Spider-Man might be a fictional superhero, but at least two of his tricks exist in the real world. Now, scientists have shown that it’s possible spin silk strong enough to stop a train, and are crafting a new, super-sensory suit that warns its wearer when someone — or something — is approaching.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/spiderman-physics/
I cannot prove that this book originated as a story pitch for The Incredible Hulk, sometime in the dim misty past. But I fervently believe it, and that’s what matters in the world today, right? Monsters is a massive graphic novel written and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith; he apparently has been working on it, off…
For the past week the pop culture world has engaged in a post game analysis of the under-performing Fantastic Four movie. Instead of offering further analysis, I think it’s time to provide insights into an instance where the Marvel’s first family had more creative and authentic success onscreen. My friend Tom Tataranowicz is a talented…
This week we took a little trip to one of our favorite places in the world… Target to check out the new DC Superhero Girls dolls and the new Black Widow doll (action figure, if you wish) from Marvel. Maddy also explores the choice of geek socks made for women that somehow forgot to include…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/26/bunny-yeager-dead-photographer-of-bettie-page_n_5391525.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bunny Yeager, a model turned pin-up photographer who helped jump-start the career of then-unknown Bettie Page, died Sunday, her agent said. She was 85 years old.
[[[Superf*ckers]]] By James Kochalka Top Shelf Productions, 144 pages, $14.95 Reading the reviews about previous editions of James Kochalka’s Superf*ckers I was thinking this was going to be an amazing satire of the super-hero genre, poking fun at teams from the Justice Society of America to the Thunderbolts. Over the years, Kochalka had been doling…
Today’s list of quick items: Secret Lives of Comic Store Employees from Wired: The horrifying thought to me is that I recognized most of the stores from the pictures before I even looked at the captions. And, yes, I regularly shop at three of the New York ones. Hi, Olive! George R.R. Martin sends…
