As if to inflame a simmering controversey in the comments of a few days back, Paul Gilligan offers Poncho a choice of super powers and he picks one that would of course place him in the Alternate Comestible Universe, a series that Marvel will be launching next month.It consists of 12 variant editions released every week […]
The news over the past 48 hours or so is such that any commentary available at the moment is likely to seem at least short-sighted as details emerge.Fortunately, over on the non-political side, there are a few sorely needed distractions.For instance: It’s county fair season, and, at Rhymes with Orange, Hilary Price salutes County Fair Fare.For […]
Today’s first “I told you so” is simply a matter of coincidence: Someone asked the other day what LinkedIn was for, and the response was almost uniform that it is a site for people who want to be spammed and pestered incessantly. And if Benita Epstein’s day in the Six Chix rotation had been yesterday, […]
A new comic is born. Well, sort of. Over at Between Friends, Kim is finally getting down to creating her strip and she had me at “Kate Mathis.”Or maybe in the festival of credits she bestows upon herself at the start. (You forgot “letterer,” Kim.)Or maybe it’s the way Kim Matthews has been dithering around over […]
A new Captain America Trailer aired yesterday during the Super Bowl. Looks more intense than the first.
Sunday seemed like the right day to tackle (heh) the issue of racist names, or at least one in particular.It’s a sort of evergreen issue, so some of these cartoons are not from today or even the past week, which is how editorial cartoons are generally handled here. But none of the arguments are new […]
Jeff Koterba on the tempest-in-a-teacup over naming Pluto’s newest moons.Egypt isn’t the only place where asking people what they want can result in problems when what they want isn’t what they ought to want or what you wanted them to want or, at the very least, what you (in your wisdom) feel is best for […]
Dave Kellett with one of the least-pressing issues of our time: What to name the router. And yet, not only is he right, but he is, as so often is the case, funny.You have to name the router. There is no reason the name has to be clever. All that is required is that, when you log […]
Giving evidence that bad news comes in threes: Joe Simon, who co-created Captain America with Jack Kirby, has passed away at age 98. From AP News:For Timely, the duo created Captain America, debuting on the cover of “Captain America Comics” No. 1 with the champion of liberty throwing a solid right-hook at Adolf Hitler in […]
The new Captain America movie opens up this weekend. Jennifer Moline over at Inspiredology has posted 17 artistic interpretations of the Captain America character. Here’s one of my favorites from the list by Chris Uminga.Other include: Olly Moss, Tyler Stout, pnutink, Skottie Young, Konjour, Mattia Sensi, John Drogalis, Eric Tan, Ed Foychuk, Danny Wake, “wlkr”, […]
Another character from the Marvel Universe is hitting the big screen.