Archive for the 'Comics' Category

Superheroes relaxing

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Here is a great video of a Spider-Man and Namor vs Thor and Nortstar volleyball game. This is what the internet is for….

If it is Tuesday it must be webquiz day!

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Which Superhero Are You?

Criminals That Work Too Hard

Monday, May 8th, 2006

I suspect there may be more to this story about a man who thought he was purchasing rare comics off of ebay and instead was mailed a box of paper, but I don’t get why the thief bothered to send the paper. You have the guys money, sending him the paper just makes it a [...]

Free Comic Book Day II: It Works In The UK Too!

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

I thought I was going to miss out on Free Comic Book Day today but stopped by a couple of shops on my way to lunch and got some interesting free comics. Thanks to the folks at Page 45 and the Travelling Man and I hope you all took advantage of the day at one [...]

Superman Returns Trailer is up

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

The trailer for this summer’s Superman Returns is up and I have to admit it looks like more fun than I thought it would. Worth a look.

Free Comic Book Day

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Next Saturday (May 6th 2006) is Free Comic Book Day, if you live near a comic store at all drop in for some nice samples from a wide range of comics. Many of these are definately not for kids, but there are many kids titles as well.

Nerdfest Friday

Friday, April 14th, 2006

OK, this is serious nerd humor here as in a spoof film about guys reenacting the Marvel Comics ‘Secret Wars’. Great stuff if you are a comic book nerd.

Via The All-New All-Different Howling Curmudgeons

Summer Of The Bear Moves To Comic Books

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Apparently Superheros and bears are natural enemies in the wild. Who knew?* See vulnerable heros battle the mighty bruins! See the Batman (reduced by Lex Luthor to a ten year old boy without any training) battle a Bear!**
* Apparently Chris Sims at the Invincible Super-Blog knew, that’s who.
**Amusingly, this came up in two of my [...]

Comics Foundry

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

While browsing around tonight I came across a fascinating article about the body types in comic books in the online comics magazine, Comics Foundry. The author of the article took some comics to a plastic surgeon and a family physician and asked them if the bodies in the comics were attainable by mere mortals. Some [...]