Comments on: Like Snopes, But For Comics.

Like Snopes, But For Comics.

grabbingsand — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:11:36 -0800

Comic Book Urban Legends. Would you believe ... that a Marvel Comics editor became a Pet Shop Boy? that Wonder Woman's creator invented the real-life lie detector? that the first-ever Marvel / DC Comics crossover was The Wizard Of Oz? that the King of Rock & Roll found hairstyle inspiration in Captain Marvel, Jr? Three of these are true, one is false, but all of the behind-the-scenes tales compiled by Comics Should Be Good could prove blissfully detrimental to your afternoon productivity.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:15:10 -0800

Good call, I was gonna post this too. :D

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:17:20 -0800

This post isn't just good, it's nerd good.

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:20:42 -0800

Weird, did they just raise the profile of that site or something? Because I just stumbled across it for the first time like two weeks ago, and was blown away by it. Couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before, but they claim to have been around forever. Good stuff.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:24:28 -0800

I am in nerdvana. Thank you!

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:31:24 -0800

Comics Should Be Good (the blog) moved from Blogger hosting to the Comic Book Resources domain back in May.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:32:36 -0800

COBRA!, CSBG started out as a a blogspot-hosted comic blog and was only recently officially incorporated into the CBR website. Personally, I think it's one of the top five comic blogs going (Check out this article on Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol by the always interesting Greg Burgas for more comic-y goodness.)

By: redsparkler

redsparkler — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:03:34 -0800

'Cause I don't feel like a big enough dork already, now I'm relegated to spending hours of my day off scanning through the plentiful urban legends of comic book history, most of which I had never even heard of, but now have well-informed opinions on. Thanks, grabbingsand & Metafilter!

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:15:29 -0800

Wow, Captain Britain's weapon (from the Pet Shop Boys link) seems to be A Patriotic Pool Cue.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:43:15 -0800

What a time hole. Thanks for posting this. Especially thanks, because one of the entries linked to this Berni Wrightson interview. I used to be a huge Wrightson fan, and scarfed up everything he did up until the mid-80s. I read lots of interviews with him, but there were quite a few things in that interview I hadn't heard about before. That post really was nerdvana.

By: Bageena

Bageena — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:04:17 -0800

Thank you; you helped me get through the first two hours of work without feeling a thing. =)

By: vhsiv

vhsiv — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:30:19 -0800

Honest to Flicka, all of these articles need to be compiled and published in book form! I will point this stuff out to the bartender at my local comics shop (LCS). He is a professional font of this kind of arcana but I'm not sure if he's full-up on all of this stuff. This stuff is far more interesting than the 'Official' Guides to the Marvel and DC Universe.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:37:06 -0800

Great post, thanks!

By: squidfartz

squidfartz — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:23:36 -0800

Ye Gods, what an amazing post! Thank you!

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:25:28 -0800

Very nifty and cool gossip.