Archive for July, 2007

Colbert’s comics coming soon (Quillblog)

Posted by on July 3, 2007 * Comments(0)

Entertainment Weekly is giving the world a sneak peek at Stephen Colbert’s new comic book series, entitled Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen. The five-issue series features art by Scott Chantler, of Northwest Passage fame, and follows the intergalactic adventures of Jansen, the hero of a sci-fi novel that Colbert’s Comedy Central host character claims to have […]

category: Comics, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Television    

Anti-Fat Injection in Mice Conjures Up an Ice Cream Dream (MedPage Today)

Posted by on July 3, 2007 * Comments(2)

In mice subjected to the equivalent of eating a pound of ice cream to get over some murine vicissitudes, blocking a well-known neuropeptide caused excess visceral fat to vanish, according to Zofia Zukowska, M.D., Ph.D., of Georgetown, and colleagues. -Michael Smith

category: Health    

Kwik-E-Mart Comes to Life (ABC News)

Posted by on July 3, 2007 * Comments(0)

While fast food tie-ins are still a major part of generating hype for a new film, today Hollywood seeks larger and more creative means to create buzz. Call it organic, viral or guerrilla marketing. The latest incarnation came this week when 7-Eleven transformed 12 of its convenience stores into caricatures of the Kwik-E-Mart as part […]

category: Humor, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Television    

My Cubicle (You Tube)

Posted by on July 1, 2007 * Comments(0)

[A parody of James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”. I heard it as part of a conference paper in Boston. BK]

category: Humor, Rhetoric and Poetics    

Supergirls in comics (Times of India)

Posted by on July 1, 2007 * Comments(4)

Comic-book writer, Gerry Conway, responsible for the death of Gwen Stacey (Spiderman) and rape of Cinder (Cinder and Ashe) says, “Male creators of comics act out subconscious adolescent male hostility toward women in their art.” Samarjit Choudhry, VP Gotham Comics (India) disagrees, “Superheroines are killed as often as the superheroes.” -Himank Sharma [Sharma claims a […]

category: Comics, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics    

Marvel Comics Will Bury Captain America on Thursday (Associated Content)

Posted by on July 1, 2007 * Comments(0)

In the issue that came out on March 7th of this year, Captain America was shot by an assassin’s bullet. This outraged many fans of Marvel’s oldest superhero. It also made many fans realize the political connotations of the storyline that led up to one of their favorite hero’s deaths. The current storyline for Marvel […]

category: Comics, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics    

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