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Bye Ben, and thanks for the Chili.

serazin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:25:06 -0800

Ben Ali, co-founder (with his wife Virginia) of Ben's Chili Bowl, died yesterday. Ben's is a favorite spot of politicians, actors, sports figures, and everyday people of all backgrounds. Back story on Ben's and some video of Obama at the bowl. Please share your Ben's Chili Bowl stories below!

THIS IS WHY NO ONE LIKES YOU RICHARDS!!!

griphus — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:36:36 -0800

Super-Social Networking: Superhero Facebook Status Updates

"Post-recession Meccas for the young"

Marnie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:29:27 -0800

The Next Youth Magnet Cities, even with double digit unemployment.

I guess this post makes it Thursday comics...

Artw — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:25:57 -0800

Wednesday Comics, DC's spectacular new oversize anthology featuring characters from Batman to Adam Strange and Kamandi in one page installments of serialized stories, launched yesterday to much acclaim from the internet. USA Today will be reprinting the Superman story for the duration of the comics 12 week run.

Young Mutants in Love

Artw — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:31:13 -0800

They've been rumoured to be an item for some time, but in X-Factor #45 Rictor and Shatterstar, formerly of X-Force (the most 90s comic of all time), finally kissed - giving the comics world two more confirmed gay superheroes and making the X-Men Universe Relationship Map out of date (Shatterstar creator Rob Liefeld has however vowed to undo it). Meanwhile over at DC flagship title Detective Comics is now fronted by the new lesbian Batwoman - ironically a character who was introduced to make Batman seem more hetro.

In brightest day, in blackest night...

blue_beetle — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:01:22 -0800

Green Lantern Movie Trailer (fan made)

These are imaginary stories... aren't they all?

Artw — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:01:18 -0800

Darkseid tries to join the Legion of Superheroes, Batman wrestles the serpent in the garden of Eden, Clarke Kent shoots Abraham (Brainiac) Lincoln... Hall of Silver Age Elseworlds first pages - from DC Silver Age Elseworld stories that never happened, from the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant collection, which was pulped after controversy surrounding Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter - which later became the only story in the collection to see print again.

Jimmy Smith Park

xorry — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:05 -0800

Jimmy Smith Park. Breadcrumbs so you can find your way back: Jimmy Smith Park -> About -> Rivers Park -> Dreams about Drunks -> The evolution of previously.

Stand on the right, pass on the left

Navelgazer — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:13:02 -0800

Tips for Visitors from a D.C. Resident

Hey, kids! Comics!

kimota — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:30:39 -0800

Just imagine! Coming Super-Attractions features vintage DC comics in-house advertisements spanning the decades. Enjoy!

Who dropped the ball?

CunningLinguist — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:37:46 -0800

When did this ball go so wrong? As thousands of people get out their best clothes, spring for pricey tickets and head to DC for a fairy tale night of dancing at one of the 10 official Inaugural Balls, the Washington Post takes an amusing look at the decline of the once-glamorous event, which has now become a hideous, tacky ordeal complete with coat check riots, box wine (at the cash bar!) and phoned-in cameos by the exhausted First Couple. If you must go, here's some sage fashion advice. If you ignore wise counsel not to buy a fancy dress, make sure to register it to avoid the dreaded dress dupe.

Free Online Comic Books for All!

Effigy2000 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:34:37 -0800

Fans of both Dead Space (and comic books in general), will be happy to learn that the first issue of the new comic book mini-series based on the game has been released online, in full, for free here. Not a fan of Dead Space but like comic books? There are lots of other comic books online that can be viewed for free, like stuff from DC Comics, Marvel and Image. There's also a few Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who comics online for your viewing pleasure (in fact you can even make your own with the latter).

More Than Photo Op or Foil

l33tpolicywonk — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:36:36 -0800

"The last eight years, in terms of engagement, [Washington] D.C. has just been a photo op for the president, or a foil," says Tommy Wells, a social worker turned D.C. Council member. Washington was never just the home of corrupt politicians, but home to over a half million American citizens. Can a city so segregated by income (my own previously) flourish with a former community organizer as President? Practice cautious optimism. On Beacon House, Leiby and Brown write:

Beacon House provides a safety net as well as a shield from the influences of the street ... "Some of them don't have a parent to give them a nutritious breakfast, help them with their homework, make sure they brush their teeth. Some mothers are just hanging on," says Stevens-Kittner, 56, who previously worked as an attorney in the Superior Court's Child Abuse and Neglect Branch. "We are surrogate parents."

"...a liberal who's been mugged..."

neroli — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:28:46 -0800

A discussion about "white fear" and "black crime" Late one night last summer, on 17th and Euclid in Washington, DC, white liberal blogger Brian Beutler was shot three times by a young black man who asked him to hand over his cell phone. (He's fine now, mostly, although he doesn't have a spleen anymore.) Subsequent discussions on various blogs focused on gun control, crime, and gentrification in DC. In a post shortly after the event, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote: For the first time in my life, I have some sense of what the white guy who is ignorant of all things about black people is thinking when he drives through certain parts of town and rolls up his window. Today, Coates and Beutler chatted on Bloggingheads.

The Lady Chancellor's Nightmare

peachfuzz — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:19:32 -0800

"The thing that kills me about education is that it's so touchy-feely...if the children don't know how to read, I don't care how creative you are. You're not doing your job". Michelle Rhee is polarizing, inexperienced, abrasive, and young - and with urban school systems all over the country watching, she is trying to rebuild DC's famously troubled public school system (link to full series). One of her bitterest fights has been a (stalemated) attempt to break teacher union power, rewarding teachers for merit and achievement and getting rid of easy tenure. With a test case so close to the White House, some see a potential bellwether statement for the Democratic President-Elect's tone on education.

Here’s sand in your eye

Artw — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:58:42 -0800

Neil Gaiman celebrates 20 years since the first publication of Sandman. Yes it’s that old. Io9 lists five ways in which Sandman changed the comics world.

Flashed by Rorschach

Artw — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:13:45 -0800

Original character designs for Watchmen, including a (dropped) full body suit for Rorschach, by Dave Gibbons. (Also it looks like the movie version will have a different ending, so fears of a non-sucky Alan Moore film can be put to rest.)

So you ditched your car - here's help with public transit

desjardins — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:58:07 -0800

NextBus uses GPS to tell you the predicted time of the next bus. Google maps show buses in real time, and you can get updates on your phone/PDA. The coverage is limited to certain agencies within the US, so these other sites might be useful: Hopstop covers subways and buses in NYC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, DC, and more. (mobile version) Google Transit has many US metro areas in addition to Canada, Europe, and Japan. (previously) Many more locations inside. Other trip planners (mostly mobile):

MTA (New York City)
MTA (Los Angeles)
Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
MBTA (Boston)
Washington DC Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Chicago Regional Transit Authority (CTA, Metra)
A Train (Atlanta)
Valley Metro (Phoenix)
San Francisco Bay Area 511 (BART, Muni Metro, VTA Light Rail, Cable cars, Commuter Rail, buses, ferries)
Portland (interactive map; roll your own app)
King County Metro Online (Seattle)
Toronto (TTC Buses and subways)
Vancouver (BC) Translink
Paris (RER, TGV, Metro, bus, more - in French)
London Underground and DLR
Norikae-Annei (Tokyo)

First, we need to find out where he stands on legalizing Tickle-Torture...

Navelgazer — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:32:56 -0800

Who is the mysterious Shadow Candidate for Shadow Senator of the District of Columbia? Marx Cafe Bartender Damien Ober, kind of. Ober wrote a series of campaign ads (which can alternate between provocative, sophomoric, and simply creepy, depending on your point of view) in response to D.C.'s lack of congressional representation, and hired an actor to sit in the darkness portraying his unnamed candidate. After viewing the videos on youtube, however, the D.C. Libertarian Party has decided to give him a for-real shot at the for-fake position.

Barack Obama eats a Michael Phelps breakfast?

kerning — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:03:23 -0800

If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, what are the most important people in the political spectrum eating for breakfast then? Obama eats eggs, McCain eats cereal, Pelosi eats... ice cream? Politicians and reporters divulge their breakfasts inside the beltway.

Sinestro had the script printed on YELLOW PAPER.

Artw — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:45:05 -0800

The Green Lantern movie is back on! Minus Jack Black! Early concept art is looking exciting, though sadly we’ll never see Paul Newman in the role of Hal Jordan.

Man of steel, woman of retcon, kid of non-existence

Artw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:24:11 -0800

Superman rebooted! - The next Superman movie will be ignoring 2006’s Superman Returns, something that has been suggested by comic book writers when asked how to save the franchise. Mark Millar has his own idea of what Superman needs: Mark Millar.

Previously on Superman...

Artw — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:38:23 -0800

All Star Superman in eleven panels

Two Americas Separated by a Common Capital City

l33tpolicywonk — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:49:43 -0800

Two Washingtons: Washington, DC is defined by its income inequality. In the US capital, the top fifth are 27.1 times as wealthy as the bottom fifth. In Dupont Circle, expect to pay $1.2 million for a single family home. Across the Anacostia, expect to find crime, pollution and nothing better than dead-end opportunities. Neighborhoods on the same subway line (pdf) can be separated by nine years in health disparities. As gentrification squeezes the black population out of a historically black city, diverse businesses decline and the city loses its unique character. Now, former Bush speechwriter David Frum says its even what makes DC residents so Democratic.

No, it won't have the pirate comic...

Artw — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:58 -0800

Who watches The Watchmen? Kevin Smith has, Dave Gibbons has, Alan Moore won't (Gibbons hopes he'll watch the DVD), and if Fox has its way maybe YOU won't either.