DC Comics is letting fans choose who will be the new leader of the Legion of Superheroes but unless you're a major nerd, you probably don't know who half the candidates are (just like real politics). Fortunately, there's only one name you need to remember this November: Earth-Man, AKA Kirt Niedrigh. The Legion initially ... [Read More]

If the United States continues spending at its current rate, China will own it by 2030 warns a new ad by the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). Never mind that Japan recently overtook China as America's largest creditor, the ad is effective in that it gives the national debt a face instead of some abstract number like ... [Read More]

R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy game that lets players trick their opponents with, you guessed it, ruses. But the real ruse is the game commercial, which looks nothing like actual gameplay, even the cutscenes don't look that good. Contrary to what the title and commercial lead you believe ruses aren't the crux of the ... [Read More]

South Park has to do the unthinkable and enlist the aid of Al Qaeda when an even worse threat washes up in town: the cast of Jersey Shore! The boisterous bunch insists they don't mean any harm and declare, "It's a Jersey thing." But it's not just Snooki and the Situation who are portrayed as orange faced jerks ... [Read More]

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month the Sunday funny pages went pink to raise awareness... but little money. Donations have been underwhelming ($6,870.24), perhaps because no one reads newspapers any more. But you can read all the participating comics online @ comicsgopink.com and don't forget to donate! You can even bid ... [Read More]

I had to do a double-take last night when I saw a woman in a wet t-shirt on Cartoon Network! Childrens Hospital is a live-action soap opera parody with a heavy emphasis on sexual situations. It airs on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's adult programming block (10 PM- 6 AM). In last night's episode "Hot Enough for You?" the ... [Read More]

Universal has pulled the trailer for The Dilemma after CNN's Anderson Cooper went on The Ellen Degeneres Show to complained of it's use of the word gay. "There was a preview of a movie, and in it, the actor said, 'That's so gay,' and I was shocked that not only that they put it in the movie, but that they put that in the ... [Read More]