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- And Then… We Buuuuuurn The Hydrogen!
A while back, I mentioned one of the exhibits I remembered from a childhood visit to the Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry (now the California Science Center) in the 1980s: …a multi-screen cartoon about energy sources and engine types called “The Water Engine.” (Each screen has a character talking up internal combustion, flywheels, […]
- Obscure joke, ask your parents
On the way to work this morning, I noticed the car in front of me had a license plate frame that read: LIL LADY KT GOES KABOOM.
- Recent Links: CMS Nirvana, $1M Comma, Voltron as a Band
CMS Nirvana, the million-dollar comma, and the Voltron concert poster.
- SMBC Comics on Science
Links to two SMBC comic strips on science: Teaching the controversy, and the question of “why?”
- Bringing Back the 80s: Super Powers 25th
In 1984, Kenner launched a line of DC super-hero action figures under the name Super Powers. The toys were tied to the Super Friends cartoon, and each had an action: If you squeezed Superman’s legs, he would throw a punch. If you squeezed the Flash’s arms, he would run. Each figure also came with a […]
- Comic-Con Triathlon: Running Through Downtown San Diego at Night
A story of the night I ran, jogged, and caught a breaking-down pedicab to make it to on time to see the Worst Cartoons Ever.
- YouToons
Re-watched some classic cartoons yesterday. It started when we were talking about Duck Dodgers at breakfast, and wondered when it had been made. That led to an IMDB lookup, which mentioned it was #4 on a list of 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time from 1994, and that had me looking up “One Froggy Evening” to verify that […]
- Review of Justice League: The New Frontier
One of the highlights of WonderCon this weekend was the premiere of Justice League: The New Frontier. I really liked Darwyn Cooke’s original mini-series, DC: The New Frontier, and I’d been looking forward to the animated adaptation. Overall, I’d say the film succeeds. The story links the dawn of the Silver Age of comics, and […]
- Minicon: LA Sci-Fi, Flash and Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
My second trip to the LA Comic-Con at the Shrine proved far more interesting than my first, with a Teen Titans screening, signings, and some cool discoveries
- It’s time for Animaniacs!
Ever since TV shows started coming out on DVD en masse, I’ve been waiting for Animaniacs. I didn’t grow up with the show, but it was a big part of my senior year of high school and the first couple of years of college. They didn’t even have the whole series on VHS—just a paltry […]
- The bunnies have died in vain
Looking at the list of “most popular” links on Del.icio.us, it seems someone has scanned the entire Book of Bunny Suicides and its sequel, both by Andy Riley. Good grief, people—you can pick up the book for $7.00 at any bookstore. I can understand posting a couple of excerpts, but from what I can tell, […]
- Iced mochas for the Amazons
I recently rented two of the Justice League DVDs. So far I’ve gotten through the opening 3-parter, “Secret Origins,” and the 2-part “Paradise Lost.” I have no idea how far into the series the second disc is. A scene that stuck in my mind was the newly-formed League looking around their headquarters. As the heroes […]