Here’s a hopeful contestant auditioning for the next season of the Stan Lee-hosted Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, hoping to stand out from the rest of the bunch. Banana detractors, beware!
Auditions are continuing throughout the New York Comic Con, so check back to see who else we digitally capture.
John Ostrander: The Last Word On That Movie
So I finally joined the clamoring hordes who have gone to see The Avengers and, yes, I had a really good time. No spoilers but I can define my favorite ...
Marc Alan Fishman: Words of Advice, From One Noob to Another
The Sunday after Free Comic Book Day, we Unshaven lads participated in a very old-skool styled convention. Housed in a ballroom and corridor in a hotel off a major road ...
Martha Thomases: Whedon and Women
Summer’s here and the time is right for geeking in the street. In a triumph of nerd culture, The Avengers may be the most successful movie of all time. Certainly, with ...
Dennis O’Neil: Comic Book Career Day
I leaned across the desk and shook his hand.
“Congratulations, young man,” I said. “You scored in the ninety seventh percentile on the comic book writing aptitude exam and so you’re ...
Mike Gold: Before Watchmen, Because…
It seems everybody has his or her tits in a wringer over this upcoming Before Watchmen thing. I’ve made a few comments here and there, but now that these books ...
Emily S. Whitten: Cable & Deadpool & The Book of Bromance
If you know me at all, you know I love Deadpool. If you don’t know I love Deadpool, then what are you, new here? (Well, okay, maybe it’s that I’m ...
Michael Davis: Once You Go Black… Part One
It’s funny. In my adult personal life there was a time that I simply did not see color. I was just as likely to hang out with a white guy ...
REVIEW: Red Tails, by Robert Greenberger
One of the reasons World War II is called the last good war is that the stakes were clear and ...
John Ostrander: The Last Word On That Movie, by John Ostrander
So I finally joined the clamoring hordes who have gone to see The Avengers and, yes, I had a really ...
SpyGal or ExasperatedSigh-Gal?, by Emily S. Whitten
So, ladies. Finally, we get what we’ve been waiting for all of our comic-book-loving lives... a comic wherein the female ...
Mike Gold: Nancy’s Tale, by Mike Gold
“The secret to Nancy’s success,” the classic story goes, “is that it takes as long to read it as it ...
Emily S. Whitten: YOU Can Smell Like A Superhero With The Avengers Fragrances!, by Emily S. Whitten
I’ve seen a few Internet commenters wondering why anyone would want to smell like a “sweaty robotic suit” or whatever, ...
Michael Davis: The Avengers … Or The Anatomy Of The Bitch Slap., by Michael Davis
Mickey Mouse just bitch slapped Scooby Doo. Donald Duck just put his foot up Shaggy’s butt. Goofy just cold cocked ...
MIXED REVIEW: Glenn and Mike Geek Out Over “The Avengers”, by Mike Gold
We each saw The Avengers at fan-filled midnight screenings, separately but equally. We tried to avoid any spoilers here, but ...