Archive for May 29th, 2012

Caption This contest

May 29th, 2012 | By
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As you already saw in yesterday’s post, the Tumbler and the Bat-pod from the forthcoming Dark Knight Rises were in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for Memorial Day.

As it happens, we have some DVDs to give away from TVFlashbacks.com, so we are borrowing a page from our buddy Homer McFanboy and doing our first ever Caption This contest, using this cutting room floor photo from yesterday’s Tumbler post.

From our prize bin, we will be giving out season three and season four of Roseanne, season three and season four of That 70′s Show and season three of 3rd Rock From the Sun. So submit your best caption for the above photo in the comment section below and check back to see if you won. (And make sure to check out TVFlashbacks.com since they were nice enough to give us these DVDs to give out.)

To get things started, here’s our humble caption submission: “Batman squares off with his most easily defeated villain, The Clapper.”

If you think you can beat our caption, leave your own in the comment section below.

Update: Thanks to everyone who entered. Here are the winners …

  • First Place - ShagEaredVillain: “Sensing his vigilante justice was needed elsewhere, Batman turned and walked away. And though he was mocked, he knew better than to go chasin’ waterfalls.”
  • Second Place - Emma: “Never before had Batman found such an enthusiastic audience volunteer to clap out the beat for his encore pasodoble.”
  • Honorable Mention -Theresa Gaddy: “The superhero walk of shame. Not a pretty sight.”

Congratulations to ShagEaredVillain and Emma, who both have DVDs coming to them courtesy of TVFlashbacks.com (and to Theresa Gaddy, who wins nothing but our respect).



Positive Cynicism – DC Comics: still not as progressive as Archie

May 29th, 2012 | By
[singlepic=952,150,150] DC Comics announced that one of its characters would be revealed to be gay. While Aaron R. Davis would like to think this is a step in the right direction, he can’t help worrying that it’s little more than a publicity stunt designed to grab headlines and sell more comics.