Wednesday, March 31, 2010

30 Days of Superhero Posts

Here are the posts I did on superheroes during March.

1. There are real-world superheroes--costumes and all! Find them here: http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/
2. Which superhero are you? Take the quiz: http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/
3. The museum of Black superheroes: http://www.blacksuperhero.com/
4. Who can forget that superhero--Daffy Duck (Duck Dodgers)? http://www.comicvine.com/characters/
5. Here's a list of male superheroes, courtesy of Wikipedia. How many DON'T you recognize? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_male_superheroes
6. And now the list of superheroines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superheroines
7. Definitely my favorite superhero movies: http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/skyhigh/ and http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/incredibles/
8. A rant on movie superhero costumes. I agree--why put nipples on Batman's suit? What does he need to compensate for? http://www.movietome.com/news/30097/10-worst-movie-superhero-costumes
9. Speaking of really bad superhero costumes... http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9317/superheroes1xa.jpg
10. Ah, what I love to twist and snap: Superhero clichés: http://www.mutantreviewers.com/rroundtable1.html
11. More clichés: http://www.jonathancrossfield.com/blog/2008/03/comic-scriptwriting-superhero.html (ROFL--all superheroes are expert tailors)
12. This is different--a comic style review of Jews and Superheroes, discussing the Jewish origin of the superhero genre? http://www.forward.com/articles/14217/
13. Why am I thinking Superheroes? Gapman is in the making! Here's a teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlzneaTGZss
14. Superheroes: Where they really are now: http://www.jokesgallery.com/Pic/534superheroes094860.jpg
15. Real life superheroes have a website--vids, how-tos, events... http://www.reallifesuperheroes.org/
16. Don't believe it? Here's CNN reporting on real superheroes. http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/04/real.life.superheroes/index.html
17. Superheroes Anonymous is filming a documentary on real life superheroes: http://superheroesanonymous.com/SuperheroesAnonymous_film.html
18. Very funny movie about regular people becoming superheroes. (Bowler is exception--she's spooky!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmHBFgIoX0
19. Love it! Superpowers ruined by science! Gotta consider these for Gapman: http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html
20. You'll find anything in Wiki--even a list of superpowers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhuman_features_and_abilities_in_fiction
21. So should superheroes be a little paunchy? Tell me your opinion: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JTPTTZQ
22. Gapman's tummy tire? Survey taker says: "That's not fat, it's super-hero insulation and storage." Give your opinion: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JTPTTZQ
23. Have you seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog? Love it! http://www.drhorrible.com/
24. Gapman fen say: "Gotta have something to hold on to in my fantasy of Gapman!" Give your opinion: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JTPTTZQ
25. What's a superhero month without mentioning the Evil Overlord Don'ts List? http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
26. More on Gapman's tummy tire: "Try a muumuu, man! The spandex is NOT working." Give your opinion: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JTPTTZQ
27. Need a name for your superhero persona? http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=superheronameorg
28. Want to "go super" but can't decide on the details? The Superhero generator does it for you: http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/comics/herogen/
29. Mysterious Superhero surfaces, strikes fear into the heart of no one. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10230158-1.html?tag=nl.e404

3 comments:

Roland D. Yeomans said...

I am quite impressed with your blog. Congrats. I, too, am an aspiring {and perspiring when I'm trying to break through writer's block} author.

If you're of a mind, come check out my blog : WRITING IN THE CROSSHAIRS {as writers have to focus on their targets just like hunters.}
www.rolandyeomans.blogspot.com.

Good luck in your writing, Roland

Roland D. Yeomans said...

Thanks for visiting my blog. And even more thanks for the encouraging words when I especially needed them.

Have a blessed, healing weekend, Roland

Mike Hays said...

Karina,
Meant to send this link earlier during "30 days of Superhero Post", but just finally got around to it. Superhero powers in meta-reality.

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/10-metamaterial-revolution-new-science-making-anything-disappear/

Mike Hays