Best website ever

I post this link to the Real Life Super Heroes website not to be funny, people dressing up as superheroes can be intrinsicly funny, but out of respect, awe and let's face it plain jealousy.

These Superheroes don't take on crime per se, but other social ills like 'the environment'. Fighting these sorts of 'issues' rather than Supervillians or crime syndicates may not seem very dangerous but they are none the less extremely challenging - as such I salute them.


Also they are hot!

Addendum

I forgot, am a Librarian (thus hero), so don't need a costume apart from my day to day workwear.

Atomic Rage

From The Goon : virtue and the grim consequences thereof by Eric Powell

Enid Coleslaw

by Daniel Clowes

The term happening is used too infrequently these days. The point however is not to create mediated and organised happenings, but to create them individually from nothing and without too much forethought, in this way we can create situations (moments lived in).

The night Ape Sex came to town

Ape Sex is a band in Love & Rockets, duh!

John L reminded me of this, and I do agree that it is a very fine band name indeed. There is a website and a Wikipedia page for fictional bands. While Ape Sex is fine, Creme Brulée (both a real and fictional band name) is my favourite.

Watchmen

So the website and trailer for the movie version of Watchmen is out.


First impression - I hate it.
Second impression - well I suppose I'd hate any version really as not being up to the comic/book. But the lighting/cinematography is so dark and obvious - I mean aren't we done with comic book adaptations that are dark, tall buildings set off by alleyways, shadowplay, rain at night, all that palaver
Third impression - at least they didn't put underpants on Dr Manhatten

Ghost World

I do love those people who put up entire feature length movies on YouTube, it is slightly bothersome to have to go to the next installment, but still it's the movie - on demand - as they say - which is the holy grail of all digital media. Below is the first part of Ghost World, it's no secret that I love Enid Coleslaw I hope. The film tho always puts me in a quandary, as to who do I identify with, I think partly all of the main characters. But really given gender and age it should be the Steve Buscemi character, but that frightens me tremendously - a woman once said I looked like Buscemi (I foolishly had hair like him for a short time) I never spoke to her again, obviously.






When will a film of David Boring be made, when they find the woman with the right size bottom I suppose. No I'm not being rude, read the book.

Erindale Library

I also went to my local public library today, they have books, magazines, videos, cds and computer terminals, isn't that special. This is what it looked like outside today when I photographed it.
I got out three Lone Wolf and Cub (comic) books (there are very many in the series). The comics are brilliantly drawn, but this is one case in which the films are better than the books. If you haven't seen any of the books or films, really what are you doing with your life - only joking I'm sure you are doing equally valid things (ha!).


Actually you know 10 or so years ago, I was the adult services Librarian here, adult services (as opposed to children's), meant I didn't have to do the storytime, but instead the reading group, don't know which was the better gig.

The Egg of Un-life

When I was young I went on holiday to Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. Being sensible, even at a tender age, I spent my entire holiday pocket money on arrival at the railway station newsagent on comics. Amongst them, there is one I still have, of which I share a page now. I thought at the time it was the most impressive words and images I had seen. Written by Steve Gerber it speaks for itself and of its period.


I think part of its impact was that it supplanted this Goya painting which haunted my earlier childhood.

See they are real people just like us

So of all the useful websites, this one here I found lists the religious affiliation of comic book characters. It's the sort of thing you need to know.

That the lovely Harley Quinn is Jewish comes as no surprise to me at all.

Maggie and Hopey

Just bought an old copy of Maggie and Hopey.

Hopey is great, but Maggie is divine