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Framing The Question, by John Ostrander
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Harry Potter goes to South Park
Deviant Art, a website devoted to the “art and skin community” (i.e. tattoos and other cool stuff) has a post today that combines two of 2007’s most popular fictional locations. Posted by Sam, who seems to be something of a Potterphile (including his favorite Wii game), it contains 45 of J. K. Rowling’s finest. “This is…
The Michael Davis Network
It’s no secret I hate most reality television. I think shows like The Real World and The Real Housewives Of Orange County are real stupid. No, that’s not right, I like reality TV I just don’t like the “I’m better than you” attitude that some of these shows reflect. Take The Real Housewives…
Into the Spider-Verse Swings Home in March
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More Green Lantern geopolitics
We bring you this from Kung-Fu Monkey John Rogers: "In researching [Blue Beetle] #14, I discovered that the Guardians of the Universe, the dudes who run the Green Lanterns — their appearance is based on Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. That means, in the DCU, the Jews just don’t control the media, they control the…

