Tag: superman

  • Save the Hall of Justice

    Save the Hall of Justice

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    One Cincinnati claim to fame is that Union Terminal is considered the inspiration for the Hall of Justice where the Superfriends managed their operations.  Union Terminal was built in 1933 much in the grandeur  of Union Station or Grand Central Station as a train depot.  As train travel diminished especially after World War II, the site became rarely used.  In the 80’s it saw brief life as a shopping mall and most recently it is the permanent home of the Museum Center housing the Cincinnati History Museum and the Museum of Natural History and Science.

    Well after years the Terminal is badly needing repairs.  Rather than propose a new bond levy on property taxes, the County instead is asking voters (with Issue 8) to consider raising the sales tax by .25% for five years.   Unlike the horrible deal voters agreed to with the Bengals and Reds Stadiums whose sales tax never has expired, this tax would only be limited to 5 years and end automatically.   A huge selling point IMO and the primary reason I am voting for it.

    Now about those Superfriends.  Superman was a reporter by day, Wonder Woman held many jobs usually with the government, and Acquaman….well he didn’t have a job as far as I can remember.  So none of them had money yet they somehow they could afford a swanky headquarters with all the latest technology.  And who probably had to foot the bill?  Batman.  And he earned his money the old fashioned way:  He inherited it.  Bunch of slackers.

     

     

  • DC Comics – We Can Be Heroes

    DC Entertainment (aka DC Comics) has decided to step up for aid to Africa with their We Can Be Heroes Campaign.  Essentially they are putting the Justice League Superheroes (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.) up front to drive awareness and raise money for famine relief in the Horn of Africa.

    Better still they are matching funding dollar for dollar for the first $1 million.

    And while this isn’t time for my typical charity drive, I am doing a special one off this week on Google Plus.  For those on Google Plus who want to help, click here to see my post there, and then share it.  For every share of that post I get this week, I’ll donate $1 up to $500 total.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Henry Cavill the New Superman

    Editorial Cartoon: Henry Cavill Superman

    So it seems that there are some American comic fanboys upset that an American icon like Superman is being cast by British actor, Henry Cavill.   Henry was incredible as Duke of Suffolk, Charles Brandon in the Showtime series (I believe being rerun on BBC), The Tudors.  And according to my wife, he is good eye candy so he has that going for him too.

    Most of you may not get the “Jersey” line but Henry is actually from the island of Jersey.  Not New Jersey, but one of the Channel Islands, part of the Crown Dependencies of Britain.  Now here is where it gets confusing for an American.  I learned long ago the differences between England, the United Kingdom and Great Britain.   For those of you who did not, our friend Duncan recently reposted this video explaining it all.  (Take note Friggin Loon.  When you steal content from the Mad Hatters, at least give them credit..haha).


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    Here’s the confusing part for me.  Many Americans might call Henry an “English Actor” but he is not from England so he cannot be.  Yet, even the UK paper, the Guardian, confuses us even more when they refer to him as such.  As in this article saying “As long ago as 2005, the Twilight author, Stephanie Meyer, was talking up Cavill’s abilities: “I feel really passionately about him getting the role,” she said, but the part eventually went to another English actor, Robert Pattinson.

    Now that we have determined he is a British actor and not an English one, should either really matter when you are playing an alien who lives in the United States and was co-created by a Canadian??  Then again, would anyone in the UK be upset if an American played James Bond with a decidedly English accent?

  • Bearman Cartoon: Nicolas Cage Burial Suit

    Bearman Cartoon - Nicolas Cage Superman Pyramid

    So actor Nicolas Cage has decided that despite his financial issues and inability to reign in his purchases, he would prepare for his final resting place the best way he saw fit.  By purchasing a mausoleum in Louisiana shaped like a Pyramid.

    It is no secret that old Nic fancies the man in tights either.  He wanted to play the title role when the Superman franchise was remade and his fanboy love drove him to name his son Kal-el (Superman’s real name from Krypton).  I am all for preparing so your family isn’t stuck with the bill and you can make sure your final wishes are fulfilled.  But, couldn’t you sort out some of your financial mess first.  I guess whatever he spent is just a drop in the bucket of the $14 million in taxes he currently owes.

  • Porn fans love me

    It’s interesting when you get a huge spike in hits to find out the cause.  Fellow blogger Robert at Fundamental Jelly always is talking about how an innocent mention of gall bladder in one of his posts has turned his site into the leading purveyor of news on the medical condition.

    Do I get the people looking for medical advice…no, I get the porn addicts.  A few weeks ago I posted a story about Joe Shuster, the creator of Superman, falling on hard times.  In order to make ends meet, he started drawing racy, fetish cartoons for a magazine called NIGHTS OF HORROR. 

    Well it seems like the phrase “Nights of Horror” is very popular search term the past two days and they all seem to want to check it out.  So all you pervs…here again is the link to the site.

  • Naughty Superman

    Frequent commenter Myra has an odd collection of items at her blog Gimrack Hospital.  She is always presenting odd medical history facts, devices or throws us completely for a loop with her fetish or corset posts.   There is a post over at Drawn.ca that talks about a new book that is a compilation of toons drawn by Superman creator Joe Shuster which made me think of her.

    It seems the rights to Superman were no longer his so in order to make ends meet, Joe decided to draw some racy cartoons for an under the counter magazine called “Nights of Horror”.  Well someone found out about it recently and decided to publish a collection called Secret Identity: The fetish art of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. (link has examples for all you dirty minded readers)  Too bad Playboy wasn’t around yet.  He may have made a living drawing cartoons for them.

  • Spiderman the Musical?

    Looks like superhero movies are yesterday.  The start date for Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark on Broadway is set for Feb 18, 2010.  Music and Lyric by none other than Bono and The Edge of U2.  Hey it worked for Elton John so why not Bono.  Besides Disney found new life for its characters on Broadway, so will it be too long before we Superman Cirque Du Soleil?

    More on the story here 

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