“Oh, I am Zee Sad Supair Villain, No?”: Evan Dorkin pities The Gray Gargoyle; Chris Butcher hosts. Maybe sorta NSFW-ish…?
“Star-spangled, earnest, and totally a product of World War II. That description could be referring to either Captain America or Wonder Woman…”: Writing for i09.com, Charlie Jane Anders meditates on the similarities between Cap and Wondy, and ponders why the former is getting his movie made, while the latter’s had trouble even getting a TV show off the ground. Also, “Why this wrestler guy you’ve never heard of the new Batman villain?”
How did they narrow it down to just eight?: “The 8 Most Awkward Sexual Moments in Comic Book History”
“My biggest comics thought in the last week has been about Deadpool”: At Comics Comics, Dan Nadel shares a few negative thoughts about DeadpoolMax, and shares Jog’s attempts to sell him on the book.
“But, dear readers, a fact: Batman is fun. Batman is so much fun, and that is why everyone makes comics about him”: That’s from Kate Beaton’s explanation for why she did a half-dozen, three-panel gag strips featuring Batman under the title “The Adventures of Sexy Batman.” Sometimes I feel a little weird linking to Beaton’s comics like, every single week. But come on, Kate Beaton + Batman x Sexy…what linkblogger could resist that formula? If I ever found a lamp containing a genie that wanted to grant me three wishes, I think my second wish would be that DC had a one-issue revival of their Solo series just so Kate Beaton could draw a whole comic book’s worth of her take on various DC heroes. So far we’ve seen Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Sexy Batman.
