Greetings, classmates. Can you believe that ten years have passed since we last walked the hallowed halls of our beloved high school? True, we blew up those same halls on Graduation Day and bonded together to battle a giant snake, but who among us doesn’t look back in fondness at those glory days of Sunnydale High?
– Michelle Blake-West, Sunnydale Class of 1999 co-Homecoming Queen
Each attendee will be assigned their own Sunnydale student identity kit at the door. Then we’ll party like it’s 1999 with with an evening of dancing to music videos from the end of the century, challenging Buffy trivia contests, our always popular Buffy-oke competition, and other Buffy related party games. Over the course of the evening, our alumni will be going head-to-head in all these activities, with one student selected at the end of the night to win our custom “Class Protector†award (and a ton of Buffy schwag).
Of course, now that snake will totally have two kids, a dumb job, and a paunch.
Is the U.S. “not ready for snarky superheroes” — you mean, besides the super-popular Captain Hammer? — or does this series just sound kind of grim?
At very least, clearly we do need some sort of hero here — a sidekick, at least, called Rewrite, or something — to swoop in and vaporize all lameass gay jokes.
Ah, spring! Love in air, Mr. Softee around corner, lighter-weight cape on shopping list. Where would a gal like BG spend her super-cash? Why, right here, of course — which, shh, is the super-secret hideout for this. And which, in turn, could always use a few of your nickels and dimes. And so, BG is proud to promo:
When comic-book fans last saw Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, he was pushed from a speeding jet without his cape or face mask and was presumed to be dead. The Independent reports now on his replacement — Batwoman, a.k.a. Kathy Kane…[whose] debut marks a cultural landmark for the gay rights movement and is part of DC Comics’ concerted effort to introduce an ethnically and sexually diverse range of characters. “We’ve been waiting to unlock her. It’s long overdue,” said writer Greg Rucka. “Yes, she’s a lesbian. She’s also a redhead. It is an element of her character. It is not her character. If people are going to have problems with it, that’s their issue.”
Speaking of issues, Batwoman will be the subject of at least 12.
Filed under: Superheroes — posted by Chris @ 9:17 am
If superheroes were real, they could have ended the Vietnam war. Such is the case in Alan Moore & David Gibbons’ Watchmen, which takes a serious look at costumed crimefighters (including their sex lives). Moore’s alternate reality is being brought to the screen in March with equal parts faithfulness and abbreviation by Zac Snyder. The filmmakers have really gone the extra mile to capture the alternate history of the Watchmen world with this unbelievably cool “archival” footage:
Filed under: Superheroes — posted by Mia @ 8:57 am
In these trying times it’s important to think of those less fortunate than ourselves. Not everyone has the power to fight crimes of the heart. Meet some sad sack characters with Superuseless Superpowers.
You’d be the worst stalker ever if you could only achieve 99% opacity like The Slightly Invisible Man. No one would feel safe falling asleep in your arms if you had superhuman strength whilst sleeping, but that’s life for The Slumberjack (a.k.a. Hercu-zzzzzz’s). So you can’t fly your date around the world simply by sticking your arms straight out, or see through anything but their see-through negligee, but it sure is better than being the man with the lukewarm touch.
A “power pocketbook” as some kind of superhero accessory, maybe. This, I think, is not that.
(Bold added by BG.)
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Even if we can’t easily verify all the details of the original story, we can be reasonably sure these babes are cooler than Ant-Nellie. (And anything starring Kevin Costner.) From Kate Harding at Broadsheet:
Someone needs to make a movie about Jacquie Davis and Helen Cliffe, like, yesterday. The story of two old friends who happen to be female bodyguards is intriguing enough right there, but better still, they’re wisecracking female bodyguards! Take single mother Cliffe on her work-life balance: “It’s far more stressful than being shot at, sorting out the childcare.†Or former police officer Davis on working for the Saudi royal family: “It’s the same thing every year: you have to be vetted by a guy from the Saudi embassy saying, ‘Oh, my God, you are a woman!’ At which point you have to throw one of his blokes on the floor and stamp on his windpipe to prove you can do the job.â€
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Greetings, classmates. Can you believe that ten years have passed since we last walked the hallowed halls of our beloved high school? True, we blew up those same halls on Graduation Day and bonded together to battle a giant snake, but who among us doesn’t look back in fondness at those glory days of Sunnydale High?
Is the U.S. “not ready for snarky superheroes” — you mean, besides the super-popular 
When comic-book fans last saw Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, he was pushed from a speeding jet without his cape or face mask and was presumed to be dead. 
Even if we can’t easily verify all the details of the original story, we can be reasonably sure these babes are cooler than 
