Perhaps you know that there is a new Superman film being made because, well, of course there is, right? But what you perhaps did not not know is that this new Superman is, well, smo-king. If you want to be nerd-out about it, Superman originally didn't have facial hair at all with pseudo-science explaining that his facial hair (and fingernails and other hair) didn't grow in Earth's atmosphere. This explanation helped smooth over the indestructible factor of these elements of his body. Over time the explanation was changed so that Superman could use his heat vision as reflected in the mirror to trim his facial hair et al. Still though your Christopher Reeves and your Brandon Routh were always on the clean-cut side. This new Superman Henry Cavill is sexying it all up, no?
You can have more of these nerdish, yet gay conversations this weekend as the New York Comic Con is happening at the Javitz Center. It's completely sold out, but if you're savvy, you can stand outside and buy the entry passes of people as they leave the event. Inside you'll find lots of delectable comic-book boys and if lucky, maybe your Henry Cavill will be on display as well.
You might remember the assorted male superheroes posing as Wonder Woman. It pointed out the sexist manner in which heroines are typically posed as cock-hungry sluts while their male counterparts are, you know, stopping cars with their bare hands or punching out villains. A comics site asked for submissions from its readers striking the Wonder Woman pose. At left for your approval is their winner.
David E. Kelly, maker of Ally McBeal and other programs has a pilot script for Wonder Woman. NBC has picked up that script! If you're expecting Lynda Carter twirling in her "satin tights, fighting for your rights", you might be in for a shock. According to those familiar with the pilot:
Here she’ll be Diana Prince, a vigilante crimefighter and successful corporate executive in Los Angeles who tries to “balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.”
In other words? They're going to suck the camp right out of her.
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every week with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every week with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
You may have family visiting for the holidays. They may want to go to a "Broadway musical" as visiting family is wont to do. (Although they'd be better served seeing something like the Bar d'O Reunion.) You may realize that you've heard about the Spider-Man musical because there have been many headlines about it. Because the show has been in previews though, you haven't seen reviews.
There's a long-standing courtesy paid by reviewers to Broadway shows. They don't run reviews until the show officially opens. After hearing of the fourth injury and of audiences paying $140 for preview seats Richard Lawson at Gawker decided to break tradition:
This thing is baaaad, guys. Really, really bad. And before you say it, this is not me trashing some ambitious can-do theater folks simply for their ambition. These are people spending tens of millions of dollars — you could do ten good, expensive shows with the money they're spending — to create a commercial product that's so cynical it seems to operate under the assumption that a good story is unnecessary so long as there's neat-o flying. And then they're charging you $140 a seat.
The flying stuff is cool. REALLY COOL. No doubt this show deserves all kinds of technical achievement awards. But cool flying stuff alone does not a good musical make. In fact often it felt less like a musical than it did a circus performance, "Spidey du Soliel" if you will, and sadly U2’s music was not up to the task, loosely holding together scenes between acrobatic set pieces with all the audible consistency of an 80’s mix tape.
Still, some will make excuses for anything. The following duo saw the show on the night that the fourth actor was injured. (Is it me, or can you see the same duo also explaining the virtues of the George W. Bush presidency and saying they would vote for him again?)
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every Wednesday with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every Wednesday with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every Wednesday with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
There's something hot about the comic book boys, isn't there?* It's in that mix of art appreciation and hope for a better tomorrow and just the general concept of running around in one's underpants to save the planet. This weekend starts early for King Con, a Brooklyn "alternative" comics convention that will bring together these sexy miscreants as they start aspects of their event at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Might be worth taking a look!
*Disclaimer: There are Wonder Woman and Lois Lane comics hanging on my walls at home.
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every Wednesday with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every Wednesday with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
An illustrator, graphic designer and animator, Mister Justin Winslowdraws a weekly webcomic called MYTHFITS, a new panel of which will appear here on FYF every Wednesday with an eye toward fostering the magical in YOUR life, dear FYF reader. Unicorns and robots and poo, oh my!
