Cape Fair

While taking my yearly pilgrimage to the State Fair of Texas, I turned a corner at the Auto Show and was surprised to find enough Superman suits to fill a Fortress of Solitude:

Apparently the Superman 75th Anniversary Costume Tour made a stop at the fair.  Highlights include Christopher Reeve's costume from Superman III:

Dean Cain's costume from Lois & Clark:

Brandon Routh's costume from Superman Returns:

And a few costumes from the recent Man of Steel movie including Superman:

Jor-El:

And Faora:

Maybe the exhibit will fly to your town soon!

A Walk in the Park

It was recently the 63th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip.  We celebrated in our own way on a recent trip to St. Paul, MN.  The city is the birthplace of Charles Schulz and to honor him and his memory Rice Park in downtown is populated with several of his beloved characters.  Here are some pictures we took when we were there:

Easter Egg Basket #3 - Green Arrow

EEB # 1 (Avengers: EMH/Green Lantern) -- EEB #2 (Classics in DKR)

It's been kind of slow lately so let's do another Easter Egg Basket.  This time we'll look at the DC Showcase animated short Green Arrow.

At the beginning of the short, Ollie is perusing the contact list on his phone:

You'll see that his contact list includes:

• Dinah (Black Canary)
• Bruce (Batman)
• Clark (Superman)
• Wally (Flash)
• Diana (Wonder Woman)

and, of course, "Mort"

I believe that this is meant as a nod to Mort Weisinger who is credited as one of the original creators of Green Arrow.  (Look for a mention of "Weisinger Street" on an upcoming episode of the CW's Arrow...probably.)

Once Ollie arrives at the airport you can see the arriving and departing flights:

 

You can see several mentions of Gotham City and Metropolis as well as:

• Keystone City/Central City/Blue Valley (the Flash)
• Civic City (Justice Society)
• Empire City (Manhunter)
• Dos Rios (El Diablo)
• Gateway City (Wonder Woman)
• Happy Harbor (Justice League/Young Justice)
• Ivy Town (the Atom)
• Opal City (Starman)
• Park City (Black Canary)
• St. Roch (Hawkman)

and several more that I can't quite make out. That's a pretty good list for a 10 minute short.

The Doctor on the Topic of Literacy

Easter Egg Basket #2 - Classics Illustrated

Check out the comic book shelf in the background of a scene from The Dark Knights Returns Part 1:

Top shelf (from left to right) appears to be:

• Swamp Thing Volume 8 Trade Paperback "Spontaneous Generation"
• Sandman #1
• V For Vendetta Trade Paperback

Bottom shelf (again, from left to right):

• Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
• Watchmen #1

All are from DC Comics or DC/Vertigo, considered innovative and were popular around the same time (more or less) as when the Dark Knight Returns comic came out.

Happy Halloween 2012

It's that time of year again!  You may recall young Katie's set of costumes from last year (every colored Lantern, Green Lantern, etc) and now she's back!  Check out this year's set of costumes inspired by a certain summer movie:

Happy Halloween!

Cap-O-Lantern

How to make a Cap-O-Lantern

Step 1:

Step 2:

Happy Early Halloween!