Filed under: Comics, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: arrested, crime, Daredevil, everett herald, fighter, foggy nelson, framed, freed, pepper spray, phoenix jones, police, prosecutors, real life, returns, seattle, set free, set up, Spider-Man, super hero
I am sure everyone has heard that Phoenix Jones, Seattle’s premiere real life super hero was arrested on October 9th for apparently pepper spraying some people who he mistook for fighting. They claim however that they were merely horsing around, leading the rainy city’s most popular super hero to being arrested. My thoughts? Could these people have been plants sent to set up and ruin Jones forever?! Quite possible. But my words to Phoenix is don’t give up, I mean seriously look at all the fucked up shit that has happened to Spider-man or say Daredevil over the years! They’ve done a lot more than pepper spray the wrong people and they never stopped the fight. So what now if your secret identity has been revealed to the world-there are a lot of super heroes that don’t let that get in the way. Everyone knows Steve Rogers is Cap!
Well apparently he already considered all these things because word on the street is that Phoenix Jones HAS actually hit the streets again according to the Everett Herald, it seems that the prosecutors declined to file charges. It makes you wonder if Jones has a foggy Nelson type character in his life helping him out? Or perhaps the people just realized the obvious-life’s a lot more rad knowing you have a real life super hero patroling your city!!
Filed under: Comics, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: comic book, defendor, kick-ass, northwest, phoenix jones, real life super hero, seattle, super, vigilante, washington
Today I just discovered this news story that somehow slipped under my radar and it’s a pretty good one! Now this is the kinda news I can really get behind! Phoenix Jones is not a comic book character, but the Northwests finest real life super hero.
Unlike almost all other “real life super heroes” that mostly just walk around in a costume and hand out food to homeless people (which is admirable) Jones actually fights crime! He’s been on the news now several times, had guns pulled on him, been stabbed, beaten up and actually stopped crimes from happening! check this out…
Filed under: Movies, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: defendor, kick-ass, michael rapaport, Movie, real life, special, superhero, woody harrelson
Last night I went to the video store to find a movie to totally just chill out to as I was super tired from staying out way too late the other evening and winding up eating Taco Bell at 3 am. Yes as it always ends up being, you realiz the only reason you even considered it was because you were wasted and the late night T-Bell turned out to be quite a mistake the next morning. But enough about that!
Anyway upon browsing the new release shelves I ran into a movie that looked quite interesting. Normally it seems I’ve got a pretty good handle on all the upcoming super hero type flicks but it seems that this one must have just slipped beneath my nerd radar. (more…)
Filed under: Comics, Info, Misc, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: Children, Comic Books, Comics, Comprehension, Dr Carol Tilley, Graphic Novels, Kids, Learning, Research, Skills, University of Illinois
Well, well, well…vindication at long last! It appears that some recent studies by Professor Carol L. Tilley (pictured below) at the University of Illinois found that children reading comic books is just as beneficial as reading traditional forms of literature. Huh, shocking…I could have told you that when I was 12 and I managed to navigate my way through endless hours of reading my Dad’s uber collection of classic comics. And despite my dork musings at an early age (i.e., being more concerned with details of superhero stories vs. US history or those bothersome family/friends’ birthdays), my reading and comprehension skills were well developed…or so the results of my CTBS tests told me (remember that shit??).
Anyway, no need to blabber on about this fine bit of research, you can follow the links in the blog and read details on the study findings, Grad School, and the author. But one favor the Universal Dork asks of its loyal readers, the next time you hear someone discredit or discount youths and comics…please intelligently inform them of and pass the results of this study, in hopes to ground their arse in reality!
Score one for the superhero’s and real life super-heroines like Dr. Tilley!
Link to Phyorg.com article on Comics and Kids
Link to University of Illinois Graduate School for Library and Informational Science
Filed under: Dork Science and Technology, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: 80s, dating, funny, video
Dating has been a long time challenge for extremely smart men with active imaginations (Dorks). But luckily there are some great dating services out there to help those lonely souls in need of companionship. After watching this we might need to bring video dating back to the forefront of the singles scene.
Filed under: Dork Science and Technology, Epic Battles, Info, Misc, Real Life Superheroes, Universal Wildlife Wonders | Tags: Carrier pigeon, Data, DSL, ISP, Race, Telkom, Winston
Wow…slap in the face is an understatement on this one folks. In case you are not aware, ancient carrier pigeons are still faster than some of today’s methods of carry high volumes of data. According to BiongBiong.net, a South African IT company got so fed up with the national Telkom’s notoriously poor Internet service that they decided to set up a race that pitted the Telkom’s network against a carrier pigeon. Yeah, and the pigeon won.
Filed under: Real Life Superheroes | Tags: batman, Daredevil, news, Real Life Superheroes
We had a blog a while back about real life superheroes, so in my late night boredom I decided to see if any of these guys have been gaining any real publicity. I found a neat little peice that was done recently on the news about them. Though it seems these “superheroes” may not be your modern day Daredevil or Batman, the story was nonetheless amusing. I do wonder if there are any real life masked vigilantes roaming the dark dangerous streets at night? I suppose if there were they probably wouldn’t be showing themselves on The Super Hero Registry sight. Perhaps I’ll do a little digging and see what I can find about masked vigilantes, but in the meantime these guys will just have to do!
Filed under: Great Costumes, Misc, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: 2009, Best Of, Comic Con, Costume, SDCC
Well, Universal Dork has yet another special treat for the loyal followers. Having access to the 2009 San Diego Comic-con allows for a wide variety of things, exclusive movie trailers and previews, TV pilots, Celeb/Creator panels, comics, art, video games, toys…and on and on. But one of the most heralded and timeless aspects of the Comic-con are the attendee’s costumes.
Well, this was my first year attending the Comic-con but the level of participation in donning of costumes met my expectations. So it is with great please that Universal Dork brings you the Best Dressed of San Diego Comic-con 2009. Loyal readers, please keep in mind that approximately 150,000 people were expected at this year’s Comic-con over the course of 4 days, so this is Universal Dorks snippet of the samplings.
And the Best Costumes are…. (Drum Roll Please!) pldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldtpldt
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Filed under: Comics, Marvel, Movies, Real Life Superheroes | Tags: george clooney, hugh jackman, Movie, Wolverine, X-Men
Who would have known that George Clooney was such a HUGE Wolverine fan?!! It seems he’s so hyped about the film that he’s been seen and photographed several times in this Wolverine costume around town. Perhaps he’s just jealous of Hugh Jackman? Or maybe just losing his mind? Maybe he wants to star in the sequel? Whatever the reason it’s clear he’s a TOTAL fanboy!!!
George Clooney is definately seeing Wolverine today!!
Filed under: Real Life Superheroes | Tags: batman, Daredevil, kick-ass, mark millar, Real Life Superheroes
There is a phenomenon sweeping the world right now. One that should have happened many years ago-REAL LIFE SUPER HEROES!!! I have thought for years that superheroes didn’t exist but this last weekend i found out how wrong I truely was when I stumbled upon worldsuperheroregistry.com. It turns out there are a whole slew of superheroes out on the scene patrolling our streets. Whether or not they are anything like Batman or Daredevil remains to be seen-but they are out there! Perhaps it was the recent success of Mark Millar’s KICK-ASS which has got the normal Joe donning the spandex? Or maybe the loads of superhero movies in the past years? Either way It was nice to find out that out on our dangerous streets at night you will feel perhaps just a little more safe knowing that these guys are watching out for your safety check it out!
