Posts tagged “comics”
A video (probably fabulous) plus a chat with isaac about Obama being a giant nerd, Spider-Man being the geek's superhero, and X-Men being a pretty much perfect analogy for gay people. Powers manifesting at puberty, some hidden, some flaming. It tracks.
Big fan of this xkcd.
Pirates of the Caribbean was a thin, disappointing soup with historically ignorant Caribbean portrayals. Superman Returns, though, was pure joy: Singer finally got Clark and Lois right, Routh is genuinely believable as Superman, and the flying effects are perfect. I loved this movie unreservedly.
I never watched Doctor Who growing up in Trinidad, but I've caught up now and realize it's not really sci-fi. It's a comic book: mysterious villains, cliffhangers, continuity obsession, and characters who die only to return more powerful. That finale was pure Phoenix. I'm hooked.
A B.C. comic strip where Johnny Hart takes a swipe at evolution. Says it all.
I make resolutions every year but usually forget them, so this time I'm publishing them. I want to explore subjects I love but don't need for work, like comic books, architecture, and computing history. I also want to write more, targeting one blog post per day across my five blogs.
The Fab Five have been reimagined as comic book superheroes. I cannot stop giggling about this.
Marvel's reviving the Rawhide Kid as gay, and everyone from CNN to CBS has weighed in. My take: watered-down camp references aren't representation. If you're going to make a gay character, give him real romantic storylines. It's 2003. A gay character who never kisses a guy isn't groundbreaking.
Long weekend, but swamped with work. Here are some recent bookmarks: Marvel Dotcomics, SamSpade.Org for network tools, the hilarious Things My Girlfriend and I Argue About, a currency converter, and an Oracle 8i SQL reference online.
