I’ve emerged from my eggnog and snow-induced coma to toss some links over the snowbanks to you. The Andre’s rosè is chilling in your fridge; your party shirt has been re-sequinned and, if your year is like mine, your party jeans have all been stretched to accommodate your post-wedding, post-I-don’t-need-to-stay-the-same-size-for-a-year-any more body. You think you’re all ready for New Year’s [...]

It feels like autumn. The pumpkin beer is filling my Kroger, the pumpkin lattes are filling my hands, and the movie theaters are devoid of anything I’d remotely want to see. To fill this empty space in your entertainment hearts, I’m back with a week’s worth of Internety goodness. In a gift only Sheldon Cooper could truly appreciate, The Mary [...]

Gather round, friends. It’s that time again – time to take your weekly dose of Vitamin G(eek). I don’t know if you’ve heard, but San Diego (A word that no one really knows the origin of) is holding Comic-Con this week. If this is your first time on the Internet, this means sa-weet costumes, awesome examples of geek grandeur for [...]

In my house, we like to call him Jake Spiderman. The last name runs together. Say it in your head. “SpIderMun.” Actually, my husband doesn’t call Spider-Man that. Nor, really, does my son. I guess it’s just me. *shrug* My son does, however, really like Spider-Man right now. If I was able, I’d redo his room in an over-abundance of web-slingery. [...]

Ok, consider this your spoiler warning since I’m too lazy to try to edit myself and think about what might be a spoiler. But, seriously, people, it’s already been out a week. Also, Bruce Willis has been dead the whole time, she drops the necklace in the ocean at the end, and the next villain is Thanos. I drove to [...]

When Spider-Man and Batman share a subway car in Toronto, you have to wonder who screams, “My parents are dead!” best. Speaking of the web-slinger, Peter Parker may be perpetually between 16 and 30, but his title turns 50 this year. In honor of a half a century of power and responsibility, Blastr checks out 50 great Spidey covers. Hey, [...]

Preschool was the prime of my life. I weighed like 100 pounds less than I do now. Jem and the Holograms was on right before ballet class. And other than my mother’s constant refusal to buy me a workout leotard (Totally different from a dance leotard) and leg warmers to accessorize my spontaneous acts of aerobics, life was perfect. But, [...]

Comic book deaths are almost laughably temporary. They’ve served as an easy out for a creative team sketched into a corner or to freshen up a character so ripe they make hákarl look fresh. Bonus points: 5 internets to the first person to tell me in the comments what hákarl tastes in their experience. You will also be named Food [...]

If you are anything like me or basically a person at all, you probably saw The Avengers this weekend. It broke some records and and took all of our money this weekend. It also got me thinking. How did we get to this point? It wasn’t too long ago comic books and video games weren’t cool. They were fun, but [...]

Starting this week, The Cool Ship is counting down their favorite web videos every Saturday. 5. Bioshock’s Little Sister Grows Up Video game humor is generally  a hit with us, and Dorkly rarely misses.   4. The Amazing Spider-Man Trailer While we’re not exactly excited about this movie yet, it at least piqued our interest. 3. Double Fine Adventure Video [...]

I live in the great state of Ohio where I once saw our four seasons described as almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. It just so happened this last weekend that a hellish torrent of freezing rain fell upon my part of the U.S. For those unfamiliar with freezing rain, it’s when rain falls from the sky and [...]

When I was in college, I had a strategy for dressing for the gym. I’d get all dolled up and then put on a t-shirt from my days working at Skyline Chili. For those of you not blessed to grow up in the glorious greater Cincinnati area, Skyline is a chain of chili parlors (restaurants) that sells Cincinnati chili. That’s [...]

On Wednesday, I attended a physics lecture, as we intellectual journalism types are wont to do. I polished my good monocle; lint rolled my tweed jacket, and, for good measure, viciously criticized the grammar of friends to boost my academic ego. Truth be told, I went and saw James Kakalios’ eminently entertaining lecture “The Physics of Superheroes.” And I was [...]

My life’s an after-school special. Just like in “a very special episode of ‘Saved by the Bell,’” I learned to be myself. I slowly shared my fangirl side with my significant other throughout our first year together, meting nerd nuggets out over several months. I didn’t want to scare him off or surprise him too much because, you see, I [...]

I’m going to generate some controversy today. I was originally going to just publish a list of comic book releases, but I realized that other places did it better than I could, and I didn’t think a list would be very interesting. So, instead, let’s have a discussion. You and me. You love comics. I love comics. Maybe you love [...]