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A Smallville Man blends Superman with the Foo Fighters

January 13, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

A Smallville man was written and illustrated by Mauricio Abril. It uses more than 150 illustrations to tell an original Superman story. It’s a perfect match to the Foo Fighter’s Walk.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: animation, Superman

Superman shows this Christmas tree who the boss is

December 15, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This inventive Christmas tree was designed and shared by Dizzytrist to Imgur with the note; How I forfeited my deposit Totally worth it. The Superman is just the perfect finishing touch… even if he doesn’t explain how the Christmas gifts are on the ceiling and why the stockings are upside down.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: christmas, humour, Superman

Syfy’s Krypton series to follow Superman’s grandfather

December 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DC Comics are pushing ahead with their TV Empire as David S Goyer (The Dark Knight) and Ian Goldberg (Once Upon a Time) teaming up for the pilot. The official description for Syfy’s new show says; Years before the Superman legend we know, the House of El was shamed and ostracized. This series follows The […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: David Goyer, dc comics, superheroes, Superman, syfy

Schuh release exclusive superhero converse range

September 1, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Shoe shop Schuh have been able to expand their range of Converse with an exclusive range from DC Comics. The “All Star Hi” range come with rubber toe caps and vulcanised soles. There are two to pick from, right now at least, and no prizes for guessing they are; All Star Hi Batman trainers All […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: batman, fashion, superheroes, Superman

$1,750,200 and up as eBay reveals world’s most expensive comic

August 17, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Do you collect comics? Do you collect rare comics? Action Comics #1 was published in June of 1938 and it is the comic that introduced superman to the world. This super rare comic is currently up for auction on eBay and there is no reserve. No reserve does not mean the comic is in reach, […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dc comics, eBay, money, Superman

Superheroes and words of wisdom

August 3, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Adam Thompson is a graphic designer based in Carbondale, USA. His series Heroic Words of Wisdom is designed to try and bring some of iconic superhero dialogue out from the pages of comic books and to a wider audience. In my mind, one of the most famous pieces of comics dialogue is the oath sworn […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Aquaman, batman, Green Arrow, green lantern, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman

Superhero Week: First look at Superman in Dawn of Justice

July 3, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is the first official look at Superman in Dawn of Justice – the film more often called Batman v Superman. In fact, there’s a host more superheroes in the movie than just those two. Gal Gadot is in as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman and Ray Fisher as Cyborg. We’ll also see Jesse […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Aquaman, batman, batman v superman: dawn of justice, cyborg, Henry Cavill, jason momoa, superhero week, superheroes, Superman, Wonder Woman

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice logo

May 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

Zack Snyder’s next Superman movie will be called Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. We’ve the newly revealed logo too. Some thoughts about the title. Firstly, it puts Batman before Superman. I imagine that was a straight cash battle. There was no super-powered arm wrestling over that honour. Execs knew exactly which Justice League hero […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: batman, batman v superman: dawn of justice, Henry Cavill, superheroes, Superman, Wonder Woman, Zack Snyder

DC’s New 52 turned steampunk wonderful

January 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

  It’s been expected for a while but this February DC will do steampunk variant covers of many of their New 52 titles. As it happens comic book super site Comic Book Resources were given an exclusive peak at some of the designs. They’re too good not to share.             […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Aquaman, batman, Batwoman, dc comics, Flash, justice league, new 52, nightwing, Robin, steampunk, superheroes, Superman, Wonder Woman

Find out why Superheroes wear underwear on the outside

December 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This video from “Today I found out” digs into the history of superhero costumes and why early superheroes seemed to be wearing their underwear on the outside. If you like asking “Why” (and many wise geeks do). The script from the video is actually an excerpt from The Wise Book of Whys.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dc comics, Flash Gordon, Superman

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