Aug

SHOWDOWN ’07

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Comics

Jimmy Olsen: Over a thousand comic book appearances since the 1930s plus four movies, two cartoon series and multiple TV shows. Harry Potter: Seven (admittedly long) books plus five movies. And a lot of fanfiction. ADVANTAGE: Olsen. Jimmy Olsen: Custom gear: Signal-watch. Harry Potter: Custom gear: Fancy broomstick. ADVANTAGE: Potter. Jimmy Olsen: Ass constantly saved […]

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Aug

Things You Always Wondered About Comics – Explained!

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

The reason Aquaman – despite having a publishing history that rivals Superman, Batman or the Flash – has such a shitty rogues’ gallery is because no self-respecting villain wants to be defeated by being covered in goddamned fish. I mean, at least Batman only beats the crap out of you. Image from Super Friends #1.

5 comments

Aug

Gabe’s Wrong

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets

Not in general, mind you, but he’s pretty obviously running with one of the great incorrect assumptions about the Internet – “you can find anything on the net!” (And come on, the implicit dismissal of public libraries means exactly that.) You hear this all the time, usually from people who think Google and/or Wikipedia are […]

9 comments

Jul