http://nerddads.com The life of a nerd dad: kids, comics, movies, books, tv, video games, music. Not necessarily in that order... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:00:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (The Dads' Book) For The Dad Who's Best At Everything is, if nothing else, an interesting book. It oscillates, sometimes wildly, between humorous bits and pages of legitimate and earnest advice for both new dads and those of us who have been doing this for a while, but are still ... http://nerddads.com/nerd-dads-review-the-dads-book-for-the-dad-whos-best-at-everything/ This Superman costume looks to be the brother to the Batman costume Britt posted about a few months back. It's equal parts awesome/frightening (I think it has to do with the hair) and I fully expect someone to get hold of one by the time San Diego Comic-Con rolls around ... http://nerddads.com/simply-insane-superman-costume/ Announced at last summer's Comic-Con International, the first wave of Pixar and Muppet related comic books from BOOM! Studios have finally been solicited and are available for pre-order. Let's take a look, shall we? CARS #1 (OF 4) (W) Alan J. Porter (A) Albert Carreres Cars fans, start your engines! Before the ... http://nerddads.com/dads-get-ready-boom-studios-new-disney-comics-are-on-their-way/ So, The Squirt™ got this spiffy Learn And Groove Musical Table from her Oma for Christmas: The good news first: the baby loves this toy. She slaps and tugs at all the little moving, colorful, flashing parts on it like the excitable little madwoman that she is. As I'm sure everyone ... http://nerddads.com/whiny-parental-complaints-dept-leapfrogs-learn-groove-musical-table/ http://nerddads.com/your-friendly-neighborhood-cookie-man/ I love this photo from Spike Jonez' upcoming WtWTA adaptation. At the same time, as I look at it, I realize that there's no chance in hell that I'm getting The Kid™ anywhere near this movie for a few more years. via: http://nerddads.com/where-the-wild-things-are-screen-shot/ I came across this fairly impressive and somewhat ambitious installation/advertisement for Coraline while I was on Melrose in Hollywood last week. Unfortunately I was also parked illegally with a parking enforcement cop sniffing around, and I only had my cel phone on me for photos, so these aren't the best ... http://nerddads.com/really-cool-coraline-installation-in-hollywood/ There are a few things about this shirt that just make me a little uneasy. See if you can guess them all! http://nerddads.com/this-eazy-e-lil-thugster-shirt-is-just-kinda-wrong/ Of all of the many, many interactive toys that were bestowed upon our daughter this past Christmas morn, by far the most popular with her has been the Melissa & Doug Wooden Sushi play set from Uncle Andrew and the Brooklyn Nerd Dads clan. Not only does it look awesome, ... http://nerddads.com/nerd-dads-review-melissa-and-dougs-wooden-sushi/ I don't know - it looks cool, but when you get to it's list of features, the prototype for the new Radio Flyer wagon comes close to crossing that line from Nerd Dad Dream Gadget to The Homer. This wagon, called the Cloud 9, is equipped with enough high-tech bells ... http://nerddads.com/radio-flyer-unveils-the-cloud-9/