FanFic: I’m not just a customer, I’m the president
Reason magazine investigates the Fan Fiction Phenomena...in an article by a fanfic writer!
By now many people outside the peculiar world of fandom know there exists something called fan fiction—that there are reams of reader-generated...
When celebrities dress like superheroes — Part 2
Remember Oksana Baiul? She beat Nancy Kerrigan in Ladies Figure Skating for the Gold at the 1994 Olympics. Here she appears as the new member of the Avengers, Visible Girdle Lass.
What people are talking about…in Finland
Once in a while, before we turn in, we like to see what people are clicking on -- particularly people in places like Turkey and Pakistan. It turns out this post gets a...
When celebrities dress like superheroes
Danny Bonaduce shows up at event with no shirt.
Sienna Miller at post-premiere party for her movie in classic superhero trunks-and-tights ensemble.
Boston may have tough case against ATHF viral marketers
According to legal experts proving that accused "hoaxers" Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens intended a hoax may be difficult:
David White-Lief, the state bar's president-elect and a Boston lawyer, said the lighted boxes probably...
Get your own Levitating Hover Scooter!
TMZ stole our headline by saying this baby would make you look like the Green Goblin, but damned if the Levitating Hover Scooter isn't just what we always wanted for the dispersal of...
Mooninites pro and con
This week's invasion of the lite-brite bombs has become something of a national hullabaloo, with many differing viewpoints.
Cartoonist August J. Pollak had this to say:
1. Attorney General Martha Coakley needs to shut up...
KELLY too raw for Nerve
Nerve.com is a website that has been helping genteel, trend-conscious, Portishead-loving urban types hook up for many years, in a zipless, painfree, sex-positive environment. Come on, you know you went there. Not too long...
Aqua Teen Hunger Force emboldens terrorists
Normally when you say a film is a suspected bomb threat, it means its box office prospects are the other side of dismal. However, the AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE movie took things to a...
John Ridley courts controversy
Screenwriter/novelist turned comics scribe John Ridley has gotten a lot of positive reviews for THE AMERICAN WAY, his Wildstorm mini-series about superheroes, the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement. The collected edition comes...
Morning links — now randomized for your pleasure!
§ iFanboy: When Brians do collide! at Rocketship no less.
§Artists' Alley completely sold out at this year's San Diego comic-con.
§ The comments section at MangaBlog leads the way to a 10-page pdf download of...
