Batman and Robin: crime-fighters…or distractions?
Bournemouth UK police dressed as Batman and RObin to nab drug suspects. But it appears the Dynamic Duo were effective not because their appearance spelled fear in the hearts of criminals -- but rather...
Superhero doctor protects your dermis
Believe it or not, we've been doing this sort of link blogging thing for four years, and when we started out, it seemed few weeks there would be a story about some wackadoo who...
Why girls love boys love
Every one has already linked to this story by Eliza Strickland, which is the best written and researched piece we've yet seen on just why girls like comics about 12-year-old Japanese boys shagging one...
When Disney went to war
We were trawling around on the 'net and found this coolish page looking at Disney's World War II effort, and the incongruity of cute cartoon characters being used to military purposes -- a practice...
Children think Batman thinks Robin doesn’t exist
A study to determine relative cognitive ability of children and grown-ups examines the relative levels of fantasy and reality that can be perceived. Many graphs and charts in the link, but the bottom...
Halloween: cosplay for normal people?
Reuters reports on the increased popularity of Halloween in Japan:
GHOSTIES and ghoulies, princesses and pumpkins took to the streets of Tokyo this weekend as Japan celebrated one of its newest festivals Halloween.Little known two...
Linksies: Gaiman, Disney, Schulz
§ Neil Gaiman posts a cute picture of his daughter Maddie dressed as him for Halloween, but even more importantly posts a boilerplate will that any American creative type can use to assign rights...
Halloween update
It's the time of year to dress up and show your inner self, and we saw plenty of inner selves this weekend, including a girl dressed as Aspargus Woman on the subway. The Blogger's...
Maid in cafe molested
"Maid cafes" have become a popular fad in the otaku district known as the Akihabara in Tokyo. Here, pretty young women dressed in frilly lolicon costumes wait on male geek customers hand and foot,...
Underpants banned at school
Best headline ever, right? Well, it turns out that it refers to a high school where girls dressed as CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS were banned by the mean old principal:
But in reality, principal Nicholas...
Wired’s Very Short Stories
WIRED mag, still the purveyor of futurist culture after all these years, invited 33 writers to write stories in 6 words. You can see the results here. Comics-type participants include Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman,...
Mad Max for media congloms?
Webcomics Nation's Joey Manley points us to Publishing 2.0 media pundit Scott Karp's musings on how the media giants of the future won't be as big as the media giants of the past:
There is...
