Posts Tagged ‘superheroes’

Seriously, if I can just get my hands on this, I'll be a happy, happy nerd dad.

If you act fast - and have deep pockets - you could win the Alex Ross Catwoman illustration pictured below. All proceeds from the ebay auction go towards the Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization, and animal rescue group.

Full press release and charity details after the jump.

This morning, The Kid™ was being her normal argumentative self when it came to getting dressed for school. This, despite the fact that she was amazingly stoked to be wearing her Wonder Woman costume for the Halloween Parade. See, even in California, it's a bit on the chilly side today, with temperatures being in the [...]

I'm not sure what it is, but superheroes on boxer shorts seems perfectly normal and natural to me, but put them on a pair of these tighty whitey style boxer brief things, and it just feels wrong. Either way, if wearing Superman (Jim Lee!), Iron Man or Hulk getting sliced up by Wolverine on your [...]

Being the father of a daughter and having a mild concern over the Princess/Fairy Role Model issue that's sure to raise its subversive little head soon, I'm not sure how I missed this excellent and fascinating NYT essay from a couple months ago mulling over the appeal of superheroes to girls.
In the end, that is [...]

We saw this guy zipping in and out amongst the traffic on the 710 last Saturday, presumably on their way home from the Long Beach Comic Con, sporting the first vanity license plate I've ever seen that I honestly wish I'd come up with myself. A simple nod to Spidey - the greatest superhero ever [...]

It's amazing to me that a cartoon that so totally misses the point of the Thing could garner as much love in my heart as these do. I'm always a sucker for those rocks flying in to surround that scrawny kid, and cheer silently when the right shoulder finally completes itself. Thing Ring, do your [...]