This Will Certainly Go Well: Real-Life Kick-Ass [Video]
Thursday, January 6th, 2011This gentleman in Lynnwood, Washington (a veritable incubator for criminal masterminds), regularly ducks into a hidden room behind a shelf in a comic book store (for reals) and emerges as spandex- and body-armor-clad “Phoenix Jones.” Much as the protagonist in Kick-Ass did, he roams the streets of his city looking for evildoers to thwart. And [...]
Batman, Spider-Man, and Hulk, Together at Last: Superhero Cake [Geeky Cake]
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010I know… the careless intermingling of DC and Marvel icons is going to send some of you into conniptions. But let’s take time to focus on what’s important: We don’t know what flavor the cake is. UPDATE: I finally tracked down the baker (its-a-piece-of-cake on Flickr), but the cake’s flavor remains a mystery. (And I [...]
YESSSS: Penn State Band Honors Batman, Star Wars, Superman at Half-Time
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009This is absolutely glorious, people. Behold the Penn State Blue Band during the Eastern Illinois Game halftime show last month(?*), playing the themes of geek favorite movies Batman (starting at 0:14), Rocky (1:48), Back to the Future (3:10), Star Wars (6:24), and Superman (8:40). The familiar, beloved, marching-bandified tunes provide half the joy, but just [...]
Custom Toys Present Homer Simpson as Marvel Superheroes
Sunday, March 8th, 2009Well… to be more specific: custom toys featuring Homer Simpson as two Marvel superheroes and one supervillain. Toycutter found this seller on Ebay who created Homer Hulk, Homer Thing, and Homer Doc Ock. Made in Mexico, with “free shipping from Texas,” these scream “toy smuggling ring.” But who am I to complain about a little [...]
Geek Steal: Superhero DVDs up to 57% off!
Thursday, March 5th, 2009The only thing I enjoy almost as much as indignant nerd rage is shameless commerical pandering to geeks. Since the cosplayers profiled in my WonderCon coverage have been annoyingly-good sports in the GWS comments, I guess I’ll have to settle for Amazon’s latest DVD sale. For an unspecified amount of time, you can find tons [...]
WonderCon 2009 Costumes – Part 2
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009The hits just keep on coming. If you understand “hits” to mean more well-intentioned costumes with questionable execution from WonderCon 2009. And, yes, a few examples of excellence here and there. But what fun are those? Hey, Phoenix. Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it. No, Predator, [...]
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