Posts Tagged ‘comics’
Obligatory President Obama Likes Comic Books Reference
The fact that President Obama likes comic books is well-known among the geeky. He keeps reminding people with photos like this one, where the Fan in Chief poses with Nichelle Nichols and rocks a Live Long and Prosper hand sign.
This news item from Bleeding Cool, a site for nerdy comic book related news and trenchant debate, speculates that perhaps someone will “smuggle a Miles Morales Spider-Man comic” to President Obama. The logic they use for said speculation is more convoluted than a comic book storyline. But that’s ok.
In case you don’t know who Miles Morales is or what the thwip he has to do with Spider-Man, here’s the deal. After the break, in case you really don’t want to have me spoil it for you. (Note: its not a big deal, but we try to accommodate all levels of nerdiness here.)
Kids Vs. No Kids – Yeah, This About Covers It
XKCD on kids vs. no kids. This pretty much covers it.
Superman, not Superdad
A SuperDAD, he is not
This was posted at the site SuperDickery.com under the headline Superman vs. Father’s Day, with the subtle subtitle Superman Is A Dick. Read more »
Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited Cyber Monday Code
For the most part I have avoided the siren songs of Black Friday, Puce Saturday, Silver Sunday and Cyber Monday shopping. (Two of those I made up. Guess which!) But a Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited Cyber Monday code showed up in my Inbox, that was a DaddyDeal I couldn’t resist. (See? If I call it a DaddyDeal, I’m still not participating in Cyber Monday. Ha! That’ll show ’em.) Read more »
Bunch of Kid-Friendly Comics At Thwipster [DaddyDeals]
The great wallet-emptier Thwipster has a bunch of kid-friendly comics on sale right now. Super Dinosaur, and many volumes of Tiny Titans. Here are the DaddyDeals. Read more »
G-Man Half Price at Thwipster [DaddyDeals]
Have we got a DaddyDeal for you! OK, it’s Thwipster who has the deal — G-Man by Chris Giarrusso for half the regular price. But we’re telling you about it. So we’re cool too.
Here’s the deal: Read more »
NY Comic Con Photos 2010
With the 2011 New York Comic Con almost upon us, I realized that I had pics from 2010 that I hadn’t shared. So here are some amusing photos from the 2010 New York Comic Con. Yoshis, Galactus and Archie — oh my! Read more »
