Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Monday, August 20, 2012
Alex Loves Office Equipment
This one is for my friend Alex who tends to go to a lot of computer labs that then end up missing all of their chairs somehow...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Batman Actor Christian Bale Visits Victims, Hospital Personnel
Batman Actor Christian Bale Visits Victims, Hospital Personnel
By Kurtis Lee and Ryan Parker
The Denver Post
AURORA — Christian Bale, star of the last three Batman films, met at the Medical Center of Aurora on Tuesday afternoon with seven patients injured in the mass shooting that occurred during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." Hospital interim president Bill Voloch said Bale spent about 2½ hours at the hospital, where he met with five people being treated for their injuries. Two others came from Swedish Medical Center to meet Bale, who stars as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
"The patients were really happy to meet Bale," Voloch said. "They are obviously big fans of his movies. They wanted to see Batman and were really pleased to see Bale."
Bale and his wife, Sibi Blazic, also met with a number of doctors, Aurora police officers and emergency medical technicians who were first responders when James Eagan Holmes allegedly killed 12 people and injured 58 others at Century Aurora 16 theater early Friday. Bale spent about 10 minutes with each person.
Actor Christian Bale visits Aurora shooting victim Carey Rottman. (Special to The Denver Post)"It was good for the patients," Voloch said. "We hope it was therapeutic for them, and all the staff really appreciated him coming."
Nurse Crystal Flateland said she definitely did.
Flateland and 18 other staff members from Swedish were taken to Medical Center of Aurora on Tuesday for an appreciation buffet and — to their surprise — a meet and greet with Bale.
"I am probably one of the biggest Batman fans ever," Flateland said. "It was amazing, actually, to get to meet him. I think it's really great he came out here. It was touching."
Flateland was called in to work after the shooting. During that morning, she was part of a medical team transferred to Medical Center of Aurora, where more help was needed. Flateland said she ended up working about 40 hours straight.
"It was kind of exhausting," Flateland said. "But I've now caught up on sleep and recovered."
Bale also spent some time with Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Medical Center of Aurora received 18 patients from the movie theater shooting, and seven were admitted. Four patients went to Swedish Medical Center.
Voloch said Bale notified hospital officials that he wanted to visit the injured but asked that media not be notified. "He just wanted to meet with victims and police."
Among the people Bale visited was Carey Rottman of Denver. Friends quickly tweeted out a photo of their visit.
Bale and Bazic also visited a growing memorial to victims near the movie theater.
Officials from Warner Bros. Pictures, maker of "The Dark Knight Rises," said Bale came to Aurora on his own.
"Mr. Bale is there as himself, not representing Warner Brothers," said an assistant for Susan Fleishman, executive vice president for Warner Brothers corporate communications.
Christian Bale stops by memorial in Aurora.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Green Lantern Takes Giant Step
It’s not the most surprising coming out of all time, but it’s definitely one of the biggest. He’s super. He wears a skintight green leotard and a flashy ring. He’s a powerful part of the Justice Society. And yep, he’s gay.
Every superhero has a few reboots in him. The nearly 72-year-old Alan Scott — aka the Green Lantern — has already gone through numerous incarnations in his evil-fighting existence. He’s been married. He’s had kids. He’s inhabited an alternate universe. You know, the usual life stuff. But his much-ballyhooed reinvention in DC Comics’ “Earth Two” No. 2 is a milestone in comics history. Because now the hunky blond is an openly gay man who gets to kiss his boyfriend and propose marriage to him. He’s just your ordinary hero, balancing his private life and the fate of the planet. Hell, yeah.
It’s been a good year to be a gay comic book character. Later this month, Northstar, who made history 20 years ago by becoming one of Marvel’s first gay characters, will marry his partner, Kyle. And earlier this year, Archie Andrews’ compatriot and Riverdale, U.S.A.’s first openly gay citizen, Kevin Keller, married his African-American boyfriend. One Million Moms had a predictable fit. The issue sold out.
If we assume the universe is riddled with both superheroes and regular small-town citizens, why wouldn’t some of them be gay? Because it has taken so long to acknowledge that, there’s nothing to do now but celebrate that it’s finally happening.
It helps that Alan, Northstar and Kevin are all monogamous, decent do-gooders. Imagine how far we’ll have come when gay characters are so commonplace that they can be ubervillans. too. (Though James Moriarty did pretend to be gay in last year’s season of “Sherlock.”)
Meanwhile, simply by being present, by becoming part of the vernacular of comic book culture, the new characters are giving gay readers images to identify with. They’re also sending straight readers the necessary message that gay people are no longer going to be invisible, even in the most fanciful, fictional, two-dimensional places. And though the Green Lantern may exist in an alternate universe, in this one, in his own mighty way, he’s truly a hero.
Earth 2 (2012 DC) #2A
Cover by Ivan Reis (W) James Robinson (A) Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott MR. TERRIFIC - Michael Holt - lands on EARTH TWO! Don't miss the origin of the Earth Two FLASH - and the first time he uses his powers! What could be a bigger threat to Earth Two than APOKOLIPS? Jay Garrick is about to find out!
COVER PRICE: $2.99 USD
Earth 2 (2012 DC) #2B
Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover by Ivan Reis (W) James Robinson (A) Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott MR. TERRIFIC - Michael Holt - lands on EARTH TWO! Don't miss the origin of the Earth Two FLASH - and the first time he uses his powers! What could be a bigger threat to Earth Two than APOKOLIPS? Jay Garrick is about to find out!
COVER PRICE: $20.00 USD
Every superhero has a few reboots in him. The nearly 72-year-old Alan Scott — aka the Green Lantern — has already gone through numerous incarnations in his evil-fighting existence. He’s been married. He’s had kids. He’s inhabited an alternate universe. You know, the usual life stuff. But his much-ballyhooed reinvention in DC Comics’ “Earth Two” No. 2 is a milestone in comics history. Because now the hunky blond is an openly gay man who gets to kiss his boyfriend and propose marriage to him. He’s just your ordinary hero, balancing his private life and the fate of the planet. Hell, yeah.
It’s been a good year to be a gay comic book character. Later this month, Northstar, who made history 20 years ago by becoming one of Marvel’s first gay characters, will marry his partner, Kyle. And earlier this year, Archie Andrews’ compatriot and Riverdale, U.S.A.’s first openly gay citizen, Kevin Keller, married his African-American boyfriend. One Million Moms had a predictable fit. The issue sold out.
If we assume the universe is riddled with both superheroes and regular small-town citizens, why wouldn’t some of them be gay? Because it has taken so long to acknowledge that, there’s nothing to do now but celebrate that it’s finally happening.
It helps that Alan, Northstar and Kevin are all monogamous, decent do-gooders. Imagine how far we’ll have come when gay characters are so commonplace that they can be ubervillans. too. (Though James Moriarty did pretend to be gay in last year’s season of “Sherlock.”)
Meanwhile, simply by being present, by becoming part of the vernacular of comic book culture, the new characters are giving gay readers images to identify with. They’re also sending straight readers the necessary message that gay people are no longer going to be invisible, even in the most fanciful, fictional, two-dimensional places. And though the Green Lantern may exist in an alternate universe, in this one, in his own mighty way, he’s truly a hero.
Earth 2 (2012 DC) #2ACover by Ivan Reis (W) James Robinson (A) Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott MR. TERRIFIC - Michael Holt - lands on EARTH TWO! Don't miss the origin of the Earth Two FLASH - and the first time he uses his powers! What could be a bigger threat to Earth Two than APOKOLIPS? Jay Garrick is about to find out!
COVER PRICE: $2.99 USD
Earth 2 (2012 DC) #2BLimited 1 for 25 Variant Cover by Ivan Reis (W) James Robinson (A) Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott MR. TERRIFIC - Michael Holt - lands on EARTH TWO! Don't miss the origin of the Earth Two FLASH - and the first time he uses his powers! What could be a bigger threat to Earth Two than APOKOLIPS? Jay Garrick is about to find out!
COVER PRICE: $20.00 USD
Friday, May 25, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Could It Be Green Arrow? Batman?
Maybe Wonder Woman escaped "conversion therapy" or Robin is bisexual — officials at DC Comics told the media this weekend that they intend to change the orientation of one of their iconic characters.
The DC Comics representatives made the statement at a comic conference in London. They said they will soon reintroduce one of their best known characters as LGBT. The folks at DC were prompted to make a change after President Obama's historic endorsement of same-sex marriage earlier this month.
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