An Interview Where I Don't Sound Like A Chimp

Brandon Jerwa (left) conducted it.
ALIAS PRINCE FRANKENSTEIN ALIAS SUPERFRANKENSTEIN ALIAS ZIGGY ALIAS TOM THE BOMB!!! ALIAS TOM PEYER ALIAS T-LICIOUS ALIAS TENNESSEE PEYER

Brandon Jerwa (left) conducted it.
John Carpenter's The Thing in Lego!
Via Slog

Hart Seely's Hardballs: How would Chris Matthews sound if he talked to men like he talks to women? @ Slate.
A Malaysian rock singer who stripped off his shirt and bared his chest to reveal a bright red Superman logo has been barred from television concerts for three months by the country’s media authority.Superman Stunt Undoes Malaysian Rocker, New York Times
Self-styled 'comedy terrorist' Aaron Barschak told the Jewish News this week that “Jesus always beats Superman” after escaping a conviction for harassment.'Jesus beats Superman', TotallyJewish.com
Barschak was arrested in November 2006 after brandishing a pornographic magazine at Michael Jackson outside the Hempel Hotel in Craven Hill, Paddington, and allegedly shouting “Are you here for the Children in Need week, Michael?”
He refused an £80 fine and was taken to court after fan Danny Oliver, dressed in a Superman jacket, complained to patrolling police that there were children in the crowd who found the images distasteful.
A man called Kent wearing a Superman T-shirt bit a stranger on the face and punched and kicked him in the head while he was on the floor in an unprovoked attack outside a pub, a court heard.'Superman' Bit Stranger In The Face, Court Told, This Is Exeter.co.uk
From Trash, Art and the Movies, in the February, 1969 issue of Harper's:
Are your ears burning, comics?
Damn, I love my Harper's subscription. Seventeen bucks, and I get to go online and read everything they've published since 1850.


My Mutual No. 1 MySpace Friend Ziggy-With-A-Hat has asked friends and friends of friends to repost his beautiful new Christmas poem. So, without further delay:
CHRISTMAS DREAMS by ziggy-with-a-hat (please re-post!!)
christmas dreams: keep them in your heart!
christmas kisses: save them for under the mistletoe!
christmas trees: decorate tehm in the silence of a chilly night!
christmas hot cocoa: drink it in the company of freinds!
christmas lollypops: suck them first thing christmas morning!
christmas presents: open them happily!
christmas songs: sing them with a vengence!
christmas specials: watch them on TV!
christmas cake: eat every last bite!
christmas jesus: worship him with open arms!
CHRSTMAS DREAMS: KEEP THEM IN YOUR HEART FOREVER!!!
-ziggy-with-a-hat
(please re-post!)
ITEM! Surely you've seen the deeply pants-moving Dark Knight trailer by now! So go watch it again!
ITEM! Hey! Want to watch a quick, funny video about what an incredible genius I Am Legend creator Richard Matheson is? Because he is. Besides I Am Legend, he wrote The Incredible Shrinking Man, some great Twilight Zones, and... well, go see and be stunned! It's in Kevin Maher's hee-larious video section of amctv.com's science fiction blog! WARNING: Contents will make you 15% nerdier!
ITEM! Lots to do? Tough! Because you're not going to get any of it done! Instead, you'll be over at Classic Television Showbiz, taking a shame bath as you squander hours watching delicious crap such as:
So I'm working on a multi-part story for The Flash, "Fast Money," with artist Freddie E. Williams II. The first issue, #238, goes on sale March 19. You can order it now through your funnybook store. Or wait 'til it comes out; I'll remind you.
Here's Freddie's cover:
I hate to be the one to have to say it, but the guy who's scaring The Flash is really mean.
By Wax Audio, via Metafilter.
Previously (NSFW):
Vote for the A.H.O.Y. -- AssHole Of the Year! This year it's easy, fast, fun, and web-based. Bonus: no paper trail!
An advice column for comics nerds!! Why didn't anyone think of this before?
Q. What is the best way for a fanguy to approach a fangirl at the LCS if he's interested?Jess Knows Best
Aisle-d Curiosity
A. First, there are a couple things you must avoid:
1) Lurking too long before speaking to her.
You’ll just come off as creepy and weird, but, like -- the bad kind of creepy and weird.
2) Avoiding eye-contact.
I highly suggest a direct eye-contact approach. If you make sure to make eye-contact, it will keep you from accidentally saying hello to the lady’s ladies, if’n ya know what I mean. No girl likes that.

Vinage Gay Pulp fills just one of many fascinating photosets that put us all in debt to Flickr star Miss Magnolia Thunderpussy. If you don't have the hours it would take to view them all, try not to miss Variety, Vaudeville And Circus Acts; Girls Will Be Boys And Boys Will Be Girls; Children; and The Accordion And Its Role In World Peace. [Via Metafilter.]