Bulge-y: Captain America Cake [Geeky Cake]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Photos of the amazing cakes from the That Takes the Cake sci-fi-themed cake show in Austin at the end of February continue to pour* into the intertubes. Just check out the phenomenal amount of sculpting that went into this Captain America cake: the contours of the face, the smooth, symmetrical curves of the shield, the [...]
Thanks, 1970s!: Captain America II: Death Too Soon Trailer [Video]
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010The 1979 made-for-TV movie Captain America II: Death Too Soon is what happens at the confluence of late-1970s-style TV schlock, a devastating lack of respect for the comic book source material, and a precipitous drop in the standards of famed English actor Sir Christopher Lee. From the description on YouTube: …starring Reb Brown. The character [...]
Where Spandex Goes to Die: Superhero Nursing Home Sculpture
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Thanks to these life-like sculptures by contemporary artist Gilles Barbier, we know that no hero–not Superman, Captain America, nor Hulk–will survive the ravages of age. For a second there, I thought that the catatonic (dead?) Catwoman was faring worst of all. But then I saw Wonder Woman’s bosom. Holy southern migration, Batman.
