In Olivia Huynh‘s amazing Borrowed Light, “The last patron of an abandoned observatory takes on an impossible task to show the surrounding city something incredible.” It’s really cute and fun, and then you get to the end and the space feels hit. Ohhhh, the space feels.
Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer! Metal Men! Weird and funny! I <3 DC Nation.
You may be anxiously awaiting an update on the Metal Men movie but for now, give this clip from DC Nation a shot. We’ll be getting five of these Metal Men shorts, from Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer (and animated at Augenblick Studios), starting this Saturday. You can read a bit more at Dorkin’s blog if you’re interested.
Scientists have created a computer that makes jokes, so comedians, you are all now required to be better than this computer. The fate of humanity depends on you making better jokes than “I like my women like I like my gas … natural.” (The Frisky)
Here’s the press event where several respected veterans of the comics industry said some very tin-eared things about efforts to create more equitable gender and race representation in comics that Jill and Susana have been tweeting in regards to all day. (ThinkProgress)
Okay, just don’t let this Iron Throne anywhere near the actual Iron Throne. (Neatorama)
The director of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters has made some adorable comics about what it was like having Nathan Fillion on set. (Comic Book Resources)
We all know that the “N-Word” has nothing to do with race since Websters dictionary defines it as (3): a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons, but the NFL media needed one last big outrage to get us through the end of the offseason so its no suprise they jumped all over Riley Cooper.
Fortunately the Eagles are getting out in front of this story and sending Cooper to rehab for his poor choice of words. While we’ve all heard of getting treatment for drugs alcohol or AIDS theres alot of confusion out there about what “racist counseling means.” Fortunately I got my hands on there 12 step program that Riley Cooper is going through.
Step 1: Every time you want to be racist catch a football instead
Step 2: Put sticker of Calvin peeing on a cartoon KKK guy bombing a church or something on your truck
Step 3: It sounds hilarious but the PC police will have a field day if you use the NWord in your Sunday Night football intro clip as a joke
Step 4: Continue to advocate for integration by still never getting any seperation from Black CBs
Step 5: Pam Oliver Sextape
Step 6: Ask Coach Kelly to film a video of the entire Eagles roster saying the NWord all at the same time=we’re a team here its us against the world
Step 7: Perform “Aint No Mountain High Enough” as a fun training camp skit+ask Desean Jackson to write a rap verse to it
Step 8: If you absolutely have to say the NWord to a teammate or at a presser, say the N—a Word= its like NWord Lite and will be a helpful transition
Step 9: Ask your QB if you can tag along to go spend sometime with him outside of work WITHOUT SUGGESTING one of his dogfights or his brothers court dates
Step 10: Make a pledge to donate 10% of your #CooperTrooper confederate soldier T-Shirt sales to one black person of your choosing
Step 11: In a way, it would of been more racist to have not used the NWord if you really think about it. Say this during your apology to your Defense.
Step 12: Call the media out for not jumping down Tebows throat every time he says “Inward Strength” with that little smirk
Located along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, Tampa Bay is an area that encompasses various cities with the biggest one being Tampa. It's a popular destination with multiple entertainment attractions like Busch Gardens and Legoland, major league sports teams — Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL), Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL), and Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) — and a number of museums and historic neighborhoods like Ybor City. But Tampa Bay has heavy competition from other Florida destinations like Orlando and Miami, so Visit Tampa Bay (formerly Tampa Bay & Co.), an independent not-for-profit organization that "leads the effort of economic development through tourism" has introduced a new tourism brand to elevate the status of Tampa Bay. The identity has been designed by Tampa-based Spark.
Logo detail
We leveraged the spirit of adventure and exploration that arrived here with Tampa Bay's first visitors to create a brand that is bold and daring.
The logo is heavily inspired by iconic Tampa Bay landmarks (University of Tampa, Bayshore, Ybor City) and traditions (Gasparilla). And the tagline of "Treasure Awaits." hints at all the discoveries to be made in Tampa Bay. The new brand is an invitation to vacationers, business travelers and residents to unlock Tampa Bay's fearless spirit. It's a brand that makes us all proud to call Tampa Bay home.
Brand launch video.T-shirt.Scrawl-y type treatments.
The old logo, well, you can see it, right? No need to beat a dead horse. At the potential of making you all wonder if I've lost my mind I'll make this claim upfront: the new logo is brilliant. I (and we all) chide destination brands for being too generic and not specific enough to the history or attributes of the place it's branding but this one is so relevant and appropriate it sets a bar. When I first saw the logo I immediately thought of their NFL team, the Buccaneers. Pirates. Skull and crossbones. The connection was instant. The bones are made up of large keys, appropriate for a city and state with rich colonial history. The skull is a keyhole — which is the only point where the logo (and the application in the video) get a little corny and annoying — that pays off on the use of the keys. Together they form a bold icon that looks fantastic on a t-shirt and establishes Tampa Bay as a contemporary and playful city. I don't care much for the custom, Museo-ish typography but it gets the job done. There aren't a lot of applications yet, but this looks very promising, especially with the glimpses of the hand-scrawled typography. Ahoy!
“Blurred Lines” is the hottest song in the galaxy. By far. The song, though, is only made better when the best band in the world backs him. And it’s even awesome if this band is using kid’s instruments to do it.
Fallon had an unconventional open to his show by having Thicke perform his hit with The Roots using elementary school instruments. I’m starting to think I like this version of the song better than the original. Add in Black Thought spitting a 16 and we have magic on our hands. Now excuse me while I hum this song for the rest of the night.
Lois Lane is more than just “good” at her job– she is the best at it. So when she wants to get an interview from Batman, he’s not going to shake her reporter’s determination so easily! Check out this new DC Nation short to see who wins this battle of wills.
I am incredibly immature. I laughed SO much at this.
I love everything about this video. The narration, the buildup, the split-second resolution. The fact that there was absolutely no way this could have worked, yet the bros seem shocked that it ended poorly.
If Fox News‘ new strategy is to cover their ears and scream, “LALALA I CAN’T HEAR YOU LALALA” at their invited guests, they’re doing a bang up job. The home of the World’s Loudest Opinions continued their shame spiral toward their inevitable future on Friday during a chat with scholar Reza Aslan, the author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. For you see, Aslan is a Muslim, so why would HE be interested in Christianity.
That was an actual question. “You’re a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?” asked Lauren Green, to which Aslan replied, “Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament, and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also just happens to be a Muslim.” “Yeah, well,” Green was thinking, “I have a Jewish friend.”
(No, she doesn’t.) It only gets worse and worse the longer it goes on, culminating with Green accusing Aslan, who increasingly takes the tone of an exasperated parent explaining something obvious to their child, of never disclosing he’s a Muslim. Um, no: “Ma’am, the second page of my book says I’m a Muslim. Every single interview I have ever done on TV or in print says I’m a Muslim.” At no point does Fox News realize the irony of persecuting someone over their religion in a discussion about Jesus, and everyone is now dumber.
This morning I shared a story about Anderson Silva going on a Brazilian talk show and getting emotional about his UFC 162 title loss to Chris Weidman while a skinny guy dressed as Blanka from ‘Street Fighter II’ stood aimlessly in the background trying to flex his pecs. It was weird.
‘Street Fighter II’ keeps popping up on this blog, be it in Ali vs. Ryu graffiti form or a Chinese man claiming he can throw Hadokens. Because of that, I wanted to share my new favorite video, even if its connection to “sports” is looser than ever: Street Fighter II BEST OF CHURCH Edition.
Benny Hinn throwing fireballs. Watch this.
You think you’ve gotten the gist of the video and then BOOM, bonus round. And then BOOM, Psycho Crusher. Best of Church Edition is the gift that keeps on giving.
Joss Whedon screened the entire first episode of the ABC series during the show’s Comic-Con panel. Obviously, SPOILERS ahead!
SAN DIEGO — Rather than just show a clip from the highly anticipated pilot for ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., executive producer Joss Whedon announced to a packed Comic-Con crowd on Friday that he was going to screen the entire episode instead.
Granted, there will be no better audience for this pilot than this assembled pack of Marvel fans, but there was also no mistaking that the episode played like gangbusters. Humor, action, humanity — even a location shoot in Paris! The audience lapped it up.
The pilot episode will air on Sept. 24 on ABC, but if you can't wait that long, here are six major revelations from the episode.
We learn how Agent Coulson lived! Sort of!
Within the first few minutes of the pilot, ace solo S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) learns that Agent Coulson indeed survived the Battle of New York from Marvel's The Avengers, and he quickly deduces that Nick Fury faked Coulson's death in order to bring the Avengers together. Coulson says he was dead for a few seconds, then he was revived, and whisked off to Tahiti to recuperate.
But after he leaves the room, a S.H.I.E.L.D. doctor says to another S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, "He really doesn't know, does he?" The agent replies, "He can never know." Season-long mystery alert!
Oh, and about that doctor and agent…
Via: Justin Lubin
Cobie Smulders and Ron Glass have cameos!
Smulders, of course, reprises her role from The Avengers as Agent Maria Hill, who oversees Agent Ward's inclusion in the new crew that Coulson puts together in the pilot. Her appearance was greeted with loud cheers, though it wasn't entirely unexpected. But the sight of Ron Glass — who played Shepherd Book in Joss Whedon's Firefly — was a true surprise, and worked the crowd into a frenzy. He plays a S.H.I.E.L.D. physician of sorts who begrudgingly clears Coulson for duty again, indicating this won't be the last time he appears on the show. Smulders, on the other hand, still has a full (and final) season of How I Met Your Mother to shoot, so Maria Hill's presence on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this season will likely be minimal at best.
Via: Marvel Studios
It's funny!
As one would expect from a script from Whedon and his brother and sister-in-law, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, the entire pilot was sprinkled with several choice quips and exchanges. Two examples:
Agent Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god. Agent Hill: You haven't been near his arms.
Agent Ward: She might as well be one of those sweaty cosplay girls crowding around Stark Tower!
Jesus. The adorable animals are just killing me today.
Animal control officers in Anderson, South Carolina, thought that a barking Shih-Tzu was stuck in a ravine. Turns out, she was there nursing and protecting a tiny abandoned kitten she had found.
Animal control officer Michelle Smith got a call about a yelping dog behind a Home Depot. She climbed down a steep embankment to finda Shih-Tzu, tangled in a mess of briars. But she looked more closely, she realized Goldie had a friend: a tiny kitten who was nursing at the dog's side.
HOW? What inclined God to torture us so with the tiniest, fluffiest, oinkiest pinnacle of cute on His green Earth? Adorability we could never, can never, and will never measure up to. CURSE YOU, AQUASCUM!
For spoilers sake, we tried to put Electro pictures below the cut on a recent Amazing Spider-Man 2 post but if that’s something you’re trying to avoid, best leave internet now, because Sony Pictures wants you to see him. Our first teaser from the film comes from their booth at San Diego Comic-Con and features Jamie Foxx’s character in full.
Like Don Draper needing a drink before the Hershey meeting I’ve been regularly checking in with r/GameOfThrones over the last few weeks as going cold turkey is simply not an option. In doing so I’ll never cease to be amazed by just how deep one show has entrenched itself in the pop culture zeitgeist (HBO would never cancel Game of Thrones! It’s a crossover hit!). I mean people are naming their kids Khaleesi for goodness sake.
It happened over the weekend, but honestly, there’s never not a great time to highlight a magnificent Twitter beat down, even if in this instance, the target — Salon.com — is not so much a bad guy like Donald Trump, but a website that’s gotten increasingly humorless and full of itself over the years, taking the the far left buzzkill stance on practically every issue. It’s still a smart site (full disclosure: My humorless writings appear there periodically, though they may not anymore after this post), but I could go into great detail about how the once great intellectual bastion for liberals has fallen, becoming something akin to the the devil’s advocate of trolling. Fortunately, I don’t have to: Patton Oswalt does that plenty in his Twitter war.
This is how it started: You may recall that late Friday, local station KTVU f***-up massively and identified the pilots of Asiana Flight 214 as Sum Ting Wong and Ho Lee Fuk. After that story exploded Friday night, Patton Oswalt made his own joke on Twitter:
Not exactly Oswalt’s best line, but funny (and offensive only to the most easily offended). Salon.com — which has a history of picking fights with Oswalt — didn’t care for the joke, however, tweeting: “No word yet on whether Oswalt’s summer intern is writing his new material.”
That’s all it took to set Oswalt off. DO NOT MOCK PATTON OSWALT’S MATERIAL.
After that, Oswalt went to the popular Salonarticles hashtag and spun his magic.
Now, let that be a lesson to everyone: No matter how liberal, intelligent, or sharp-witted you think you might be, you are NEVER going to win a Twitter fight with Patton Oswalt.
And the lucky timeslot is: Tuesday, September 24th at 8:00 Eastern/7:00 Central on ABC. It’s a slot previously held by Dancing WIth the Stars‘ results show, so congrats on your step up, 8/7 Central on Tuesdays. You deserve it.
So. Two months, seven days, eight hours, and 35 minutes go do. We can do this, readers. We can do this.
45 years later, following the death of Schulz, the secret of what happened to her came out. After receiving a complaint letter about the character from a young fan named Elizabeth Swain, Schulz agreed to kill her off.
