HOME |
RSS | 
This unintentionally goofy mistranslation appears on a toy package in a Chinese dollar store. Unfortunately, the original photographer is unknown. -via Dangerous Minds
Spiderman hasn’t come to save the day, he’d rather go around annoying people while capturing all the fun on video camera. In Poland, Spiderman hits the streets and harasses the people he once saved, using his arsenal of silly string and lasso to really tick them off. You’d think this wannabe superhero would be in better shape, considering how often he has to run from the cops!
-via ComicsAlliance
C’mon… you know you’ve wondered. Artist Walmor Corrêa answers that question in his series of anatomical drawings of mythological creatures. Also featured: the Cyclops, the Penguin and Spiderman. If you’re intrigued, you’ll probably enjoy his other work as well – I love the “specimens” he has created that look like they would easily fit in a Field Museum if they were real creatures.
George Takei will turn 74 years old in a couple of weeks. However, that doesn’t matter when you have the magic of special effects! And adequate medical insurance, of course…. This video is labeled “episode one, ” so we can assume this campaign will continue with further videos. -via The Daily What
io9 has a gallery of 1988-2000 arcade games like Superman, Spiderman, and more. The only one I remember is the 1992 X-Men 6-player monster machine.
If you were sentient during the early 1990s, chances are you (and five of your closest friends) wasted an afternoon at this game’s massive cabinet. Not only was Konami’s X-Men a hoot to play, it also provided a hilariously idiosyncratic take on Marvel’s favorite mutants. For example, Wolverine spoke with an Australian accent, Colossus had a spark attack, Juggernaut carried a bazooka, and Magneto’s broken English is the stuff of legends (see: “WELCOME TO DIE,” “I AM MAGNETO MASTER OF MAGNET,” “KILL YOU YOU ARE DEAD,” “COME X-CHICKEN”).
18 other examples/commentary at A Brief History of Comic Book Arcade Games
If I had a Christmas tree, this would be one of the ornaments on it. It just makes sense (Spidey Sense?) that the Webslinger would be hanging out there. Get a load of this and other superhero tree-trimmers at Walyou.
Link. Photo from appaloosa‘s Flickr stream.
While the reality of a Marvel Superheroes theme park in Dubai is tentative (now projected to open in 2012), Chimera Design has produced a series of illustrations depicting the concepts and general look of the park.
Most of Marvel super-heroes will have their own attractions including the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men, Silver Surfer and of course Spiderman in what will be probably a different ride than the Spiderman ride at Universal Islands of Adventure. Also, according to a a recent post of Brady Mac Donald of the L.A Times “Off-site testing has already begun on three of the planned attractions: “Flying with Spidey”, “Fantasticar” and “X-Men: Danger Room”.
Take a peek at Stark Laboratories, the City of Superheroes, Crater Lake, and other rides depicted.
Link. Image: Chimera Design
Update: This award-winning photograph was shot by Deviant Art member Samlim. (Thanks, inebriator!)
A fireman in Bangkok, Thailand used an interesting approach to reaching out to an autistic boy. Fearful of his first day at school, the boy climbed out on a third-story ledge and refused to come inside.
Despite teachers’ efforts to beckon the boy inside, he refused to budge until his mother mentioned her son’s love of superheroes, prompting fireman Sonchai Yoosabai to take a novel approach to the problem.
The rescuer dashed back to his fire station and made a quick change into a Spider-Man costume before returning to the boy, he said.
“I told him Spider-Man is here to rescue you, no monsters are going to attack you and I told him to walk slowly towards me as running could be dangerous,” Somchai told local television.
The young boy immediately stood up and walked into his rescuer’s arms, police said.
From the Upcoming 
ueue, submitted by Geekazoid.
