Paulette Poullet, this comic casts a caustic eye at the experience of riding the bus in Pittsburgh, PA via a series of vignettes and rider profiles by Ms. Poullet and Mr. McDonough, as well as providing, courtesy of contributor Nils Balls, a look "under the hood" of PATransit, the authority that operates the bus service in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area (i.e., Allegheny County), wherein readers can begin to get an idea of the problems that will have to be faced.  And, PPAC offers a bit of a polemic as well, revealing the ill conceived squandering of funds in the service of promoting gambling at the expense of serving students.  Here's a work that stands to raise the awareness as well as the spirits of Pittsburgh bus passengers