Batman speaks truth to power...

There's at least one law-&-order-touting, sociopathic billionaire who doesn't spew "alternative facts"~

Thanks, Obama!

Words (&/or images) cannot express the

respect & gratitude for

what you have done...

Prince is dead. Long live the Funk.

I just want your extra time...

"Champion of Equality"

Thought it might come with a cape, but no such luck...
All snark aside, this makes me very proud indeed~

Read more here & here.

for the blogger who has everything...

Hey kids-

This angst funnyman's gonna' be 40 next week (egads!), so if you wanna' get yer favorite blogger a lil' somethin'-somethin' for all these years (okay- months) of entertaining you folks, you could simply fulfill my lifelong dream~

Seriously, how freakin' cool is this Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co., "online purveyors of high quality crimefighting merchandise"?!

It is indeed a real store in Brooklyn that does indeed sell supplies to Superheroes (& yes, it does screen out any & all super-villians); It is also the brainchild of the uber-talented Dave Eggers & all proceeds from heroic goods go to support 826, the wonderful community writing center for youth.
I especially dig the Vapor Blaster just so's you know...

captain america (as represented by robt seda-schreiber) v. stephen colbert

This morning, Stephen Colbert, host of "The Colbert Report" & right-wing alter ego of Stephen Colbert, will be served with a legal document called a writ of replevin.
A writ of replevin is a prejudgment process ordering the seizure or attachment of alleged illegally taken or wrongfully withheld property to be held by a designated official, under order and supervision of the court. This type of writ is commonly used to take property from an individual wrongfully in possession of it and return it to its rightful owner.
In 2007, upon the supposed "death" of Captain America, his shield was given to Mr. Colbert by Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief, Joe Quesada.
As I am sure comes as no surprise to anyone, Captain America, aka Steve Rogers, has returned (“reborn” if you will) from his supposed death. More to the point, reports of his death were greatly exaggerated in the first place. It was under this false pretense that Mr. Colbert was “bequeathed” said shield, so it would follow that the good Captain’s shield be returned to him post-haste. I bring this legal action in his name, with the help of my brilliant & beautiful lawyer-wife.
Now being a poor schoolteacher myself, I am willing to negotiate with Mr. Colbert. I would think he would like to keep Captain America’s shield in his so-called “Eagle’s Nest” & I am willing to discuss terms by which he could do so.
I truly hope that we will be able to reach an amicable & fair agreement & we can settle this before it becomes an ugly & embarrassing courtroom spectacle.
I will let you, my dear readers, know of any & all progress as it occurs.
For now, here is a copy of the aforementioned writ of replevin for your perusal:

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had to be there

My lovely bride & I were just checking in to our hotel, stopping on the way to Cape Cod, & the news had literally just broken. Everybody in the place- young, old, black, white, brown, whatever- gathered around. Whatever his oddities, his peccadillos or indeed his larger sins, his quirks & his faults, he touched us all.

Pure & simple.

I owned "Got To Be There" on vinyl when I was a kid & the needle hardly ever left it.

I was not a huge fan of some of his later stuff, or certainly of his later antics, but his genius cannot, & will not, be denied.

He lived the ultimate irony~

He was a boy who never grew up yet who also never had a childhood.

A sad, sad life lived & ended too soon, but before it did, he left us with so, so much good music.

I hope the tunes outlast the punch-lines.

I know all the songs have been posted everywhere else & I'm oh-so-very-late to the party, so here are some somewhat rare or less mainstream remixes & mash-ups that hopefully will bring a smile to your face & a beat to your feet...

lo siento

Okay, when I said the weekend, I meant the whole month...

Hey, she really is that beautiful.

Simply enough, I'm sorry.

I've been a bad blogger...

people deserving of more respect, pt. h

chris giarusso

Reborn?

greatest marvel team-up ever...

click on the pic for even more of Spidey's religulous adventures...

happy lunaversary!

Been doin' this a month now...
& they said it wouldn't last!

power man & iron fist indeed!

Depending on the context, this panel may just single-handedly reinstill my faith in the Marvel Universe as a whole~

people deserving of more respect, pt. 1

Arthur Curry

hey, you kids, get off my lawn!

So:
Spider-Man made a deal with the devil that erased his marriage to Mary Jane (okay, kids, dealing with the devil is much less of a moral compromise than divorce); Batman's painting in a cave in Lascaux; loner Wolverine is literally on every superhero team in the Marvel Universe ('tis true~ Avengers! X-Men! X-Force! even Fantastic Four (or the future "Fantastic Force" or some such)! Power Pack!) & the original mutant of mystery now has an "origin" more storied & convoluted than the creation of the internet it-own-self; there's a red & green Hulk (don't even ask!); & how the heck does Aquaman make his waycool water-balls with a hook-hand?!

Give me this any day:


'Nuff said.